HDD Jesenice

City Jesenice, Slovenia
League Inter-National League
Slovenian Ice Hockey League
Founded 2013
Operated 2013–present
Home arena Podmežakla Hall
Head coach Dejan Varl
Captain Miha Brus
Website HDDJesenice.si
Franchise history
2013–2014 Team Jesenice
2014–present HDD Jesenice
Championships
Slovenian Champions 2015

HDD Jesenice, also known as SIJ Acroni Jesenice for sponsorship reasons, are a Slovenian ice hockey team based in Jesenice. They are members of the Inter-National League and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. HDD Jesenice was founded in 2013 as Team Jesenice before changing to their current name for the 2014–15 season. The club plays their home games at the Podmežakla Hall.

History

HDD Jesenice was founded in 2013 under the name of Team Jesenice and joined the Inter-National League (INL) and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League (SIHL) for the 2013–14 season. The team replaced HD Mladi Jesenice in the Slovenian Ice Hockey League who withdrew from the competition after the end of the 2012–13 season due to financial reasons.[1] In their debut Inter-National League season Team Jesenice finished the regular season in eighth place and qualified for the playoffs, however were knocked out in the quarterfinals.[2] Following the end of the Inter-National League season Team Jesenice joined the 2013–14 Slovenian Ice Hockey League at the playoff stage of the competition.[3] Team Jesenice was drawn against HK Slavija who they defeated in two games to advance to the final against HDD Olimpija Ljubljana.[4] Team Jesenice went on to lose the final series in two games.[4] Prior to the start of the 2014–15 season the club was renamed HDD Jesenice. In their second Inter-National League season HDD Jesenice finished the regular season in third.[5] Going into the playoffs HDD Jesenice was drawn against HK Slavija for the quarterfinals.[6] They defeated Slavija in four games and advanced to the semifinals against VEU Feldkirch.[6] HDD Jesenice lost the semifinal series in four games.[6] In their second Slovenian Ice Hockey League season HDD Jesenice finished the regular season in second place, three points behind HDD Olimpija Ljubljana.[7] Following their second place finish HDD Jesenice advanced straight to the semifinals where they were drawn against the third placed HK Triglav Kranj.[7] HDD Jesenice defeated in two games and progressed to the final against HDD Olimpija Ljubljana.[7] Jesenice won the finals three games to one, winning their first Slovenian Ice Hockey League title.[7] As a result of winning the 2014–15 Slovenian Ice Hockey League HDD Jesenice qualified for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup where they entered in the second round.[8] HDD Jesenice was drawn in Group B of the second round against CH Jaca, Miskolci Jegesmedve and Mogo Riga.[9] Jesenice finished the round-robin Group B tournament in third place and failed to qualify for the third round of the tournament.[9]

Season by season results

Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
2013–14 INL 36 20 0 3 13 160 103 63 8th Lost in quarterfinals (HC Gherdëina) [10][11]
2013–14 SIHL[a] 0 – – – – – – – – Lost in final (HDD Olimpija Ljubljana) [12]
2014–15 INL 28 17 1 4 6 141 71 57 3rd Lost in semifinals (VEU Feldkirch) [13]
2014–15 SIHL 12 10 0 0 2 97 23 30 2nd Won final (HDD Olimpija Ljubljana) [7]

Tournaments

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team roster for the 2015–16 season[14]

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
28 Slovenia Nejc Berlisk D R 26 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia
16 Slovenia Miha Brus (C) F L 28 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
37 Slovenia Gasper Cerkovnik D R 23 2015–16 Jesenice, Slovenia
91 Slovenia Tadej Cimzar F L 23 2015–16 Kranj, Slovenia
22 Slovenia Jure Dolinsek F R 25 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
19 Slovenia Damir Ejup D L 28 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
47 Slovenia Matevz Erman D R 27 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia
12 Slovenia Gasper Glavic F L 18 2015–16
27 Slovenia Ales Jeklic D L 20 2015–16 Jesenice, Slovenia
7 Slovenia Luka Kraigher D L 20 2015–16 Jesenice, Slovenia
57 Slovenia Nik Lahajnar F L 24 2013–14 Mojstrana, Slovenia
18 Slovenia Manfreda, MarjanMarjan Manfreda (A) F L 32 2013–14 Bled, Slovenia
Slovenia Milovanovic, JakobJakob Milovanovic D L 31 2015–16 Kranj, Slovenia
39 Slovenia Jure Pavlic G L 23 2013–14 Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Slovenia Miha Pesjak F L 22 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia
81 Slovenia Saso Rajsar (A) F L 27 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
15 Slovenia Denis Rakovic D R 24 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
40 Slovenia Ales Remar F L 32 2013–14 Kranj, Slovenia
89 Slovenia David Sefic F L 26 2013–14 Bled, Slovenia
23 Slovenia Urban Sodja F R 24 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
20 Slovenia Marko Tarman D L 19 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia
58 Slovenia Tosic, LukaLuka Tosic D L 27 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia
33 Slovenia Zan Us G L 19 2015–16 Kranj, Slovenia
95 Slovenia Grega Vilman G L 20 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
72 Slovenia Andrej Zidan F L 26 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia

Head coaches

  • Gorazd Rekelj, 2013–2015, replaced by Roman Pristov midway through the 2014–15[15]
  • Roman Pristov, 2014–2015, replaced by Nik Zupancic midseason[16]
  • Nik Zupancic, 2014–2015[17]
  • Dejan Varl, 2015–present[18]

Notes

^ a: Team Jesenice joined the competition for the playoffs only.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Ivanković, Vicko (2012-01-28). "Mladi Jesenice withdraws from Slohokej league". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Austria2 Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Slovenia Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  4. 1 2 "2013/2014 Državno prvenstvo Slovenije". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  5. ↑ "Austria2 Team Standings 2014 - 2015". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  6. 1 2 3 "Games from Inter-National League (INL)". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sezona 2014/2015, tekmovanje DP Člani 14/15" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  8. ↑ "Continental Cup groups known". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-06-20. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  9. 1 2 "2016 Continental Cup Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  10. ↑ "Sezona 2013/2014, tekmovanje INL - Inter Nacional League 2013/14" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  11. ↑ "Sezona 2013/2014, tekmovanje INL - Inter Nacional League 2013/14" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  12. ↑ "Sezona 2013/2014, tekmovanje DP Člani 13/14" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  13. ↑ "Sezona 2014/2015, tekmovanje INL - Inter Nacional League 2014/15" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  14. ↑ "HDD Jesenice". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  15. ↑ "Gorazd Rekelj". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  16. ↑ "Roman Pristov". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  17. ↑ "Nik Zupancic". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  18. ↑ "Dejan Varl". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  19. ↑ "HDD Jesenice". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-11-01.

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