Matic Kralj
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Matic Kralj is a Slovenian Ice hockey
player, currently playing for the Coventry Blaze
of the Elite Ice Hockey League
(EIHL).
(CHL). He played for several clubs in the CHL between 2002 and 2007 as well as making several appearances for his hometown team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
during that time.
In 2007 Kralj moved to the Slohokej Liga
, a multinational league in Eastern Europe, where he played for HK Slavija Ljubljana
, and HDK Stavbar Maribor the following season.
Kralj entered the British Elite Ice Hockey League
in 2009 with Newcastle Vipers
, where he posted 72 points in 58 games before leaving for French Ligue Magnus
team Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz, producing an equally impressive record of 32 points in 29 games.
In 2011 he returns to the EIHL with Coventry Blaze
.
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...
player, currently playing for the Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:...
of the Elite Ice Hockey League
Elite Ice Hockey League
Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...
(EIHL).
Playing career
Kralj began his playing career playing for the Slovenian under-18 and under-20's teams before moving to the American Central Hockey LeagueCentral Hockey League
The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....
(CHL). He played for several clubs in the CHL between 2002 and 2007 as well as making several appearances for his hometown team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Championships and 11 Slovenian championships. They won 10 consecutive times from 1995 to 2004...
during that time.
In 2007 Kralj moved to the Slohokej Liga
Slohokej Liga
-Slohokej Liga seasons:-See also:*Erste Bank Eishockey Liga*Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship*Yugoslav Ice Hockey League- External links :* *...
, a multinational league in Eastern Europe, where he played for HK Slavija Ljubljana
HK Slavija Ljubljana
HK Slavija Ljubljana is an ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1964. The club's best result was first place in the regular season, and second place in the playoffs....
, and HDK Stavbar Maribor the following season.
Kralj entered the British Elite Ice Hockey League
Elite Ice Hockey League
Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...
in 2009 with Newcastle Vipers
Newcastle Vipers
The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :...
, where he posted 72 points in 58 games before leaving for French Ligue Magnus
Ligue Magnus
-Former Teams:*Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne*Orques d'Anglet*Sangliers Arvernes*Corsaires de Dunkerque*Albatros de Brest*Jets de Viry-Essonne-Defunct Teams:*Diables Noirs de Tours*Hockey Club de Mulhouse*Séquanes de Besançon*Flammes Bleues de Reims...
team Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz, producing an equally impressive record of 32 points in 29 games.
In 2011 he returns to the EIHL with Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:...
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000-01 | Slovenia U18 | WJC-18 D2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Slovenia U20 | WJC-20 D1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Lubbock Cotton Kings Lubbock Cotton Kings The Lubbock Cotton Kings are a professional ice hockey team formerly based in Lubbock, Texas. Affiliated with the Central Hockey League, the team played home games in City Bank Coliseum.-History:... |
CHL Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs.... |
64 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Olimpija Ljubljana HDD Olimpija Ljubljana HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana is a Slovenian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Championships and 11 Slovenian championships. They won 10 consecutive times from 1995 to 2004... U20 |
Slovenia U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Olimpija Ljubljana II | Slovenia | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2003-04 | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees are a professional ice hockey team based in Hidalgo, Texas, and play their home games at State Farm Arena. They are a member of the Central Hockey League, and two time Central Hockey League franchise of the year... |
CHL | 64 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2004-05 | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | CHL | 60 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004-05 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Slovenia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | CHL | 56 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 84 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2006-07 | Rocky Mountain Rage Rocky Mountain Rage The Rocky Mountain Rage are an inactive professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. Their first season was in 2006-07. They played their home games at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado... |
CHL | 60 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007-08 | HK Slavija Ljubljana HK Slavija Ljubljana HK Slavija Ljubljana is an ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1964. The club's best result was first place in the regular season, and second place in the playoffs.... |
Slohokej Liga Slohokej Liga -Slohokej Liga seasons:-See also:*Erste Bank Eishockey Liga*Slovenian Ice Hockey Championship*Yugoslav Ice Hockey League- External links :* *... |
16 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Székesfehérvár Alba Volán Székesfehérvár SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár is a Hungarian ice hockey team that currently plays in OB I bajnokság, in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and in MOL Liga... |
Austria Austrian Hockey League The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Székesfehérvár | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2008-09 | HDK Stavbar Maribor | Slohokej Liga | 34 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 2009-10 | Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Vipers The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :... |
EIHL Elite Ice Hockey League Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other... |
56 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2010-11 | Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz | Ligue Magnus Ligue Magnus -Former Teams:*Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne*Orques d'Anglet*Sangliers Arvernes*Corsaires de Dunkerque*Albatros de Brest*Jets de Viry-Essonne-Defunct Teams:*Diables Noirs de Tours*Hockey Club de Mulhouse*Séquanes de Besançon*Flammes Bleues de Reims... |
26 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||