Bratislava Capitals

Bratislava Capitals is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. They currently play in the ICE Hockey League in Austria. The team was established in 2015.

Bratislava Capitals
CityBratislava, Slovakia
LeagueICE Hockey League
(2020–present)
Founded2015 (2015)
Home arenaOndrej Nepela Arena
(capacity 10,055)
ColoursRed, white, black, grey
       
PresidentIvo Ďurkovič
General manager Dušan Pašek
Head coach Peter Draisaitl
Websitewww.iclinic-capitals.sk

History

Club HC Bratislava established in 2015 in response to the missing Bratislava senior team in Slovak competitions. In the premier season in the second league of hockey, 16 participants were placed in 12th place. In the 2016/2017 season, the club found a stable background in stadium Vladimír Dzurilla Arena in Ružinov. The club stabilized, established itself in the second league of hockey and ranked fourth among 20 teams. In the season 2019/2020, the begins a new history of HC Bratislava. The club went through a complete rebranding, including a change of name of the club to Bratislava Capitals, under which it will operate in the next season. In 2019–20 season they started play their home matches at Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena. Team also signed many players from Tipsport liga, probably the biggest name is Canadian player Eric Selleck.

After the 2019–20 season, the Capitals were accepted to play in the Austrian based bet-at-home ICE Hockey League (formerly the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga) on 24th April 2020 for participation in the 2020–21 season.[1]

Current roster

Source: capitals.sk[2]Source: eliteprospects.com[3]As of January 20, 2021.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
31 Jared Coreau G L 29 2020 Perth, Ontario, Canada
27 Maxim Čajkovič RW R 20 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia
4 Matt Finn D L 26 2020 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 Dávid Buc LW L 34 2019 Poprad, Czechoslovakia
92 Brock Higgs C L 28 2020 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
25 Samuel Baroš G L 26 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia
19 Michel Miklík RW R 38 2020 Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
77 Miloš Bubela C R 28 2020 Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
33 Filip Ahl RW L 23 2020 Jönköping, Sweden
14 Ladislav Romančík D R 25 2020 Skalica, Slovakia
61 Michal Šalka LW L 27 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia
5 Lukáš Bohunický D L 33 2019 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
86 Mitchell Hults C L 26 2020 Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States
18 Denis Hudec RW L 27 2019 Trenčín, Slovakia
26 Martin Chovan D R 34 2020 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
– Sergei Kostitsyn LW L 33 2020 Novopolotsk, Byelorussian SSR, URS
79 Roman Faith LW L 18 2020 Košice, Slovakia
44 Sacha Guimond D L 29 2020 Ville-Marie, Quebec, Canada
23 Dávid Boldižár D L 22 2020 Košice, Slovakia
41 Maxime Fortier RW R 23 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12 Adam Bezák RW L 31 2020 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
7 Ryan Culkin D L 27 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
71 Eduard Šedivý D L 29 2020 Myjava, Czechoslovakia

NHL alumni

References
  1. "Capitals accepted into EBEL League". www.hokej.sk.
  2. "Team Roster / Bratislava Capitals". www.capitals.sk. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  3. "Team Roster / Bratislava Capitals". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
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