Bratislava Capitals
| Bratislava Capitals | |
|---|---|
| File:Bratislava Capitals logo.png | |
| City | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| League | ICE Hockey League (2020–2022) |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Dissolved | 2022 |
| Home arena | Ondrej Nepela Arena (capacity 10,055) |
| Colours | Red, white, black, grey |
| Website | www.iclinic-capitals.sk |
Bratislava Capitals was a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. They mostly played in the ICE Hockey League in Austria. The club was established in 2015 and ceased operations in 2022.
History
Club HC Bratislava established in 2015 in response to the missing Bratislava senior team in Slovak competitions. In the premier season in the second league of hockey, 16 participants were placed in 12th place. In the 2016/2017 season, the club found a stable background in stadium Vladimír Dzurilla Arena in Ružinov. The club stabilized, established itself in the second league of hockey and ranked fourth among 20 teams. In the season 2019/2020, the begins a new history of HC Bratislava. The club went through a complete rebranding, including a change of name of the club to Bratislava Capitals, under which it will operate in the next season. In 2019–20 season they started play their home matches at Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena. Team also signed many players from Tipsport liga, probably the biggest name is Canadian player Eric Selleck.
After the 2019–20 season, the Capitals were accepted to play in the Austrian based bet-at-home ICE Hockey League (formerly the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga) on 24 April 2020 for participation in the 2020–21 season.[1] On November 19, 2021 the club suspended their season after 14 games,[2] but announced their return for the 2022-23 season on May 16, 2022.[3]
NHL alumni
Stanislav Gron (2016–2018)
Eric Selleck (2019–2020)- Matt Climie (2019–2020)
Sergei Kostitsyn (2020–2021)- Jared Coreau (2020–2021)
- Brett Carson (2020–2021)
Nikolay Zherdev (2021–2022)
References
- ^ "Capitals accepted into EBEL League". www.hokej.sk. Archived from the original on 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Vedenie ICEHL rozhodlo o žiadosti iClinic Bratislava Capitals".
- ^ "CAPS SÚ SPÄŤ!".
External links
- Official website (Slovak)
- Bratislava Capitals on Facebook
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