Iptamenoi Pagodromoi Athinai

Iptameni Pagodromi Athinai ( or ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¬ÃÂ¼ÃÂµÃÂ½ÃÂ¿ÃÂ¹ ÃÂÃÂ¸ÃÂ·ÃÂ½ÃÂÃÂ½ "Athens Iptameni HC") is a professional ice hockey team in Athens, Greece. They play in the Greek Ice Hockey Championship and are the leading team with the most Championship Cups.

History

The club was founded in 1984, and joined the newly started Greek Championship in 1989. They finished as runner-up, losing to Aris Saloniki, in the 1989, 1990, and 1991 seasons. Their breakthrough was in 1992, when they won the Greek Championship for the first time. Iptameni won the championship again in 1993. After that Greek hockey fell on financial troubles, and the championship was not held again until 2000 where Iptameni won the Championship again.

After the 2000 season all ice rinks in Greece closed down and the championship was not held again until the 2007-08 season.

In the 2008 season, they finished first in the standings with a 5-0-0 record, and won the playoff championship in two games over Albatros Athens. Iptameni capped another perfect season in 2009, going 6-0-0 in the regular season, and 3-0-0 in the round-robin playoff winning the Championship once again.

In 2009-10, they went 8-0-0, and won the league title, as there were no playoffs held that season. The club did not participate during the 2010-11 season. In 2013, again they were victorious with a perfect 10-0-0, having 129 goals for versus only 13 goals against. In 2014 the jurisdiction of Ice Hockey moved to a new federation, the Hellenic Winter Sports Federation and they won the League title again in 2018.