STS Sanok

Ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland

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.

## History[edit]

Arena Sanok, where KH Sanok plays Arena Sanok, where KH Sanok plays

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]

## Achievements[edit]

Sanok players after winning the 2011–12 Polish Hockey League championship.

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.

## Season-by-season results[edit]

Season  | Team Name  | League  | Playoff Rank  | Playoff Result  | Cup Result

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1970–1971 | Stal Sanok  | III Liga  | 1  | Promotion  |
1971/1972 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 4  |  |
1972/1973 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 5  |  |
1973/1974 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 6  |  |
1974/1975 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1975/1976 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 1  | Promotion  |
1976/1977 | Stal Sanok  | I Liga  | 11  | Relegation  |
1977/1978 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 4  |  |
1978/1979 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 5  |  |
1979/1980 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 6  |  |
1980/1981 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 7  |  |
1981/1982 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1982/1983 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga Group South  | 4  |  |
1983/1984 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1984/1985 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 4  |  |
1985/1986 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 4  |  |
1986/1987 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1987/1988 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 5  |  |
1988/1989 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1989/1990 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1990/1991 | Stal Sanok  | II Liga  | 3  |  |
1991/1992 | STS Sanok  | II Liga  | 1  | Promotion  |
1992/1993 | STS Sanok  | I Liga (renamed Polska Liga Hokejowa)  | 5  |  |
1993/1994 | STS Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 7  |  |
1994/1995 | STS Autosan Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 9  |  |
1995/1996 | STS Autosan Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 5  |  |
1996/1997 | STS Autosan Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 4  |  |
1997/1998 | STS Autosan Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 6  |  |
1998/1999 | STS Autosan Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 8  |  |
1999/2000 | SKH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 4  |  |
2000/2001 | SKH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 8  | Relegation  |
2001/2002 | KH Sanok  | I Liga  | 4  |  |
2002/2003 | KH Sanok  | I Liga  | 2  |  |
2003/2004 | KH Sanok  | I Liga  | 2  | Promotion  | 1st Round
2004/2005 | KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 7  |  | 1st Round
2005/2006 | KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 8  |  |
2006/2007 | KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 9  |  | 1st Round
2007/2008 | KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 8  |  | 1st Round
2008/2009 | Ciarko KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 9  |  |
2009/2010 | Ciarko KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 9  |  |
2010/2011 | Ciarko KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 6  |  | Cup Champions
2011/2012 | Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 1  | Playoff Champions | Cup Champions
2012/2013 | Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok  | Polska Liga Hokejowa  | 4  |  | Finalists
2013/2014 | Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok  | Polska Hokej Liga  | 1  | Playoff Champions | Finalists
2014/2015 | Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok  | Polska Hokej Liga  | 4  |  | Finalists
2015/2016 | Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok  | Polska Hokej Liga  | 4  |  |
2016/2017 | Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok  | Did Not Play  | —  |  |
2017/2018 | Ciarko KH 58 Sanok  | Slovak 2. Liga  | In Progress  |  |

## 2017/18 roster[edit]

Updated 19 November 2017[1][2]

No. | Nat | Player  | Pos | S/G | Age  | Acquired  | Birthplace

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88 |  | Marcin Biały (A) | F | R  | 36  | 2017  | Sanok, Poland
79 |  | Maciej Bielec | LW | R  | 28  | 2017  | Poland
15 |  | Patryk Chmura | RW |  | 28  | 2017  | Poland
95 |  | Rafał Ćwikła | LW | R  | 34  | 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  | 30  | 2017  | Grodno, Belarus
55 |  | Vladislav Gavrus | F | L  | 26  | 2017  | Grodno, Belarus
74 |  | Slawomir Gulbinowicz | D |  | 50  | 2017  | Poland
30 |  | Bartosz Hućko | G | L  | 27  | 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 |  | 27  | 2017  | Poland
9 |  | Kamil Olearczyk | D | R  | 28  | 2017  | Poland
25 |  | Mateusz Skrabalak | G | L  | 31  | 2017  | Poland
77 |  | Orest Sokalski | F |  | 24  | 2017  | Poland
18 |  | Mateusz Wilusz (C) | F | L  | 34  | 2017  | Poland
10 |  | Maciej Witan | F |  | 23  | 2017  | Poland

## Notable players[edit]

KH Sanok logo until 2015

### Retired numbers[edit]

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)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Drużyna". KH 58 Sanok. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
2. ^ "KH 58 Sanok". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

## External links[edit]

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

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