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 KamzÃÂci, which means "Chamoises" in Slovak.
HK Poprad, in its current incarnation, was founded in 1935 by the merger of two existing teams. Those teams were "SK Vysoke Tatry" (founded in 1926), and a team called "HC Poprad" (founded in 1929 as "Karpathenverein Poprad", name changed to "HC Poprad" in 1930). 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 1996âÂÂ97 season Poprad was eliminated in the semifinals by HC Koà ¡ice. In the next season 1997âÂÂ98, they played semifinals again against HC Koà ¡ice and lost 0âÂÂ3. However, these two seasons were successful because the team won bronze medals. In the 2005âÂÂ06 season the team reached the most remarkable success, but lost 3âÂÂ4 in the final series against MsHK à ½ilina. This success was repeated in the 2010âÂÂ11 season, when they played against the long-time rival HC Koà ¡ice and lost 1âÂÂ4 in the final.
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
1st. Slovak National Hockey League
These are the top-ten-point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed regular season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game
These are the top-ten playoff point-scorers in franchise playoff history. Figures are updated after each completed season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Poprad player