KH Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok

Sanok

Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The team participates in the Polska Liga Hokejowa

Polska Liga Hokejowa

The Polish Hockey Superleague is the premier ice hockey league in Poland.-Teams 2010-11 season:*Aksam Unia Oswiecim*Akuna Naprzod Janow*Ciarko KH Sanok*Comarch Cracovia*GKS Tychy*JKH GKS Jastrzebie...

. They play their home games in Arena Sanok, which has a capacity of 3,100 people.

History

KH Sanok was founded in 1958 as RKS Sanocznaka, and have changed their name several times since. The team was also called Stal Sanok from 1960–1991, STS Sanok from 1991–1994, STS-Autosan Sanok from 1994–1999, SKH Sanok from 1999–2001, before taking on their present KH Sanok name.

Despite having participated in the Polska Liga Hokejowa for many years, Sanok has never been able to win a league title.

Achievements

• Promoted to Polska Liga Hokejowa: 1976, 1992, 2003.
• 4th place in Polska Liga Hokejowa: 1997, 2000.
• Polish Cup participant: 2010.