Žiga Pance

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Žiga Pance
Date of birth January 1, 1989
place of birth Ljubljana , SR Slovenia
size 178 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Right wing
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2006 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2006-2007 Oshawa Generals
2007-2013 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2013-2015 HC Bolzano
2015-2016 EC VSV
2016-2017 EC-KAC
2017-2018 Dornbirn EC
2019 DVTK

Žiga Pance (born January 1, 1989 in Ljubljana , SR Slovenia ) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with the Dornbirner EC . His brother Erik is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Žiga Pance began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Slovenian ice hockey league in the 2005/06 season . At the same time he played for Olimpija in the Interliga . The following season, the winger moved to the Oshawa Generals , who had drawn him in the CHL Import Draft in the first round in a total of 24th place, in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . After starting the 2007/08 season at Oshawa, he returned to Ljubljana, where he became Slovenian champion in 2012 and 2013 . In the following season , the national player made his debut in the Austrian ice hockey league . He scored four goals in 50 games and gave four assists. In the 2009/10 season , the left-handed shooter was able to increase to 34 scorer points, including 14 goals, in 54 games and was also second in the election for the EBEL YoungStar this season . He continued this positive trend in the 2010/11 season , in which he was team captain at Olimpija, when he scored 41 scorer points in a total of 57 games, including 23 goals, and again finished second in the election for the EBEL YoungStar of the season .

Žiga Pance (left) in the jersey of HC Bozen (2014)

In 2013 he moved within the league to HC Bozen , with whom he was able to win the Austrian ice hockey league straight away. He scored the decisive goal at 3-2 after extra time in the fifth final game against EC Red Bull Salzburg and thus secured the title for his team. For the 2015/16 season he signed a contract with EC Villacher SV . With the Villachern he reached the semi-finals, was the team's top scorer and scored the most assists of the club. Despite these successes, he left the team after only one year and moved within Carinthia to EC Klagenfurt AC .

International

For Slovenia , Pance took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in Division I in 2006 and the U20 World Junior Championships in Division I in 2007 and 2009 .

In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2009 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 and 2016 and in the World Championships in the Top Division in 2011 , 2013 and 2015 . He also took part in the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 and also in the Winter Games themselves, in which the Slovenes took a surprising seventh place. He also played for his home country in the Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018 , which was successful for Slovenia .

Inline hockey

In addition to his career as an ice hockey player, Pance plays inline hockey in the summer months and represented Slovenia at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship 2006 and IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship 2008 . At the national level he plays for the team ŠD CityPark Strele.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 2 0 0 0 0
2005/06 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Interliga 22nd 0 4th 4th 0
2005/06 HD HS Olimpija Slovenia 28 16 5 21st 76
2006/07 Oshawa Generals OHL 24 2 1 3 15th 1 0 0 0 0
2007/08 Oshawa Generals OHL 8th 0 0 0 4th
2007/08 HD HS Olimpija Slovenia 13 6th 3 9 66
2007/08 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 2 2 4th 6th 2
2008/09 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 50 4th 4th 8th 10
2008/09 HD HS Ljubljana Slovenia 10 7th 8th 15th 24 4th 3 4th 7th 26th
2008/09 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 7th 1 0 1 24
2009/10 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 54 14th 20th 34 36
2009/10 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 4th 1 3 4th 16 6th 1 1 2 4th
2010/11 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 53 23 17th 40 56 4th 0 1 1 8th
2010/11 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 3 2 2 4th 2 4th 1 0 1 0
2011/12 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 46 17th 16 33 61 6th 1 6th 7th 2
2011/12 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia - - - - - 6th 3 5 8th 6th
2012/13 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 54 11 20th 31 30th - - - - -
2012/13 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia - - - - - 4th 4th 2 6th 0
2013/14 HC Bolzano EBEL 41 14th 7th 21st 17th 13 3 6th 9 2
2014/15 HC Bolzano EBEL 54 22nd 17th 39 16 7th 1 4th 5 4th
2015/16 EC VSV EBEL 49 16 20th 36 23 11 2 9 11 4th
2016/17 EC KAC EBEL 54 9 13 22nd 12 14th 5 4th 9 8th

International

year team event Sp T V Pt +/- SM result
2006 Slovenia U18 World Championship Div. I. 5 2 0 2 −2 4th 2nd place
2007 Slovenia U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 1 1 2 0 25th 5th place
2009 Slovenia U20 World Cup Div. I. 5 6th 2 8th +3 22nd 4th Place
2009 Slovenia WM Div. IA 5 0 0 0 0 2 2nd place
2010 Slovenia WM Div. IB 5 1 2 3 +1 6th Promotion to the top division
2011 Slovenia WM 6th 0 0 0 −3 2 16th place, relegation to the Div. I.
2012 Slovenia WM Div. IA 5 0 0 0 −2 2 Promotion to the top division
2013 Slovenia Olympic qualification 3 0 0 0 0 0 1st place, qualification for the Olympics
2013 Slovenia WM 7th 0 0 0 −2 4th 16th place, relegation to the Div. I.
2014 Slovenia Olympia 5 0 0 0 −3 0 7th place
2014 Slovenia WM Div.IA 5 0 1 1 +1 2 Promotion to the top division
2015 Slovenia WM 7th 3 0 3 +1 0 16th place, relegation to the Div. I.
2016 Slovenia WM Div.IA 5 1 2 3 +3 2 Promotion to the top division

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Žiga Pance  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ inline.si, TATISTIKA IGRALCA - Pance, Žiga ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Pance, Žiga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pance, Ziga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana , SR Slovenia