The Bratislava Capitals were a professional
Slovak ice hockey
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club based in
Bratislava,
Slovakia
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. They mostly played in the
ICE Hockey League
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in Austria. The club was established in 2015 and ceased operations in 2022.
History
HC Bratislava was established in 2015 in response to the lack of a Bratislava senior team in Slovak competitions. In its first season in the second division, it finished 12th out of 16 teams. In the 2016/17 season, the club found a stable home in
Vladimír Dzurilla Arena in
Ružinov
Ružinov (, hu, Főrév, german: Rosenheim) is a borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, located in the Bratislava II district. It is the city's second most populated borough, housing over 80,000 inhabitants and its Nivy neighbourhood is ...
. The club stabilized, established itself in the second hockey league and finished fourth out of 20 teams. In 2019/20, the club went through a complete rebranding, changing its name to the Bratislava Capitals. That season, the team started playing its home games at
Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena.
After the
2019–20 season, the Capitals were accepted to play in the Austrian-based bet-at-home ICE Hockey League (formerly the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga) on 24 April 2020 beginning in the 2020/21 season.
On October 30, 2021, player
Boris Sádecký collapsed during a game, reportedly due to cardiac arrest, and died three days later. On November 5, the team's general manager
Dušan Pašek was found dead from suicide. Following the incidents, the club suspended its season after 14 games, but announced its return for the 2022/23 season on May 16, 2022.
NHL alumni
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Stanislav Gron (2016–2018)
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Eric Selleck (2019–2020)
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Matt Climie (2019–2020)
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Sergei Kostitsyn
Sergei Olegovich Kostitsyn ( be, Сяргей Алегавiч Касціцын; russian: Сергей Олегович Костицын; born 20 March 1987) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey winger. He currently plays for Sokil Kyiv of the ...
(2020–2021)
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Jared Coreau (2020–2021)
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Brett Carson (2020–2021)
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Nikolay Zherdev
Mykola Olehovych "Nikolay" Zherdev ( uk, Микола Олегович Жердев; born November 5, 1984) is a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for the HC Merano of the Alps Hockey League.
He ...
(2021–2022)
References
External links
Official website(Slovak)
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Sport in Bratislava
Bratislava Capitals
2015 establishments in Slovakia
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