Hokejový Klub Nitra is a professional
ice hockey
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club based in
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth la ...
,
Slovakia
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. The club has been a member of 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 ...
since the
2003–04 season and winner of Slovak Extraliga in the
2015–16 season.
History
The club was founded in 1931 under the name AC. Their first trophy which they won was the Tatra Cup in 1934. The club was renamed several times; from 1945 to 1976 they were named ''Sokol, Komunálny podnik, Spojené závody, Slavoj, Slovan,'' and ''Štart''.
In 1976 the club was renamed Plastika Nitra. They won the 1. SNHL (1st Slovak National Hockey League), the second level of Czechoslovak hockey, in the 1983–84 season and clinched participation in the preliminary round for the
Czechoslovak Extraliga
The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.
History ...
. There they earned 2 points in 4 games against
Škoda Plzeň
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Czech brands and enterprises
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and
Poldi Kladno and did not qualify for the Extraliga. Nitra won the 1. SNHL in the 1986–87 season but in the preliminary round they lost against
Poldi Kladno. In the next season they triumphed in the 1. SNHL again, but in the preliminary round they were defeated by
TJ Vítkovice. Nitra's first promotion to the
Czechoslovak Extraliga
The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.
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came in the 1989–90 season when they finished 4th in the qualification group and clinched participation at the Extraliga for the next season. Nitra finished 13th in their
first Extraliga season, earning 39 points in 53 games and were relegated to the 1. SNHL. They won the next season of the 1. SNHL but were defeated by
ŠKP Poprad in the preliminary round. In the 1991-92 season they won the 1. SNHL again, but the preliminary round was not played due to the dissolution of
Czechoslovakia
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Nitra won its first Slovak Extraliga title in the
2015–16 season. In the quarterfinal against
MsHK Žilina, Nitra swept the series 4-0. In the semifinal they played seven games to beat
HKm Zvolen. The final opponent was
HC '05 Banská Bystrica
Hockey Club '05 Banská Bystrica is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. They won 3 times Slovakian hockey league and 4 times Slovak 1. Liga, second–level ice hockey league in Slovakia. The team is nickna ...
, whom Nitra defeated 4–2 in the series to win the league title.
Honours
Domestic
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 ...
* Winners (1):
2015–16
* Runners-up (4):
2013–14,
2016–17,
2018–19,
2021–22
* 3rd place (4):
2005–06,
2012–13,
2014–15,
2017–18
Slovak 1. Liga
* Winners (1):
2002–03
* Runners-up (1):
2000–01
1st. Slovak National Hockey League
* Winners (5):
1983–84,
1986–87,
1987–88,
1991–92,
1992–93
* Runners-up (4):
1978–79,
1982–83,
1988–89,
1989–90
* 3rd place (2):
1979–80,
1980–81
International
IIHF Continental Cup
The Continental Cup is a second-level ice hockey tournament for European clubs (behind Champions Hockey League), begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in the E ...
* Winners (1):
2022–23
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Pre-season
Tatra Cup
The Tatra Cup ( sk, Tatranský pohár) is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Poprad, Slovakia. It is the second oldest club tournament in Europe, after the Spengler Cup.
The first installment of the Tatra Cup took place in 1929 in Starý S ...
* Winners (1): 1933/1934
Rona Cup
* Winners (1): 2010
Players
Current roster
References
External links
Official club website
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Nitra, HK Ardo
Nitra, HK Ardo
Sport in Nitra
Ice hockey clubs established in 1931
1931 establishments in Czechoslovakia