Cracovia, commonly erroneously referred to as Cracovia Kraków and currently playing as Comarch Cracovia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional ice hockey team based in Kraków, Poland. With 12 Polish Championships (as of 2022), it is one of the most accomplished Polish ice hockey teams. They play in the Polska Hokej Liga, the country's top division.

Comarch Cracovia
CityKraków, Poland
LeaguePolska Hokej Liga
Founded1906 (club)
1923 (ice hockey section)
Home arenaLodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego
ColoursRed, white
   
General managerMateusz Dróżdż
Head coachMarek Ziętara
Websitecracovia-hokej.pl
Franchise history
1923–1997KS Cracovia
1997-2023MKS Cracovia SSA
2023-presentKS Cracovia SA

History

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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

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  • Polish champions (12 times): 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017.
  • Polish Cup winners (3 times): 2013, 2015, 2021.
  • Polish SuperCup winners (3 times): 2014, 2016, 2017.
  • IIHF Continental Cup: 2022.
  • Polish 1. Liga champion (4 times): 1965, 1967, 1977, 2004.

Players

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Current roster

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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 31 2020 Perm, Russia
90   Aleš Ježek D L 34 2018 Tábor, Czechoslovakia
15   Collin Shirley LW L 28 2021 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Lukasz Hebda G L 24 2019 Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
16   Saku Kinnunen D L 29 2021 Kuhmo, Finland
95   Damian Kapica RW L 32 2015 Nowy Targ, Poland
89   Jiří Gula D R 35 2019 Most, Czechoslovakia
94   Štěpán Csamangó RW R 30 2020 Czech Republic
3   Patryk Gosztyla D L 24 2019 Krynica-Zdrój, Poland
  Jere Karlsson D L 29 2021 Turku, Finland
88   Artyom Voroshilo RW L 36 2021 Suoyarvi, Russia
11   Antoni Dziurdzia F L 23 2017 Kraków, Poland
2   Martin Dudáš D L 37 2020 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
72   David Zabolotny G L 30 2021 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
49   Jakub Müller D R 25 2021 Slaný, Czech Republic
32   Grigori Mishchenko LW R 32 2021 Kanibadam, Tajikistan
33   Jakub Šaur D L 32 2020 Brno, Czechoslovakia
10   Yevgeni Bodrov C L 36 2021 Tolyatti, Russia
81   Mateusz Bezwinski D L 23 2019 Kraków, Poland
14   Erik Němec LW L 30 2020 Metylovice, Czech Republic
12   Michal Jaracz D L 22 2018 Skawina, Poland
43   Maxim Ignatovich D R 33 2020 Novosibirsk, Russia
71   Sebastian Brynkus F L 23 2018 Nowy Targ, Poland
24   Dmitri Ismagilov F L 31 2021 Chelyabinsk, Russia
13   Yevgeni Popitich F L 30 2021 Perm, Russia
8   Łukasz Kamiński F L 25 2018 Nowy Targ, Poland
50   Ivan Yatsenko C L 32 2021 Yekaterinburg, Russia
7   Igor Augustyniak F R 23 2019 Tychy, Poland

References

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  1. ^ "Group Stage | championshockeyleague.com". Archived from the original on 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ "Team Roster / KS Cracovia". www.cracovia-hokej.pl. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  3. ^ "Team Roster / KS Cracovia". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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