HC Prešov Penguins was an

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team which played in the 1. Liga, the second level of Slovak ice hockey, and was formed in 1928. They played in the city of

Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...

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at Ice Arena Prešov.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak 1. Liga * Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2009–10 * 3rd place (7): 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04,

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, 2016–17, 2017–18 Slovak Hockey League * Runners-up (2): 1939–40, 1940–41

History

The club was founded in 1928 as Snaha Prešov. They changed their name many times since: * 1931 – Slávia Prešov * 1952 – ČSSZ Prešov * 1953 – DŠO Tatran Prešov * 1964 – Tatran Prešov * 1968 – VTJ Dukla Prešov * 1970 – ZPA Prešov * 1970 – Sedlo Aréna * 1994 – Dragon Prešov * 1997 – HK VTJ Prešov * 1998 – HK VTJ Farmakol Prešov * 2003 – PHK Prešov * 2006 – HK Lietajúce kone Prešov * 2007 – HC 07 Prešov * 2014 – PHK 3b Prešov * 2015 – HC Prešov Penguins

Achievements

*Promoted to the

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

: 1998 *Slovak 1.Liga champion: 2004

Notable players

Igor Liba Igor Liba (born November 4, 1960, in Prešov, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player, who played on the 1992 Bronze Medal-winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia, and lives in Košice, Slovakia. Igor Liba was ...

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:HC Prešov Penguins Sport in Prešov

1928 establishments in Slovakia