HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
Full name Hokejsko Drsalno Društvo Olimpija Ljubljana
Founded 1929
Based In Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arena Dvorana Tivoli
(Capacity: 4,500)
League

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
2007-present
Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship
1991-present

Yugoslav Hockey League
1937–1991
Team Colors               
GM Matjaž Sekelj
Head Coach Hannu Järvenpää
Captain Žiga Pance
Affiliates HS Olimpija Ljubljana
Website http://www.hddolimpija.com/

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.

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Honours


Current roster

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Hometown Former Club
1 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux / Grand Forks, North Dakota Utah Grizzlies
20 Matic Boh / Ljubljana, Slovenia
69 Matija Pintarič L Maribor, Slovenia
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Hometown Former Club
2 Brad Cole L Miniota, Manitoba Greenville Road Warriors
4 Igor Cvetek L Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Scott Hotham R Barrie, Ontario Lillehammer IK
6 Boštjan Groznik L Brezje, Slovenia
7 Domen Vedlin R Ljubljana, Slovenia Mulhouse
23 Damjan Dervarič L Ljubljana, Slovenia
44 Jamie Fraser L Sarnia, Ontario Houston Aeros
98 Sergei Smirnov L Moscow, Russia Mytischi Atalanti
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Hometown Former Club
12 Petr Šachl RW L Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic HC Košice
14 Matej Hočevar C R Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 Aleš Mušič LW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
19 Žiga Pance RW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
21 Tomi Mustonen LW L Oulu, Finland Björklöven
29 Anže Ropret RW R Ljubljana, Slovenia
30 Eric Pance RW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
41 Anže Florjančič RW R Ljubljana, Slovenia
61 Gregor Režek LW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
71 Boštjan Goličič C L Naklo, Slovenia
72 John Hughes RW R Whitby, Ontario Hannover Indians
84 Andrej Hebar RW L Ljubljana, Slovenia HK Acroni Jesenice
89 David Sefič C L Ljubljana, Slovenia
91 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

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