Slovenian Ice Hockey League

The Slovenian Ice Hockey League is the highest level ice hockey league in the country of Slovenia. The Championship is open only to Slovenian teams. During the regular season these teams play in the Inter-National League and the Austrian Hockey League.

History

Olimpija vs Slavija at Tivoli Hall in the 2012–13 Slovenian Hockey League season

The Slovenian Hockey league used to exist between 1991 and 2009, with the championship being held at the end as the playoffs. Over time some Slovenian teams entered the Austrian Hockey League, and joined in at the playoffs. In the 2007–08 season there was an issue, as a Croatian team, Medveščak, qualified for the play-offs. As the Slovenian Champion could only be a team from Slovenia, they did not take part in the play-offs. The following season, 2008–09, Medveščak played in the play-offs. In the case that they won the best Slovenian team would have been announced the Slovenian Champion and Medveščak would have been the league's champion. However, Medveščak was defeated in the play-offs.

The Slohokej League was established and played its first season in 2009–10, but was cancelled after the 2011–12 season.

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded
2015–16 teams
Bled	Bled	Bled Ice Hall	1,000	1999
Celje	Celje	Golovec Ice Hall	500	1998
HDD Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	4,500	2013
HDD Olimpija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	4,000	1928
Maribor	Maribor	Tabor Ice Hall	1,000	1993
Slavija	Ljubljana	Zalog Ice Hall	1,000	1964
Triglav Kranj	Kranj	Zlato Polje Ice Hall	1,000	1968
Medveščak Zagreb II^[a]	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	500	2003
Mladost^[a]	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	500	1946
Zagreb^[a]	Zagreb	Dvorana Velesajam	500	1982
Red Star^[a]	Belgrade	Pionir Ice Hall	2,000	1946
Former teams
Alfa	Ljubljana	Zalog Ice Hall	1,000	2005
HK Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	4,500	1948
HK Olimpija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	4,000	2004
Kranjska Gora	Kranjska Gora	Podmežakla Hall	4,500	1961
Mladi Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	4,500	1999
Tivoli	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	4,000	N/A
Medveščak Zagreb	Zagreb	Dom Sportova	6,500	1961

^ a: Competed in regular season only.

Winners

until 1991 – Yugoslav Hockey League 1991–92 – HK Jesenice 1992–93 – HK Jesenice 1993–94 – HK Jesenice 1994–95 – Olimpija 1995–96 – Olimpija 1996–97 – Olimpija 1997–98 – Olimpija 1998–99 – Olimpija

1999–2000 – Olimpija 2000–01 – Olimpija 2001–02 – Olimpija 2002–03 – Olimpija 2003–04 – Olimpija 2004–05 – HK Jesenice 2005–06 – HK Jesenice 2006–07 – Olimpija 2007–08 – HK Jesenice

2008–09 – HK Jesenice 2009–10 – HK Jesenice 2010–11 – HK Jesenice 2011–12 – Olimpija 2012–13 – Olimpija 2013–14 – Olimpija 2014–15 – HDD Jesenice 2015–16 – Olimpija

Club	Titles	Years won
Olimpija	15	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
HK Jesenice	9	1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
HDD Jesenice	1	2015

See also

• Slohokej League
• Slovenian Ice Hockey Cup
• Yugoslav Ice Hockey League

External links

• Hokejska Zveza Slovenije (Slovene)
• Slohokej (Slovene)