KH Sanok

Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok
City	Sanok, Poland
League	Polska Hokej Liga
Founded	1958
Home arena	Arena Sanok
Colours	Red, White, Blue
General manager	Waldemar Bukowski
Head coach	Miroslav Fryčer
Website	http://www.khsanok.net/
Franchise history
1958–1960	RKS Sanoczanka
1960–1991	Stal Sanok
1991–1994	STS Sanok
1994–1999	STS-Autosan Sanok
1999–2001	SKH Sanok
2001–2008	KH Sanok
2008–2011	Ciarko KH Sanok
2011–present	Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok

KH Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team is currently known as Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok for sponsorship reasons. The team competes in the Polska Hokej Liga (PHL), the top-level hockey league in Poland. They play their home games in Arena Sanok, which has a capacity of 3,100 people. Between 1965–2006, they played their games at Torsan, which has now been taken down and is being used as a parking lot.

The club was originally founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and has undergone a number of name changes. The club has been playing under the name Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok since 2011.

The supervisory board of the club is made up of Paweł Kołodziejczyk (PBS Bank), Ryszard Ziarko (Ciarko), Paweł Kowalski (Sandeco), and Damian Delekta (MOSiR). Waldemar Bukowski is the club President and Chairman of the Board. Currently, the head coach is Miroslav Fryčer, who played in the NHL between 1981-1989 and for Czechoslovakia. Before coaching Sanok, Fryčer was a coach in the Czech Republic and Italy.

History

Arena Sanok, where KH Sanok plays

Arena Sanok, where KH Sanok plays

KH Sanok was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and have changed their name several times since. The team was also called Stal Sanok from 1960–1991, STS Sanok from 1991–1994, STS-Autosan Sanok from 1994–1999, SKH Sanok from 1999–2001, KH Sanok from 2001–2011, before taking on their present Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok name.

Sanok won the Polska Liga Hokejowa league title in the 2011/2012 season. They won the Polish Cup twice, in 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Achievements

Polish League Playoff Champion:

• (2) 2011-12, 2013-14

Polish League Regular Season:

• (2) 2011-12, 2012-13

Polish Cup:

• Winners (2): 2010-11, 2011-12
• Runners-up (3): 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15

Promotion to Polska Liga Hokejowa:

• 1976, 1992, 2004.

Season-by-season results

Current roster

Goaltenders
#		Player	Date of Birth	Place of birth
39		Bartosz Hućko	15 Aug. 1996	Sanok, Poland
31		Bryan Pitton	26 Jan. 1988	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
25		Mateusz Skrabalak	9 May 1993	Poland

Defencemen
#		Player	Date of Birth	Place of birth
93		Konrad Ćwikła	15 Sept. 1995	Poland
4		Kamil Dolny	13 Dec. 1995	Gdańsk, Poland
29		Rafał Dutka	14 Aug. 1985	Nowy Targ, Poland
90		Anton Klementyev	25 Mar. 1990	Togliatti, Russia
84		Kamil Olearczyk	22 Sept. 1995	Poland
23		Bogusław Rąpała	11 Dec. 1981	Sanok, Poland
5		Martin Richter	6 Dec. 1977	Prostějov, Czech Republic
14		David Turoň	4 Oct. 1983	Havířov, Czech Republic
55		Matt Williams	1 Aug. 1989	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
6		Miroslav Zat'ko	27 Jan. 1984	Slovakia

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Date of Birth	Place of birth
88		Marcin Biały	F	17 June 1988	Sanok, Poland
78		Michael Cichy	C	8 July 1990	New Hartford, Connecticut, United States
21		Rafał Ćwikła	LW	13 July 1989	Rzeszów, Poland
34		Mike Danton	C	21 Oct. 1980	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
38		Hubert Demkowicz	F	5 June 1993	Poland
11		Lukáš Endál	F	8 Dec. 1986	Czech Republic
41		Kris Hogg	F	17 Jun. 1986	Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada
28		Zenon Konopka	C	2 Jan. 1981	Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
10		Robert Kostecki	C	15 June 1983	Sanok, Poland
22		Maciej Mermer	F	25 Apr. 1978	Sanok, Poland
77		Piotr Naparło	F	18 Mar. 1996	Poland
16		Jordan Pietrus	RW	20 Sept. 1985	Vermilion, Alberta, Canada
20		Michał Radwański	C	20 July 1980	Sanok, Poland
13		Radosław Sawicki	C	8 Sep. 1995	Poland
9		Petr Šinágl	LW	18 Feb. 1982	Czech Republic
80		Marek Strzyżowski	RW	1 Jan. 1989	Sanok, Poland
8		Martin Vozdecký	RW	11 May 1978	Gottwaldov, Czech Republic
87		Dariusz Wanat	C	24 Nov. 1995	Poland
18		Mateusz Wilusz	F	31 Mar. 1990	Poland
19		Krzysztof Zapała	C	11 Feb. 1982	Nowy Targ, Poland

Notable Players

Retired numbers

KH Sanok retired numbers
No.	Nationality	Player	Lifespan
7		Piotr Milan	1971-1995
17		Jan Paszkiewicz	1950-2011

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 (3-time Olympian)
• Jerzy Sobera (Olympian)
• Tomasz Wawrzkiewicz (6-time Representative at the World Championships)
• Marcin Kolusz (Captain of Poland & 1st Player in Club history that has been drafted into the NHL)
• Wojtek Wolski (One of the many Poles in the NHL - Played in Sanok during the 2012 NHL Lockout)

Foreigners:

• Sergei Antipov (Kazakhstan national team player)
• Miroslav Zaťko (Slovakia national team player)
• Vladislav Baláž (Slovakia national team player)
• Viliam Čacho (Slovakia national team player)
• Martin Ivičič (Slovakia national team player)
• Peter Bartoš (Slovakia national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has played in the NHL)
• Kaupo Kaljuste (Estonia national team player)
• Dmitri Suur (Estonia national team player)
• Martin Vozdecký (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
• Petr Šinágl (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
• Martin Richter (Czech Republic national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has won a World Championship)
• John Murray
• Nicolas Besch (France national team player)
• Anthony Aquino (Italy national team player)
• Stanislav Hudec (Slovakia national team player)
• Anton Klementyev
• Mike Danton
• Mike Bayrack
• Samson Mahbod
• Zenon Konopka

External links

• Official site (In Polish)

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