Žiga Pavlin

Žiga Pavlin
Date of birth	April 30, 1985
place of birth	Kranj , SR Slovenia
size	194 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
number	# 34
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2001	HK Kranjska Gora
2001-2002	HK Bled
2002-2006	HK Triglav
2006-2007	HK Slavija Ljubljana
2007-2009	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2009-2010	Ritten sport
2010-2011	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2011-2014	IF Troy-Ljungby
2013	Rögle BK
2014	HK Saryarka Karaganda
2014-2015	AIK ishockey
since 2015	HC Slavia Prague

Žiga Pavlin (born April 30, 1985 in Kranj , SR Slovenia ) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Slavia Prague in the 1st division , the second highest Czech division, since 2015 .

Career

Žiga Pavlin began his career as a hockey player at HK Kranjska Gora , for whom he made his debut in the Slovenian ice hockey league in the 2000/01 season . After he had spent the following season with their league rivals HK Bled , the defender then played for three and a half years for HK Triglav . During the 2005/06 season, the international moved to HK Slavija Ljubljana , with whom he was runner-up in 2006 and 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was under contract with its city neighbor HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , for which he played in the Slovenian league and the Austrian ice hockey league .

After Pavlin had stood on the ice for Ritten Sport in the Italian Serie A1 during the 2009/10 season and won the Italian cup competition , he signed a contract with his former club HDD Olimpija Ljubljana from the Austrian ice hockey team for the 2010/11 season League. In May 2011 Pavlin received a contract with IF Troja-Ljungby from HockeyAllsvenskan , where he played until 2014 with a short break in 2013, during which he played for SHL club Rögle BK . He then moved to the Russian Wysschaja Hockey League for the Kazakh HK Saryarka Karaganda , but returned to Sweden in December of that year, where he ended the season with AIK Ishockey from Solna in the Allsvenskan. Since 2015 he has been under contract with HC Slavia Prague in the Czech first division , the country's second-highest division.

International

For Slovenia Pavlin took part in the junior division in Division I of the U18 World Cup in 2003 and the U20 World Championships in Division I in 2004 and 2005 .

In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in the Top Division 2011 , 2013 and 2015 and Division I in 2009 , 2010 , 2012 and 2014 . Pavlin also took part in the Olympic qualification for the 2014 Winter Games and the Winter Olympics in Sochi itself, when the Slovenes achieved a surprising seventh place.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Slovenian runner-up with the HK Slavija Ljubljana
• 2007 Slovenian runner-up with the HK Slavija Ljubljana
• 2007 Most points of all defenders in the Slovenian Ice Hockey League
• 2010 Italian cup winner with Ritten Sport

International

• 2010 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup of Division I.
• 2012 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.
• 2014 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

ÖEHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	147	18th	36	54	147
Playoffs	2	19th	0	2	2	22nd

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Žiga Pavlin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Žiga Pavlin at eliteprospects.com (English)