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Ice hockey team
HC Košice
NicknameOceliari
LeagueSlovak Extraliga
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Home arenaSteel Arena
(capacity: 8,378)
ColoursBlack, white, orange
     
PresidentJúlius Lang
Head coachDan Ceman
CaptainMichal Chovan
Websitehckosice.sk

Hockey Club Košice is a Slovak professional ice hockey club based in Košice that competes in the Slovak Extraliga, the top tier of Slovak ice hockey. It is the most successful hockey club in Slovakia and the former Czechoslovakia, having won the Tipos Extraliga nine times, the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League twice, the 1st. Slovak National Hockey League once, the IIHF Continental Cup once, the Tatra Cup 10 times, and the Rona Cup four times. The club is nicknamed "Oceliari" ("Steelers" in English). The team plays at the Steel Arena in Košice.

History

Logo of HC Košice from 1962 to 1998
The previous HC Košice logo

The club was established in Košice in 1962 as an army hockey club called TJ Dukla Košice. At that time, there were two weak regional ice hockey clubs in the city. The new club was much stronger and joined the Czechoslovak Hockey League within two years. In 1966, Dukla changed its name to TJ VSŽ Košice. In 1986, the club became the Ice Hockey Champions of Czechoslovakia for the first time, beating HC Dukla Jihlava in the finals. It won again in 1988, beating HC Sparta Prague. At that time, the club was the second-best ice hockey club in Europe after CSKA Moscow. After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, VSŽ Košice became a member of the Slovak Extraliga, which it soon went on to win three times. In 1998, the club changed its name to HC Košice.

On 24 February 2006, Košice left Lokomotíva Košice Stadium and moved to the newly constructed Steel Aréna. The arena is named in honour of the club's sponsor, U. S. Steel Košice, and is also known as L. Troják Stadium after one of the club's most popular players. Košice won the league for the fourth time by defeating HK 36 Skalica to end the 2008–09 season. A victory over HC Slovan Bratislava at the end of the 2009–10 season saw the club win the league for the second year in a row and the fifth time in total, which it followed up by beating HK Poprad in the finals of the 2010–11 season to secure the league for the third year in a row (the first "hat trick" in the league's history) and the sixth time in total. Košice qualified for the finals for the sixth time in a row at the 2012–13 season, but suffered a loss to HKm Zvolen. A victory over HK Nitra in the finals of the 2013–14 season led Košice to its seventh league victory. The club won its eighth and most recent league during the 2014–15 season, defeating HC '05 Banská Bystrica in the finals.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

Czechoslovak Extraliga

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1963–64

International

IIHF European Cup

IIHF Continental Cup

IIHF Super Cup

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 1998

Pre-season

Tatra Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (10): 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017

Rona Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2009, 2013

Players

Current roster

As of 23 November 2024.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
93 Canada Olivier Archambault LW L 31 2024 Le Gardeur, Quebec, Canada
61 Slovakia Marek Bartánus (A) RW R 37 2021 Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
55 Slovakia Antonin Bartoš D R 21 2022 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
91 Slovakia Michal Chovan (C) LW L 37 2019 Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
18 Slovakia Radek Deyl (A) D L 35 2020 Košice, Czechoslovakia
89 Czech Republic Jakub Ferenc (A) D R 35 2022 Levoča, Czechoslovakia
56 United States Max Gildon D L 25 2024 Houston, Texas, United States
24 Slovakia Matúš Havrila C L 25 2020 Košice, Slovakia
32 Slovakia Jaroslav Janus G L 35 2022 Prešov, Czechoslovakia
84 Finland Joona Jääskeläinen LW R 28 2022 Imatra, Finland
82 Slovakia Dávid Kohút C L 26 2024 Handlová, Slovakia
72 Slovakia Filip Krivošík C R 25 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia
63 Slovakia Patrik Lamper LW L 31 2022 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
47 Slovakia Mário Lunter LW L 30 2023 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
12 Canada Danick Martel LW L 30 2024 Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
23 Slovakia Tomáš Mikúš C L 31 2023 Skalica, Slovakia
6 Canada Blake Parlett D R 35 2024 Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
8 Slovakia Simon Petras RW R 28 2024 Bratislava, Slovakia
39 Canada Brett Pollock C L 28 2022 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
20 Slovakia Peter Repčík C L 20 2024 Košice, Slovakia
33 Slovakia Dominik Riečický G L 32 2020 Košice, Czechoslovakia
77 Slovakia Patrik Rogon RW L 28 2021 Žilina, Slovakia
44 Slovakia Mislav Rosandić D L 29 2024 Zagreb, Croatia
71 Slovakia Eduard Šedivý D L 32 2021 Myjava, Czechoslovakia
92 Slovakia Eduard Šimun C L 29 2023 Topoľčany, Slovakia
62 Canada Josh Teves D L 29 2024 Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Notable players

References

External links

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Preceded byHC Dukla Jihlava Czechoslovak Extraliga
Champions

1985–86
Succeeded byTesla Pardubice
Preceded byTesla Pardubice Czechoslovak Extraliga
Champions

1987–88
Succeeded byTesla Pardubice
Preceded byHK Dukla Trenčín Slovak Extraliga
Champions

1994–95
Succeeded byHC Košice
Preceded byHC Košice Slovak Extraliga
Champions

1995–96
Succeeded byHK Dukla Trenčín
Preceded byHC Slovan Bratislava Slovak Extraliga
Champions

1998–99
Succeeded byHC Slovan Bratislava
Preceded byHC Slovan Bratislava Slovak Extraliga
Champions

2008–09
Succeeded byHC Košice
Preceded byHC Košice Slovak Extraliga
Champions

2009–10
Succeeded byHC Košice
Preceded byHC Košice Slovak Extraliga
Champions

2010–11
Succeeded byHC Slovan Bratislava
Preceded byHKM Zvolen Slovak Extraliga
Champions

2013–14
Succeeded byHC Košice
Preceded byHC Košice Slovak Extraliga
Champions

2014–15
Succeeded byHK Nitra
Preceded byHC Slovan Bratislava Slovak Extraliga
Champions

2022–23
Succeeded byHK Nitra
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