GKS Katowice, officially known as GKS GieKSa Katowice S.A., is a professional ice hockey team based in Katowice, Poland. The team competes in the Polska Hokej Liga, the highest league in Poland. The team has won six Polska championships titles between 1958 and 1970. From 2017 to 2019 the name of the club was changed to Tauron KH GKS Katowice, due to sponsorship by Tauron Group. The club finished the regular season 2021-2022 in 1st place and won the playoffs by defeating Zagłębie Sosnowiec, GKS Tychy and Unia Oświęcim.
Notable members
The original coaches for GKS Katowice were Aggie Kukulowicz, and Stanislav Konopásek.
Achievements Polish championship: 1st place (8): 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 2022, 2023 2nd place (10): 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018 3rd place (10): 1955, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2019, 2020
IIHF Continental Cup: 3rd place (2): 2019, 2025
Polish cup: Winner (1): 1970 Finalist (1): 2001
2nd ligue: 1st place (1): 2012
Autosan cup: 1st place (3): 1973, 1975, 1976
Champions Hockey League GKS Katowice will make its Champions Hockey League debut in the 2022-23 season. The team will face Rögle BK, ZSC Lions and Fehérvár AV19.
Players in the season 2021/2022 Goaltenders: 21 Maciej Miarka 31 John Murray 33 Albert Rogers
Defensemen: 2 Carl Hudson 98 Aleksandr Jakimienko 4 Oskar Krawczyk 12 Maciej Kruczek (A) 34 Dawid Musioł 97 Mateusz Rompkowski 22 Kalle Valtola 8 Patryk Wajda (A) 5 Jakub WanackiForwards: 24 Mateusz Bepierszcz 19 Piotr Ciepielewski 53 Anthon Eriksson 10 Bartosz Fraszko 88 Patryk Krężołek 23 David Lebek 7 Mathias Lehtonen 92 Mateusz Michalski 81 Joona Monto 75 Szymon Mularczyk 18 Grzegorz Pasiut (C) 11 Jakub Prokurat 77 Miro-Pekka Saarelainen 48 Igor Smal 86 Filip Wielkiewicz 95 Patryk Wronka
References
External links Official site