HK Poprad

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;
President	Ľudovít Jurinyi
Head coach	Peter Mikula
Captain	Patrik Svitana
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 and 2011. The club is nicknamed Kamzíci, which means "Chamois" in English.

History

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.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

Runners-up (2): 2005–06, 2010–11
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

Tatra Cup

Winners (13): 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020

Players

Current roster

Source: hkpoprad.sk^[1]Source: eliteprospects.com^[2]As of 10 September 2024.


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32	Filip Belányi	G	L	23	2023	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
63	Trent Bourque	D	L	26	2024	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
86	Daniel Brejčák	D	L	38	2017	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
43	Alex Čajkovič	D	L	19	2024	Bratislava, Slovakia
91	Andrew Calof	RW	R	33	2023	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
92	Orrin Centazzo	LW	L	24	2024	Marwayne, Alberta, Canada
27	Adam Cracknell (A)	RW	R	39	2024	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
29	Samuel Fereta	D	L	25	2024	Humenné, Slovakia
16	Matej Giľák	LW	R	29	2024	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
59	Oldrich Kotvan (A)	D	L	34	2022	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
20	Peter Kundrik	C	L	25	2021	Poprad, Slovakia
36	Branislav Ligas	D	R	24	2024	Martin, Slovakia
14	Samuel Mlynarovič	LW	R	34	2021	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
24	Aurel Nauš	RW	L	26	2024	Martin, Slovakia
9	Juraj Šiška	RW	L	28	2024	Nitra, Slovakia
18	Alex Šotek	RW	R	20	2023	Poprad, Slovakia
25	Markus Suchý	C	L	20	2022	Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
26	Tomáš Török	LW	L	29	2024	Martin, Slovakia
23	Oliver Turan (C)	D	R	23	2023	Innsbruck, Austria
15	Jakub Urbánek	C	R	25	2023	Martin, Slovakia
30	Ádám Vay	G	L	30	2023	Budapest, Hungary

Retired numbers

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

Franchise scoring leaders

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
Peter Klouda	C	379	81	194	275	.73
Patrik Svitana*	RW	363	89	139	228	.63
Igor Rataj	RW	309	106	120	226	.73
Lukáš Hvila	LW	367	100	94	194	.53
Štefan Fabian	D	686	44	144	188	.27
Radoslav Suchý	D	354	30	147	177	.50

Goals
Player	Pos	G
Arne Kroták	LW	380
Miroslav Škovira	LW	205
Peter Junas	LW	157
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	143
Igor Rataj	RW	106
Lukáš Hvila	LW	100
Adam Lapšanský	LW	95
Patrik Svitana*	RW	89
Martin Kuľha	RW	89
Roman Tomas	RW	82

Assists
Player	Pos	A
Arne Kroták	LW	486
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	278
Miroslav Škovira	LW	253
Peter Junas	LW	225
Peter Klouda	C	194
Radoslav Suchý	D	147
Štefan Fabian	D	144
Patrik Svitana*	RW	139
Igor Rataj	RW	120
Samuel Takáč	C	100

Franchise playoff scoring leaders

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	39	30	69	.68
Miroslav Škovira	LW	65	23	23	46	.71
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	43	11	19	30	.70
Lukáš Hvila	LW	40	10	15	25	.63
Martin Kuľha	RW	34	14	10	24	.71
Patrik Svitana*	RW	58	8	15	23	.40
Radoslav Suchý	D	57	1	21	22	.39
Samuel Takáč	C	45	4	17	21	.48
Samuel Mlynarovič	LW	41	8	9	17	.42
Richard Rapáč	RW	40	9	7	16	.40

Goals
Player	Pos	G
Arne Kroták	LW	39
Miroslav Škovira	LW	23
Martin Kuľha	RW	14
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	11
Lukáš Hvila	LW	10
Richard Rapáč	RW	9
Patrik Svitana*	RW	8
Samuel Mlynarovič	LW	8
Juraj Faith	C	8
Martin Frank	F	8

Assists
Player	Pos	A
Arne Kroták	LW	30
Miroslav Škovira	LW	23
Radoslav Suchý	D	21
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	19
Samuel Takáč	C	17
Lukáš Hvila	LW	15
Patrik Svitana*	RW	15
Jaroslav Kasík	D	13
Peter Klouda	C	11
Martin Kuľha	RW	10

NHL alumni

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

References

^ "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.

External links

Official website (in Slovak)

[1] "Team Roster / HK Poprad". www.hkpoprad.sk. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

[2] "Team Roster / HK Poprad". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.

[3] "HK Poprad has eliminated the legendary number 13". www.hkpoprad.sk.

[4] "Poprad to retire Arne Kroták". www.hkpoprad.sk.

[5] "HK Poprad Career Leaders – eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.

[6] "HK Poprad - All Time Playoffs Player Stats – eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.

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v t e HK Poprad
Founded in 1930 Based in Poprad, Slovakia
Franchise	Team Coaches Captains
History	Records Retired numbers
Personnel	Owner(s) Hokejový klub Poprad, a.s. (Richard Pichonský, chairman) General manager Head coach Todd Bjorkstrand Team captain Daniel Brejčák Current roster
Arenas	Poprad Ice Stadium
Rivalries	HC Košice
Affiliates	Slovak 1. Liga HK Spišská Nová Ves (season: 2017–18)
Category Commons

v t e Slovak Extraliga
Teams	HC Košice HK Poprad HC '05 Banská Bystrica HC Slovan Bratislava Vlci Žilina HK Dukla Trenčín HK Nitra HC Nové Zámky HKM Zvolen HK Dukla Michalovce MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš HK Spišská Nová Ves
Arenas	Poprad Ice Stadium Nitra Arena Steel Arena Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium Zvolen Ice Stadium Ondrej Nepela Arena Nové Zámky Ice Stadium Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium Niké Aréna Michalovce Ice Stadium Spiš Aréna
Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Related topics	List of Slovak ice hockey champions Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Slovak 1. Liga Slovak 2. Liga Ice hockey in Slovakia National men's team National women's team
See also: Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup