Cracovia (ice hockey)

MKS Cracovia SSA, commonly referred to as Cracovia Kraków and currently playing as Comarch Cracovia for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey team in Kraków, Poland. They play in the Polska Hokej Liga.

Comarch Cracovia
CityKraków, Poland
LeaguePolska Hokej Liga
Founded1906 (club)
1923 (ice hockey section)
Home arenaLodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego
ColoursRed, White
   
General managerJanusz Filipiak
Head coach Rudolf Roháček
Websitecracovia-hokej.pl
Franchise history
1923–1997KS Cracovia
1997-presentMKS Cracovia SSA

History
Cracovia players during the 2011–12 Polska Liga Hokejowa season.

Founded in 1906, Cracovia is the oldest existing sports club in Poland. Ice hockey in the form of bandy had been first played around 1909, and the first North American style ice hockey game was played in 1912. The ice hockey section of the sports club was created in 1923. Currently, the men's ice hockey section functions independently, and is legally called MKS Cracovia SSA. The women's section continues to function under the sports society of KS Cracovia.

The men's professional team won five league titles in the 1930s and 1940s. It took them 57 years to win another league title after winning in 1949. They finally won the PLH again in 2006, and have since added six more titles, in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017.

They are also the first Polish team to compete in the Champions Hockey League. They made their debut in the 2016–17 edition, where they were put into a group with Färjestad BK from the Swedish Hockey League and HC Sparta Praha from the Czech Extraliga. They would lose all four group stage matches.[1]

Achievements
  • Polish champion : 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
  • Polish 1. Liga champion : 1965, 1967, 1977, 2004.
  • Polish Cup champion : 2013, 2015, 2021.
  • Superpuchar Polski: 2014.
  • IIHF Continental Cup: 2022.

Players

Current roster

Source: cracovia-hokej.pl[2]Source: eliteprospects.com[3]As of November 8, 2021.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
– Denis Perevozchikov G L 29 2020 Perm, Russia
90 Aleš Ježek D L 31 2018 Tábor, Czechoslovakia
15 Collin Shirley LW L 26 2021 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
– Lukasz Hebda G L 21 2019 Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
16 Saku Kinnunen D L 27 2021 Kuhmo, Finland
95 Damian Kapica RW L 29 2015 Nowy Targ, Poland
89 Jiří Gula D R 32 2019 Most, Czechoslovakia
94 Štěpán Csamangó RW R 28 2020 Czech Republic
3 Patryk Gosztyla D L 22 2019 Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
– Jere Karlsson D L 26 2021 Turku, Finland
88 Artyom Voroshilo RW L 33 2021 Suoyarvi, Russia
11 Antoni Dziurdzia F L 21 2017 Krakow, Poland
2 Martin Dudáš D L 35 2020 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
72 David Zabolotny G L 28 2021 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
49 Jakub Müller D R 22 2021 Slaný, Czech Republic
32 Grigori Mishchenko LW R 30 2021 Kanibadam, Tajikistan
33 Jakub Šaur D L 30 2020 Brno, Czechoslovakia
10 Yevgeni Bodrov C L 34 2021 Tolyatti, Russia
81 Mateusz Bezwinski D L 20 2019 Krakow, Poland
14 Erik Němec LW L 28 2020 Metylovice, Czech Republic
12 Michal Jaracz D L 19 2018 Skawina, Poland
43 Maxim Ignatovich D R 31 2020 Novosibirsk, Russia
71 Sebastian Brynkus F L 21 2018 Nowy Targ, Poland
24 Dmitri Ismagilov F L 28 2021 Chelyabinsk, Russia
13 Yevgeni Popitich F L 27 2021 Perm, Russia
8 Łukasz Kamiński F L 23 2018 Nowy Targ, Poland
50 Ivan Yatsenko C L 29 2021 Yekaterinburg, Russia
7 Igor Augustyniak F R 20 2019 Tychy, Poland

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Team Roster / KS Cracovia". www.cracovia-hokej.pl. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  3. "Team Roster / KS Cracovia". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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