Damian Słaboń

Damian Słaboń
Date of birth	January 28, 1979
place of birth	Sosnowiec , Poland
size	177 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1995-1996	SMS I Sosnowiec
1996-1997	Olimpia Sosnowiec
1998-2001	KTH Krynica
2001-2004	GKS Tychy
since 2004	KS Cracovia

Damian Słaboń (born January 28, 1979 in Sosnowiec ) is a Polish ice hockey player who has been under contract with KS Cracovia in the Ekstraliga since 2004 .

Career

Damian Słaboń began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of GKS Tychy . In 1995 he moved to his hometown, where he made his debut in the Ekstraliga , the top Polish league, for the first team of the Polish Association's youth academy . In the 1996/97 season he took part in the East European Hockey League with Olimpia Sosnowiex . From 1998 to 2001 the center played for the Extraliga participant KTH Krynica before returning to his home club GKS Tychy for the next three years. For the 2004/05 season , the national player switched to KS Cracovia , with whom he won the Polish championship title in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2016 . In 2014 and 2016, he also won the cup competition . In the 2010/11 season he also took part in the Ekstraliga All-Star Game. In 2012 he reached the highest number of assists in the Ekstraliga.

International

For Poland , Słaboń took part in the junior division of the U18 B-European Championships in 1995 , 1996 and 1997 , when he was also voted best striker of the tournament as top scorer and top scorer, as well as the U20 B-World Cup in 1999 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B-World Championships in 1998 and 1999 and, after the switch to the current division system, at the tournaments of Division I in 2001 , 2003 , when he was the top scorer of the tournament in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 and 2012 . He also played for Poland in the 2002 World Cup , when the team competed in the top division for the last time. After all, he also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and 2010 in Vancouver .

Achievements and Awards

2006 Polish champion with KS Cracovia 2008 Polish champion with KS Cracovia 2009 Polish champion with KS Cracovia 2011 Polish champion with KS Cracovia 2011 Ekstraliga All-Star Game

2012 Best assists in the Ekstraliga 2013 Polish champion with KS Cracovia 2014 Polish Cup winner with KS Cracovia 2016 Polish champion and cup winner with KS Cracovia

International

• 1997 top scorer, top scorer and best striker of the U18-B-European championship
• 2001 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
• 2003 Best goalscorer at the World Cup in Division I, Group A (together with Levente Elekes , Jewgeni Koreschkow and David Livingston )

Ekstraliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	19th	725	333	407	740	267
Playoffs	7th	58	18th	25th	43	18th

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

Web links

• Damian Słaboń at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Damian Słaboń at eurohockey.com