HC MV Transport Prešov is an

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

team playing in the Slovak 1. Liga, and formed in 2021, after

HC Prešov Penguins HC Prešov Penguins was an ice hockey 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, Slovakia at Ice Arena Prešov. Honours Domestic Slovak 1. Liga * Runne ...

announced the dissolvation of their club. They play 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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History

The newly established hockey club HC 21 Prešov replaced

HC 07 Detva HC 07 Detva is an ice hockey team playing in the Slovak 2. Liga, and formed in 2007. They play in the city of Detva, Slovakia at Detva Ice Stadium. History The club was founded in 2007. In the 2017–18 season did not qualify for the playoffs, ...

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 ...

from the season 2021–22. Ernest Bokroš was the head coach and the basic team should be made up of players from Detva. The final point for moving the Detvian club to Prešov gave the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, but it was only a formality. The owner of the Detvian club, Róbert Ľupták, decided to move the Extraliga license to Prešov. Not only he moves from Detva to Prešov, but also several other players, including forward

Ján Sýkora Ján Sýkora (born September 14, 1990) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HC 21 Prešov of the Slovak Extraliga. Sýkora made his Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) ...

. The first captain of the team was

Marek Zagrapan Marek Zagrapan (born 6 December 1986) is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 13th overall, at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Zagrapan was d ...

from Prešov, who came from

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 success was 2nd place in the Slovak Extraliga in 2006, 2011 and 2021. The club ...

. Zagrapan was drafted by the

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