HK Nitra

Hokejový Klub Nitra is a professional ice hockey club based in Nitra, Slovakia. The club has been a member of the Slovak Extraliga since the 2003–04 season and winner of Slovak Extraliga in the 2015–16 season.

HK Nitra
NicknameCorgoni
CityNitra, Slovakia
LeagueSlovak Extraliga
Founded1926 (1926)
Home arenaNitra Aréna
(capacity 4,800)
ColoursPrussian blue, Columbia blue, white
     
General manager Tomáš Chrenko
Head coach Antonín Stavjaňa
Captain Branislav Mezei
Websitewww.hockeynitra.com

History

The club was founded in 1931 under the name AC. Their first trophy which they won was the Tatra Cup in 1934. The club was renamed several times; from 1945 to 1976 they were named Sokol, Komunálny podnik, Spojené závody, Slavoj, Slovan, and Štart.

In 1976 the club was renamed Plastika Nitra. They won the 1. SNHL (1st Slovak National Hockey League), the second level of Czechoslovak hockey, in the 1983–84 season and clinched participation in the preliminary round for the Czechoslovak Extraliga. There they earned 2 points in 4 games against Škoda Plzeň and Poldi Kladno and did not qualify for the Extraliga. Nitra won the 1. SNHL in the 1986–87 season but in the preliminary round they lost against Poldi Kladno. In the next season they triumphed in the 1. SNHL again, but in the preliminary round they were defeated by TJ Vítkovice. Nitra's first promotion to the Czechoslovak Extraliga came in the 1989–90 season when they finished 4th in the qualification group and clinched participation at the Extraliga for the next season. Nitra finished 13th in their first Extraliga season, earning 39 points in 53 games and were relegated to the 1. SNHL. They won the next season of the 1. SNHL but were defeated by ŠKP Poprad in the preliminary round. In the 1991-92 season they won the 1. SNHL again, but the preliminary round was not played due to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

Nitra won its first Slovak Extraliga title in the 2015–16 season. In the quarterfinal against MsHK Žilina, Nitra swept the series 4-0. In the semifinal they played seven games to beat HKm Zvolen. The final opponent was HC '05 Banská Bystrica, whom Nitra defeated 4–2 in the series to win the league title.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

Slovak 1. Liga

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

Pre-season

Tatra Cup

  • Winners (1): 1933/1934

Rona Cup

  • Winners (1): 2010

Players

Current roster

Source: hockeynitra.com[1]Source: eliteprospects.com[2]As of January 21, 2021.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
35 Adam Nagy G L 27 2019 Levice, Slovakia
24 Branislav Mezei (C) D L 40 2015 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
9 Juraj Šiška RW L 24 2016 Nitra, Slovakia
63 Adrián Holešinský C L 24 2020 Čadca, Slovakia
13 Liam Finlay RW R 23 2020 Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
58 Martin Bodák D R 21 2020 Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
10 Adam Dauda C L 25 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia
15 Jakub Minárik C L 20 2019 Topoľčany, Slovakia
31 Evan Cowley G L 25 2020 Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
12 Ivan Švarný (A) D L 36 2020 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
29 Lukáš Škvarek LW L 19 2019 Slovakia
7 Šimon Nemec D R 16 2019 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
18 Miroslav Pupák F L 36 2012 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
72 Martin Knižka D R 19 2020 Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
28 Denis Pätoprstý RW L 23 2018 Topoľčany, Slovakia
93 Mathieu Foget C R 23 2020 Orleans, Ontario, Canada
8 Daniil Fominykh C L 22 2017 Ufa, Russia
17 Martin Vitáloš D R 20 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia
80 Tomáš Hrnka C L 29 2020 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
71 Marek Tvrdoň LW L 28 2020 Nitra, Slovakia
85 Marek Slovák (A) C R 32 2020 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
86 Roman Žitný LW L 23 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia
77 Wyatt Ege D R 25 2020 Elk River, Minnesota, United States
27 Andrej Kollár C R 21 2019 Nitra, Slovakia
91 Andrej Šťastný  C L 30 2020 Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia

References

  1. "Team Roster / HK Nitra". www.hockeynitra.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. "Team Roster / HK Nitra". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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