HK Spišská Nová Ves

HK Spišská Nová Ves
Nickname	Novejša
City	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
League	Slovak Extraliga
Founded	1932 (1932)
Home arena	Spiš Aréna (capacity 5,503)
Colours	blue, yellow, white
General manager	Richard Rapáč
Head coach	Vlastimil Wojnar
Captain	Juraj Valach
Website	hksnv.sk

HK Spišská Nová Ves is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Spišská Nová Ves. They currently play in the Slovak Extraliga. The club is a four-time and current winner of the second highest competition Slovak 1. Liga, as it won in the 2020–21 season and advanced to Slovak Extraliga. They play their home games in Spiš Aréna in the eastern Slovak town Spišská Nová Ves. The team was established in 1932.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

• 3rd place (1): 2022–23

Slovak 1. Liga

• Winners (4): 1995–96, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2020–21
• Runners-up (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2014–15
• 3rd place (1): 2010–11

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

• Runners-up (1): 1990–91
• 3rd place (1): 1991–92

Players

Current roster

Source: eliteprospects.com^[1]As of July 7, 2023.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4		Nerijus Ališauskas	D	R	32	2022	Elektrėnai, Lithuania
–		Olivier Archambault	LW	L	30	2023	Le Gardeur, Quebec, Canada
83		Martin Bakoš	RW	R	33	2023	Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia
25		Jérémy Beaudry	D	R	30	2021	Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
88		Dalibor Bortňák	C	L	32	2022	Prešov, Czechoslovakia
–		Todd Burgess	C	R	27	2023	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
91		Róbert Džugan	LW	L	23	2022	Levoča, Slovakia
16		Matej Giľák	LW	R	28	2020	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
20		Šimon Groch	D	L	20	2022	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
13		Lukáš Hamráček	RW	R	28	2021	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
87		Juraj Majdan	RW	L	32	2021	Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia
71		Ľubomír Malina	D	L	32	2021	Kežmarok, Slovakia
92		Marcel Melicherčík	G	L	37	2020	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
–		Igor Merezhko	D	R	25	2023	Kharkov, Ukraine
10		Oleksii Myklukha	C	R	21	2022	Białystok, Poland
18		Anthony Nellis	C	L	29	2022	Lévis, Quebec, Canada
66		Ivan Novák	RW	L	22	2020	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
29		Gabriel Olejník	LW	L	21	2020	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
19		Branislav Rapáč (C)	RW	R	30	2021	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
6		Dávid Romaňák	D	L	24	2020	Poprad, Slovakia
3		Filip Surák	G	L	27	2019	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
11		Martin Šuty	LW	L	18	2022	Krompachy, Slovakia
34		Timotej Tomala	LW	L	20	2019	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
44		Juraj Valach	D	R	34	2022	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
45		Michael Vandas (A)	RW	L	32	2022	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
2		Benjamín Varša	G	L	17	2022	Slovakia
23		Lukáš Vartovník (A)	C	L	34	2018	Gelnica, Czechoslovakia
21		Adam Žiak	D	L	24	2022	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia

Notable players

Team name

• 1932 – AC Spišská Nová Ves
• 1950 – Lokomotíva Spišská Nová Ves
• 1964 – Lokomotíva – Bane Spišská Nová Ves
• 1973 – Železničiar – Stavbár Spišská Nová Ves
• 1982 – Geológ – Stavbár Spišská Nová Ves
• 1988 – Štart Spišská Nová Ves
• 1992 – HK VTJ Spišská Nová Ves
• 2002 – HK Spišská Nová Ves
• 2009 – HK Noves okná Spišská Nová Ves
• 2010 – HK Spišská Nová Ves – current

References

External links

• Official website (in Slovak)

This page was last edited on 1 January 2024, at 03:07