HK Nitra

HK Nitra
Nickname	Corgoni
City	Nitra, Slovakia
League	Slovak Extraliga
Founded	1926 (1926)
Home arena	Nitra Aréna (capacity 4,800)
Colours	Prussian blue, Columbia blue, white
General manager
Head coach	Antonín Stavjaňa
Captain	Branislav Mezei
Website	www.hockeynitra.com

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.

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

• Winners (1): 2015–16
• Runners-up (3): 2013–14, 2016–17, 2018–19
• 3rd place (4): 2005–06, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18

Slovak 1. Liga

• Winners (1): 2002–03
• Runners-up (1): 2000–01

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

• Winners (5): , 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93
• Runners-up (4): , , 1988–89, 1989–90
• 3rd place (2): ,

Pre-season[]

Tatra Cup

• Winners (1): 1933/1934

Rona Cup

• Winners (1): 2010

Players[]

Current roster[]

Source: hockeynitra.com^[1]Source: eliteprospects.com^[2]As of December 20, 2021.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
29		Matthew O'Connor	G	L	29	2020	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24		Branislav Mezei (C)	D	L	41	2015	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
89		Adrián Holešinský	C	L	25	2020	Čadca, Slovakia
19			RW	L	20	2020	Partizánske, Slovakia
15		Martin Bodák	D	R	22	2020	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
30		David Honzík	G	L	28	2021	Milevsko, Czech Republic
14			RW	R	23	2020	Nitra, Slovakia
12		Ivan Švarný (A)	D	L	37	2020	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
7		Šimon Nemec	D	R	17	2019	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
21		Filip Bajtek	RW	L	30	2020	Třinec, Czechoslovakia
18		Miroslav Pupák	F	L	36	2012	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
28			D	L	22	2017	Nitra, Slovakia
73		Róbert Varga	LW	L	26	2021	Bratislava, Slovakia
17			D	R	21	2020	Bratislava, Slovakia
11			C	L	26	2021	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
88			LW	L	16	2020	Nitra, Slovakia
80		Tomáš Hrnka	C	L	30	2020	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
71		Marek Tvrdoň	LW	L	28	2020	Nitra, Slovakia
44			D	R	26	2021	Hastings, Minnesota, United States
10			LW	L	17	2020	Piešťany, Slovakia
34		Jozef Baláž	C	L	22	2021	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
25		Samuel Buček	RW	R	23	2021	Nitra, Slovakia
49			D	L	18	2020	Nitra, Slovakia
13		Filip Krivošík	C	R	22	2021	Bratislava, Slovakia
3		Matúš Rais	D	L	31	2021	Nitra, Czechoslovakia

References[]

External links[]

• Official club website (in Slovak)