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
Head coach	Miroslav Mosnár
Captain	Branislav Rapáč
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 1. Liga

• Winners (4): 1995–96, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2020–21
• Runners-up (3): 2006–07, 2007–08,
• 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 February 1, 2022.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
92		Marcel Melicherčík	G	L	35	2020	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
70		Andreas Štrauch	RW	R	27	2021	Poprad, Slovakia
91			LW	L	21	2020	Levoča, Slovakia
43		Otto Nieminen	LW	L	25	2021	Somero, Finland
3			G	L	26	2019	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
71		Ľubomír Malina	D	L	30	2021	Kežmarok, Slovakia
13			RW	R	26	2021	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
9			LW	L	27	2021	Chatham, New Jersey, United States
17		Peter Ordzovenský (A)	D	L	36	2020	Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia
16			LW	R	26	2020	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
41		Ladislav Ščurko	LW	L	35	2021	Gelnica, Czechoslovakia
47		Hannu Kuru	C	L	28	2021	Kaarina, Finland
72			D	L	21	2020	Kežmarok, Slovakia
34			LW	L	18	2019	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
23		Lukáš Vartovník (A)	C	L	32		Gelnica, Czechoslovakia
4			D	R	26	2021	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
19		Branislav Rapáč (C)	RW	R	28	2021	Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
6			D	L	22	2020	Poprad, Slovakia
26			RW	R	25	2021	North York, Ontario, Canada
87		Juraj Majdan	RW	L	30	2021	Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia
25			D	R	28	2021	Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
86			LW	L	25	2021	Košice, Slovakia
8			D	L	21	2021	Ilava, 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)