STS Sanok
Ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Ciarko STS Sanok | |
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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 |
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 |
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.