HKM Zvolen

The club was founded on 18 March 1927 as ZTC Zvolen. However, they played their first official game in 1932 against Slávia Banská Bystrica. They lost 0–18 in the first game and 1–20 in the second game against Slávia. Zvolen played their first home game on 14 February 1932. They lost 0–2 against Slávia. In the 1933–34 season they played for the first time in organized competition, the Championship of Stredoslovenská župa. In the next season they won their first official game against Sokol Kremnica. Hockey in Zvolen was even played during World War II. After WW II they had very successful years between 1947 and 1953. Then there was a decline.

Renewal of hockey in Zvolen started in 1964, when the Lokomotíva Bučina Zvolen club was established. In 1970 they promoted to the 1. SNHL (1st. Slovak National Hockey League), second level of Czechoslovak hockey. They placed 6th in their first season at the 1. SNHL. In the 1971–72 season they finished 3rd and in the next season they won the 1. SNHL. The club's scoring leader was Jozef Golonka. Zvolen qualified for the preliminary round of the Czechoslovak Extraliga. There they lost 7 of 8 games and were not promoted to the Extraliga. Zvolen won the 1. SNHL again in the 1974–75 season. Zvolen forward Ján Letko was the top scorer of the 1. SNHL (48 goals). However, they lost in the preliminary round against Ingstav Brno and were not promoted to the Extraliga. In the 1975–76 season they repeated victory in the 1. SNHL. In the preliminary round they lost a series 3–4 against TJ Gottwaldov. Their fourth and last victory of the 1. SNHL came in the 1977–78 season, but in the preliminary round they lost a series 2–4 against TJ Gottwaldov. Thus Zvolen never played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of Czechoslovak hockey.

Zvolen (in blue) vs. Dynamo Moscow at the 2004–05 IIHF Continental Cup

Zvolen was a member of the inaugural season of the Slovak Extraliga, but they finished last and were relegated to the Slovak 1.Liga. Zvolen won the 1996–97 Slovak 1.Liga season and promoted to the Extraliga after 3 years. In the 1997–98 season they placed fifth in the regular season and were eliminated by Dukla Trenčín in the quarterfinals. In the next season they progressed to the semifinals, beating Trenčín in the quarterfinals, but were defeated by Slovan Bratislava. Zvolen played in the playoffs finals for the first time in club history in the 1999–00 season. There they lost 2–3 against Slovan. The most successful season in the club history was the 2000–01 season. Zvolen finished first in the regular season, defeated 3–0 MHC Martin in the quarterfinals, 3–0 HK Poprad in the semifinals, 3–1 Dukla Trenčín in the finals and won their first Slovak Extraliga title ever. Ján Plch (79 pts), Richard Šechný (70 pts) and Petr Vlk (64 pts) were the top three scoring leaders of the Extraliga regular season. Šechný (19 pts) was also a scoring leader in the playoffs. Since 2001 Zvolen was playoffs finalist four times but won the title only once more in the 2012–13 season.

Besides their triumph at the Slovak championship in 2001, Zvolen is a winner of the IIHF Continental Cup. In the 8th edition of the cup in 2005 they played in the final stage against HC Dynamo Moscow, Alba Volán Székesfehérvár and the Milano Vipers. Zvolen won all three games and became the third Slovak winner after HC Košice and HC Slovan Bratislava.

Slovak Extraliga

• Winners (2): 2000–01, 2012–13
• Runners-up (4): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05
• 3rd place (2): 2002–03, 2018–19

Slovak 1. Liga

• Winners (1): 1996–97
• Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1995–96

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

• Winners (4): 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78
• Runners-up (3): 1973–74, 1976–77, 1980–81
• 3rd place (1): 1971–72

IIHF Continental Cup

• Winners (1): 2004–05
• 3rd place (1): 2001–02

Rona Cup

• Winners (2): 2001, 2008

Source: hkmzvolen.sk[1]Source: eliteprospects.com[2]As of January 16, 2021.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
30		Adam Trenčan	G	L	30	2020	Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
77		Branislav Kubka	D	R	32	2020	Detva, Slovakia
52		Mikko Nuutinen	RW	R	30	2020	Kuopio, Finland
33		Andrej Hatala	D	R	23	2020	Trenčín, Slovakia
12		Miloš Kelemen	RW	L	21	2018	Zvolen, Slovakia
23		T.J. Melancon	D	R	24	2020	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
96		Marco Halama	C	L	25	2018	Zvolen, Slovakia
35		Robin Rahm	G	L	34	2020	Torsby, Sweden
22		Václav Stupka	LW	L	34	2020	Trnava, Czechoslovakia
32		Peter Hraško (A)	D	L	29	2020	Detva, Slovakia
41		Ján Chlepčok	RW	L	22	2018	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
88		Maroš Jedlička	C	L	18	2020	Trnava, Slovakia
11		Radovan Bondra	RW	L	24	2020	Trebišov, Slovakia
21		Radovan Puliš (C)	C	L	29	2020	Hliník nad Hronom, Czechoslovakia
92		Jakub Kolenič	RW	R	19	2019	Zvolen, Slovakia
7		Ben Betker	D	L	26	2019	Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
90		Marek Viedenský	C	R	30	2020	Handlová, Czechoslovakia
25		Peter Zuzin (A)	RW	L	30	2020	Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
4		Jozef Tibenský	LW	L	26	2019	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
29		Michal Ivan	D	L	21	2020	Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
91		Alan McPherson	C	L	29	2019	Kinburn, Ontario, Canada
75		Patrik Marcinek	RW	L	22	2017	Zvolen, Slovakia
13		Dalibor Ďuriš	RW	R	20	2020	Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia
44		Jakub Meliško	D	L	24	2019	Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
71		Juraj Mikúš	C	R	33	2020	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
59		Oldrich Kotvan	D	L	30	2020	Skalica, Czechoslovakia