2011–12 Lev Poprad season

Almost two months after being officially admitted to the KHL, Lev announced the signings of the first five players on 30 June 2011. In the final roster, the majority of the players were from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Head coach was Radim Rulik and the team captain was Lubos Bartecko. Lev's regular season was planned to start on 10 September 2011 with a match at home against Avangard Omsk,[1] but because of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, the start of the season was postponed and Lev had their first game on 12 September against Metallurg Magnitogorsk. However, for their first win they had to wait until the sixth game, a 2–0 away win against Dinamo Riga on 26 September. Lev also failed to qualify for the play-offs and ended the season as 21st overall, with 54 points from 54 games. The team's top scorer was Lubos Bartecko with 30 points (16 goals and 14 assists).

Thirty-three players in all represented the Lev Poprad during their lone season of play and existence. Lubos Bartecko led the team with 16 assists and 30 points, Tomas Netik led them in goalscoring registering 17.[2] The list of players and 2011–12 regular season statistics are presented below.

Lev bench during the match against Amur Khabarovsk on January 10, 2012.

Skaters

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Lubos Bartecko	LW	53	16	14	30	30	1
Tomas Netik	LW	42	17	11	28	26	9
Juraj Mikus	C	44	12	16	28	46	10
Vaclav Nedorost	LW	37	14	8	22	22	3
Ladislav Nagy	RW	30	7	12	19	59	–2
Rastislav Spirko	LW	53	10	8	18	8	2
Karel Pilar	D	31	1	16	17	34	3
Jaroslav Kristek	RW	39	10	6	16	14	7
Emil Lundberg	C	54	10	6	16	26	–8
Branislav Mezei	D	53	3	11	14	117	–5
Stepan Novotny	RW	34	5	6	11	16	–2
Jiri Hunkes	D	48	1	10	11	32	–2
Jiri Sekac	C	36	2	8	10	4	–1
Karl Fabricius	LW	48	1	7	8	20	–11
Jonathan Sigalet	D	49	1	7	8	30	6
Martin Chabada	RW	35	4	3	7	24	–4
Rudolf Huna	LW	49	2	5	7	14	–13
Grant Lewis	D	45	1	6	7	32	–8
Martin Strbak	D	35	1	4	5	32	4
Vladimír Mihálik	D	37	1	4	5	37	–4
Ales Jezek	F	13	2	0	2	18	–7
Stanislav Balan	F	16	1	1	2	4	–1
Richard Mraz	LW	3	0	2	2	0	–1
Bohumil Jank	D	13	0	1	1	12	3
Dan DaSilva	RW	15	0	1	1	10	–3
Jakub Matai	D	19	0	1	1	8	–7
Karol Csanyi	F	2	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Ölvecký	LW	6	0	0	0	0	–1
Jaroslav Sarsok	F	7	0	0	0	2	–1
Alexander Hellström	D	20	0	0	0	12	–8
Tomas Kloucek	D	20	0	0	0	18	–3

Goaltenders

Player	GP	W	L	SOP	SOG	GA	SV	SV%	GAA	G	A	SO	PIM	TOI
Ján Laco	27	8	16	3	827	70	757	91.5	2.57	0	0	5	0	1631:42
Tomas Duba	27	5	17	5	756	82	674	89.2	3.00	0	1	1	2	1640:26

• 2011-12 KHL season