HK Nitra

Hokejový Klub Nitra is a professional ice hockey club based in Nitra, Slovakia. The club has been a member of the Slovak Extraliga since the 2003–04 season and winner of Slovak Extraliga in the 2015–16 season and 2023–24 season.

HK Nitra
Nickname	Corgoni
City	Nitra, Slovakia
League	Slovak Extraliga
Founded	1926 (1926)
Home arena	Nitra Aréna (capacity 3,600)
Colours	Prussian blue, Columbia blue, white
General manager	Tomáš Chrenko
Head coach	Antonín Stavjaňa
Captain	Branislav Mezei
Website	www.hockeynitra.com

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. There they earned 2 points in 4 games against Škoda Plzeň 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 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.

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, whom Nitra defeated 4–2 in the series to win the league title.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

• Winners (2): 2015–16, 2023–24
• 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

• Winners (1): 2022–23

Pre-season

Tatra Cup

• Winners (1): 1933/1934

Rona Cup

• Winners (1): 2010

Players

Current roster

Source: hockeynitra.comSource: eliteprospects.comAs of July 3, 2023.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
74		Sami Aittokallio	G	L	31	2023	Tampere, Finland
–		Matej Bača	D	L	28	2023	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
21		Filip Bajtek	RW	L	33	2020	Třinec, Czechoslovakia
–		Juraj Beržinec	G	L	22	2020	Slovakia
–		Miloš Bubela	C	R	31	2023	Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
25		Samuel Buček	LW	R	25	2023	Nitra, Slovakia
27		Sebastián Čederle	C	L	24	2022	Skalica, Slovakia
11		Oliver Fatul	D	L	21	2023	Bratislava, Slovakia
29		Sahir Gill	LW	L	32	2022	Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
80		Tomáš Hrnka	C	L	32	2020	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
91		Robby Jackson	C	L	26	2023	Alameda, California, United States
33		Libor Kašík	G	L	32	2022	Zlín, Czechoslovakia
39		Jakub Lacka	LW	R	25	2022	Bratislava, Slovakia
24		Branislav Mezei (C)	D	L	43	2015	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
–		Dávid Okoličány	RW	L	27	2023	Trstená, Slovakia
85		Marek Slovák	C	R	35	2023	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
9		Marek Šramaty	C	R	21	2021	Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia
16		Marko Stacha	D	L	22	2022	Ilava, Slovakia
28		Juraj Štefanka	D	L	24	2017	Nitra, Slovakia
17		Martin Vitaloš	D	R	23	2022	Bratislava, Slovakia

External links

• Official club website (in Slovak)