Matic Podlipnik

Matic Podlipnik (born 9 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey defenceman.

Matic Podlipnik
Born	(1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 (age 32) Jesenice, Slovenia
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
team Former teams	Free agent HC Dukla Jihlava HDD Olimpija Ljubljana HC Bolzano SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč Lions de Lyon HC Energie Karlovy Vary HC Slovan Bratislava EV Landshut Gyergyói HK Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise Bayreuth Tigers HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Poprad[1]
National team	Slovenia
Playing career	2012–present

Career

Podlipnik played for EV Landshut of DEL2 and in the EBEL with Slovenian club, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana. On 31 August 2015, he opted to continue in the EBEL by signing a month contract on trial with Italian ice hockey club HCB South Tyrol, playing in eighteen games with two assists before returning to the Czech Republic.^[2]

On 6 January 2014, Podlipnik was named to Team Slovenia's official 2014 Winter Olympics roster.^[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007–08	HD Mladi Jesenice	SVN U19		20	0	1	1	6		4	0	0	0	0
2008–09	HD Mladi Jesenice	SVN U19		28	6	14	20	12		8	3	6	9	8
2009–10	EC Red Bull Salzburg	AUT U20		23	6	14	20	16		5	1	3	4	4
2010–11	EC Salzburg II	AUT.2		25	1	5	6	30		3	0	1	1	0
2011–12	RB Hockey Juniors	AUT U20		40	11	23	34	79		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	HC Dukla Jihlava	CZE.2		44	2	9	11	16		3	0	0	0	0
2012–13	HC Spartak Pelhřimov	CZE.3		2	0	1	1	2		3	0	0	0	0
2013–14	HC Dukla Jihlava	CZE.2		43	1	7	8	32		9	1	2	3	12
2014–15	HC Dukla Jihlava	CZE.2		19	1	8	9	12		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	AUT		29	3	8	11	12		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	SVN		1	0	0	0	0		6	3	3	6	29
2015–16	HC Bolzano	AUT		18	0	2	2	12		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč	CZE.2		15	6	4	10	14		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	LHC Les Lions	FRA		37	8	23	31	28		5	0	1	1	8
2017–18	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	CZE.2		41	11	19	30	16		8	1	6	7	0
2018–19	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	ELH		33	1	3	4	14		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	HC Slovan Bratislava	SVK		26	0	7	7	10		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	EV Landshut	GER.2		5	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	CS Progym Gheorgheni	EL		20	3	9	12	16		3	0	0	0
2020–21	CS Progym Gheorgheni	ROU		8	2	3	5	10		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Jokers de Cergy–Pontoise	FRA		8	1	3	4	12		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Bayreuth Tigers	GER.2		13	1	2	3	10		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	HK Spišská Nová Ves	SVK		12	1	3	4	8		3	1	0	1	2
2022–23	HK Spišská Nová Ves	SVK		5	0	2	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	HK Poprad	SVK		12	0	3	3	8		1	0	0	0	0
ELH totals				33	1	3	4	14		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009	Slovenia	WJC18 D2		5	1	1	2	4
2010	Slovenia	WJC18 D2		5	2	7	9	6
2011	Slovenia	WJC D1		5	0	4	4	2
2012	Slovenia	WJC D1A		5	0	2	2	4
2014	Slovenia	OG		5	0	0	0	0
2014	Slovenia	WC D1A		5	0	1	1	0
2017	Slovenia	WC		7	0	1	1	2
2018	Slovenia	OG		4	0	0	0	0
2018	Slovenia	WC D1A		5	1	2	3	0
2019	Slovenia	WC D1A		5	1	2	3	2
2021	Slovenia	OGQ		3	0	0	0	0
2022	Slovenia	WC D1A		4	0	2	2	0
Junior totals				20	3	14	17	16
Senior totals				38	2	8	10	4