HK Poprad

HK Poprad is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in Slovakia. It plays its games in Poprad, Slovakia. The squad's greatest successes include 2nd place in the Slovak Extraliga in 2006, 2011 and 2021. The team finished in the standings of the 2023-2024 season in 1st place, with a record of 27 wins and 15 losses. The club is nicknamed Kamzíci, which means "Chamoises" in Slovak.

History

HK Poprad, in its current incarnation, was founded in 1935 by the merger of two existing teams. Those teams were "SK Vysoke Tatry", and a team called "HC Poprad". The 1935 merged team was named "HC Tatry". They started playing in the original SNHL, a 2nd-tier league, and eventually played as one of the strongest teams in various other 2nd-tier leagues. During this time, they went through various name changes, and won Slovak championships in 1970, 1981,1985, and 1991. The 1991 team, known at the time as "SKP PS Poprad", was admitted into the 1st-tier Extraliga of Czechoslovakia.
After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Poprad started playing in the new independent Slovak Championship which was named the Slovak Extraliga. The team underwent more minor name changes until 2010, and since that year, the official team name has been HK Poprad.
In the 1996–97 season Poprad was eliminated in the semifinals by HC Košice. In the next season 1997–98, they played semifinals again against HC Košice and lost 0–3. However, these two seasons were successful because the team won bronze medals. In the 2005–06 season the team reached the most remarkable success, but lost 3–4 in the final series against MsHK Žilina. This success was repeated in the 2010–11 season, when they played against the long-time rival HC Košice and lost 1–4 in the final.

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last tenth seasons completed by HK Poprad.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2015–16	50	18	3	11	18	68	139	149	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4
2016–17	56	18	6	9	23	75	153	167	7th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4
2017–18	56	25	6	4	21	91	159	152	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4
2018–19	57	28	9	3	17	102	168	147	5th, Extraliga	Lost in Semifinals, 2–4
2019–20	55	28	5	5	17	99	170	131	4th, Extraliga
2020–21	50	26	7	3	14	95	186	133	3rd, Extraliga	Lost in Finals, 1–4
2021–22	50	17	7	6	20	71	165	161	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3–4
2022–23	50	17	9	3	21	72	151	153	7th, Extraliga	Lost in Wild card round, 0–3
2023–24	50	27	5	3	15	94	163	119	1st, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4
2024–25	54	24	4	6	20	86	178	144	6th, Extraliga	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

Runners-up : 2005–06, 2010–11, 2020–21
3rd place : 1996–97, 1997–98

Czechoslovak Extraliga

3rd place : 1937–38

Slovak Hockey League

Runners-up : 1941–42
3rd place : 1942–43, 1943–44

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

Winners : 1969–70, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1990–91
Runners-up : 1966–67, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1987–88
3rd place : 1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1985–86
Pre-season

Tatra Cup

Winners : 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025
Players

Current roster

Retired numbers

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten-point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed regular season.

– current Poprad player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Arne Kroták	LW	980	380	486	866	.88
Miroslav Škovira	LW	582	205	253	458	.79
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	564	143	278	421	.75
Peter Junas	LW	480	157	225	382	.80
Patrik Svitana	RW	509	137	243	380	.75
Peter Klouda	C	379	81	194	275	.73
Igor Rataj	RW	309	106	120	226	.73
Lukáš Hvila	LW	367	100	94	194	.53
Štefan Fabian	D	686	44	144	188	.27
Samuel Mlynarovič*	LW	371	85	99	184	.50

Player	Pos	G
Arne Kroták	LW	380
Miroslav Škovira	LW	205
Peter Junas	LW	157
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	143
Patrik Svitana	RW	137
Igor Rataj	RW	106
Lukáš Hvila	LW	100
Marcel Haščák	RW	95
Adam Lapšanský	LW	95
Martin Kuľha	RW	89

Player	Pos	A
Arne Kroták	LW	486
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	278
Miroslav Škovira	LW	253
Patrik Svitana	RW	243
Peter Junas	LW	225
Peter Klouda	C	194
Radoslav Suchý	D	147
Štefan Fabian	D	144
Igor Rataj	RW	120
Daniel Brejčák*	D	110

Franchise playoff scoring leaders

These are the top-ten playoff point-scorers in franchise playoff history. Figures are updated after each completed season.

– current Poprad player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Poprad player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Arne Kroták	LW	102	41	31	72	–
Miroslav Škovira	LW	65	23	24	47	–
Patrik Svitana	RW	81	10	30	40	.49
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	43	11	19	30	.70
Marcel Haščák	RW	43	12	14	26	.60
Lukáš Hvila	LW	40	10	15	25	.63
Martin Kuľha	RW	34	14	10	24	.71
Dávid Skokan	C	24	10	12	22	.92
Radoslav Suchý	D	57	1	21	22	.39
Samuel Mlynarovič*	LW	51	9	12	21	.41

Player	Pos	G
Arne Kroták	LW	41
Miroslav Škovira	LW	23
Martin Kuľha	RW	14
Marcel Haščák	RW	12
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	11
Martin Frank	F	11
Patrik Svitana	RW	10
Lukáš Hvila	LW	10
Dávid Skokan	C	10
Samuel Mlynarovič*	LW	9

Player	Pos	A
Arne Kroták	LW	31
Patrik Svitana	RW	30
Miroslav Škovira	LW	24
Radoslav Suchý	D	21
Slavomír Pavličko	LW	19
Samuel Takáč	LW	17
Lukáš Hvila	LW	15
Marcel Haščák	RW	14
Jaroslav Kasík	D	13
Dávid Skokan	C	12