Aris Saloniki Penguins was an ice hockey team in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. They played in the Greek Ice Hockey Championship

Greek Ice Hockey Championship

Greek Ice hockey Championship is the only level of ice hockey in Greece. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Greek Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. There are currently registered 100 players, but it is unsure how many of them are...

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History

The club was founded in 1989. They won the inaugural Greek championship in 1989, and continued their dominance, winning the 1990, 1991, and 1992 Greek championships. After a last-place finish in 1993, the club folded.

Saloniki also participated in the 1991 IIHF European Cup

IIHF European Cup 1991

The 1990-1991 European Cup was the twenty-sixth edition of the European Cup, IIHF's premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on October 19, 1990, and finished on December 30, 1990....

. They finished in last place in Group A, losing 26-1 to Levski-Spartak Sofia, and 30-0 to HC Steaua Bucuresti.

Season-by-season record

• 1989 - 1st place
• 1990 - 1st place
• 1991 - 1st place
• 1992 - 1st place
• 1993 - 4th place
• 2010 - 2nd place
• 2011 - 1st place

External Links

• Club profile on eurohockey.net