Real Sociedad HH was an

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team based in Donostia-San Sebastián in the

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of northeastern Spain. The team played in the

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(Spanish Ice Hockey Superliga) from 1972–1976, where they won both the Spanish Championship and the Copa del Rey in 1973, 1974, and 1975. The club’s

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was ''Txuri Urdin Izotz Jauregia'' ( es, Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin).

History

In 1972, the sports club

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established a new section for ice hockey, called “Real Sociedad Hockey Hielo (HH).” The team was one of the six founding teams to compete in the newly created Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo. Real Sociedad HH were a strong team and they saw immediate success, winning the inaugural Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo Championship in 1972–73 and the 1973

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. They remained dominant in the following two seasons, winning both the Superliga Championship and the Copa del Rey in 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons. In the 1975–76 season, Real Sociedad HH was not the powerhouse it had been in the previous three seasons and finished fifth in the Superliga. CHH Txuri Urdin IHT, which had originally been created in 1972 as the

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for Real Sociedad HH, played in Superliga for the first time in the 1975–76 season and finished first in the league. Finnish coach

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served as head coach to both Real Sociedad and Txuri Urdin. As a result, the Real Sociedad HH team was merged with CCH Txuri Urdin IHT and the hockey section of Real Sociedad was dissolved before the 1976–77 season. Though both teams played in the Superliga for the 1975–76 season, the

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(RFEDH) lists both teams as one franchise when discussing the total Superliga/Liga Championships and Copas del Rey won.

Achievements

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**Champions (3) : 1973, 1974, 1975 *

**Winner (3) : 1973, 1974, 1975 Source(s):

Season by season

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References

Content in this article is translated from the existing Basque Wikipedia article at :eu:Real Sociedad (izotz hockeya) and the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at :es:Club Hockey Hielo Txuri Urdin; see their histories for attribution.

External links

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(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Real Sociedad HH Ice hockey teams in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Ice hockey clubs established in 1972 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1976 Real Sociedad 1972 establishments in Spain 1976 disestablishments in Spain Defunct ice hockey teams in Spain