HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Championships and 11 Slovenian championships. They won 10 consecutive times from 1995 to 2004. In the 2007–08 season, their first in Erste Bank Hockey League, they made it all the way to the Finals, but lost 4 games to 2 against EC Red Bull Salzburg. The current main sponsor (as of the 2010–11 season) of the team is Zavarovalnica Tilia, an insurance company.
Honours
- Yugoslav Ice Hockey League: (until 1991)
- Winners (13) : 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984
- Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship:
- Winners (11) : 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
- Runners-up (8) : 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Current roster
Forwards
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Player |
Position |
Shoots |
Hometown |
Former Club |
12 |
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Petr Šachl |
RW |
L |
Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic |
HC Košice |
14 |
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Matej Hočevar |
C |
R |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
16 |
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Aleš Mušič |
LW |
L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
19 |
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Žiga Pance |
RW |
L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
21 |
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Tomi Mustonen |
LW |
L |
Oulu, Finland |
Björklöven |
29 |
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Anže Ropret |
RW |
R |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
30 |
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Eric Pance |
RW |
L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
41 |
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Anže Florjančič |
RW |
R |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
61 |
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Gregor Režek |
LW |
L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
71 |
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Boštjan Goličič |
C |
L |
Naklo, Slovenia |
72 |
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John Hughes |
RW |
R |
Whitby, Ontario |
Hannover Indians |
84 |
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Andrej Hebar |
RW |
L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
HK Acroni Jesenice |
89 |
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David Sefič |
C |
L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
91 |
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Miha Verlič |
C |
L |
Maribor, Slovenia |
Slezan Opava |
Team captains (since 1988)
- Srdan Kuret, 1988–1991
- Igor Beribak, 1991–2002
- Peter Rožič, 2002–2003
- Ildar Rahmatullin, 2003–04
- Damjan Dervarič, 2004–05
- Mitja Šivic, 2005–06
- Robert Ciglenečki, 2006–07
- Tomaž Vnuk, 2007–09
- Kevin Mitchell, 2009–10
- Jurij Goličič, 2010
- Žiga Pance, 2010-current
Former NHL Players who played for Olimpija
Head Coaches (since 1989)
- Nikolaj Ladigin, 1989–90
- Aleksander Astašev, 1990–91
- Štefan Seme, 1991–92
- Peter Janoš, 1992–93
- Brad Buetow, 1993–94
- Pavle Kavčič, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
- Matjaž Sekelj, 1997–98, 1998–99
- Bud Stefanski, 1998–99
- Matjaž Sekelj, 1999–2000
- Marjan Gorenc, 2000–01, 2001–02
- Chris Imes, 2002–03
- Matjaž Sekelj, 2003–04, 2004–05
- Andrej Brodnik, 2005–06
- Ildar Rahmatullin, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Mike Posma, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Randy Edmonds, 2008–09
- Bojan Zajc, 2008–09
- Dany Gelinas, 2009–10
- Hannu Järvenpää, 2009-current
Retired numbers
- 24 - Tomaž Vnuk, C, 1987–2009
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