HK Jesenice
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| history | HK Jesenice (1948-2012) |
| Location | Jesenice , Slovenia |
| Nickname | Železarji |
| Club colors | Red White |
| league | - |
| Venue | Dvorana Podmežakla |
| capacity | 5,900 seats |
The HK Acroni Jesenice was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice , which participated in the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League until 2012 . In the summer of 2012, the club stopped playing due to ongoing financial problems. The farm / youth team HD mladi Jesenice continues to exist and has been participating in the newly founded Erste Bank Young Stars League since 2012 .
history
Founding years and greatest successes
The club was founded in 1948 and is 8-time Slovenian champion and record champion of the former Yugoslav league with 23 titles . The club's dominance began in 1957 when the team won the Yugoslav championship for the first time. In the following fifteen years the Stahlstädter remained undefeated. It was not until 1972 that there was another champion with arch rivals HDD Olimpija Ljubljana . This dominance was broken just before the breakup of Yugoslavia by the Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb , which won the last three national titles. In the Slovenian league, HK Jesenice had to admit defeat to HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in terms of the number of championships, but the two teams together remained the defining moment of the league.
In the international competition of the Alpine League , HK Jesenice was denied a title win , but the team managed to win three championships in the subsequent Interliga .
Entry into the Austrian ice hockey league
In April 2006, the club applied to participate in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga from the 2006/07 season . The final decision was made by the President's Conference on July 7, 2006 . Most of the conditions for participation have already been clarified beforehand. Jesenice has deposited the required bank guarantees, accepted the league's implementation regulations and the associations of Slovenia and Austria agreed to the change.
The main motive for the move to the EBEL is the relatively weak Slovenian league - measured against the HK Jesenice - in which one has won six championship and nine runner-up titles since its existence. After moving to the new league, the team narrowly missed participation in the playoffs in their first season. Only in the last game of the regular season did the Vienna Capitals secure fourth playoff place with an away win in Jesenice in overtime. The following year the team reached fourth place after the regular round, but slipped to sixth place in the placement round. In the quarter-finals, the early season ended with a 2: 3 defeat in the best-of-five series against EHC Linz .
In the 2008/09 season , Jesenice led the table over long distances in the first third of the basic round. However, the team, which started the season with only three legionnaires, constantly struggled with a problem in the goalkeeper position and ended the regular season in sixth place. Canadian goalkeeper Matthew Yeats was signed shortly before the start of the playoffs . However, this injured himself during the quarter-finals, whereupon the team was eliminated against the eventual runner-up EC Red Bull Salzburg .
For the 2009/10 season it became known that Jesenice was facing massive financial problems. As two years before, the brothers Marcel and David Rodman moved to the Vienna Capitals . Defender Aleš Kranjc also left the team. A few new players were signed, but the club's board announced that it wanted to play the season primarily with young players. Most of this has been put into practice. Jesenice spent most of the season in last place in the table, but found better in the game at the end of the regular season and was able to achieve some unexpected victories. Not least because of this increase, Jesenice overtook the financially troubled local rivals from Ljubljana just before the end of the season and was able to end the season in penultimate place. To what extent the season was beneficial to budgetary consolidation cannot yet be foreseen.
This club policy was continued in the 2010/11 season . Despite a good start, HK Jesenice was passed back in the table and ended the EBEL season in last place. Subsequently, however, the ninth win of the Slovenian championship, which was also the fourth title win in a row, succeeded.
The 2011/12 season turned into a disaster for the club as the financial problems became more pressing. Before the start of the season, a number of newly signed players left the club, which was repeated with their successors over the course of the season. Jesenice had no chance in the last place in the EBEL table and also had difficulties to ensure ongoing operations towards the end of the season. As a result, the team was also defeated by the competitor HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the battle for the Slovenian championship.
In the spring, work was carried out for a long time on participating in the newly founded Inter-National League , but this ultimately proved to be impracticable. The game was stopped after 64 years.
Others
The Acroni steelworks in Jesenice was the main and name sponsor for decades . The close connection between the steel industry and the ice hockey club was also evident in the name of the Red Steelers fan club .
The HK Jesenice was also characterized by an excellent youth work. Over the years the club has produced a large number of Slovenian national players, and many of the players trained in Jesenice have made their way into some of Europe's top leagues.
successes
- Slovenian champion : 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 (9 times)
- Slovenian runner-up: 1995–1998, 2000–2004, 2012 (10 times)
- Yugoslav champion : 1957–1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988 (23 times)
Club statistics
| season | Main round | Playoffs | annotation | |||||||||||||||
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| Games | S. | N | NNV | Victory% | Gates | TVH | Points | rank | Games | S. | N | NNV | Victory% | Gates | TVH | Points | ||
| 2006/07 | 56 | 29 | 23 | 4th | 55.36% | 194: 192 | +2 | 62 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th place, no playoff participation |
| 2007/08 | 46 | 23 | 18th | 5 | 55.43% | 124: 141 | −17 | 51 | 6th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | 16:17 | −1 | - | Quarter final out |
| 2008/09 | 54 | 24 | 24 | 6th | 50.00% | 179: 197 | −18 | 54 | 6th | 5 | 1 | 4th | 0 | 20.00% | 11:21 | −10 | - | Quarter final out |
| 2009/10 | 54 | 16 | 31 | 7th | 36.11% | 148: 205 | −57 | 39 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th place, no playoff participation |
| 2010/11 | 54 | 20th | 25th | 9 | 45.37% | 161: 196 | −35 | 49 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Rank 10, no playoff participation |
| 2011/12 | 40 | 9 | 24 | 7th | 31.25% | 82: 143 | −61 | 25th | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11th place, no playoff participation |
| total | 304 | 121 | 145 | 38 | 46.05% | 888: 1074 | −186 | 280 | - | 10 | 3 | 7th | 0 | 30.00% | 27:38 | −11 | - | |
Legend:
S = victories, N = defeats in regular playing time, NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, victory% = percentage of the total possible points scored, TVH = goal difference
player
Well-known former players
(Team membership and position in brackets)
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Players in the EBEL All-Star Team
| season | player |
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| 2006/07 | Aleš Kranjc , Aaron Fox , Marcel Rodman , David Rodman |
| 2007/08 | Robert Kristan , Dejan Varl , Conny Strömberg , Markus Matthiasson |
| 2008/09 | Aleš Kranjc , Sabahudin Kovačevič , Marcel Rodman , David Rodman , Tomaž Razingar , Conny Strömberg |
Coach history
| Period | Trainer | Remarks | |
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| 1963-1966 |
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Jiŕi Pleticha | 3 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1966-1967 |
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Rudi Černy | 1 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1967-1969 |
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Oldrich Mlcoch | 2 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1969-1972 |
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Ciril Klinar | 2 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1972-1974 |
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Boris Afanasiyev | 1 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1974-1975 |
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Jože Trebušak | |
| 1975-1976 |
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Rudi Černy | |
| 1976-1988 |
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Vlastimil Bubnik | 2 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1978-1979 |
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Ciril Klinar | |
| 1979-1982 |
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Boris Svetlin | 2 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1982-1983 |
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Albin Felc | |
| 1983-1985 |
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Boris Svetlin | Early release |
| 1985-1987 |
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Roman Smolej | 2 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1987-1988 |
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Vaclav Červeny | 1 × Yugoslav champion |
| 1988-1989 |
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Rudi Hiti | |
| 1989-1990 |
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Ciril Klinar | Early release |
| 1989-1990 |
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Vaclav Červeny | |
| 1990-1991 |
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Jan Selvek | |
| 1991-1993 |
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Vladimir Krikunov | 2 × Slovenian champion |
| 1993-1995 |
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Sergei Borisov | 1 × Slovenian champion |
| 1995-1996 |
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Drago Mlinarec | |
| 1996-1997 |
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Paul Arsenault | Early release |
| 1996-1997 |
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Franci Žbontar | |
| 1997-1998 |
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Zdenek Uher | Early release |
| 1997-1998 |
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Drago Mlinarec | |
| 1998-1999 |
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Pavle Kavčič | |
| 1999-2001 |
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Vaclav Červeny | |
| 2001-2002 |
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Pavle Kavčič | |
| 2002-2006 |
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Roman Pristov | 2 × Slovenian champion |
| 2006-2007 |
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Matjaž Kopitar | EBEL: 5th place |
| 2007-2008 |
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Kim Collins | Early release |
| 2008-2009 |
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Douglas Bradley | 2 × Slovenian champions , EBEL: 2 × quarter-final out |
| 2009-2010 |
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Ildar Rahmatuljin | Early release |
| 2010 |
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Mike Posma | EBEL: 9th place, Slovenian champion |
| 2010–2012 |
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Heikki Mälkiä | |
Venue
The home of HK Jesenice was the Dvorana Podmežakla , built in 1978 , which has held around 5,900 spectators since the east stand, which was also built in 2010.
Average audience
- 2004/2005 season: 2,000 spectators per home game
- 2005/2006 season: 1,347 spectators per home game
- 2006/2007 season: 2,604 spectators per home game
- 2007/2008 season: 2,860 spectators per home game
- 2008/2009 season: 2,607 spectators per home game
- 2009/2010 season: 1,662 spectators per home game
- 2010/2011 season: 2,453 spectators per home game
- 2011/2012 season: 1,565 spectators per home game
Others
Fan culture
The registered fan club of HK Jesenice were the Red Steelers . They became known among ice hockey fans for the impressive backdrop, which they created with the loud “Je-se-ni-ce!” Shouts not only in their own hall. Its name comes from the decades-old sponsorship connection between its team and the Jesenice steelworks, Acroni.
Web links
- Official website (Slovenian, English & German) ( Memento from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry on hockeyarenas.net with photos of the ice rink
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deep red numbers at HK Jesenice
- ↑ Homepage of the ÖEHV ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
