KHL Karlovac is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team that is located in Karlovac

Karlovac

Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia. The city proper has a population of 49,082, while the municipality has a population of 59,395 inhabitants .Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County...

. Its nickname is "Žapci".

History

It was formed in 1930, as HK Karlovac, being one of the oldest hockey clubs in Croatia. The strongest the club got was while it played in the Yugoslavian Hockey League

Yugoslav Ice Hockey League

The Yugoslav Ice Hockey League was the top ice hockey league in the old Yugoslavia.In 1939 Yugoslavia became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. That year also, the country held his first national League, with Ilirija Ljubljana emerging as champion.The League folded in 1991, when...

. However, it remained in the top division for only a couple seasons. The club since then has had difficulties as teams in Zagreb and Belgrade took their best players. The lack of an indoor arena and short winters resulted in the club folding in the 1970s. However, in 2003 or 2004 the club was reformed. The club has been playing in a Slovenian minor league since 2008. It also participates in the Croatian Inline Hockey League

Croatian Inline Hockey League

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 since its founding in 2008, under the name IHK Karlovac. The Club's main goal is to have an indoor ice arena constructed, which would significantly improve the club's position.

Records in Yugoslav league

• 1947/48 Yugoslav 1st league - HK Udarnik Karlovac - 6th place out of 6
• 1948/49 Yugoslav 1st league - HK Korana Karlovac - 9th place out of 9

After 1949 HK Partizan

HK Partizan

Hokejaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional ice hockey club from Belgrade. HK Partizan is one of the sport clubs that are part of Partizan sport society. They play their home games at Pionir. The club currently plays in the Slohokej Liga and the Serbian Hockey League. HK Partizan has won 15...

obtained the best players of the club and it fell down to the weaker 2nd league.

Roster

Roster can be seen here http://www.mhl-maribor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=14.

Skaters

• Domen ISTINIC no.11
• Ozren SEGAVIC no.12
• Matija RATKAJ no.10
• Dejan KOSTAJNSEK no.3
• Boris SIMIC no.32
• Ales CRNKO no.41
• Gary TONGUE no.33
• Igor PAVLAKOVIC no.24
• Andrej PREVOLNIK
• Bruno BRCKAN no.7
• Marko EKART no.
• Renato BUKOVAC no.4
• Nik VRNOGA no.8
• Vanja GVOZDIC no.35
• Aljosa PISNIK no.27
• Ivan KOVACEVIC no.16
• Miroslav KNEZ no.2
• Tihomir BRCKAN
• Darko NERAL
• Alen FRANJKOVIC
• Jure GAJSEK
• Trpimir PIRAGIC

External links

• Official Website
• Facebook Page