Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
The Slovakia men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. A successor to the Czechoslovakia national team, it is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world. The team's general manager is Miroslav Šatan and their head coach is Craig Ramsay.
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Nickname(s) | Naši chlapci (Our Boys) |
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Association | Slovak Ice Hockey Federation |
General manager | Miroslav Šatan |
Head coach | Craig Ramsay |
Assistants | Peter Frühauf Ján Pardavý Andrej Podkonický |
Captain | Tomáš Tatar |
Most games | Dominik Graňák (184) |
Top scorer | Miroslav Šatan (85) |
Most points | Miroslav Šatan (162) |
Home stadium | Ondrej Nepela Arena |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | SVK |
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Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 9 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 3 (2004) |
Lowest IIHF | 11 (2017) |
First international | |
Slovakia ![]() ![]() (Rouen, France; 12 February 1993) | |
Biggest win | |
Slovakia ![]() ![]() (Poprad, Slovakia; 18 March 1994) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Czech Republic ![]() ![]() (Kloten, Switzerland; 2 May 2009) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 30 (first in 1994) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 1994) |
Medals | ![]() |
International record (W–L–T) | |
380–307–49 |
Medal record | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
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2022 Beijing | Team |
World Championships | ||
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2002 Sweden | |
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2000 Russia | |
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2012 Finland/Sweden | |
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2003 Finland |
Slovakia has won four medals at the World Championships, including a gold medal in 2002 in Sweden, and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
History
editThe Slovak national team was formed following the breakup of Czechoslovakia, as the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Although the Czechs were allowed to compete in the highest pool (A), the IIHF ruled that because fewer players of the former Czechoslovak team were Slovaks, Slovakia would be required to start international play in pool C. However, Slovakia's play in the lower pools won back-to-back promotions to pool A by 1996. See also Post-Cold War period of the IIHF World Championships.[2][3][4][5]
Tournament record
editOlympic Games
editGames | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | ||
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1920–1992 | Part of Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||
1994 Lillehammer | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 29 | Július Šupler | Peter Šťastný | 6th | ||
1998 Nagano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | Ján Šterbák | Zdeno Cíger | 10th | ||
2002 Salt Lake City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | Ján Filc | Miroslav Šatan | 13th | ||
2006 Turin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | František Hossa | Pavol Demitra | 5th | ||
2010 Vancouver | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 3 | 22 | 18 | Ján Filc | Zdeno Chára | 4th | ||
2014 Sochi | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | Vladimír Vůjtek | Zdeno Chára | 11th | ||
2018 Pyeongchang | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | Craig Ramsay | Tomáš Surový | 11th | ||
2022 Beijing | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | Craig Ramsay | Marek Hrivík | Bronze |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
World Championship
editLower divisions
editDivision | Championship | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
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C1 | 1994 Poprad, Spišská Nová Ves | 6 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 43 | 3 | Július Šupler | Oto Haščák | Winner, Promoted | 1st |
B | 1995 Bratislava | 7 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 60 | 15 | Július Šupler | Peter Šťastný | Winner, Promoted | 1st |
Top division
editWorld Cup
editYear | GP | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
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1996 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 9 | 19 | Jozef Golonka | Round 1 | 7th | |
2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | Ján Filc | Quarter-finals | 8th |
At the 2016 edition, Slovakia was not represented. Instead 6 Slovak players were a part of Team Europe, which was led by Slovak general manager Miroslav Šatan.
Deutschland Cup
editTeam
editCurrent roster
editRoster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.[7][8]
Head coach: Craig Ramsay
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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6 | F | Lukáš Cingel | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 10 June 1992 | Kometa Brno |
7 | D | Mário Grman | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 11 April 1997 | HC Vítkovice |
13 | D | František Gajdoš | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 7 June 2001 | HK Nitra |
14 | D | Peter Čerešňák – A | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 26 January 1993 | Dynamo Pardubice |
17 | D | Šimon Nemec | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 15 February 2004 | New Jersey Devils |
18 | F | Andrej Kudrna | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 11 May 1991 | HC Litvínov |
20 | F | Juraj Slafkovský | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | 30 March 2004 | Montreal Canadiens |
21 | F | Miloš Kelemen | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 6 July 1999 | Tucson Roadrunners |
27 | F | Marek Hrivík – A | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 28 August 1991 | Leksands IF |
29 | D | Michal Ivan | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 18 November 1999 | Bílí Tygři Liberec |
30 | G | Matej Tomek | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 24 May 1997 | HC Litvínov |
31 | G | Samuel Hlavaj | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 29 May 2001 | Škoda Plzeň |
33 | G | Stanislav Škorvánek | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 31 January 1996 | Dukla Michalovce |
34 | F | Peter Cehlárik | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 2 August 1995 | Leksands IF |
42 | D | Martin Fehérváry | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 6 October 1999 | Washington Capitals |
48 | F | Viliam Čacho | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 14 October 1998 | Oceláři Třinec |
56 | F | Marko Daňo | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 30 November 1994 | Oceláři Třinec |
64 | D | Patrik Koch | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 8 December 1996 | Arizona Coyotes |
76 | F | Martin Pospíšil | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 19 November 1999 | Calgary Flames |
77 | F | Martin Faško-Rudáš | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 10 August 2000 | Bílí Tygři Liberec |
79 | F | Libor Hudáček | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 7 September 1990 | Oceláři Třinec |
87 | F | Pavol Regenda | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 7 December 1999 | San Diego Gulls |
90 | F | Tomáš Tatar – C | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 1 December 1990 | Seattle Kraken |
91 | F | Matúš Sukeľ | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 23 January 1996 | HC Litvínov |
98 | D | Andrej Golian | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 7 March 2001 | Slovan Bratislava |
2002 World Championship: Gold winning roster
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2012 World Championship
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2022 Winter Olympics
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Player statistics
edit- As of 7 May 2023
Players in bold are still active.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; GPG = Goal per game;
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Head coaches
editThis table shows all Slovakia national team head coaches and their record at the IIHF World Championships, World Cup of Hockey and Winter Olympic Games (including qualifying tournaments). Data correct as of match played on 26 May 2022.
Source:[9]
Name | Years | G | W | OW | T | OL | L | GF | GA | W% | PPG |
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Július Šupler | 1993–1996 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 160 | 92 | 55.2 | 1.31 |
Jozef Golonka | 1996–1997 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 37.5 | 0.88 |
Ján Šterbák | 1997–1999 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 46 | 31.3 | 0.88 |
Ján Filc | 1999–2002 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 106 | 75 | 58.6 | 1.24 |
František Hossa | 2002–2006 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 133 | 68 | 63.2 | 1.39 |
Ján Filc[note 1] | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | .000 | 0.00 |
Július Šupler | 2006–2008 | 12 | 5 | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 50.0 | 1.42 |
Ján Filc | 2008–2010 | 13 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | 34 | 42 | 46.2 | 1.38 |
Glen Hanlon | 2010–2011 | 12 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 33.3 | 1.00 |
Vladimír Vůjtek | 2011–2015 | 36 | 14 | 2 | – | 5 | 15 | 94 | 99 | 44.4 | 1.42 |
Zdeno Cíger | 2015–2017 | 14 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | 27 | 51 | 28.6 | 0.86 |
Craig Ramsay | 2017– | 44 | 21 | 2 | – | 3 | 18 | 125 | 121 | 52.3 | 1.59 |
- ^ Managed the team during 2004 World Cup of Hockey
Team managers
editPaul Loicq Award recipient Juraj Okoličány managed the team from 1993 to 1998.[10][11][12][13]
Retired numbers
edit- 38 – Pavol Demitra A star of the national team and a victim of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash – retired from the national team at the Slovak-hosted World Championship that year.
All-time record
editThe following table shows Slovakia's international record against other national teams from 1940 to 1945 and since 1993, correct as of 15 May 2024 after a match against Canada. Teams in italics are no longer actively competing. Overtime and game winning shot victories and losses are counted towards wins and losses.
Source:[14]
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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Austria | 42 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 167 | 76 | +91 |
Belarus | 37 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 107 | 72 | +35 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
Canada | 52 | 20 | 4 | 28 | 148 | 164 | −17 |
Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
Czech Republic | 75 | 16 | 7 | 52 | 150 | 261 | −111 |
Denmark | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 90 | 48 | +42 |
Finland | 38 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 62 | 123 | −61 |
France | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 153 | 64 | +89 |
Germany | 82 | 46 | 2 | 34 | 215 | 200 | +15 |
Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | +22 |
Hungary | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 19 | +31 |
Italy | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 42 | +35 |
Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | +27 |
Kazakhstan | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 24 | +31 |
Latvia | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 119 | 74 | +45 |
Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | +20 |
Norway | 36 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 140 | 65 | +75 |
Poland | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 12 | +39 |
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | −12 |
Romania | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 7 | +46 |
Russia | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 72 | 108 | −36 |
Slovenia | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 18 | +25 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Sweden | 42 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 91 | 140 | −49 |
Switzerland | 79 | 34 | 7 | 38 | 197 | 182 | +15 |
Ukraine | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 18 | +31 |
United States | 32 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 75 | 112 | −37 |
Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
Total | 736 | 380 | 49 | 307 | 2 285 | 1 867 | +418 |
Uniform evolution
edit- National team jerseys
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1994 Olympic jerseys
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IIHF jerseys 1994
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IIHF jerseys 1995
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IIHF jerseys 1996, 1997
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1998–2000 IIHF jerseys
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2002 Olympic jerseys, 2001–2004 IIHF jerseys
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2004 WCH jerseys
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IIHF jerseys 2005
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2006 Olympic jerseys, later used at IIHF tournaments 2006
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IIHF jerseys 2007, 2008
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2010 Olympic jerseys, 2009–2013 IIHF jerseys
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2014 Olympic jerseys, later used at IIHF tournaments 2014–2017
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2018 Olympic jerseys
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2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
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2022 Olympic jerseys
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2022– IIHF jerseys
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Story #22". IIHF Archive. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Story #75". IIHF Archive. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew. "Story #77–Recently separated, Czechs and Slovaks meet in World Championships final". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "IIHF - Brotherly but divided". IIHF. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "MS 2024: V záverečnej nominácii 25 hráčov, tím opustili Petrovický, Takáč a Lantoši" (in Slovak). hockeyslovakia.sk. 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Team roster: Slovakia" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Slovenských hokejistov povedie Čech Vladimír Vůjtek" (in Slovak). 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Juraj Okolicany 1943–2008". International Ice Hockey Federation. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "IIHF HoF 2008". International Ice Hockey Federation. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Vo veku 65 rokov zomrel Juraj Okoličány, Golonka zarmútený". HokejPortal.sk (in Slovak). 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Magáth, Tomáš (10 September 2008). "Zomrel Juraj Okoličány". Noviny.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Slovakia - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2023.