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The [[Polska Hokej Liga]] ([[Polish language|polish]] – ''Ekstraliga w hokeju na lodzie'') is the premier [[ice hockey]] league in [[Poland]]. Poland has managed to produce some NHL calibre talent including [[Mariusz Czerkawski]] with the [[New York Islanders]], [[Peter Sidorkiewicz]] for both the [[Hartford Whalers]] and the [[Ottawa Senators]], and [[Krzysztof Oliwa]] for the [[New Jersey Devils]] where he won a [[Stanley Cup]] in 1999–2000.
==Rugby union==▼
{{main|Rugby union in Poland}}▼
In 1921, Louis Amblard, a Frenchman, set up the first Polish rugby club called "The White Eagles".<ref name=RugbyWeek>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/article.asp?id=23254|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729232316/http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/article.asp?id=23254|url-status=dead|title=Rugby week|archivedate=29 July 2014}}</ref> The first match was in 1922,<ref name=RugbyWeek/> and the first club international in 1924 against a Romanian side.<ref name=RugbyWeek/> The game became established in the [[Warsaw]] Military Academy in the early 1930s.<ref name=Completerugby>Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}}) p72</ref> Nowadays rugby union is played in around 40 clubs by over 6.000 players.▼
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▲==Rugby union==
▲{{main|Rugby union in Poland}}
▲In 1921, Louis Amblard, a Frenchman, set up the first Polish rugby club called "The White Eagles".<ref name=RugbyWeek>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/article.asp?id=23254|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729232316/http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/article.asp?id=23254|url-status=dead|title=Rugby week|archivedate=29 July 2014}}</ref> The first match was in 1922,<ref name=RugbyWeek/> and the first club international in 1924 against a Romanian side.<ref name=RugbyWeek/> The game became established in the [[Warsaw]] Military Academy in the early 1930s.<ref name=Completerugby>Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}}) p72</ref> Nowadays rugby union is played in around 40 clubs by over 6.000 players.
==Lacrosse==
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