HDD Jesenice

HDD Jesenice
City Jesenice, Slovenia
League Alps Hockey League
Slovenian Ice Hockey League
Founded 2013 (2013)
Operated 2013–present
Home arena Podmežakla Hall
Colours Red, black, white
              
Head coach Gaber Glavič
Affiliates HD Hidria Jesenice
Website HDDJesenice.si
Franchise history
2013–2014 Team Jesenice
2014–present HDD Jesenice
Championships
Slovenian Champions 2015, 2017, 2018

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 Ice Hockey League. 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 Ice Hockey League 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 Ice Hockey League for the 2013–14 season. The team replaced HD Mladi Jesenice in the Slovenian Ice Hockey League 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 Ice Hockey League 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]

In the 2016–17 season, Jesenice won their second national title after defeating Olimpija 3–0 in the finals.[14]

Season-by-season record

Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
2013–14 INL36200313160103638thLost in quarterfinals (Gherdëina)[15][16][17]
2013–14 Slovenian Hockey League season[a]0––––––––Lost in finals (Olimpija)[15][18]
2014–15 INL281714614171573rdLost in semifinals (Feldkirch)[15][19]
2014–15 Slovenian Hockey League season[b]12100029723302ndWon in finals (Olimpija)[15][7]
2015–16 INL321841911876633rdLost in semifinals (Lustenau)[15][11]
2015–16 Slovenian Hockey League season[b]1091006213321stLost in finals (Olimpija)[15][12]
2016–17 AlpsHL4024221214998784thLost in semifinals (Asiago)[20][15]
2016–17 Slovenian Hockey League season[a]0––––––––Won in finals (Olimpija)[14][15]
2017–18 AlpsHL402642817188883rdLost in semifinals (Ritten)[21][15]
2017–18 Slovenian Hockey League season[a]0––––––––Won in finals (Olimpija)[22][15]

Tournaments

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team roster for the 2018–19 season[23]

#NatNamePosS/GAgeAcquiredBirthplace
11SloveniaLuka KalanFL252016–17Kranj, Slovenia
47SloveniaGašper GlavičFL212015–16Slovenia
98SloveniaBlaž TomaževičFR212016–17Slovenia
91SloveniaTadej ČimžarFL262015–16Kranj, Slovenia
16SloveniaMiha Brus (C)FL312013–14Jesenice, Yugoslavia
23SloveniaUrban SodjaFR262013–14Jesenice, Slovenia
33CanadaClarke SaundersGL292017–18Brockville, Ontario
76SloveniaNik PemFL232017–18Jesenice, Slovenia
89SloveniaLuka BašičFR292017–18Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
30SloveniaUrban AvsenikGR202018–19Jesenice, Slovenia
25SloveniaŽiga KogovšekGL182016–17Slovenia
27SloveniaLan Brun-RauhDL182017–18Slovenia
21SloveniaGašper KorošecDR192017–18Slovenia
46SloveniaNejc StojanDL192017–18Slovenia
8SloveniaŽiga UrukaloDL192016–17Slovenia
19SloveniaGašper SeršenFL182016–17Slovenia
88SloveniaJaka SodjaFL182016–17Slovenia
24SloveniaJaka ŠturmFL192016–17Slovenia
22SloveniaErik SvetinaFL192017–18Slovenia
4SloveniaAndrej TavželjDL342017–18Jesenice, Yugoslavia
12SloveniaDavid RodmanFL352018–19Jesenice, Yugoslavia
10FinlandJesse JyrkkiöDR292018–19Hämeenlinna, Finland
7SloveniaAljoša CrnovičDL192017–18Slovenia
18SloveniaNik BrglezFL192017–18Slovenia
15SloveniaPatrik RajsarFL202017–18Slovenia

Head coaches

  • Gorazd Rekelj, 2013–2015, replaced by Roman Pristov midway through the 2014–15[24]
  • Roman Pristov, 2014–2015, replaced by Nik Zupančič midseason[25]
  • Nik Zupančič, 2014–2015[26]
  • Dejan Varl, 2015–2016[27]
  • Nik Zupančič, 2016–2017[26]
  • Gaber Glavič 2017–present[28]

Notes

^ a: Jesenice joined the competition for the playoffs only.[29]
^ b: Matches between Slovenian teams in the Inter-National League counted for the national championship as well.[30]

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. 1 2 Lisjak, Mitja (12 April 2017). "Foto: Železarji izkoristili prvi zaključni plošček za 11. zvezdico" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "HDD Jesenice". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "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.
  20. ↑ A. G. (30 March 2017). "Železarji zapravili vodstvo z 2:0 in ostali brez finala" (in Slovenian). Asiago: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  21. ↑ A. G. (28 March 2018). "Jeseničani zapravili vodstvo z 2:0 in ostali brez finala" (in Slovenian). Jesenice: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  22. ↑ T. O. (14 April 2018). "Jeseničani v Tivoliju zanesljivo do dvanajste zvezdice" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  23. ↑ "HDD Jesenice". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "Gorazd Rekelj". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "Roman Pristov". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  26. 1 2 "Nik Zupancic". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  27. ↑ "Dejan Varl". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  28. ↑ Sportal (6 July 2017). "Hokejisti Jesenic imajo novega trenerja" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "HDD Jesenice". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  30. ↑ http://www.sport-tv.si/Binary/60/DP_v_hokeju.pdf
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