HC Košice

Ice hockey team

HC Košice

Nickname| Oceliari
League| Slovak Extraliga
Founded| 1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Home arena| Steel Arena
(capacity: 8,378)
Colours| Black, white, orange

President| Július Lang
Head coach| Dan Ceman
Captain| Michal Chovan
Website| hckosice.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 11 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

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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

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### Domestic

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Slovak Extraliga

* Winners (9): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2022–23
* Runners-up (7): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13
* 3rd place (3): 2001–02, 2006–07, 2015–16

Czechoslovak Extraliga

* Winners (2): 1985–86, 1987–88
* Runners-up (1): 1984–85
* 3rd place (1): 1988–89

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

* Winners (1): 1963–64

### International

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IIHF European Cup

* Runners-up (2): 1986–87, 1988–89

IIHF Continental Cup

* Winners (1): 1997–98
* Runners-up (1): 1998–99

IIHF Super Cup

* Runners-up (1): 1998

### Pre-season

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Tatra Cup

* Winners (11): 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017, 2024

Rona Cup

* Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2009, 2013

## Players

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### Current roster

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As of 23 November 2024.

No. | Nat | Player  | Pos | S/G | Age  | Acquired  | Birthplace

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93 |  | Olivier Archambault | LW | L  | 31  | 2024 | Le Gardeur, Quebec, Canada
61 |  | Marek Bartánus (A) | RW | R  | 37  | 2021 | Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
55 |  | Antonin Bartoš | D | R  | 21  | 2022 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic
91 |  | Michal Chovan (C) | LW | L  | 37  | 2019 | Zvolen, Czechoslovakia
18 |  | Radek Deyl (A) | D | L  | 35  | 2020 | Košice, Czechoslovakia
89 |  | Jakub Ferenc (A) | D | R  | 35  | 2022 | Levoča, Czechoslovakia
56 |  | Max Gildon | D | L  | 25  | 2024 | Houston, Texas, United States
24 |  | Matúš Havrila | C | L  | 25  | 2020 | Košice, Slovakia
32 |  | Jaroslav Janus | G | L  | 35  | 2022 | Prešov, Czechoslovakia
84 |  | Joona Jääskeläinen | LW | R  | 28  | 2022 | Imatra, Finland
82 |  | Dávid Kohút | C | L  | 26  | 2024 | Handlová, Slovakia
72 |  | Filip Krivošík | C | R  | 25  | 2023 | Bratislava, Slovakia
63 |  | Patrik Lamper | LW | L  | 31  | 2022 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
47 |  | Mário Lunter | LW | L  | 30  | 2023 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
12 |  | Danick Martel | LW | L  | 30  | 2024 | Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
23 |  | Tomáš Mikúš | C | L  | 31  | 2023 | Skalica, Slovakia
6 |  | Blake Parlett | D | R  | 35  | 2024 | Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
8 |  | Simon Petras | RW | R  | 28  | 2024 | Bratislava, Slovakia
39 |  | Brett Pollock | C | L  | 28  | 2022 | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
20 |  | Peter Repčík | C | L  | 21  | 2024 | Košice, Slovakia
33 |  | Dominik Riečický | G | L  | 32  | 2020 | Košice, Czechoslovakia
77 |  | Patrik Rogon | RW | L  | 28  | 2021 | Žilina, Slovakia
44 |  | Mislav Rosandić | D | L  | 29  | 2024 | Zagreb, Croatia
71 |  | Eduard Šedivý | D | L  | 33  | 2021 | Myjava, Czechoslovakia
92 |  | Eduard Šimun | C | L  | 30  | 2023 | Topoľčany, Slovakia
62 |  | Josh Teves | D | L  | 29  | 2024 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada

## Notable players

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* Ladislav Troják
* Jiří Holeček
* Bedřich Brunclík
* Vincent Lukáč
* Igor Liba
* Jaromír Dragan
* Jiří Bicek
* Ľubomír Vaic
* Marek Svatoš
* Juraj Faith
* Rudolf Huna
* Peter Bartoš
* Martin Štrbák
* Miroslav Zálešák
* Rastislav Staňa
* Ladislav Nagy
* Peter Bondra
* Peter Ihnačák
* Miroslav Ihnačák
* Ján Lašák
* Arne Kroták
* Ivan Droppa
* Jerguš Bača
* Stanislav Gron
* Martin Marinčin
* Tomáš Jurčo
* Ján Laco
* Erik Černák

## References

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## External links

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* Official club website
* Steel Arena website

Links to related articles

| Preceded by

HC Dukla Jihlava

|  Czechoslovak Extraliga
Champions
1985–86 | Succeeded by

Tesla Pardubice

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Preceded by

Tesla Pardubice

|  Czechoslovak Extraliga
Champions
1987–88 | Succeeded by

Tesla Pardubice

Preceded by

HK Dukla Trenčín

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
1994–95 | Succeeded by

HC Košice

Preceded by

HC Košice

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
1995–96 | Succeeded by

HK Dukla Trenčín

Preceded by

HC Slovan Bratislava

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
1998–99 | Succeeded by

HC Slovan Bratislava

Preceded by

HC Slovan Bratislava

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
2008–09 | Succeeded by

HC Košice

Preceded by

HC Košice

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
2009–10 | Succeeded by

HC Košice

Preceded by

HC Košice

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
2010–11 | Succeeded by

HC Slovan Bratislava

Preceded by

HKM Zvolen

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
2013–14 | Succeeded by

HC Košice

Preceded by

HC Košice

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
2014–15 | Succeeded by

HK Nitra

Preceded by

HC Slovan Bratislava

|  Slovak Extraliga
Champions
2022–23 | Succeeded by

HK Nitra

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Slovak Extraliga

Teams|

* HC Košice
* HK Poprad
* HC '05 Banská Bystrica
* HC Slovan Bratislava
* Vlci Žilina
* HK Dukla Trenčín
* HK Nitra
* HC Nové Zámky
* HKM Zvolen
* HK Dukla Michalovce
* MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš
* HK Spišská Nová Ves

Arenas|

* Poprad Ice Stadium
* Nitra Arena
* Steel Arena
* Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium
* Liptovský Mikuláš Ice Stadium
* Zvolen Ice Stadium
* Ondrej Nepela Arena
* Nové Zámky Ice Stadium
* Banská Bystrica Ice Stadium
* Niké Aréna
* Michalovce Ice Stadium
* Spiš Aréna

Seasons|

* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

Related topics|

* List of Slovak ice hockey champions
* Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
* Slovak 1. Liga
* Slovak 2. Liga
* Ice hockey in Slovakia
* National men's team
* National women's team

* See also: Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League
* IIHF
* IIHF Continental Cup
* IIHF European Champions Cup

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