JKH GKS JastrzÃÂbie is a professional ice hockey team based in JastrzÃÂbie-Zdrój, Poland. The team competes in the Polska Hokej Liga, the highest league in Poland. They won their Polish Cup during the 2012âÂÂ13 season, defeating the reigning champions Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok in the final.
The JKH GKS JastrzÃÂbie hockey club was established in 1963 in the southern Polish city of JastrzÃÂbie, near the Czech border. For much of the 1970s and 80s, the team competed in Poland's second division, finally earning promotion to the top-flight league for the first time in 1991. However, after a single season, the club was forced to withdraw from the league ahead of the 1992âÂÂ93 campaign due to severe financial and organizational issues, ultimately leading to its dissolution.
A new entity, JastrzÃÂbski Klub Hockeyowy (JKH), was formed in 1995. After a brief stint in the second division, the club shifted its focus to youth development for a period. A decade later, the team returned to professional competition with the clear objective of once again reaching the Ekstraliga. This ambition was realized in 2007 when the team completed an undefeated season, securing their promotion to the top division.
Since their return, the club has claimed the Polish Cup title four times, with their most recent victory in 2020. They have also finished as the national league runner-up on two occasions, in 2013 and 2015. In the 2021âÂÂ22 season, JastrzÃÂbie won their first Polish Championship title, and earned them their inaugural berth in the Champions Hockey League.
JastrzÃÂbie won the playoffs bronze medal in the 2013âÂÂ14 season, and a silver medal in the 2014âÂÂ15 season playoffs. Leszek Laszkiewicz scored his 1,000th career point in Polish hockey during the 2016âÂÂ17 seasonâÂÂa total which included career regular season and playoffs scoring.
Laszkiewicz became general manager of Jastrzebie in the 2018âÂÂ19 season. Jastrzebie won the Polish Cup versus Podhale Nowy Targ in his first season, and placed fourth of 11 teams. Repeating as Polish Cup champions versus TH Unia Oà ÂwiÃÂcim in the 2019âÂÂ20 season, Jastrzebie placed fourth and won the first round of playoffs, when the national COVID-19 pandemic response canceled remaining playoff rounds. Jastrzebie placed second of 10 teams and won three championships in his third year as general manager. Jastrzebie won the PHL super cup versus GKS Tychy to begin the 2020âÂÂ21 season, won the Polish Cup versus TH Unia Oà ÂwiÃÂcim, and won the PLH playoffs gold medal. Jastrzebie placed third in the 2021âÂÂ22 season, and won the bronze medal in the playoffs. Following a fifth-place finish in the 2022âÂÂ23 season, Jastrzebie placed fourth in the 2023âÂÂ24 season and lost in the Polish Cup final versus GKS Tychy. In the 2024âÂÂ25 season, Jastrzebie won the playoffs bronze medal and were again finalists in the Polish Cup final versus GKS Tychy.