2011–12 Lev Poprad season

2011–12 HC Lev Poprad
2011–12 HC Lev Poprad
Division	6th Bobrov
Conference	10th Western
2011–12 record	13–0–8–4 (54 pts)
Goals for	125
Goals against	162
Team information
Coach	Radim Rulík
Assistant coach	Róbert Pukalovič ; Vladimir Kapulovsky
Captain	Ľuboš Bartečko
Arena	Poprad Ice Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Tomáš Netík (17)
Assists	Juraj Mikúš (16) ; Karel Pilař (16)
Points	Ľuboš Bartečko (30)
Penalty minutes	Branislav Mezei (117)
Plus/minus	(+) Juraj Mikúš (+10) ; (−) Rudolf Huna (−13)
Wins	Ján Laco (8)
Goals against average	Ján Laco (2.57)

The 2011–12 Lev Poprad season was the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) franchise's first and last season of play.

Season summary

Almost two months after being officially admitted to the KHL, Lev announced the signings of its first five players on 30 June 2011. In the final roster, the majority of the players were from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Head coach was Radim Rulik and the team captain was Lubos Bartecko. Lev's regular season was planned to start on 10 September 2011 with a match at home against Avangard Omsk,^[1] but because of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, the start of the season was postponed and Lev had their first game on 12 September against Metallurg Magnitogorsk. However, for their first win they had to wait until the sixth game, a 2–0 away win against Dinamo Riga on 26 September. Lev also failed to qualify for the play-offs and ended the season as 21st overall, with 54 points from 54 games. The team's top scorer was Lubos Bartecko with 30 points (16 goals and 14 assists).

Schedule and results

2011–12 Game Log

September: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) Pts. 0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap

October: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) Pts. 0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap

November: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) Pts. 0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap

December: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) Pts. 0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap

January: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) Pts. 0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap

February: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) Pts. 0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap

Win (3 points) Overtime/shootout win (2 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Loss (0 points)

Players

Thirty-three players in all represented the Lev Poprad during their lone season of play and existence. Lubos Bartecko led the team with 16 assists and 30 points, Tomas Netik led them in goalscoring registering 17.^[2] The list of players and 2011–12 regular season statistics are presented below.

Lev bench during the match against Amur Khabarovsk on January 10, 2012.

Skaters
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Lubos Bartecko	LW	53	16	14	30	30	1
Tomas Netik	LW	42	17	11	28	26	9
Juraj Mikus	C	44	12	16	28	46	10
Vaclav Nedorost	LW	37	14	8	22	22	3
Ladislav Nagy	RW	30	7	12	19	59	−2
Rastislav Spirko	LW	53	10	8	18	8	2
Karel Pilar	D	31	1	16	17	34	3
Jaroslav Kristek	RW	39	10	6	16	14	7
Emil Lundberg	C	54	10	6	16	26	−8
Branislav Mezei	D	53	3	11	14	117	−5
Stepan Novotny	RW	34	5	6	11	16	−2
Jiri Hunkes	D	48	1	10	11	32	−2
Jiri Sekac	C	36	2	8	10	4	−1
Karl Fabricius	LW	48	1	7	8	20	−11
Jonathan Sigalet	D	49	1	7	8	30	6
Martin Chabada	RW	35	4	3	7	24	−4
Rudolf Huna	LW	49	2	5	7	14	−13
Grant Lewis	D	45	1	6	7	32	−8
Martin Strbak	D	35	1	4	5	32	4
Vladimír Mihálik	D	37	1	4	5	37	−4
Ales Jezek	F	13	2	0	2	18	−7
Stanislav Balan	F	16	1	1	2	4	−1
Richard Mraz	LW	3	0	2	2	0	−1
Bohumil Jank	D	13	0	1	1	12	3
Dan DaSilva	RW	15	0	1	1	10	−3
Jakub Matai	D	19	0	1	1	8	−7
Karol Csanyi	F	2	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Ölvecký	LW	6	0	0	0	0	−1
Jaroslav Sarsok	F	7	0	0	0	2	−1
Alexander Hellström	D	20	0	0	0	12	−8
Tomas Kloucek	D	20	0	0	0	18	−3