The biggest question in the THL all year has been if the early season parity would hold. November presented a mixed bag of that as the usual suspects charged back to the top of the standings. The top four are not yet blowing everyone out or leaving them far behind in the standings. The league feels more competitive even if some early season stars are starting to fade.

THL Standings

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	PTS
1	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	22	14	5	2	1	47
2	GKS Katowice	22	11	3	2	5	42
3	Unia Oswiecim	22	12	7	1	2	40
4	GKS Tychy	21	11	6	3	1	40
5	KH Torun	23	11	7	1	4	39
6	JKH GKS Jastrzebie	22	9	6	4	3	38
7	Polonia Bytom	23	9	11	2	1	32
8	Cracovia Krakow	21	3	14	3	1	16
9	STS Sanok	21	0	21	0	0	0

THL Power Rankings

1. Zaglebie Sosnowiec (Oct. Rank-1): Sosnowiec still sits atop the standings and our rankings. The team only suffered two losses in the month, while they picked up 5 wins. A favorable schedule allowed Sosnowiec to be five points ahead of any other THL team.
2. GKS Katowice (Oct. Rank-3): Katowice’s offense found its groove scoring three or more goals in all but one game this month. Unfortunately that one game was a 7-1 thrashing at the hands of GKS Tychy. A lot of questions remain for this squad, but they can be the best team in the league at times.
3. GKS Tychy (Oct. Rank-6): Tychy is back and that should scare the rest of the league. They started off November with five straight wins out scoring their opponents 22-9. The momentum continued with a Polish Super Cup win over Jastrzebie. The month ended though with an upset loss to Cracovia. A month that proves anyone, besides Sanok, can beat anyone this season.
4. KH Torun (Oct. Rank-5): Outside the top three in our rankings there were a lot of mid months. Torun continues to be the ultimate wildcard team thanks to a potent offense. They’re extremely hard to put down as evidenced by taking Katowice and Tychy to overtime in back to back games.
5. Unia Oswiecim (Oct. rank-4): The inconsistent performances have continued in Oswiecim. They got big wins over Cracovia, Jastzrebie, and Sosnowiec, but loss to Bytom, Katowice, and Tychy. Its hard to get a clear picture if they’re a real contender.
6. JKH GKS Jastrzebie (Oct. Rank-2): A lot of the one goal games that were going the way of Jastrezbie to start the season have started to flip with teams piling on the goals. In a 1-5 month Jastrzbie was out scored 25-16 (Excluding 9-2 win over Sanok).
7. Polonia Bytom (Oct. Rank-7): Polonia continues to be a nice addition to the THL. The arrival of Pavel Padakin should be a huge boost offensively. The Ukrainian forward has four points in his first seven games. Bytom picked up an upset win over Oswiecim in a 3-5 month.
8. Cracovia Krakow (Oct. Rank-8): Wins over Tychy and Sosnowiec are something to celebrate! Who cares how the rest of the month went.
9. STS Sanok (Oct. rank-9): It felt like a better month for Sanok… They had a close match with Cracovia only losing by two goals. Sanok also managed to not allow more than nine goals in a game after allowing double digits twice last month.

THL Players of the Month

MVP – Hannu Kuru (GKS Tychy). In the Polish Super Cup, Tychy had two goals and both were by Kuru. The hero of the Super Cup also had a stellar month in the THL with two goals and five assists. Kuru is on pace for a second season over a point per game average in Poland.

Forward – Zdeněk Sedlák (KH Torun). Torun currently has three players with 30 points and four of the top five scorers in Poland. It’s hard to honestly pick one as the leader, but Sedlák is November’s top forward. The Czech center had nine points in the month, including three multi-point games.

Defenseman – Jacob Lundegård (GKS Katowice). Lundegård serves as a critical part of the Katowice defense. The Swedish defenseman had five assists in November, doubling his season total.

Goalie – Tomáš Fučík (GKS Tychy). A huge part of the Tychy resurgence is due to their star goalie Fučík. The national team starter picked up five straight wins with a total save percentage of .947!

U23 Player – Szymon Kiełbicki (JKH GKS Jastrzebie). Kiełbicki takes the young player of the month honors with four goals and two assists in seven games. He is on pace to set a new career high in goals.

November’s Top Stories

November 2nd. The Polish Cup line up is set! There will be no treble this year as GKS Tychy did not qualify. GKS Katowice, JKH GKS Jastrzebie, Unia Oswiecim, and Zaglebie Sosnowiec are in this year. Top seed Zaglebie Sosnowiec will face fourth seed GKS Katowice on December 28th. Second seed JKH GKS Jastrzebie is against third seed Unia Oswiecim on December 29th. The final will be held on December 30th.

November 9th. Tychy made their first addition of the season picking up Joel Kerkkänen on a month trial. The 26-year-old has split the last couple of seasons between the top two levels of Finland. He has 2 assists in 43 Liiga games, but 151 points (57G-94A) in 202 Mestis games. This will be his first time playing outside Finland. The club announced on the 28th, that he will be sticking around for the rest of the season.

November 13th. After being released by Tychy to start the month, Joona Monto found a new home in Poland quickly. The Finnish center returned to GKS Katowice, where he played from 2022 to 2024. The former Liiga player is a three time THL champion in only his fifth season in Poland.

November 14th. Sanok continues to shake up it’s lineup to try and find a victory. The club added two players this month. The first was former Poland junior representative Karol Sterbenz. The 22 year old forward developed outside Poland, but has been playing with Cracovia since 2024. In 2026, he had one assist in 15 games before being released by Cracovia. The club also picked up Finnish defenseman Veerne Lähteenmäki. The 22 year old started the year in the second level of USA junior hockey, the NAHL, with the New Hampshire Mountain Kings.

November 25th. GKS Tychy defeats JKH GKS Jastrzebie 2-1 to win the 2025 Polish Super Cup. Hannu Kuru scored the golden goal 2 minutes and 41 seconds into overtime to give Tychy their fifth ever cup. The game, broadcasted on TVP Sport, saw an increase from last years ratings with an average of 29,000 viewers an a peak of 65,000.

November 28th. Cracoiva swapped imports to end the month. The club said goodbye to Swedish defender Måns Hansson. The 27-year-old had 9 points (3G-6A) in 19 games this season. Cracovia welcomed back Taavi Tiala. The Finnish forward last played with Cracovia in 2021. He was playing low division hockey in Finland this year, after spending last year in France. Tiala has scored in both of his first two matches back.

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