HK_Poprad Knowpia

HK Poprad
HK Poprad
Nickname	Kamzíci
City	Poprad, Slovakia
League	Slovak Extraliga
Founded	1930
Home arena	Poprad Ice Stadium ; (capacity 4,233)
Colours	Blue, royal blue, white;
Owner(s)	(Richard Pichonský,; chairman)
General manager	Július Koval
Head coach	Todd Bjorkstrand
Captain	Daniel Brejčák
Farm club(s)	AquaCity Pikes
Website	www.hkpoprad.sk

HK Poprad is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in Slovakia. It plays its games in Poprad, Slovakia. The squad's greatest success was 2nd place in the Slovak Extraliga in 2006, 2011 and 2021. The club is nicknamed Kamzíci, which means "Chamoises" in Slovak.

History edit

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Poprad started playing in the new independent Slovak Championship which was named the Slovak Extraliga. In the 1996–97 season Poprad was eliminated in the semifinals by HC Košice. In the next season 1997–98, they played semifinals again against HC Košice and lost 0–3. However, these two seasons were successful because the team won bronze medals. In the 2005–06 season the team reached the most remarkable success, but lost 3–4 in the final series against MsHK Žilina. This success was repeated in the 2010–11 season, when they played against the long-time rival HC Košice and lost 1–4 in the final.

Season-by-season record edit

This is a partial list of the last ninth seasons completed by HK Poprad.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2015–16	50	18	3	11	18	68	139	149	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 (HKM Zvolen)
2016–17	56	18	6	9	23	75	153	167	7th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 (HK Nitra)
2017–18	56	25	6	4	21	91	159	152	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 (HK Dukla Trenčín)
2018–19	57	28	9	3	17	102	168	147	5th, Extraliga	Lost in Semifinals, 2–4 (HC '05 Banská Bystrica)
2019–20	55	28	5	5	17	99	170	131	4th, Extraliga	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2020–21	50	26	7	3	14	95	186	133	3rd, Extraliga	Lost in Finals, 1–4 (HKM Zvolen)
2021–22	50	17	7	6	20	71	165	161	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3–4 (HK Nitra)
2022–23	50	17	9	3	21	72	151	153	7th, Extraliga	Lost in Wild card round, 0–3 (HK Nitra)
2023–24	50	27	5	3	15	94	163	119	1st, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 (HK Nitra)

Honours edit

Domestic edit

Slovak Extraliga

Runners-up (3): 2005–06, 2010–11, 2020–21
3rd place (2): 1996–97, 1997–98

Czechoslovak Extraliga

3rd place (1): 1937–38

Slovak Hockey League

Runners-up (1): 1941–42
3rd place (2): 1942–43, 1943–44

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

Winners (4): 1969–70, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1990–91
Runners-up (4): 1966–67, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1987–88
3rd place (6): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1985–86

Pre-season edit

Tatra Cup

Winners (14): 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023

Players edit

Current roster edit

Source: hkpoprad.sk^[1]Source: eliteprospects.com^[2]As of 14 February 2024.


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32	Filip Belányi	G	L	23	2023	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
7	Ben Betker	D	L	29	2022	Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
98	Peter Bjalončík	C	L	25	2023	Poprad, Slovakia
86	Daniel Brejčák (C)	D	L	37	2017	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
19	Ján Brejčák	D	L	34	2023	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
74	Boris Brincko	D	L	25	2022	Poprad, Slovakia
91	Andrew Calof	RW	R	32	2023	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
53	Jacob Cardwell	D	R	31	2023	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
54	Boris Česánek	D	L	23	2023	Kežmarok, Slovakia
21	Tyler Coulter	C	L	27	2023	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
10	Ryan Dmowski (A)	LW	L	27	2023	East Lyme, Connecticut, United States
47	Dominik Jendek	RW	L	22	2023	Bratislava, Slovakia
59	Oldrich Kotvan	D	L	33	2022	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
18	Andrej Kukuča	C	R	24	2022	Trenčín, Slovakia
20	Peter Kundrik	C	L	25	2021	Poprad, Slovakia
14	Samuel Mlynarovič	LW	R	33	2021	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
77	Matej Paločko	RW	L	27	2019	Košice, Slovakia
34	Olexander Peresunko	RW	R	24	2022	Kharkov, Ukraine
28	Alex Šotek	RW	R	20	2023	Poprad, Slovakia
25	Markus Suchý	C	L	20	2022	Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
58	Viktor Svedberg	D	L	32	2023	Göteborg, Sweden
71	Patrik Svitana	RW	R	35	2017	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
81	Oliver Turan	D	R	23	2023	Innsbruck, Austria
15	Jakub Urbánek	C	R	24	2023	Martin, Slovakia
31	Štefan Valluš	G	L	22	2021	Poprad, Slovakia
30	Ádám Vay	G	L	30	2023	Budapest, Hungary
67	Tomáš Záborský (A)	LW	L	36	2022	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia

Retired numbers edit

HK Poprad retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
13	Arne Kroták	LW	1990–2019	September 13, 2019^[3]^[4]

Franchise scoring leaders edit

These are the top-ten-point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed regular season.^[5]

* – current Poprad player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Arne Kroták	LW	980	380	486	866	.88
Miroslav Škovira	LW	582	205	253	458	.79
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	564	143	278	421	.75
Peter Junas	LW	480	157	225	382	.80
Patrik Svitana*	RW	509	137	243	380	.75
Peter Klouda	C	379	81	194	275	.73
Igor Rataj	RW	309	106	120	226	.73
Lukáš Hvila	LW	367	100	94	194	.53
Štefan Fabian	D	686	44	144	188	.27
Samuel Mlynarovič*	LW	371	85	99	184	.50

Goals
Player	Pos	G
Arne Kroták	LW	380
Miroslav Škovira	LW	205
Peter Junas	LW	157
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	143
Patrik Svitana*	RW	137
Igor Rataj	RW	106
Lukáš Hvila	LW	100
Marcel Haščák	RW	95
Adam Lapšanský	LW	95
Martin Kuľha	RW	89

Assists
Player	Pos	A
Arne Kroták	LW	486
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	278
Miroslav Škovira	LW	253
Patrik Svitana*	RW	243
Peter Junas	LW	225
Peter Klouda	C	194
Radoslav Suchý	D	147
Štefan Fabian	D	144
Igor Rataj	RW	120
Daniel Brejčák*	D	110

Franchise playoff scoring leaders edit

These are the top-ten playoff point-scorers in franchise playoff history. Figures are updated after each completed season.^[6]

* – current Poprad player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Poprad player

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Arne Kroták	LW	102	41	31	72	–
Miroslav Škovira	LW	65	23	24	47	–
Patrik Svitana*	RW	81	10	30	40	.49
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	43	11	19	30	.70
Marcel Haščák	RW	43	12	14	26	.60
Lukáš Hvila	LW	40	10	15	25	.63
Martin Kuľha	RW	34	14	10	24	.71
Dávid Skokan	C	24	10	12	22	.92
Radoslav Suchý	D	57	1	21	22	.39
Samuel Mlynarovič*	LW	51	9	12	21	.41

Goals
Player	Pos	G
Arne Kroták	LW	41
Miroslav Škovira	LW	23
Martin Kuľha	RW	14
Marcel Haščák	RW	12
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	11
Martin Frank	F	11
Patrik Svitana*	RW	10
Lukáš Hvila	LW	10
Dávid Skokan	C	10
Samuel Mlynarovič*	LW	9

Assists
Player	Pos	A
Arne Kroták	LW	31
Patrik Svitana*	RW	30
Miroslav Škovira	LW	24
Radoslav Suchý	D	21
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	19
Samuel Takáč	LW	17
Lukáš Hvila	LW	15
Marcel Haščák	RW	14
Jaroslav Kasík	D	13
Dávid Skokan	C	12

NHL alumni edit

Jamie Arniel (2022)
Ľuboš Bartečko (1993–1994, 2010, 2014–2015)
Peter Bondra (2004)
Michal Handzuš (1996)
Kevin Henderson (2016)
Miroslav Ihnačák (1992, 2004)
Brandon Mashinter (2021)
Ladislav Nagy (2010)
Andrej Nedorost (2011)
Radoslav Suchý (1994, 2004–2005, 2010–2016)
Tomáš Surový (2000)
Ľubomír Vaic (1993–1994, 2011–2013)
Kyle Wanvig (2010)

References edit

^ "Team Roster / HK Poprad". www.hkpoprad.sk. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
^ "Team Roster / HK Poprad". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
^ "HK Poprad has eliminated the legendary number 13". www.hkpoprad.sk.
^ "Poprad to retire Arne Kroták". www.hkpoprad.sk.
^ "HK Poprad Career Leaders – eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
^ "HK Poprad - All Time Playoffs Player Stats – eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.