The original club was founded in 1947 and played sporadically until 1966, when an indoor ice rink was opened in Celje. Prior to that, the team's activities had hinged on the weather conditions. They played primarily in the lower-level Yugoslav leagues, but did appear in the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League during the 1952-53 season (as HK Klavidar Celje) and in most years between 1973 and 1988.