STS Sanok

Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok
City	Sanok, Poland
League	Polska Hokej Liga
Founded	1958
Home arena	Arena Sanok
Colours	Red, White, Blue
General manager	Damian Delekta
Head coach	Kari Rauhanen
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
2011–2015	Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok
2015–present	Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok

STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team competes in the Polska Hokej Liga (PHL), the top-level hockey league in Poland. The team's full legal name is Sanockie Towarzystwo Sportowe S. A., and it is currently known as Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok for sponsorship reasons. 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 STS Sanok since 2015.

The club's main sponsors are PBS Bank, Ciarko, Sandeco, and MOSiR. Damian Delekta is the club President and Chairman of the Board. Currently, the head coach is Kari Rauhanen of Finland.

History

Arena Sanok, where KH Sanok plays

Arena Sanok, where KH Sanok plays

STS 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, Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok from 2011–2015, before taking on their present Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok name.

Sanok has won the Polska Hokej Liga playoff championship twice, in the 2011/2012 and 2013/2014 seasons. 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 Polish League:

• 1976, 1992, 2004.

Season-by-season results

Current roster

Goaltenders
#	Country	Player	Date of Birth	Place of birth
30		Bartosz Hućko	15 Aug. 1996	Sanok, Poland
33		Jason Missiaen	25 May 1990	Chatham, Ontario, Canada
25		Mateusz Skrabalak	9 May 1993	Poland

Defencemen
#	Country	Player	Date of Birth	Place of birth
38		Hubert Demkowicz	5 Jun. 1993	Katowice, Poland
9		Kamil Olearczyk	22 Sept. 1995	Poland
23		Bogusław Rąpała	11 Dec. 1981	Sanok, Poland
4		Sam Roberts	26 Aug. 1984	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
29		Quinn Sproule	5 May 1990	Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
44		Steven Tarasuk	1 Nov. 1989	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
26		Joni Tuominen	4 Sept. 1982	Espoo, Finland
-		Tony Vidgren	13 Feb. 1990	Turku, Finland

Forwards
#	Country	Player	Position	Date of Birth	Place of birth
36		Zsolt Azari	F	30 Aug. 1986	Dunaújváros, Hungary
88		Marcin Biały	F	17 June 1988	Sanok, Poland
81		Maciej Bielec	LW	13 Nov 1995	Poland
11		Jared Brown	C	21 Feb. 1986	Gardner, Kansas, USA
12		Bryan Cameron	RW	25 Feb. 1989	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
-		Michael Cichy	C	8 Jul. 1990	New Hartford, Connecticut, USA
61		Rafał Ćwikła	LW	13 July 1989	Rzeszów, Poland
34		Mike Danton	C	21 Oct. 1980	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
-		Maxim Kartoshkin	F	17 May 1989	Moscow, Russia
10		Robert Kostecki	F	15 June 1983	Sanok, Poland
77		Piotr Naparło	LW	18 Mar. 1996	Sanok, Poland
13		Nathan Sliwinski	F	11 Oct. 1990	Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
80		Marek Strzyżowski	RW	1 Jan. 1989	Sanok, Poland
-		Alex Szczechura	RW	1 May 1990	Brantford, Ontario, Canada
18		Mateusz Wilusz	F	31 Mar. 1990	Poland

Notable Players

KH Sanok logo until 2015

Retired numbers

STS 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:

• Mike Danton (former NHLer, Naturalized Polish citizen, Poland national team player)
• Samson Mahbod
• Zenon Konopka (former NHLer)
• Martin Richter (Czech Republic national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has won a World Championship)
• Martin Vozdecký (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
• Petr Šinágl (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
• Dmitri Suur (Estonia national team player)
• Kaupo Kaljuste (Estonia national team player)
• Nicolas Besch (France national team player)
• Sergei Antipov (Kazakhstan national team player)
• Anthony Aquino (Italy national team player)
• Martin Ivičič (Slovakia national team player)
• Miroslav Zaťko (Slovakia national team player)
• Peter Bartoš (Slovakia national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has played in the NHL)
• Stanislav Hudec (Slovakia national team player)
• Vladislav Baláž (Slovakia national team player))
• Viliam Čacho (Slovakia national team player)
• Jakob Milovanovič (Slovenia national team player)
• Mike Cichy (naturalized Polish citizen, Poland national team player)

External links

• Official site (In Polish)

Ice hockey in Poland Polish Ice Hockey Federation National Teams: Men Men U20 Men U18 Men Women Women U18 Women Polska Hokej Liga: Polonia Bytom ComArch Cracovia Naprzód Janów JKH GKS Jastrzębie Podhale Nowy Targ Orlik Opole Unia Oświęcim STS Sanok Zagłębie Sosnowiec SMS I Sosnowiec Nesta Mires Toruń GKS Tychy Polish 1. Liga: UKH Dębica Stoczniowiec 2014 Gdańsk Related: Puchar Polski Interliga Related articles: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

Wikimedia Commons has media related to KH Sanok.