Shoots Right Height 1.85 m | National team Turkey Position Defenseman | |
Born November 25, 1974 (age 42) ( 1974-11-25 ) Weight 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) TBHSL team
Former teams Zeytinburnu Belediyespor
1998–2004 Istanbul Paten K
2009–2010 Ankara University SK
2013–2014 Zeytinburnu BSK | ||
Deniz İnce (born November 25, 1974) is a Turkish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey defenceman . He is currently serving as the head coach of Zeytinburnu Belediyespor in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League and the Turkey men's national ice hockey team. He also holds the citizenship of the United States.
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İnce began his ice hockey career in 1995. From 1998 to 2004, he played for Istanbul Paten K. Hs team became runners-up in the 1995–96 and 1996–97 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League seasons. He enjoyed his team's champion title in the 1997–98 season. His team finished the following two league seasons as runners-up. İnce transferred to Ankara University SK in the 2009–10 season, which won the league champion title at the end of the season. In 2013, he returned to his hometown and joined Zeytinburnu BSK, where he briefly played. The team finished the 2013–14 Super League season as runners-up.
International
İnce was admitted to the Turkey men's national ice hockey team in 1996, and played until 2011, serving as their captain from 1998 on. He took part at the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1996 qualifying, 1998 Group D, 1999 Group D, 2000 Group D, 2002 Division II, 2003 Division III, 2008 Division III, 2010 Division II, and 2011 Division III tournament matches.
Club
İnce was appointed coach of Zeytinburnu Belediyespor in the 2014–15 Super League season. He led his team to the league champion title in two successive seasons.
He coached his team at the IIHF Continental Cup tournaments of 2015–16 and 2016–17. Zeytinburnu BSK finished the 2015-16 Cup as the group runners-up, and the First round of the 2016-17 Cup as champion advancing to the Second round.
International
In 2012, İnce became assistant coach of the Turkey men's national ice hockey team. In this capacity, he took part at the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division II B tournament. The next year, he was named head coach of the national team. He coached the team at the 2014 Division II B, 2015 Division III, and 2016 Division III tournament matches.