The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Slovenia internationally. It is governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. As of September 2022, Slovenia is ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. The team's biggest success is reaching the quarter-finals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Their best record at the Ice Hockey World Championships is 13th place, while their highest IIHF ranking is 12th place.
Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice, commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. They played their home games at the Podmežakla Hall. Throughout its history, the club was regarded as one of the most successful clubs in Slovenian and Yugoslav ice hockey. In September 2012, the club filed for bankruptcy and was dissolved.
Rudolf Hiti is a retired Slovenian ice hockey player and coach. In Slovenia he played for HK Kranjska Gora, HK Acroni Jesenice and HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, winning the Yugoslav league four times. Later he played in Italy, winning the Italian league three times with HC Bolzano, where his #13 jersey was retired. He played at 17 World Championships for Yugoslavia, which is a world record, and two Olympic Games. In 1970 he was close to signing for NHL club Chicago Blackhawks, but an injury on the first friendly game for Blackhawks prevented him from signing the contract. On 5 May 2009 he was introduced to the IIHF Hall of Fame as the second Slovene.
KHL Medveščak Zagreb, also known as KHL Medveščak Mladi, is a Croatian ice hockey club based in Zagreb, established in 1961. The team's name derives from the location of its original arena in the Medveščak area in central Zagreb, with KHL the abbreviation of the Croatian words for "ice hockey club." It is by far the most successful and popular ice hockey team in the country.
The Yugoslav Ice Hockey League was the top ice hockey league in the old Yugoslavia.
The Slohokej League was a multinational ice hockey league in Europe. The competition was made up from teams from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Austria. A few teams in the league were the farm teams for clubs that played in the EBEL – Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Other Slovenian teams used the league for future development of young Slovenian players and had the majority of their team rosters made up from players of the age of 21 and younger.
Hokejsko društvo Hidria Jesenice, commonly referred to as HD Hidria Jesenice, is a Slovenian ice hockey team. In the past the team was known as HK HIT Casino Kranjska Gora and HD Mladi Jesenice. They were a farm team for HK Jesenice until 2012, when HK Jesenice was dissolved. Currently, the team serves as a reserve team for HDD Jesenice. Their home arena is Podmežakla Hall.
The 1991–92 Slovenian Hockey League was the first season of the Slovenian Hockey League. Prior to this, Slovenia was part of SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenian teams participated in the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League.
The 1990–91 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the 49th and final season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. 10 teams participated in the league, and Medveščak have won the championship. For the 1991–92 season, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia set up their own national leagues.
Albin Felc is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Eduard Hafner is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Gorazd Hiti is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Matjaž Kopitar is a Slovenian former professional ice hockey player. He is the father of the ice hockey players Gašper and Anže Kopitar.
Dragutin Mlinarec is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Murajica Pajič is a retired Slovenian ice hockey player.
Franc Smolej is a Slovenian retired professional ice hockey player.
Toni Tislar is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Zvonko Šuvak is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player.
Drago Horvat is a Slovenian ice hockey player who competed for Yugoslavia. He was born in Jesenice, Slovenia. He played for the Yugoslavia men's national ice hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Ice hockey in Slovenia is a popular sport governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Slovenia is participating in the international ice hockey as an independent nation since 1991, when the country gained independence from SFR Yugoslavia.
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