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
LeagueTipsport Liga
Founded1926 (1926)
Home arenaNitra Aréna
(capacity 4,800)
ColoursPrussian blue, Columbia blue, white
              
General manager Tomáš Chrenko
Head coach Miroslav Kováčik
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

Current squad

Source: hockeynitra.com[1]Source: eliteprospects.com[2]As of February 7, 2020.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
31 Juraj Šimboch G L 28 2018 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
9 Judd Blackwater C L 33 2016 Lethbridge, AB, Canada
24 Branislav Mezei (C) D L 39 2015 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
91 Juraj Šiška RW L 24 2016 Nitra, Slovakia
15 Jakub Minárik C L 20 2019 Topoľčany, Slovakia
44 Mitch Versteeg D R 31 2016 Lethbridge, AB, Canada
72 Miroslav Hanuljak G L 35 2018 Most, Czechoslovakia
83 Erik Čaládi (A) LW L 32 2018 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
17 Šimon Nemec D R 16 2019 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
89 Lane Scheidl LW L 28 2018 Saskatoon, SK, Canada
18 Miroslav Pupák (A) D L 35 2012 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
71 Matúš Hlinka D L 20 2019 Nové Zámky, Slovakia
23 Lukáš Hrušík LW R 24 2018 Považská Bystrica, Slovakia
77 Kenney Morrison D R 28 2018 Lloydminster, AB, Canada
81 Karol Csányi RW L 29 2019 Komárno, Czechoslovakia
8 Daniil Fominykh C L 22 2017 Ufa, Russia
3 Matúš Rais D L 29 2016 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
43 Kris Versteeg RW R 34 2019 Lethbridge, AB, Canada
41 Patrik Lušňák LW L 31 2019 Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
22 Adrián Sloboda D L 23 2018 Skalica, Slovakia
25 Samuel Buček RW R 21 2019 Nitra, Slovakia
13 Colton Yellow Horn LW L 33 2019 Brocket, AB, Canada
27 Andrej Kollár C R 20 2019 Nitra, Slovakia
7 Branislav Kubka D R 32 2019 Detva, Slovakia
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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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