Irbis-Skate Sofia

City	Sofia, Bulgaira
League	Bulgarian Hockey League
Founded	2012
Operated	2012–present
Home arena	Winter Sports Palace
Colours	Blue, white, black
Head coach	Stanislav Mukhachev
Website	Irbis-skate.com
Championships
Bulgarian Hockey League	1 (2015–16)
Bulgarian Cup	1 (2015–16)

Irbis-Skate Sofia (Bulgarian: Спортен клуб ИРБИС-СКЕЙТ) is a Bulgarian ice hockey team based in Sofia and compete in the Bulgarian Hockey League. Irbis-Skate Sofia was founded in 2012 and joined the Bulgarian Hockey League for the 2015–16 season. The club won the 2015–16 season and the 2016 Bulgarian Cup and as a result qualified for the 2016–17 IIHF Continental Cup.

History

Irbis-Skate Sofia was founded in August 2012 and initially competed in small tournaments and exhibition matches against Bulgarian Hockey League teams.^[1][2] The club also formed minor ice hockey teams to compete in competitions before entering their under-12 team into the national championship for the 2013–14 season.^[2][3][4] In 2015 Irbis-Skate Sofia entered the Bulgarian Hockey League for the 2015–16 season with their home arena being the Winter Sports Palace.^[5] The club finished the first round of the 2015–16 season in first place and as a result won the 2016 Bulgarian Cup. Irbis-Skate Sofia then went on to win all their remaining games of the season and finished in first place to claim their first Bulgarian Hockey League title.^[6] As a result of winning the 2015–16 season Irbis-Skate Sofia qualified for the 2016–17 IIHF Continental Cup where they entered in the first round.^[7] The club was selected as host of the Group A tournament and was drawn against HC Bat Yam, Partizan Belgrade and Zeytinburnu Belediyespor.^[7][8]

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team roster for the 2015–16 season^[9]

Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
	Vasil Batchvarov	F	R	24	2015–16	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Martin Boyadjiev	F	L	29	2015–16
	Juraj Dusicka	F	R	36	2015–16
	Martin Gyurov	F	L	41	2015–16	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Rosen Hristov	F	L	34	2015–16	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Stanislav Mukhachev	F	L	31	2015–16
	Nikola Nikolov	G	L	23	2015–16
	Simeon Nikolov	F	R	46	2015–16
	Ivan Slavov	F	R	38	2015–16	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Bogdan Stefanov	D	L	25	2015–16
	Kirill Stoinov	F	R	44	2015–16
	Stoyan Todorov	D		43	2015–16
	Aleksandar Tomov	G	L	17	2015–16
	Tzvetan Tzvetanov	D	R	39	2015–16	Elin Pelin, Bulgaria
	Vasilij Vasiliev	D	L	35	2015–16	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Ivan Velev	F	R	27	2015–16
	Ivaylo Velev	F	L	48	2015–16

Head coaches

• Stanislav Mukhachev, 2015–present^[10]

References

1. "За нас" (in Bulgarian). Irbis-Skate Sofia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
2. "Резултати – ИРБИС-СКЕЙТ: Сезон № 1 2012-2013" (in Bulgarian). Irbis-Skate Sofia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
3. "Резултати – ИРБИС-СКЕЙТ: СЕЗОН № 2 2013/2014" (in Bulgarian). Irbis-Skate Sofia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
4. "Резултати – държавно първенство СЕЗОН № 3 2014/2015" (in Bulgarian). Irbis-Skate Sofia. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
5. "Резултати – държавно първенство СЕЗОН № 4 2015/2016" (in Bulgarian). Irbis-Skate Sofia. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
6. "Bulgarian League: 2015–16 season". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
7. "София ще бъде домакин на кръг от Континенталната купа" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg. 2016-09-16. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
8. "2016–17 IIHF Continental Cup: Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
9. "Irbis-Skate SK Sofia". European Ice Hockey Online. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
10. "Stanislav Mukhachev". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-09-16.

External links

• Official website (Bulgarian)