HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
For other uses, see Olimpija Ljubljana (disambiguation).
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
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Full name Hokejsko Drsalno Društvo Olimpija Ljubljana
Founded 1929
Based In Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arena Dvorana Tivoli
(Capacity: 4,500)
League

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
2007-present
Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship
1991-present

Yugoslav Hockey League
1937–1991
Team Colors               
GM Slovenia Matjaž Sekelj
Head Coach Finland Hannu Järvenpää
Captain Slovenia Žiga Pance
Affiliates HS Olimpija Ljubljana
Website http://www.hddolimpija.com/

HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Championships and 11 Slovenian championships. They won 10 consecutive times from 1995 to 2004. In the 2007–08 season, their first in Erste Bank Hockey League, they made it all the way to the Finals, but lost 4 games to 2 against EC Red Bull Salzburg. The current main sponsor (as of the 2010–11 season) of the team is Zavarovalnica Tilia, an insurance company.

Contents

Honours

  • Yugoslav Ice Hockey League: (until 1991)
    • Winners (13) : 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984
  • Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship:
    • Winners (11) : 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
    • Runners-up (8) : 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Interliga:
    • Winners (2)


Current roster

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Hometown Former Club
1 United States Jean-Philippe Lamoureux / Grand Forks, North Dakota Utah Grizzlies
20 Slovenia Matic Boh / Ljubljana, Slovenia
69 Slovenia Matija Pintarič L Maribor, Slovenia
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Hometown Former Club
2 Canada Brad Cole L Miniota, Manitoba Greenville Road Warriors
4 Slovenia Igor Cvetek L Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Canada Scott Hotham R Barrie, Ontario Lillehammer IK
6 Slovenia Boštjan Groznik L Brezje, Slovenia
7 Slovenia Domen Vedlin R Ljubljana, Slovenia Mulhouse
23 Slovenia Damjan Dervarič L Ljubljana, Slovenia
44 Canada Jamie Fraser L Sarnia, Ontario Houston Aeros
98 Russia Sergei Smirnov L Moscow, Russia Mytischi Atalanti
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Hometown Former Club
12 Czech Republic Petr Šachl RW L Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic HC Košice
14 Slovenia Matej Hočevar C R Ljubljana, Slovenia
16 Slovenia Aleš Mušič LW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
19 Slovenia Žiga Pance RW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
21 Finland Tomi Mustonen LW L Oulu, Finland Björklöven
29 Slovenia Anže Ropret RW R Ljubljana, Slovenia
30 Slovenia Eric Pance RW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
41 Slovenia Anže Florjančič RW R Ljubljana, Slovenia
61 Slovenia Gregor Režek LW L Ljubljana, Slovenia
71 Slovenia Boštjan Goličič C L Naklo, Slovenia
72 Canada John Hughes RW R Whitby, Ontario Hannover Indians
84 Slovenia Andrej Hebar RW L Ljubljana, Slovenia HK Acroni Jesenice
89 Slovenia David Sefič C L Ljubljana, Slovenia
91 Slovenia Miha Verlič C L Maribor, Slovenia Slezan Opava

Team captains (since 1988)

  • Slovenia Srdan Kuret, 1988–1991
  • Slovenia Igor Beribak, 1991–2002
  • Slovenia Peter Rožič, 2002–2003
  • Russia Ildar Rahmatullin, 2003–04
  • Slovenia Damjan Dervarič, 2004–05
  • Slovenia Mitja Šivic, 2005–06
  • Slovenia Robert Ciglenečki, 2006–07
  • Slovenia Tomaž Vnuk, 2007–09
  • United States Kevin Mitchell, 2009–10
  • Slovenia Jurij Goličič, 2010
  • Slovenia Žiga Pance, 2010-current


Former NHL Players who played for Olimpija


Head Coaches (since 1989)

  • Soviet Union Nikolaj Ladigin, 1989–90
  • Soviet Union Aleksander Astašev, 1990–91
  • Slovenia Štefan Seme, 1991–92
  • Czech Republic Peter Janoš, 1992–93
  • United States Brad Buetow, 1993–94
  • Slovenia Pavle Kavčič, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
  • Slovenia Matjaž Sekelj, 1997–98, 1998–99
  • Canada Bud Stefanski, 1998–99
  • Slovenia Matjaž Sekelj, 1999–2000
  • Slovenia Marjan Gorenc, 2000–01, 2001–02
  • United States Chris Imes, 2002–03
  • Slovenia Matjaž Sekelj, 2003–04, 2004–05
  • Slovenia Andrej Brodnik, 2005–06
  • Russia Ildar Rahmatullin, 2006–07, 2007–08
  • United States Mike Posma, 2007–08, 2008–09
  • Canada Randy Edmonds, 2008–09
  • Slovenia Bojan Zajc, 2008–09
  • Canada France Dany Gelinas, 2009–10
  • Finland Hannu Järvenpää, 2009-current


Retired numbers

  • 24 - Tomaž Vnuk, C, 1987–2009

External links

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