HDD Jesenice

Hokejsko drsalno društvo Jesenice or simply HDD Jesenice, currently named SIJ Acroni Jesenice due to sponsorship reasons, is a Slovenian ice hockey team based in Jesenice. They are members of the Alps Hockey League and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. HDD Jesenice was founded in 2014. The club replaced a temporary team called Team Jesenice, which was established in 2013. HDD Jesenice previously competed in the Inter-National League from 2014 to 2016, before the league merged into the Alps Hockey League. The club won their first Slovenian Championship in the 2014–15 season and as a result qualified for the IIHF Continental Cup 2016. Their home arena is Podmežakla Hall.
==History==
HDD Jesenice was founded in 2014 and joined the Inter-National League (INL) and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League for the 2014–15 season. The team replaced a temporary team called Team Jesenice, which was founded in 2013 as a successor of HK Acroni Jesenice, a team that was dissolved in 2012 due to financial debt. Team Jesenice was operated by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia during the 2013–14 season, and is not regarded as the same team as HDD Jesenice. In their first Inter-National League season, HDD Jesenice finished the regular season in third place. Going into the playoffs Jesenice was drawn against Slavija for the quarterfinals. They defeated Slavija in four games and advanced to the semifinals against VEU Feldkirch. Jesenice lost the semifinal series in four games. In their first Slovenian Championship season Jesenice finished the regular season in second place, three points behind Olimpija. Following their second-place finish Jesenice advanced straight to the semifinals where they were drawn against the third-placed Triglav Kranj. Jesenice won in two games and progressed to the final against Olimpija. Jesenice won the finals three games to one, winning their first Slovenian Championship title. As a result of winning the 2014–15 Slovenian Championship Jesenice qualified for the IIHF Continental Cup 2016 where they entered in the second round. Jesenice was drawn in Group B of the second round against CH Jaca, Miskolci Jegesmedve and Mogo Riga. Jesenice finished the round-robin Group B tournament in third place and failed to qualify for the third round of the tournament. In the same season, Jesenice also competed in the inaugural season of the Slovenian Cup, where they lost in the final against Olimpija.
Jesenice finished the 2015–16 INL regular season in third place, 19 points behind the first-placed VEU Feldkirch. The team advanced to the playoffs where they were drawn against the second-placed EHC Lustenau in the semifinals. Lustenau went on to defeat Jesenice in three games. In the 2015–16 Slovenian Championship season Jesenice finished first in the standings with nine wins from ten games. In the playoffs Jesenice advanced to the finals after defeating Maribor in the quarterfinals and Celje in the semifinals. Jesenice went on to lose the final to Olimpija after five games. In June 2016 the Inter-National League was merged with the Italian Serie A to form the Alps Hockey League (AHL). HDD Jesenice applied as the only Slovenian member and was accepted into the 16-team league.
In the 2016–17 season, Jesenice won their second national title after defeating Olimpija 3–0 in the finals.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	Competition 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Rank	Playoff 	
2014–15	Inter-National League (first stage) 	20	13	1	4	2 	110	45 	45	3rd 	Lost in semifinals 	
2014–15	Inter-National League (second stage) 	8 	4 	0	0	4 	31 	26 	14	3rd 	Lost in semifinals 	
2014–15	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	12	10	0	0	2 	97 	23 	30	2nd 	Won in finals 	
2015–16	Inter-National League 	32	18	4	1	9 	118	76 	63	3rd 	Lost in semifinals 	
2015–16	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	10	9 	1	0	0 	62 	13 	32	1st 	Lost in finals 	
2016–17	Alps Hockey League 	40	24	2	2	12	149	98 	78	4th 	Lost in semifinals 	
2016–17	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	— 	— 	—	—	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Won in finals 	
2017–18	Alps Hockey League 	40	26	4	2	8 	171	88 	88	3rd 	Lost in semifinals 	
2017–18	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	— 	— 	—	—	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Won in finals 	
2018–19	Alps Hockey League 	40	21	1	3	15	173	115	68	8th 	Lost in semifinals 	
2018–19	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	12	9 	1	0	2 	71 	15 	29	2nd 	Lost in finals 	
2019–20	Alps Hockey League 	44	20	5	7	12	148	121	77	3rd 	Cancelled(COVID-19 pandemic)	
2019–20	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	14	11	0	1	2 	96 	30 	34	2nd 	Cancelled(COVID-19 pandemic)	
2020–21	Alps Hockey League 	30	19	5	1	5 	121	74 	74	2nd 	Lost in semifinals 	
2020–21	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	14	11	1	0	2 	82 	15 	35	2nd 	Won in finals 	
2021–22	Alps Hockey League (first phase) 	29	21	5	1	2 	135	58 	74	1st 	Lost in finals 	
2021–22	Alps Hockey League (master round) 	9 	5 	0	0	4 	32 	30 	19	2nd 	Lost in finals 	
2021–22	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	14	12	0	0	2 	87 	16 	36	1st 	Lost in semifinals 	
2022–23	Alps Hockey League (first phase) 	28	25	0	0	3 	120	32 	75	1st 	Won in finals 	
2022–23	Alps Hockey League (master round) 	8 	3 	0	3	2 	19 	22 	16	2nd 	Won in finals 	
2022–23	Slovenian Hockey Championship 	— 	— 	—	—	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Lost in finals 	
2023–24	Alps Hockey League (first phase) 	30	14	3	4	9 	107	84 	52	7th 	Did not qualify 	
2023–24	Alps Hockey League (second phase – qualification round A)	8 	3 	0	1	4 	27 	28 	16	3rd 	Did not qualify 	
2023–24	Slovenian Hockey Championship (first phase) 	8 	7 	1	0	0 	45 	7 	23	1st 	Lost in finals 	
2023–24	Slovenian Hockey Championship (second phase) 	6 	3 	1	0	2 	29 	17 	11	2nd 	Lost in finals 	
===Other tournaments===
*IIHF Continental Cup 2016: 3rd in Group B (second round)
*2015–16 Slovenian Cup: Runners-up
*IIHF Continental Cup 2017: 3rd in Group C (second round)
*2017–18 Slovenian Cup: Winners
*2018–19 Slovenian Cup: Runners-up
*IIHF Continental Cup 2019: 2nd in Group B (second round)
*2019–20 Slovenian Cup: Runners-up
*2020–21 Slovenian Cup: Winners
*2021–22 Slovenian Cup: Runners-up
*IIHF Continental Cup 2022: 3rd in Group D (second round)
*2022–23 Slovenian Cup: Runners-up
*IIHF Continental Cup 2023: 3rd in Group E (third round)
==References==
Category:Ice hockey teams in Slovenia