The Slovenian Hockey League is the highest level
ice hockey
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league in Slovenia. The championship phase is contested after the regular season to determine the national champion.
History
The Slovenian Hockey League was firstly contested in the 1991–92 season, with the championship being held at the end as the play-offs. Over time, some Slovenian teams entered the
Austrian Hockey League
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, and joined only for the play-offs. In the 2007–08 season there was an issue, as the Croatian team
Medveščak qualified for the play-offs. As the Slovenian Champion could only be a team from Slovenia, they did not take part in the play-offs. The
Slohokej League was established and played its first season in 2009–10, but was cancelled after the 2011–12 season.
Teams
Winners
*until 1991 –
Yugoslav Hockey League
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1991–92 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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1992–93 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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1993–94 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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1994–95 –
HK Olimpija Hertz
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1995–96 –
HK Olimpija Hertz
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1996–97 –
HK Olimpija Hertz
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1997–98 –
HK Olimpija Hertz
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1998–99 –
HK Olimpija
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1999–2000 –
HK Olimpija
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2000–01 –
HK Olimpija
*
2001–02 –
HDD Olimpija
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2002–03 –
HDD ZM Olimpija
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2003–04 –
HDD ZM Olimpija
*
2004–05 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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2005–06 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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2006–07 –
HDD ZM Olimpija
*
2007–08 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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2008–09 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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2009–10 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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2010–11 –
HK Acroni Jesenice
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice ( en, Acroni Jesenice Hockey Club), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slov ...
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2011–12 –
HDD Tilia Olimpija
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2012–13 –
HDD Telemach Olimpija
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2013–14 –
HDD Telemach Olimpija
*2014–15 –
HDD Jesenice
Hokejsko drsalno društvo Jesenice or simply HDD Jesenice, currently named SIJ Acroni Jesenice due to sponsorship reasons, is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team based in Jesenice. They are members of the Alps Hockey League and the Slovenian ...
*2015–16 –
HDD Telemach Olimpija
*2016–17 –
HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
*2017–18 –
HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
*2018–19 –
HK SŽ Olimpija
*2019–20 – No winners (
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)
*2020–21 –
HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
*2021–22 –
HK SŽ Olimpija
*2022–23 –
HK SŽ Olimpija
Notes
See also
*
Slohokej League
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Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup
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Yugoslav Ice Hockey League
The Yugoslav Ice Hockey League was the top ice hockey league in the old Yugoslavia.
In 1939, Yugoslavia became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. That year also, the country held its first national championship, with Ilirija e ...
References
External links
Hokejska zveza Slovenije
{{Ice Hockey Leagues
Top tier ice hockey leagues in Europe
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Sports leagues in Slovenia