Bartłomiej Pociecha

Bartłomiej Pociecha
Date of birth	March 22, 1992
place of birth	Krynica-Zdrój , Poland
size	187 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2007-2008	KTH Krynica
2008-2009	SMS Sosnowiec
2009-2010	KTH Krynica
2010–2012	HC Vítkovice Steel
2012-2014	KH Sanok
since 2014	GKS Tychy

Bartłomiej Pociecha (born March 22, 1992 in Krynica-Zdrój ) is a Polish ice hockey player who has been under contract with GKS Tychy in the Ekstraliga since 2014 .

Career

Club

Bartłomiej Pociecha began his career in the youth department of KTH Krynica , for which he made his debut in the second-class I league at the age of 15 . In 2008 he switched to the youth academy of the Polish Ice Hockey Association , for whose first team he was also on the ice in the I league. After a year in Sosnowiec he returned to the KTH Krynica in his hometown. After he was active in the highest Czech junior class at HC Vítkovice Steel from 2010 to 2012 , he was drawn to the reigning Polish champion KH Sanok , for whom he played his first games in the Ekstraliga . In 2014 he won the Polish national championship with the team from the Subcarpathian Mountains . He then moved to runner-up GKS Tychy , with whom he won the championship and cup double in 2015 and 2018 and also won the cup competition again in 2017.

International

For Poland, Pociecha took part in the junior division in the U18 World Championships in Division I in 2008 , 2009 , when he achieved the most scorer points for a defender, and in 2010, as well as in the U20 World Championships in Division I in 2009 , 2010 and 2012 and in Division II in 2011 .

The defender made his world championship debut in the men's national team at the Division I games in 2014 when he and his team were promoted from group B to group A. In this he was then on the ice in 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 . He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang .

successes

• 2011 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the U20 World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2014 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2014 Polish champion with the KH Sanok
• 2015 Polish champion and cup winner with the GKS Tychy
• 2017 Polish Cup winner with the GKS Tychy
• 2018 Polish champion and cup winner with the GKS Tychy

Ekstraliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	6th	244	38	74	112	186
Playoffs	6th	83	11	22nd	33	62

(As of the end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Bartłomiej Pociecha at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Bartłomiej Pociecha at eurohockey.com