Žiga Pance

Ziga Pance ( born January 1, 1989 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who is under contract with HC Bolzano since 2013. His brother Erik is also a professional hockey player.

Career

Ziga Pance started his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior section of the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana for the first team, he made his debut in the Slovenian Hockey League in the season 2005/ 06. In parallel, he played for Olimpija in the Inter League. For the following season the winger moved to the Oshawa Generals in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League. After he began the season 2007/ 08 in Oshawa, he returned to Ljubljana. In the following season the national team made ​​its debut in the Austrian Hockey League. He scored four goals in 50 games and had four assists. In the 2009/10 season was the links Sagittarius on 34 scorer points, including 14 goals, increase in 54 games. He continued this positive trend in the 2010/11 season, where he was team captain at Olimpija, fort, when he was in a total of 57 games 41 scorer points, including 23 goals scored.

Internationally

For Slovenia, Pance took at junior level at the U18 Junior B World Cup 2006 U20 Junior B World Championships in 2007 and 2009 as well as some. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2009 and 2010 as well as in A World Championship in 2011.

Awards and achievements

• 2010 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I
• 2012 promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division IA

ÖEHL statistics

(End of season 2011 /12)