Irbis-Skate Sofia

City Sofia, Bulgaira
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 1 (2015–16)
Bulgarian Cup 1 (2015–16)

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]

Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Bulgaria Vasil Batchvarov F R 24 2015–16 Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Martin Boyadjiev F L 29 2015–16
Slovakia Juraj Dusicka F R 36 2015–16
Bulgaria Martin Gyurov F L 41 2015–16 Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Rosen Hristov F L 34 2015–16 Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Stanislav Mukhachev F L 31 2015–16
Bulgaria Nikola Nikolov G L 23 2015–16
Bulgaria Simeon Nikolov F R 46 2015–16
Bulgaria Ivan Slavov F R 38 2015–16 Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Bogdan Stefanov D L 25 2015–16
Bulgaria Kirill Stoinov F R 44 2015–16
Bulgaria Stoyan Todorov D 43 2015–16
Bulgaria Aleksandar Tomov G L 17 2015–16
Bulgaria Tzvetan Tzvetanov D R 39 2015–16 Elin Pelin, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Vasilij Vasiliev D L 35 2015–16 Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Ivan Velev F R 27 2015–16
Bulgaria Ivaylo Velev F L 48 2015–16

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 2016-09-24. 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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