HK 36 Skalica

HK 36 Skalica
City	Skalica, Slovakia
League	Slovak Extraliga
Founded	1936 (1936)
Home arena	Skalica Ice Stadium (capacity 4,100)
Colours	green, white
General manager	Peter Srnec
Head coach	Martin Pešout
Captain	Žigmund Pálffy
Website	www.hk36.sk

Hokejový Klub 36 Skalica is a professional ice hockey team based in Skalica, Slovakia. It has been a member of the Slovak Extraliga since 1997–98 season, when the squad was promoted from the Slovak 1.Liga.

History

Czechoslovak era

The club was founded in 1936, but it had been playing in organized competition since 1947 under the name Sokol Tekla. The squad was renamed several times. In 1953, it was called Tatran, and between the years 1963-1993, the club played as ZVL. Its first major success was promotion to the first 1. SNHL (1st. Slovak National Hockey League), second level of Czechoslovak hockey, in the 1973–74 season. The team placed 6th in its first season in the 1. SNHL. However, its best placement was 4th in the 1976-77 and the 1977-78 season. It played in the 1. SNHL consecutively until 1989.

Slovak era

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the club was included in the Slovak 1.Liga. It was at this point renamed to HK 36. In the 1996–97 season, the squad was promoted to the Slovak Extraliga. In its first season, Skalica placed 6th in the regular season and was beaten by ŠKP Poprad in the quarterfinals. In the 1998–99 season, the club placed 3rd in the regular season, defeating ŠKP Poprad in the quarterfinals but losing to HC Košice in the semifinals. Skalica won bronze medals because second defeated semifinalist HKm Zvolen had worse placement after the regular season. The following seasons were less successful for the club, as it did not reach the semifinals for nine years. In the 2007–08 season, the squad defeated HKm Zvolen in the quarterfinals but it was in turn beaten by HC Košice in the semifinals. Skalica won bronze medals for a second time because it had managed a better placement after the regular season than Dukla Trenčín. The club's greatest success came during the 2008–09 season, when Skalica placed 3rd in the regular season. In the quarterfinals, it won the series 4–0 against Dukla Trenčín. The club later defeated HC Slovan Bratislava 4–3 in the semifinals, but lost 4–2 to HC Košice in the finals. Žigmund Pálffy was the scoring leader in the regular season (99 Pts) and in the playoffs (27 Pts). Juraj Mikúš also had a great season and was the second-highest scorer (90 Pts) in the Extraliga after Pálffy.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by HK 36. Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, OTW—Overtime wins, OTW—Overtime losses, L—Losses, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season	League	Regular season									Post season results	Top scorer (regular season)
		Finish	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
2008–09	Extraliga	3rd	56	27	8	3	18	200	168	100	Lost in finals, 2–4 (HC Košice)	Ž. Pálffy 99 (52+47)
2009–10	Extraliga	5th	47	23	3	4	17	153	137	79	Lost in quarterfinals, 3–4 (MHC Martin)	Ž. Pálffy 53 (17+36)
2010–11	Extraliga	7th	57	21	6	4	26	158	168	79	Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 (HK Poprad)	R. Školiak 51 (18+33)
2011–12	Extraliga	2nd	55	33	1	3	18	205	154	104	Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 (HKm Zvolen)	Ž. Pálffy 83 (26+57)
2012–13	Extraliga	5th	56	27	4	2	23	208	179	91	Lost in quarterfinals, 3–4 (ŠHK 37 Piešťany)	Ž. Pálffy 73 (26+47)

Achievements

Slovak Championship

• Runners-up: 2008–09
• Third place: 1998–99, 2007–08

Current squad

Updated November 28, 2012.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
83		Martin Bakoš	LW	R	34	2012	Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia
17		Jindřich Barák	D	L	32	2012	Prague, Czechoslovakia
10		Juraj Bezúch	RW	L	30	2012	Skalica, Slovakia
50		Ladislav Gabriš	D	L	43	2012
25		Marcel Holovič	C	L	36	2010	Trnava, Czechoslovakia
21		Henrich Jaborník	D	R	33	2010	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
29		Ivan Jankovič	D	L	34	2009
55		Juraj Jurík	RW	L	34	2010
66		Andrej Kazinota	LW	L	31	2012
62		Michal Klejna	C	L	36	2011	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
88		Rastislav Konečný	LW	R	36	2010	Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
60		Zdenko Kotvan	G	L	34	2008
72		Lukáš Kozák	D	L	32	2012	Martin, Czechoslovakia
23		Andrej Kudrna	C	L	33	2012	Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia
33		Tibor Kutálek	LW	L	37	2008	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
9		Miroslav Lažo	RW	R	46	2012	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
28		Miroslav Preisinger	LW	L	33	2012	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
24		Žigmund Pálffy (C)	RW	L	52	2007	Skalica, Czechoslovakia
22		Michal Romančík	LW	R	31	2011
8		Martin Sloboda	LW	L	33	2012	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
20		Michal Srnec	D	L	32	2010
14		Dávid Stieler	C	L	35	2012	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
30		Adam Trenčan	G	L	33	2012	Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
61		Peter Trška	D	L	32	2012	Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia
7		Tibor Višňovský (A)	RW	L	49	1997	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
37		Martin Vyrúbalík	D	L	43	2011	Hodonín, Czechoslovakia
48		Ivan Ďatelinka	D	L	41	2012	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
12		René Školiak (A)	C	L	45	2005	Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
19		Michal Šátek	LW	L	37	2009

External links

• Official club website (Slovak)