STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in
Sanok
Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...
, Poland. The team played in the Eastern Division of the
Slovak 2. Liga, the third tier of ice hockey in Slovakia. The team was inactive during the 2016–2017 season due to financial difficulties. Before that and now, the team competes in the
Polska Liga Hokejowa
The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1926 to 1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company ...
(PHL), the top-level hockey league in Poland.
The team's full legal name is Sanockie Towarzystwo Sportowe S. A.. The club was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and has undergone a number of name changes. It has been playing under the name Ciarko KH 58 Sanok since 2017, for sponsorship reasons. They play their home games in
Arena Sanok
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, which has a capacity of 3,100 people. Between 1965 and 2006, they played their games at Torsan, which has now been taken down and is being used as a parking lot.
The club's main sponsors are PBS Bank, Ciarko, and the City of Sanok. The head coach is Marcin Ćwikła, a former homegrown player who also played for the
Polish national team.
History
![Arena Sanok during 2014 WC U20 in Sanok](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Arena_Sanok_during_2014_WC_U20_in_Sanok.jpg)
STS Sanok was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and have changed their name several times since. The team was also called Stal Sanok from 1960 to 1991, STS Sanok from 1991 to 1994, STS-Autosan Sanok from 1994 to 1999, SKH Sanok from 1999 to 2001, KH Sanok from 2001 to 2011, Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok from 2011 to 2015, before taking on their present Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok name.
Sanok has won the
Polska Hokej Liga
The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1926 to 1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company ...
playoff championship twice, in the
2011/2012 and
2013/2014 seasons. They won the
Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...
twice, in 2010/11 and 2011/12.
Achievements
Polish League Playoff Champion:
*
![Gold medal icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg)
''(2)''
2011–12,
2013–14
Polish League Regular Season:
*
![Gold medal icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg)
''(2)''
2011–12,
2012–13
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Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...
:
*
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
*
![Silver medal icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg)
Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Promotion to
Polish League:
*1976, 1992, 2004.
Season-by-season results
2017/18 roster
Updated 19 November 2017
Notable players
Retired numbers
Homegrown:
*
Jan Paszkiewicz (top scorer in club history)
*
Tomasz Demkowicz (Polish national team player)
*
Marcin Ćwikła (Polish national team player)
*
Michał Radwański (Polish national team player)
*
Maciej Mermer (Polish national team player)
Poles from Other Clubs:
*
Marek Cholewa
Marek Piotr Cholewa (born July 1, 1963) is a former Polish ice hockey player. He played for the Poland men's national ice hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the 1992 Winter Olympics in A ...
(3-time Olympian)
*
Jerzy Sobera (Olympian)
*
Tomasz Wawrzkiewicz (6-time Representative at the World Championships)
*
Marcin Kolusz
Marcin Kolusz (born January 18, 1985) is a professional Polish ice hockey right wing. He is currently a free agent.
Career
Kolusz played junior hockey with Podhale Nowy Targ, and was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 5th round (157th overall ...
(Captain of
Poland
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& 1st Player in Club history that has been
drafted into the NHL)
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Wojtek Wolski
Wojciech "Wojtek" Wolski (; born February 24, 1986) is a Polish-Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers, Florid ...
(One of the many Poles in the NHL – Played in Sanok during the
2012 NHL Lockout
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)
Foreigners:
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Mike Danton
Michael Sage Danton ('' né'' Jefferson, October 21, 1980) is a Canadian-Polish former professional ice hockey player who last played for Rivière-du-Loup 3L in the LNAH.
Danton played for the New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues of the Natio ...
(former
NHL
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er, Naturalized Polish citizen,
Poland national team player)
*
Samson Mahbod
*
Zenon Konopka
Zenon Konopka (born January 2, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Also known as "Zenon the Destroyer", Konopka played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders, Ottawa ...
(former
NHL
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er)
*
Martin Richter (
Czech Republic national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has won a
World Championship
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)
*
Martin Vozdecký (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
*
Petr Šinágl (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
*
Dmitri Suur
Dmitri Suur (before marriage Dmitri Rodin, russian: Дмитрий Суур (Родин); born February 25, 1975) is an Estonian professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Sheffield Steeldogs of the English Premier Ice Hockey Leag ...
(
Estonia national team player)
*
Kaupo Kaljuste (
Estonia national team player)
*
Nicolas Besch (
France national team player)
*
Sergei Antipov (
Kazakhstan national team player)
*
Anthony Aquino
Anthony Aquino (born August 1, 1982) is a retired Canadian-born Italian professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Odense Bulldogs, and Rungsted Seier Capital professional ice hockey teams in Denmark, of the top Danish league AL-Ba ...
(
Italy national team player)
*
Martin Ivičič (
Slovakia national team player)
*
Miroslav Zaťko (
Slovakia national team player)
*
Peter Bartoš (
Slovakia national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has played in the
NHL
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)
*
Stanislav Hudec (
Slovakia national team player)
*
Vladislav Baláž (
Slovakia national team player))
*
Viliam Čacho (
Slovakia national team player)
*
Jakob Milovanovič (
Slovenia national team player)
References
External links
Official site(In Polish)
Facebook Page(In Polish)
EliteProspects
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Ice hockey teams in Poland
KH
Sport in Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Carpathian League teams