List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Slovakia

Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924.[1] Slovakia has participated in 5 of 22 tournaments, sending 10 goaltenders and 61 skaters.

The Slovakia men's team at the 2002 tournament.

The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete.[2] In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to compete in Olympic Games, starting in 1988.[3][4] The NHL decided not to allow all players to participate in 1988, 1992 or 1994, because doing so would force the league to halt play during the Olympics. An agreement was reached in 1995 that allowed NHL players to compete in the Olympics, starting with the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.[5] Slovak players were a part of the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 separated the countries. The Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team was considered the successor to Czechoslovakia, while Slovakia was treated as a "new" country for the purposes of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and forced to work its way up through the ranks.[6] Despite this, Slovakia qualified for the 1994 tournament, and finished in a respectable sixth place.[7] At the 2002 tournament, the preliminary round was scheduled without the participation of NHL players. This negatively impacted the Slovakian team, which had a heavy reliance on NHL players; as a result, the team finished in 13th place in the tournament.[6] Today, however, Slovakia is considered one of the "Big Seven" hockey nations, and is a regular contender for a medal at international tournaments.[8] National teams are co-ordinated by Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and players are chosen by the team's management staff.

The Slovaks have not won a medal in an Olympic tournament. Their best finish was in fourth place at the 2010 Games.[9] Peter Šťastný is the only Slovak player to have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame. Miroslav Šatan holds the record for most games played, having dressed for 22 games in 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2010; he and Ľubomír Višňovský are the only players to participate in four tournaments. Marián Hossa leads Slovak Olympians in goals (12) and points (25), while Pavol Demitra has 14 assists, more than any other player.

Key

Goaltenders
Jaroslav Halák is the winningest Slovak goalie, with 4 wins in 7 games.
Goaltenders
Player Olympics Tournaments GP W L T Min SO GA GAA Medals Notes Ref(s)
Peter Budaj 1 2006 3 2 1 0 179 0 6 2.01 [12]
Jaromír Dragan 1 1994 2 1 0 0 80 0 7 5.25 [13]
Jaroslav Halák 1 2010 7 4 3 0 423 1 17 2.41 [14]
Eduard Hartmann 1 1994 6 2 2 2 310 0 17 3.29 [15]
Karol Križan 1 2006 2 2 0 0 120 1 1 0.50 [16]
Ján Lašák 2 2002, 2006 3 1 1 1 154 0 9 3.51 [16]
Miroslav Michalek 1 1994 2 1 0 0 100 0 5 3.00 [17]
Igor Murín 1 1998 4 1 2 1 240 0 13 3.25 [18]
Pavol Rybár 1 2002 2 0 1 0 85 0 5 3.54 [19]
Rastislav Staňa 1 2002 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 1.00 [20]

Reserve goaltenders

These goaltenders were named to the Olympic roster, but did not receive any ice time during games. Pavol Rybár did not play in any games in the 1998 tournament, but did start games at later tournaments.[21] Peter Budaj and Rastislav Staňa were named to the team at the 2010 tournament, but did not play any games.[22]

Reserve goaltenders
Player Tournaments Medals Notes Ref(s)
Miroslav Šimonovič 1998 [21]

Skaters
Skaters
Player Olympics Tournaments GP G A[24] P PIM Medals Notes Ref(s)
Jerguš Bača 1 1994 8 1 2 3 10 [25]
Ivan Baranka 1 2010 7 1 0 1 0 [26]
Ľuboš Bartečko 3 2002, 2006, 2010 17 0 2 2 6 [26]
Peter Bondra 2 1998, 2006 8 5 0 5 27 [27]
Vladimír Búřil 1 1994 4 0 0 0 0 [28]
Zdeno Chára 2 2006, 2010 13 1 4 5 8 Team Captain (2010) [9][29]
Martin Cibák 1 2010 7 0 0 0 6 [30]
Zdeno Cíger 1 1998 4 1 1 2 4 Team Captain (1998) [9][31]
Jozef Daňo 2 1994, 1998 12 4 5 9 10 [32]
Pavol Demitra 3 2002, 2006, 2010 15 6 14 20 6 Team Captain (2006) [9][33]
Ivan Droppa 1 1998 4 0 0 0 0 [34]
Marián Gáborík 2 2006, 2010 13 7 5 12 10 [35]
Michal Handzuš 2 2002, 2010 9 4 3 7 6 [36]
Oto Haščák 2 1994, 1998 9 1 6 7 8 [37]
Marcel Hossa 2 2006, 2010 13 0 1 1 0 [38]
Marián Hossa 3 2002, 2006, 2010 15 12 13 25 10 [39]
Branislav Jánoš 2 1994, 1998 12 2 4 6 6 [40]
Stanislav Jasečko 1 1998 4 0 0 0 4 [41]
Milan Jurčina 2 2006, 2010 13 0 1 1 10 [42]
Richard Kapuš 2 2002, 2006 10 0 3 3 4 [43]
Ľubomír Kolník 2 1994, 1998 12 4 1 5 4 [44]
Roman Kontšek 2 1994, 1998 12 4 1 5 10 [45]
Tomáš Kopecký 1 2010 7 1 0 1 2 [46]
Richard Lintner 1 2002 4 1 1 2 0 [47]
Ivan Majeský 2 2002, 2006 10 0 1 1 8 [48]
Miroslav Marcinko 1 1994 8 0 1 1 6 [49]
Stanislav Medrik 1 1994 8 0 0 0 4 [50]
Andrej Meszároš 2 2006, 2010 13 0 2 2 8 [51]
Dušan Milo 1 2002 2 0 2 2 2 [52]
Miroslav Mosnar 1 1998 3 0 0 0 6 [53]
Jaroslav Obšut 1 2002 4 0 0 0 2 [54]
Žigmund Pálffy 3 1994, 2002, 2010 16 3 10 13 16 [55]
Ján Pardavý 2 1998, 2002 8 3 1 4 14 [56]
Rastislav Pavlikovský 1 2002 4 2 3 5 6 [57]
Richard Pavlikovský 1 2002 4 0 0 0 4 [58]
Róbert Petrovický 3 1994, 1998, 2002 16 4 8 12 20 Team Captain (2002) [9][59]
Ronald Petrovický 1 2006 6 1 0 1 2 [59]
Vlastimil Plavucha 2 1994, 1998 9 4 0 4 2 [60]
Dusan Pohorelec 1 1994 5 0 0 0 0 [61]
Peter Pucher 1 1998 2 0 0 0 0 [62]
Rene Pucher 1 1994 6 1 0 1 2 [62]
Branko Radivojevič 1 2010 7 0 0 0 6 [63]
Karol Rusznyák 1 1998 4 0 0 0 0 [64]
Miroslav Šatan 4 1994, 2002, 2006, 2010 22 10 4 14 2 [65]
Richard Šechný 1 2002 4 0 0 0 6 [66]
Andrej Sekera 1 2010 7 1 0 1 0 [67]
Ľubomír Sekeráš 2 1994, 1998 12 0 4 4 12 [68]
Marián Smerčiak 1 1994 8 0 1 1 12 [69]
Peter Smrek 1 2002 4 0 0 0 0 [70]
Roman Stantien 1 1998 3 0 0 0 0 [71]
Peter Šťastný 1 1994 8 5 4 9 9 Flag bearer (1994)
Team Captain (1994)
HHOF (1998)
IIHFHOF (2000)		 [7][9][10][11][72]
Martin Štrbák 2 2006, 2010 13 0 1 1 4 [73]
Jozef Stümpel 3 2002, 2006, 2010 12 3 5 8 0 [73]
Radoslav Suchý 1 2006 6 1 1 2 0 [74]
Tomáš Surový 1 2006 6 0 1 1 2 [75]
Marek Svatoš 1 2006 6 0 0 0 0 [75]
Róbert Švehla 2 1994, 1998 10 2 5 7 26 [76]
Jaroslav Török 1 2002 4 0 0 0 0 [77]
Ján Varholík 2 1994, 1998 10 0 0 0 16 [78]
Ľubomír Višňovský 4 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 19 4 4 8 2 [79]
Richard Zedník 2 2006, 2010 13 3 4 7 18 [80]

See also

Notes
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  4. "Amateurism". USA Today. 2009-03-30. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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  6. Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #22-Bondra's Bomb - The biggest thing for Slovakia since independence.
  7. Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #75-At 39, Peter Stastny closes circle and promotes his country to the A pool.
  8. Corey Masisak (21 July 2013). "Slovakia's NHL vets likely key parts of Olympic team". National Hockey League. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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  10. "List of honored Players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  11. "IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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