Bratislava Capitals

Bratislava Capitals is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. They currently play in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League in Austria. The team was established in 2015.

Bratislava Capitals
CityBratislava, Slovakia
Leaguebet-at-home ICE Hockey League
(2020–present)
Founded2015 (2015)
Home arenaOndrej Nepela Arena
(capacity 10,055)
ColoursRed, white, black, grey
                   
PresidentIvo Ďurkovič
General manager Dušan Pašek
Head coach Rostislav Čada
Websitewww.capitals.sk

History

Club HC Bratislava established in 2015 in response to the missing Bratislava senior team in Slovak competitions. In the premier season in the second league of hockey, 16 participants were placed in 12th place. In the 2016/2017 season, the club found a stable background in stadium Vladimír Dzurilla Arena in Ružinov. The club stabilized, established itself in the second league of hockey and ranked fourth among 20 teams. In the season 2019/2020, the begins a new history of HC Bratislava. The club went through a complete rebranding, including a change of name of the club to Bratislava Capitals, under which it will operate in the next season. In 2019–20 season they started play their home matches at Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena. Team also signed many players from Tipsport liga, probably the biggest name is Canadian player Eric Selleck.

After the 2019–20 season, the Capitals were accepted to play in the Austrian based bet-at-home ICE Hockey League (formerly the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga) on 24th April 2020 for participation in the 2020–21 season.[1]

Current roster

Source: capitals.sk[2]Source: eliteprospects.com[3]As of August 16, 2020.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
2 Peter Hamerlík G L 38 2019 Myjava, Czechoslovakia
9 Karol Sloboda (C) D R 37 2019 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
17 Dávid Buc LW L 33 2019 Poprad, Czechoslovakia
Martin Nemčík D L 28 2020 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Jakub Suja RW L 31 2020 Prešov, Czechoslovakia
Brock Higgs C L 28 2020 Kingston, ON, Canada
Samuel Baroš G L 26 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia
Miloš Bubela C R 27 2020 Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
11 Tibor Varga RW R 35 2019 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
61 Michal Šalka LW L 27 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia
5 Lukáš Bohunický D L 32 2019 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
18 Denis Hudec RW L 27 2019 Trenčín, Slovakia
Martin Chovan D R 33 2020 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Adam Lapšanský LW L 30 2020 Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia
73 Róbert Varga LW L 25 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia
Eduard Šedivý D L 28 2020 Myjava, Czechoslovakia

NHL alumni

References
  1. "Capitals accepted into EBEL League". www.hokej.sk.
  2. "Team Roster / Bratislava Capitals". www.capitals.sk. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  3. "Team Roster / Bratislava Capitals". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
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