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Górniczy Klub Sportowy (GKS) Tychy is a Polish professional ice hockey team from Tychy which current plays in the Polska Hokej Liga, the highest professional ice hockey league in the country.

The club was founded April 20, 1971. GKS Tychy is a four-time Polish champion - 2005, 2015, 2018 and 2019. The club has also won eight Polish Cup titles, in 2001, 2006-2009, 2014, 2016 and 2017, making them the first Polish team to win the Cup three years in a row and to have nerver lost a Polish Cup final. Furthermore, GKS Tychy is the first Polish club who won a medal of European Cup with a third place in 2016 Continental Cup. Stadion Zimowy, the home arena of GKS Tychy, has a capacity of 2,753 seats.

Players

• John Murray
• Jakub Zawalski
• Denis Akimoto
• Bartosz Ciura
• Alexander Yeronov
• Adam Baginski
• Mike Cichy
• Gleb Klimenko
• Christian Mroczkowski
• Alex Szczechura
• Mike Szmatula
• Alexei Yefimenko

Major achievements

GKS Tychy players celebrating after winning the Polish Championships in 2018 and 2019

• Polish Championships
  • Winners (4): 2005, 2015, 2018, 2019
  • Runners-up (9): 1988, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017
  • Third place (6): 1981, 1983, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013
• Polish Cup
  • Winners (8): 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Polish SuperCup
  • Winners (2): 2015, 2018
  • Finalist (1): 2017
• IIHF Continental Cup
  • Third place (1): 2016

Famous players

• Henryk Gruth
• Krzysztof Oliwa
• Mariusz Czerkawski
• Michał Garbocz

External links

• Official website (in Polish)
• Polska Hokej Liga: PHL Tabela Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine