HDD Jesenice

HDD Jesenice
City Jesenice, Slovenia
League Alps Hockey League
Slovenian Championship
Founded 2013 (2013)
Operated 2013–present
Home arena Podmežakla Hall
Colours Red, black, white
              
Head coach Nik Zupančič
Captain Miha Brus
Affiliates HD Mladi Jesenice
Website HDDJesenice.si
Franchise history
2013–2014 Team Jesenice
2014–present HDD Jesenice
Championships
Slovenian Champions 2015

Hokejsko Drsalno Društvo Jesenice, commonly referred to as HDD Jesenice or simply Jesenice, is a Slovenian ice hockey team based in Jesenice. They are members of the Alps Hockey League and Slovenian Championship. HDD Jesenice was founded in 2013 as Team Jesenice before changing to their current name for the 2014–15 season. Jesenice previously competed in the Inter-National League from 2013 to 2016 before it was merged into the Alps Hockey League. The club won their first Slovenian Championship in the 2014–15 season and as a result qualified for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup. Jesenice plays their home games at the Podmežakla Hall. The team is also known as SIJ Acroni Jesenice due to sponsorship reasons.

History

HDD Jesenice was founded in 2013 under the name of Team Jesenice and joined the Inter-National League (INL) and the Slovenian Championship for the 2013–14 season. The team replaced HD Mladi Jesenice in the Slovenian Championship who withdrew from the competition after the end of the 2012–13 season due to financial reasons.[1] In their debut Inter-National League season Team Jesenice finished the regular season in eighth place and qualified for the playoffs, however were knocked out in the quarterfinals.[2] Following the end of the Inter-National League season Team Jesenice joined the 2013–14 Slovenian Championship at the playoff stage of the competition.[3] Team Jesenice was drawn against Slavija who they defeated in two games to advance to the final against Olimpija.[4] Team Jesenice went on to lose the final series in two games.[4] Prior to the start of the 2014–15 season the club was renamed to HDD Jesenice. In their second Inter-National League season, Jesenice finished the regular season in third.[5] Going into the playoffs Jesenice was drawn against Slavija for the quarterfinals.[6] They defeated Slavija in four games and advanced to the semifinals against VEU Feldkirch.[6] Jesenice lost the semifinal series in four games.[6] In their second Slovenian Championship season Jesenice finished the regular season in second place, three points behind Olimpija.[7] Following their second-place finish Jesenice advanced straight to the semifinals where they were drawn against the third placed Triglav Kranj.[7] Jesenice defeated in two games and progressed to the final against Olimpija.[7] Jesenice won the finals three games to one, winning their first Slovenian Championship title.[7] As a result of winning the 2014–15 Slovenian Championship Jesenice qualified for the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup where they entered in the second round.[8] Jesenice was drawn in Group B of the second round against CH Jaca, Miskolci Jegesmedve and Mogo Riga.[9] Jesenice finished the round-robin Group B tournament in third place and failed to qualify for the third round of the tournament.[9] In the same season, Jesenice also competed in the re-established Slovenian Cup, where they lost in the final against Olimpija.[10]

Jesenice finished the 2015–16 INL regular season in third place, 19 points behind the first placed VEU Feldkirch.[11] The team advanced to the playoffs where they were drawn against the second placed EHC Lustenau in the semifinals.[11] Lustenau went on to defeat Jesenice in three games.[11] In the 2015–16 Slovenian Championship season Jesenice finished first in the standings with nine wins from ten games.[12] In the playoffs Jesenice advanced to the finals after defeating Maribor in the quarterfinals and Celje in the semifinals.[12] Jesenice went on to lose the final to Olimpija after five games.[12] In June 2016 the Inter-National League was merged with the Italian Serie A to form the Alps Hockey League (AHL). HDD Jesenice applied as the only Slovenian member and was accepted into the 16 team league.[13]

Season-by-season record

Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
2013–14 INL 36 20 0 3 13 160 103 63 8th Lost in quarterfinals (Gherdëina) [14][15]
2013–14 Slovenian Championship[a] 0 – – – – – – – – Lost in finals (Olimpija) [16]
2014–15 INL 28 17 1 4 6 141 71 57 3rd Lost in semifinals (Feldkirch) [17]
2014–15 Slovenian Championship[b] 12 10 0 0 2 97 23 30 2nd Won in finals (Olimpija) [7]
2015–16 INL 32 18 4 1 9 118 76 63 3rd Lost in semifinals (Lustenau) [11]
2015–16 Slovenian Championship[b] 10 9 1 0 0 62 13 32 1st Lost in finals (Olimpija) [12]

Tournaments

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team roster for the 2016–17 season[18]

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
28 Slovenia Nejc Berlisk D R 27 2014–15 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
16 Slovenia Miha Brus (C) F L 29 2013–14 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
37 Slovenia Gašper Cerkovnik D R 24 2015–16 Jesenice, Slovenia
91 Slovenia Tadej Čimžar F L 24 2015–16 Kranj, Slovenia
12 Slovenia Gašper Glavič F L 19 2015–16 Slovenia
27 Slovenia Aleš Jeklič D L 21 2015–16 Jesenice, Slovenia
10 Slovenia Blaž Tomaževič F R 19 2016–17 Slovenia
18 Slovenia Marjan Manfreda (A) F L 33 2013–14 Bled, Yugoslavia
81 Slovenia Sašo Rajsar (A) F L 28 2013–14 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
13 Italy Nate DiCasmirro F L 38 2016–17 Atikokan, Ontario, Canada
23 Slovenia Urban Sodja F R 25 2013–14 Jesenice, Slovenia
20 Slovenia Marko Tarman D L 20 2014–15 Jesenice, Slovenia
33 Slovenia Žan Us G L 20 2015–16 Kranj, Slovenia
31 Slovenia Eric Pance F L 25 2016–17 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
97 Slovenia Žan Jezovšek F L 19 2016–17 Slovenia
88 Slovenia Jure Sotlar F R 23 2016–17 Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Slovenia Miha Logar D R 21 2016–17 Kranj, Slovenia
11 Slovenia Luka Kalan F L 23 2016–17 Kranj, Slovenia
29 Slovenia Aleksandar Magovac D R 25 2016–17 Jesenice, Slovenia
39 Slovenia Rok Stojanovič G L 26 2016–17 Kranj, Yugoslavia
43 Austria Martin Oraže D L 32 2016–17 Klagenfurt, Austria
95 Slovenia Grega Vilman G L 21 2016–17 Jesenice, Slovenia
48 Slovenia Luka Kraigher D L 21 2016–17 Jesenice, Slovenia

Head coaches

  • Gorazd Rekelj, 2013–2015, replaced by Roman Pristov midway through the 2014–15[19]
  • Roman Pristov, 2014–2015, replaced by Nik Zupančič midseason[20]
  • Nik Zupančič, 2014–2015[21]
  • Dejan Varl, 2015–2016[22]
  • Nik Zupančič, 2016–present[21]

Notes

^ a: Team Jesenice joined the competition for the playoffs only.[23]
^ b: Matches between Slovenian teams in the Inter-National League counted for the national championship as well.[24]

References

  1. ↑ Ivanković, Vicko (2012-01-28). "Mladi Jesenice withdraws from Slohokej league". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Austria2 Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Slovenia Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 "2013/2014 Državno prvenstvo Slovenije". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Austria2 Team Standings 2014 - 2015". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Games from Inter-National League (INL)". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sezona 2014/2015, tekmovanje DP Člani 14/15" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Continental Cup groups known". International Ice Hockey Federation. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. 1 2 "2016 Continental Cup Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. ↑ A.V. (1 December 2015). "Prva pokalna lovorika v vitrino Telemacha Olimpije" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Sezona 2015/2016, tekmovanje INL - Inter National League 2016/16" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Sezona 2015/2016, tekmovanje DP Člani 15/16" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Alps Hockey League - The New International Hockey Project". Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. 2016-06-15. Archived from the original on 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  14. ↑ "Sezona 2013/2014, tekmovanje INL - Inter National League 2013/14" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Sezona 2013/2014, tekmovanje INL - Inter National League 2013/14" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sezona 2013/2014, tekmovanje DP Člani 13/14" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sezona 2014/2015, tekmovanje INL - Inter National League 2014/15" (in Slovenian). Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "HDD Jesenice". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Gorazd Rekelj". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Roman Pristov". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Nik Zupancic". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Dejan Varl". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  23. ↑ "HDD Jesenice". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  24. ↑ http://www.sport-tv.si/Binary/60/DP_v_hokeju.pdf

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