Ice Devils Sofia Explained

Team:Ledenite Dyavoli Sofia
Colour:Gold
Colour Text:white
Logosize:150px
City:Sofia, Bulgaria
Founded:2007
Arena:Winter Sports Palace
Colours:Yellow, blue

Ice Devils Sofia (Bulg. Хокеен Клуб "Ледени Дяволи" or Ledenite Dyavoli Sofia) is a Bulgarian ice hockey club, from Sofia. They played one season (2007–08) in the Bulgarian Hockey League. The club is playing in the second-highest ice hockey league of Bulgaria, the Balkan Amateur Hockey League (BaHL).

History

The club was founded in 2007 and joined Group B of the Bulgarian Hockey League for the 2007-08 season. They finished with a record of four wins, one overtime win, and one loss, which was good enough for first place in their group.[1] Ledenite participated in the Balkan League for the 2008-09 season, finishing in second place behind HC Etro 92 Veliko Tarnovo.[2] In the 2009-10 season, they finished in second place in the regular season and lost in the playoff finals to Thessaloniki.[3] The club finished first in the regular season in 2010-11, but were knocked out in the playoffs semifinals.[4] During the 2011-12 season, Ledenite finished in fourth place in the regular season and lost in the third place game to Red Star Sofia.[5] They finished in second place in Group A of the Balkan League in 2012-13.[6]

Results

The "Ice Devils" were able to win their first BaHL Championship in the season 2013-14.

Season Result
2007/082nd BaHL1st B group National Championship
2008/092nd BaHL
2009/102nd BaHL
2010/113rd BaHL
2011/124th BaHL (Group A)
4th BaHL (Group B)
2012/132nd BaHL (Group A)
2nd BaHL (Group B)
2013/141st BaHL (Group A)
1st BaHL (Group B)

Team

Squad

Name Nationality
Angelov, Plamen
Avakyan, Aleksandar
Dilov, Luben
Dimitrov, Aleksandar
Dimitrov, Borislav
Eftimov, Gerasim
Ganchev, Galin
Gyazov, Kiril
Hunzinger, Klaus
Iliev, Slav
Ivanov, Georgi
Klima, Martin
Kolarov, Sabin
Konov, Dimitar
Kresteva, Vesela
Lisichkova, Tina
Marinov, Dimitar
Milanov, Aleksandar
Nenov, Yuri
Nikolov, Nikolai
Pantaleev, Aleksandar
Penev, Penio
Peneva, Alisa
Petsanov, Stefan
Raschkov, Ivan
Šprongl, Martin
Stanchev, Josif
Stoimenov, Svilen
Stoimenova, Mariyana
Stoyanov, Nikolai
Stoyanov, Stoyan
Stoyanov, Vladimir
Valentovic, Peter
Virág, Csaba
Vladimirov, Vladimir
Vlk, Jiri

External links

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Bulgarie2008.htm 2007-08 season
  2. http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Bulgarie2009.htm 2008-09 season
  3. http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Bulgarie2010.htm 2009-10 season
  4. http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Bulgarie2011.htm 2010-11 season
  5. http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Bulgarie2012.htm 2011-12 season
  6. http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Bulgarie2013.htm 2012-13 season