Irbis-Skate Sofia

City Sofia, Bulgaria
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 3 (2015–16), (2016–17), (2017–18)
Bulgarian Cup 2 (2015–16), (2016–17)

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]

NatNamePosS/GAgeAcquiredBirthplace
BulgariaVasil BatchvarovFR262015–16Sofia, Bulgaria
BulgariaMartin BoyadjievFL312015–16
SlovakiaJuraj DusickaFR382015–16
BulgariaMartin GyurovFL432015–16Sofia, Bulgaria
BulgariaRosen HristovFL362015–16Sofia, Bulgaria
BulgariaStanislav MukhachevFL332015–16
BulgariaNikola NikolovGL252015–16
BulgariaSimeon NikolovFR482015–16
BulgariaIvan SlavovFR402015–16Sofia, Bulgaria
BulgariaBogdan StefanovDL272015–16
BulgariaKirill StoinovFR462015–16
BulgariaStoyan TodorovD452015–16
BulgariaAleksandar TomovGL192015–16
BulgariaTzvetan TzvetanovDR412015–16Elin Pelin, Bulgaria
BulgariaVasilij VasilievDL372015–16Sofia, Bulgaria
BulgariaIvan VelevFR292015–16
BulgariaIvaylo VelevFL502015–16

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. 1 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 2016-09-23. 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. 1 2 "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.
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