STS Sanok

Ciarko STS Sanok
City	Sanok, Poland
League	Polska Hokej Liga
Founded	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Home arena	Arena Sanok (capacity: 5,000)
Colours	Red, white, blue
Head coach	Marcin Ćwikła
Website	www.sts.sanok.pl
Franchise history
1958–1960	RKS Sanoczanka
1960–1991	Stal Sanok
1991–1994	STS Sanok
1994–1999	STS-Autosan Sanok
1999–2001	SKH Sanok
2001–2008	KH Sanok
2008–2011	Ciarko KH Sanok
2011–2015	Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok
2015–2016	Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok
2017–	Ciarko KH 58 Sanok

STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team played in the Eastern Division of the Slovak 2. Liga, the third tier of ice hockey in Slovakia. The team was inactive during the 2016–2017 season due to financial difficulties. Before that and now, the team competes in the Polska Liga Hokejowa (PHL), the top-level hockey league in Poland.

The team's full legal name is Sanockie Towarzystwo Sportowe S. A.. The club was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and has undergone a number of name changes. It has been playing under the name Ciarko KH 58 Sanok since 2017, for sponsorship reasons. They play their home games in Arena Sanok, which has a capacity of 3,100 people. Between 1965 and 2006, they played their games at Torsan, which has now been taken down and is being used as a parking lot.

The club's main sponsors are PBS Bank, Ciarko, and the City of Sanok. The head coach is Marcin Ćwikła, a former homegrown player who also played for the Polish national team.

STS Sanok was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and have changed their name several times since. The team was also called Stal Sanok from 1960 to 1991, STS Sanok from 1991 to 1994, STS-Autosan Sanok from 1994 to 1999, SKH Sanok from 1999 to 2001, KH Sanok from 2001 to 2011, Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok from 2011 to 2015, before taking on their present Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok name.^{[citation needed]}

Sanok has won the Polska Hokej Liga playoff championship twice, in the 2011/2012 and 2013/2014 seasons. They won the Polish Cup twice, in 2010/11 and 2011/12.^{[citation needed]}

Polish League Playoff Champion:

• (2) 2011–12, 2013–14

Polish League Regular Season:

• (2) 2011–12, 2012–13

Polish Cup:

• Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
• Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Promotion to Polish League:

• 1976, 1992, 2004.

Updated 19 November 2017^[1][2]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
88		Marcin Biały (A)	F	R	36	2017	Sanok, Poland
79		Maciej Bielec	LW	R	29	2017	Poland
15		Patryk Chmura	RW		28	2017	Poland
95		Rafał Ćwikła	LW	R	35	2017	Rzeszów, Poland
38		Hubert Demkowicz	D	R	31	2017	Katowice, Poland
97		Patryk Dobrzynski	F	L	27	2017	Zakopane, Poland
11		Konrad Filipek	F		24	2017	Poland
		Oleg Filippov	D	L	31	2017	Grodno, Belarus
55		Vladislav Gavrus	F	L	27	2017	Grodno, Belarus
74		Slawomir Gulbinowicz	D		50	2017	Poland
30		Bartosz Hućko	G	L	28	2017	Poland
44		Nikita Kurilo	D	L	26	2017	Grodno, Belarus
76		Adrian Maciejko	F	R	37	2017	Poland
55		Marcin Mazur	D	R	34	2017	Poland
22		Maciej Mermer (A)	F	L	46	2017	Sanok, Poland
71		Karol Michalski	F		28	2017	Poland
9		Kamil Olearczyk	D	R	29	2017	Poland
25		Mateusz Skrabalak	G	L	31	2017	Poland
77		Orest Sokalski	F		25	2017	Poland
18		Mateusz Wilusz (C)	F	L	34	2017	Poland
10		Maciej Witan	F		23	2017	Poland

STS Sanok retired numbers
No.	Nationality	Player	Lifespan
7		Piotr Milan	1971–1995
17		Jan Paszkiewicz	1950–2011

Homegrown:

• Jan Paszkiewicz (top scorer in club history)
• Tomasz Demkowicz (Polish national team player)
• Marcin Ćwikła (Polish national team player)
• Michał Radwański (Polish national team player)
• Maciej Mermer (Polish national team player)

Poles from Other Clubs:

• Marek Cholewa (3-time Olympian)
• Jerzy Sobera (Olympian)
• Tomasz Wawrzkiewicz (6-time Representative at the World Championships)
• Marcin Kolusz (Captain of Poland & 1st Player in Club history that has been drafted into the NHL)
• Wojtek Wolski (One of the many Poles in the NHL – Played in Sanok during the 2012 NHL Lockout)

Foreigners:

• Mike Danton (former NHLer, Naturalized Polish citizen, Poland national team player)
• Samson Mahbod
• Zenon Konopka (former NHLer)
• Martin Richter (Czech Republic national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has won a World Championship)
• Martin Vozdecký (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
• Petr Šinágl (Czech Republic national roller hockey team player)
• Dmitri Suur (Estonia national team player)
• Kaupo Kaljuste (Estonia national team player)
• Nicolas Besch (France national team player)
• Sergei Antipov (Kazakhstan national team player)
• Anthony Aquino (Italy national team player)
• Martin Ivičič (Slovakia national team player)
• Miroslav Zaťko (Slovakia national team player)
• Peter Bartoš (Slovakia national team player, 1st Player in Club history that has played in the NHL)
• Stanislav Hudec (Slovakia national team player)
• Vladislav Baláž (Slovakia national team player)
• Viliam Čacho (Slovakia national team player)
• Jakob Milovanovič (Slovenia national team player)

• Official site (In Polish)
• Facebook Page (In Polish)
• EliteProspects

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