Matic Podlipnik (born 9 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional

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Career

Podlipnik played for

EV Landshut EV Landshut, also known as EVL Landshut Eishockey and formerly known as the Landshut Cannibals, are a professional ice hockey team based in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. They currently play in Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2, the second level of ice hock ...

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and in the EBEL with Slovenian club,

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Hokejsko drsalno društvo Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija, was a Slovenian professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana. They played their home games at the Tivoli Hall. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav Ice ...

. On 31 August 2015, he opted to continue in the EBEL by signing a month contract on trial with Italian ice hockey club

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, playing in eighteen games with two assists before returning to the Czech Republic. On 6 January 2014, Podlipnik was named to

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's official

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roster.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1992 births Living people Bolzano HC players HC Dukla Jihlava players Gyergyói HK players SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč players HC Karlovy Vary players EV Landshut players LHC Les Lions players HDD Olimpija Ljubljana players HC Slovan Bratislava players Slovenian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Jesenice, Jesenice Olympic ice hockey players for Slovenia Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics HK Spišská Nová Ves players Hockey Club de Cergy-Pontoise players EHC Bayreuth players HK Poprad players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in France Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Expatriate ice hockey players in Romania {{Slovenia-icehockey-bio-stub