STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team competes in the Polska Hokej Liga, the highest league in Poland. The team was inactive during the 2016–17 season due to financial difficulties.
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.
History
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 to 1991, STS Sanok from 1991 to 1994, STS-Autosan Sanok from 1994 to 1999, SKH Sanok from 1999 to 2001, KH Sanok from 2001 to 2011, Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok from 2011 to 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 Season Team Name League Playoff RankPlayoff ResultCup Result1970–1971 Stal Sanok III Liga1Promotion1971/1972 Stal SanokII Liga41972/1973 Stal SanokII Liga5 1973/1974 Stal SanokII Liga61974/1975 Stal SanokII Liga31975/1976 Stal SanokII Liga1Promotion1976/1977Stal SanokI Liga11Relegation1977/1978 Stal SanokII Liga41978/1979 Stal SanokII Liga51979/1980 Stal SanokII Liga61980/1981 Stal SanokII Liga71981/1982 Stal SanokII Liga31982/1983 Stal SanokII Liga Group South41983/1984 Stal SanokII Liga31984/1985 Stal SanokII Liga41985/1986 Stal SanokII Liga41986/1987 Stal SanokII Liga31987/1988 Stal SanokII Liga51988/1989 Stal SanokII Liga31989/1990 Stal SanokII Liga31990/1991 Stal SanokII Liga31991/1992 STS SanokII Liga1Promotion1992/1993 STS SanokI Liga (renamed Polska Liga Hokejowa)51993/1994STS SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa71994/1995STS Autosan SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa91995/1996STS Autosan SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa51996/1997 STS Autosan SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa41997/1998 STS Autosan SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa61998/1999 STS Autosan SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa81999/2000 SKH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa42000/2001 SKH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa8Relegation2001/2002KH SanokI Liga42002/2003 KH SanokI Liga22003/2004 KH SanokI Liga2Promotion1st Round2004/2005 KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa71st Round2005/2006 KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa82006/2007 KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa91st Round2007/2008 KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa81st Round2008/2009 Ciarko KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa92009/2010Ciarko KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa92010/2011Ciarko KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa6Cup Champions2011/2012 Ciarko PBS Bank KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa1Playoff ChampionsCup Champions2012/2013 Ciarko PBS Bank KH SanokPolska Liga Hokejowa4Finalists2013/2014Ciarko PBS Bank KH SanokPolska Hokej Liga1Playoff ChampionsFinalists2014/2015Ciarko PBS Bank KH SanokPolska Hokej Liga4Finalists2015/2016 Ciarko PBS Bank STS SanokPolska Hokej Liga42016/2017 Ciarko PBS Bank STS SanokDid Not Play—2017/2018 Ciarko KH 58 SanokSlovak 2. LigaIn Progress
2017/18 roster Updated 19 November 2017
Notable players
Retired numbers STS Sanok retired numbers No.NationalityPlayerLifespan 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)
References
External links Official site (In Polish) Facebook Page (In Polish) EliteProspects