HDD Olimpija Ljubljana

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
City	Ljubljana, Slovenia
League	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (2007–present) Slovenian Ice Hockey League (1991–present) Yugoslav Hockey League (1937–1991)
Founded	1928 (as SK Ilirija)[1]
Home arena	Tivoli Hall (Capacity: 4,000)
Colors	Green, white, black
Head coach	Bojan Zajc
Captain	Aleš Mušič
Affiliates	HK Olimpija
Website	Official website
Franchise history
1929–1942	SK Ilriia
1945–1946	HK Udarnik
1946–1947	HK Triglav
1947–1948	HK Enotnost
1948–1962	HK Ljubljana
1962–2001	HK Olimpija Ljubljana
2001–	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
Championships
Slovenian Champions	15 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Yugoslav Champions	13 (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984)

Active sport clubs of Olimpija
Football	Basketball	Hockey

Hokejsko Drsalno Društvo Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. They play their home games at the Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav championships and 15 Slovenian championships. They won ten consecutive titles between 1995 and 2004.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as SK Ilirija.^[1] It was the first club on the territory of Yugoslavia to play organized ice hockey under the Canadian rules. In the 2007–08 season, their first in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, 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 2012) of the team is Telemach, the leading Slovenian provider of cable TV, telephony and broadband internet services.^[2]

Club names through history

• SK Ilrija (1928–1942)
• HK Udarnik (1946)
• HK Triglav (1947)
• HK Enotnost (1948)
• HK Ljubljana (1949–1961)
• HK Olimpija Ljubljana (1962–1984)
• HK Olimpija Kompas (1985–1990)
• HK Olimpija Hertz (1991–1998)
• HDD ZM Olimpija (2001–2008)
• HDD Tilia Olimpija (2008–2012)
• HDD Telemach Olimpija (2012–present)

Arena

The team play their home matches at the Tivoli Hall complex, a 4,000 all-seated multi-purpose indoor hall in Ljubljana.

Honours

Olimpija vs EC KAC at Bežigrad Stadium in 2012–13 Austrian Hockey League season

• Austrian Hockey League

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

• Yugoslav Ice Hockey League (until 1991)

Winners (13): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84

Runners-up (13): 1947–48, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1990–91

• Yugoslav Ice Hockey Cup

Winners (4): 1969, 1972, 1975, 1987

• Slovenian Ice Hockey League:

Winners (15): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16

Runners-up (9): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15

• Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup:

Winners (3): 1995–96, 2000–01, 2015–16

• Interliga:

Winners (2): 2000–01, 2001–02

• Alpenliga

Runners-up (1): 1997

• IIHF Federation Cup

Third place (1): 1995

• Karawankencup

Winners (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979

• Alpencup

Winners (1): 1972

• Rudi Hiti Summer League:

Winners (3): 2000, 2002, 2004

Current roster

Updated 27 March, 2016.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
72		Čepon, KristjanKristjan Čepon	D	L	20	2013	Ljubljana, Slovenia
6		Groznik, BoštjanBoštjan Groznik	D	L	33	2002	Brezje, SFR Yugoslavia
14		Hočevar, MatejMatej Hočevar	RW	R	33	2005	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
9		Pem, NikNik Pem	LW	L	20	2015	Jesenice, Slovenia
12		Sitar, NikNik Sitar	F	L	19	2015	Slovenia
61		Kalan, LukaLuka Kalan	C	L	22	2014	Kranj, Slovenia
20		Koblar, GregorGregor Koblar	RW	L	23	2013	Jesenice, Slovenia
37		Koren, GalGal Koren	C	L	24	2014	Domžale, Slovenia
25		Hadžič, SebastjanSebastjan Hadžič	C	L	21	2015	Jesenice, Slovenia
17		Logar, MihaMiha Logar	D	R	20	2014	Kranj, Slovenia
63		Nagtzaam, NardoNardo Nagtzaam	LW	L	25	2015	Nijmegen, Netherlands
16		Mušič, AlešAleš Mušič (C)	C	L	33	2000	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
11		Pešut, ŽigaŽiga Pešut	LW	L	23	2013	Maribor, Slovenia
34		Chvatal, AljažAljaž Chvatal	RW	R	20	2015	Slovenia
64		Batič, UrošUroš Batič	D	L	20	2015	Slovenia
23		Planko, DavidDavid Planko	D	R	22	2014	Celje, Slovenia
29		Ropret, AnžeAnže Ropret	LW	R	26	2008	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
44		Selan, MaksMaks Selan	D	L	27	2015	Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia
18		Tavželj, AndrejAndrej Tavželj	D	L	32	2015	Kovor, SFR Yugoslavia
7		Potočnik, KrištofKrištof Potočnik	C	L	19	2015	Kranj, Slovenia
33		Sotlar, JureJure Sotlar	RW	R	22	2013	Ljubljana, Slovenia
95		Trelc, TomažTomaž Trelc	G	L	20	2013	Ljubljana, Slovenia
41		Uduč, AljažAljaž Uduč	LW	L	21	2013	Celje, Slovenia
71		Zdešar, JakaJaka Zdešar	LW	R	23	2012	Ljubljana, Slovenia
77		Ulamec, LukaLuka Ulamec	LW	L	18	2015	Slovenia

Staff
Title	Staff
Head Coach	Bojan Zajc
Assistant Coach	/
Goalkeeper Coach	Peter Škrabelj
Team Leader	Jože Kovač
Equipment manager	Andrej Vidmar
Physiotherapist	Aljaž Nadižar
Team Doctor	Dr. Andrej Gadžijev
Public relations	Tomaž Langerholz
Scout / Head of Junior	Bojan Zajc

Team captains (since 1988)

• Srdan Kuret, 1988–1991
• Igor Beribak, 1991–2002
• Peter Rožič, 2002–2003
• Ildar Rahmatullin, 2003–04
• Damjan Dervarič, 2004–05
• Mitja Šivic, 2005–06

• Robert Ciglenečki, 2006–07
• Tomaž Vnuk, 2007–09
• Kevin Mitchell, 2009–10
• Jurij Goličič, 2010
• Žiga Pance, 2010–12
• Aleš Mušič, 2012–present
• Aleš Mušič and Andrej Tavželj (co-captains), 2015

Former NHL players, who played for Olimpija

• Jan Muršak
• John Smrke
• Neil Sheehy
• Steve Bozek
• Brian MacLellan
• Colin Patterson
• Alain Côté
• Kimbi Daniels
• Ed Kastelic
• Kraig Nienhuis
• David Haas
• Bill McDougall
• Len Hachborn
• Jason Lafreniere
• Kim Issel
• Pat Murray
• Yves Héroux
• Lonnie Loach
• Jean-Francois Quintin
• Mike Tomlak

• Chris Corrinet
• Manny Malhotra
• Brian Willsie
• Matt Pettinger
• John Jakopin
• Ryan Jardine
• Greg Kuznik
• Ralph Intranuovo
• Brian Felsner
• Todd Elik
• Frank Banham
• Mike Morrison
• Norm Maracle
• Remi Royer
• Steve Kelly
• Matt Higgins
• Travis Brigley
• Burke Henry
• Kari Haakana
• Norm Maracle

Head Coaches (since 1989)

• Nikolai Ladygin, 1989–1990
• Alexander Astashev, 1990–1991
• Štefan Seme, 1991–1992
• Peter Janoš, 1992–1993
• Brad Buetow, 1993–1994
• Pavle Kavčič, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997
• Matjaž Sekelj, 1997–1998, 1998–1999
• Bud Stefanski, 1998–1999
• Matjaž Sekelj, 1999–2000
• Marjan Gorenc, 2000–2001, 2001–2002
• Chris Imes, 2002–2003

• Matjaž Sekelj, 2003–2004, 2004–2005
• Andrej Brodnik, 2005–2006
• Ildar Rahmatullin, 2006–2007, 2007–2008
• Mike Posma, 2007–2008, 2008–2009
• Randy Edmonds, 2008–2009
• Bojan Zajc, 2008–2009
• Dany Gelinas, 2009–2010
• Hannu Järvenpää, 2009–2012
• Heikki Mälkiä, 2012–2012
• Bojan Zajc, 2012–2014
• Ivo Jan, 2014
• Fabian Dahlem, 2014–

Retired numbers

• 24 – Tomaž Vnuk, C, 1987–2009^[4]

References

1. "HDD Telemach Olimpija" (in Slovenian). hokej.si. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
2. "Telemach reach sports agreement with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana". Telemach. 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
3. "HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - Team -Roster" (in Slovenian). HDD Olimpija Ljubljana. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
4. "Vnuks jersey retired at Tivoli". Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-08-28.

External links

• Official website of HDD Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovene) (English)
• Hokej.si profile (Slovene)
• HDD Olimpija Ljubljana on eurohockey.net