# Matic Podlipnik

Matic Podlipnik (born 9 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently a free agent.

## Career

He played for EV Landshut of DEL2 and in the EBEL with Slovenian club, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana. On August 31, 2015, Podlipnik opted to continue in the EBEL in signing an initial one-month contract on trial with Italian club, HCB South Tyrol playing in 18 games for 2 assists, before returning to the Czech Republic.
On January 6, 2014, Podlipnik was named to Team Slovenia's official 2014 Winter Olympics roster.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2007–08 | HD Mladi Jesenice | SVN U19 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | HD Mladi Jesenice | SVN U19 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| 2009–10 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | AUT U20 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010–11 | EC Salzburg II | AUT.2 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | RB Hockey Juniors | AUT U20 | 40 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | HC Dukla Jihlava | CZE.2 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | HC Spartak Pelhřimov | CZE.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | HC Dukla Jihlava | CZE.2 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2014–15 | HC Dukla Jihlava | CZE.2 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | AUT | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | SVN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| 2015–16 | HC Bolzano | AUT | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | CZE.2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | LHC Les Lions | FRA | 37 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017–18 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | CZE.2 | 41 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | ELH | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK | 26 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | EV Landshut | GER.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | CS Progym Gheorgheni | EL | 20 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | CS Progym Gheorgheni | ROU | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Jokers de Cergy–Pontoise | FRA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Bayreuth Tigers | GER.2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | HK Spišská Nová Ves | SVK | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | HK Spišská Nová Ves | SVK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | HK Poprad | SVK | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELH totals | ELH totals | ELH totals | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2009 | Slovenia | WJC18 D2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | Slovenia | WJC18 D2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 2011 | Slovenia | WJC D1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | Slovenia | WJC D1A | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | Slovenia | OG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Slovenia | WC D1A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Slovenia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | Slovenia | OG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Slovenia | WC D1A | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | Slovenia | WC D1A | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | Slovenia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Slovenia | WC D1A | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 20 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |