HC SLOVAN Bratislava Information

* HC SLOVAN is historically the first Slovak hockey club that succeeded to break the hegemony of the Czech teams in the federal Czechoslovak league and brought the title to Slovakia (1979), * Between 1998-2012 HC Slovan won eight times the Slovak champions title including the most valuable season in the history of the Slovak premier league 2004/2005 during the NHL lockout, * In the season 2003/2004 HC Slovan triumphed in the finals of the Continental Cup., * Between 1971 and 1973, HC SLOVAN Bratislava became a triple winner of the prestigious Spengler Cup tournament in Davos, Switzerland * HC SLOVAN is a holder of the most successful Slovak performance in the European Champions League (bronze in 2008), besides it qualified for five times to the quarterfinals of this most important European club competition, * HC SLOVAN is the only Slovak club that played official match ups against the National Hockey League organizations, the 2004 Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lightning (2008) and – lately – against one of the classiest hockey clubs in the world New York Rangers (October, 2011), * HC SLOVAN is a regular supplier of the best players for National Team Slovakia in all age categories including the medal winners from World Championships, such as Šatan, Višňovský, Cíger, Bartovič, Hudáček, Bližňák, Miklík, Sersen, Radivojevič, Uram, Kapuš, Vaic, Hurtaj, Hecl, Podhradský, Hreus, Rybár, * HC SLOVAN plays their home games in the state-of-the-art multi purpose arena with the capacity over 10,000 spectators, * HC SLOVAN is a sports team with the highest average attendances at its home games from over all Slovakian sports clubs.