| GKS Katowice | |
| City | Katowice, Poland |
|---|---|
| League | Polska Hokej Liga |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Home arena | Spodek |
| Colors | Yellow (Gold), Green, Black |
| Head coach | Tom Coolen |
Website GKS Katowice | |
HC GKS Katowice is a professional ice hockey team in Katowice, Poland.
The team was founded in 1964. Katowice won six Polska Liga Hokejowa titles between 1958 and 1970. The team did not participate in the 2015-16 season due to financial constraints, but returned for the 2016-17 season. In 2017 the name of the club was changed to Tauron KH GKS Katowice, due to sponsorship by Tauron Group. The club finished 2017-18 season on the 2nd place.
Notable members[]
The original coaches for GKS Katowice were Aggie Kukulowicz,[1] and Stanislav Konopásek.[2]
Achievements[]
Polish championship:
- 1st place (6): 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970
- 2nd place (10): 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018
- 3rd place (8): 1955, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
Polish cup:
- Winner (1): 1970
- Finalist (1): 2000
1st ligue:
- 1st (1): 2012
Autosan cup:
- 1st place (3): 1973, 1975, 1976
References[]
External links[]
- (In Polish) Official site
 Ice hockey in Poland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish Ice Hockey Federation | |||||||
| National teams |
| ||||||
| Polska Hokej Liga | Cracovia - GKS Katowice - GKS Tychy - JKH GKS Jastrzębie - KH Toruń - Naprzód Janów - Podhale Nowy Targ - PZHL U23 - Stoczniowiec Gdańsk - Unia Oświęcim - Zagłębie Sosnowiec | ||||||
| Polish 1. Liga | Cracovia U20 - GKS Tychy U20 - JKH GKS Jastrzębie II - ŁKS Łódź - Naprzód Janów U20 - Podhale Nowy Targ U20 - Polonia Bytom - SMS Toruń - Sokoly Toruń U20 - Stoczniowiec Gdańsk U20 - UKS Sanok U20 - Unia Oświęcim U20 - Zagłębie Sosnowiec U20 | ||||||
| Slovak 2. Liga | STS Sanok | ||||||
| Currently Inactive | KTH Krynica - Legia Warszawa - Orlik Opole - UKH Dębica | ||||||
| Related | Puchar Polski - Interliga | ||||||
| ;Related articles IIHF - IIHF Continental Cup - IIHF European Champions Cup | |||||||
| This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at GKS Katowice (ice hockey). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). |