Piotr Sarnik

Piotr Sarnik
Date of birth	February 15, 1977
place of birth	Dąbrowa Górnicza , Poland
size	180 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1995-1996	SMS I Sosnowiec
1996-1997	Olimpia Sosnowiec
1997-1999	GKS Katowice
1999-2000	KTH Krynica
2000-2001	GKS Katowice
2001-2002	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2002-2004	GKS Tychy
2004-2006	KS Cracovia
2006-2009	GKS Tychy
2009-2010	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2011–2012	KS Cracovia
2012	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2013	Actually Unia Oświęcim
2014-2015	Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Piotr Sarnik (born February 15, 1977 in Dąbrowa Górnicza ) is a former Polish national ice hockey player who played on the position of the striker. After retiring in 2013, he worked as a coach for the Polish Ice Hockey Federation.

Career

Piotr Sarnik began his career in the academy of the Polish Ice Hockey Association in Sosnowiec, for whose first team he made his debut in the Ekstraliga at the age of 18 . With Olimpia Sosnowiec he played in the 1996/97 season in the East European Hockey League . From 1997 to 2001 he played - only interrupted by one year at league rivals KTH Krynica - at GKS Katowice also in the Ekstraliga. After a year with Zagłębie Sosnowiec , he joined GKS Tychy , for whom he was on the ice from 2002 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2009 and with whom he won the Polish Cup in 2007, 2008 and 2009 . Between his engagements in Tychy, Sarnik played for two years at KS Cracovia , with which he became Polish champion in 2006 . After 1½ years, which he had again spent with Zagłębie Sosnowiec, he went to Krakow again at the turn of the year 2010/11 and was Polish champion with Cracovie 2011 for the second time. In 2012 he moved again to Zagłębie Sosnowiec, where he only played for half a year, only to join Aksam Unia Oświęcim at the turn of the year 2012/13 . After actually ending his career at the end of the season, he played again for Zagłębie Sosnowiec in the I league , the second highest Polish league, in the 2014/15 season before ending his career.

For Poland , Sarnecki took part in the junior division at the U18 B European Championship in 1995 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1997 B World Cup and, after changing to the current division system, at the Division I World Championships in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 and 2012 .

Trainer

At the end of his active career, Sarnik began his career as a coach and worked for the Polish Association , where he was an assistant coach alongside the team at the Polish ice hockey academy in the I league and was also responsible for the U20 team at the 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 world championships . In the first half of 2016, he also took over the head coach position at his old club Zagłębie Sosnowiec .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Polish champion with KS Cracovia
• 2007 Polish cup winner with the GKS Tychy
• 2008 Polish cup winner with the GKS Tychy
• 2009 Polish cup winner with the GKS Tychy
• 2011 Polish champion with KS Cracovia
• 2015 promotion to the Ekstraliga with Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Ekstraliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	17th	508	217	208	425	580
Playoffs	16	133	52	46	98	141

(Status: end of the 2012/13 season)

Web links

• Piotr Sarnik at eurohockey.com
• Piotr Sarnik at eliteprospects.com (English)