STS Sanok

Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok
City	Sanok, Poland
League	Polska Hokej Liga (Suspended Operations)
Founded	1958
Home arena	Arena Sanok
Colours	Red, White, Blue
General manager	Damian Delekta
Head coach	Kari Rauhanen
Website	http://www.khsanok.net/
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–present	Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok

STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team is inactive for the 2016-17 season due to financial difficulties. The team competed 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., and it is now known as Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok for sponsorship reasons. They play their home games in Arena Sanok, which has a capacity of 3,100 people. Between 1965–2006, they played their games at Torsan, which has now been taken down and is being used as a parking lot.

The club was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanoczanka, and has undergone a number of name changes. The club has been playing under the name Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok since 2015.

The club's main sponsors are PBS Bank, Ciarko, Sandeco, and MOSiR. Damian Delekta is the club President and Chairman of the Board. The head coach is Kari Rauhanen of Finland.

History

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 1960–1991, STS Sanok from 1991–1994, STS-Autosan Sanok from 1994–1999, SKH Sanok from 1999–2001, KH Sanok from 2001–2011, Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok from 2011–2015, before taking on their present Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok name.

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.

Achievements

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

2015/16 roster

Updated March 20, 2016^[1][2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
36	Hungary !	Azari, ZsoltZsolt Azari	3.0 !F	L	30	2015	Dunaújváros, Hungary
88	Poland !	Biały, MarcinMarcin Biały	3.0 !F	R	28	2008	Sanok, Poland
81	Poland !	Bielec, MaciejMaciej Bielec	6.0 !LW	R	21	2015	Poland
11	USA !	Brown, JaredJared Brown	4.0 !C	R	30	2015	Gardner, Kansas, United States
12	Canada !	Cameron, BryanBryan Cameron	7.0 !RW	R	27	2015	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
78	USA !	Cichy, MichaelMichael Cichy	4.0 !C	L	26	2016	New Hartford, Connecticut, United States
61	Poland !	Ćwikła, RafałRafał Ćwikła	6.0 !LW	R	27	2013	Rzeszów, Poland
34	Canada !	Danton, MikeMike Danton (A)	4.0 !C	R	36	2014	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
38	Poland !	Demkowicz, HubertHubert Demkowicz	2.0 !D	R	23	2013	Katowice, Poland
30	Poland !	Hućko, BartoszBartosz Hućko	1.0 !G	L	20	2015	Poland
97	Russia !	Kartoshkin, MaximMaxim Kartoshkin	3.0 !F	L	27	2016	Moscow, Russia
10	Poland !	Kostecki, RobertRobert Kostecki (C)	3.0 !F	L	33	2013	Sanok, Poland
33	Canada !	Missiaen, JasonJason Missiaen	1.0 !G	L	26	2015	Chatham, Ontario, Canada
77	Poland !	Naparło, PiotrPiotr Naparło	6.0 !LW	L	20	2013	Sanok, Poland
9	Poland !	Olearczyk, KamilKamil Olearczyk	2.0 !D	R	21	2014	Poland
23	Poland !	Rąpała, BogusławBogusław Rąpała	2.0 !D	L	35	1998	Sanok, Poland
4	Canada !	Roberts, SamSam Roberts	2.0 !D	L	32	2015	St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
25	Poland !	Skrabalak, MateuszMateusz Skrabalak	1.0 !G	L	23	2014	Poland
13	USA !	Sliwinski, NathanNathan Sliwinski	3.0 !F	R	26	2013	Castle Rock, Colorado, United States
29	Canada !	Sproule, QuinnQuinn Sproule	2.0 !D	L	26	2015	Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
80	Poland !	Strzyżowski, MarekMarek Strzyżowski	7.0 !RW	L	27	2007	Sanok, Poland
28	Canada !	Szczechura, AlexAlex Szczechura	4.3 !C/RW	R	26	2016	Brantford, Ontario, Canada
44	Canada !	Tarasuk, StevenSteven Tarasuk	2.0 !D	R	27	2015	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
26	Finland !	Tuominen, JoniJoni Tuominen (A)	2.0 !D	R	34	2015	Espoo, Finland
3	Finland !	Vidgren, TonyTony Vidgren	2.0 !D	L	26	2016	Turku, Finland
18	Poland !	Wilusz, MateuszMateusz Wilusz	3.0 !F	L	26	2013	Poland

Notable Players

KH Sanok logo until 2015

Retired numbers

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)
• Mike Cichy (naturalized Polish citizen, Poland national team player)

References

1. ↑ "Zawodnicy". STS Sanok. Retrieved 2016-03-20. 
2. ↑ "STS Sanok". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20. 

External links

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

Ice hockey in Poland
Polish Ice Hockey Federation
National Teams:	Men Men U20 Men U18 Men Women Women U18 Women
Polska Hokej Liga:	Polonia Bytom ComArch Cracovia Stoczniowiec 2014 Gdańsk JKH GKS Jastrzębie GKS Katowice Podhale Nowy Targ Orlik Opole Unia Oświęcim SMS I Sosnowiec Nesta Mires Toruń GKS Tychy
Polish 1. Liga:	Hokej Poznań Naprzód Janów SMS U18 Sosnowiec UKH Dębica Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Currently Inactive:	KTH Krynica Legia Warszawa STS Sanok
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