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{{Infobox hockey team
| team = HK Poprad
| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;
| colour text = #000000
| logo = HK Poprad logo.png
| logosize = 175px
| nickname = Kamzíci
| city = [[Poprad]], [[Slovakia]]
| league = [[Tipsport Liga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]]
| conference = 
| division = 
| founded = {{Start date|1935}} (as "HC Tatry")
| operated = 
| arena = [[Poprad Ice Stadium]] <br />(capacity 4,233) (Slovak: Zimný štadión mesta Poprad)
| colours = Blue, royal blue, white<br />{{Color box|#152E5B}} {{Color box|#216FBC}} {{Color box|white}}
| owner = (Richard Pichonský,<br> chairman)
| GM = [[Július Koval]]
| coach = [[Ján Šimko]]
| captain = [[Adam Cracknell]]
| president =
| affiliates = 
| parentclub = 
| farmclub = 
| website = [http://hkpoprad.sk/ www.hkpoprad.sk]
}}

'''HK Poprad''' is a professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[Tipsport Liga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]], the top ice hockey league in [[Slovakia]]. It plays its games in [[Poprad]], Slovakia. The squad's greatest successes include 2nd place in the [[Tipsport Liga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]] in 2006, 2011 and 2021. The team finished in the standings of the 2023-2024 season in 1st place, with a record of 27 wins and 15 losses. The club is nicknamed ''Kamzíci'', which means "[[Chamois]]es" in [[Slovak language|Slovak]].

==History==
HK Poprad, in its current incarnation, was founded in 1935 by the merger of two existing teams. Those teams were "SK Vysoke Tatry" (founded in 1926), and a team called "HC Poprad" (founded in 1929 as "Karpathenverein Poprad", name changed to "HC Poprad" in 1930). The 1935 merged team was named "HC Tatry". They started playing in the original SNHL, a 2nd-tier league, and eventually played as one of the strongest teams in various other 2nd-tier leagues. During this time, they went through various name changes, and won Slovak championships in 1970, 1981,1985, and 1991. The 1991 team, known at the time as "SKP PS Poprad", was admitted into the 1st-tier Extraliga of Czechoslovakia.  

After the dissolution of [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1993, Poprad started playing in the new independent Slovak Championship which was named the [[Tipsport liga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]]. The team underwent more minor name changes until 2010, and since that year, the official team name has been HK Poprad.

In the [[1996–97 Slovak Extraliga|1996–97 season]] Poprad was eliminated in the semifinals by [[HC Košice]]. In the next season [[1997–98 Slovak Extraliga season|1997–98]], they played semifinals again against [[HC Košice]] and lost 0–3. However, these two seasons were successful because the team won bronze medals. In the [[2005–06 Slovak Extraliga season|2005–06]] season the team reached the most remarkable success, but lost 3–4 in the final series against [[MsHK Žilina]]. This success was repeated in the [[2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season|2010–11 season]], when they played against the long-time rival [[HC Košice]] and lost 1–4 in the final.

== Season-by-season record ==
''This is a partial list of the last tenth seasons completed by HK Poprad.''

'''Note:''' GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#ddd;"
| '''Season''' || '''GP''' || '''W''' || '''OTW''' || '''OTL''' || '''L''' || '''Pts''' || '''GF''' || '''GA''' || '''Finish''' || '''Playoffs'''
|-
| [[2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season|2015–16]] || 50 || 18 || 3 || 11 || 18 || 68 || 139 || 149 || 6th, Extraliga || Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 ([[HKM Zvolen]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season|2016–17]] || 56 || 18 || 6 || 9 || 23 || 75 || 153 || 167 || 7th, Extraliga || Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 ([[HK Nitra]])
|-
| [[2017–18 Slovak Extraliga season|2017–18]] || 56 || 25 || 6 || 4 || 21 || 91 || 159 || 152 || 6th, Extraliga || Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 ([[HK Dukla Trenčín]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season|2018–19]] || 57 || 28 || 9 || 3 || 17 || 102 || 168 || 147 || 5th, Extraliga || Lost in Semifinals, 2–4 ([[HC '05 Banská Bystrica]])
|-
| [[2019–20 Slovak Extraliga season|2019–20]] || 55 || 28 || 5 || 5 || 17 || 99 || 170 || 131 || 4th, Extraliga || {{n/a|''Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]]''}}
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season|2020–21]] || 50 || 26 || 7 || 3 || 14 || 95 || 186 || 133 || 3rd, Extraliga || Lost in Finals, 1–4 ([[HKM Zvolen]])
|-
| [[2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season|2021–22]] || 50 || 17 || 7 || 6 || 20 || 71 || 165 || 161 || 6th, Extraliga || Lost in Quarterfinals, 3–4 ([[HK Nitra]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season|2022–23]] || 50 || 17 || 9 || 3 || 21 || 72 || 151 || 153 || 7th, Extraliga || Lost in Wild card round, 0–3 ([[HK Nitra]])
|- 
| [[2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season|2023–24]] || 50 || 27 || 5 || 3 || 15 || 94 || 163 || 119 || 1st, Extraliga || Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 ([[HK Nitra]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season|2024–25]] || 54 || 24 || 4 || 6 || 20 || 86 || 178 || 144 || 6th, Extraliga || Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 ([[HK Nitra]])
|- 
|}

==Honours==

===Domestic===

'''[[Tipsport liga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (3): [[2005–06 Slovak Extraliga season|2005–06]], [[2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season|2010–11]], [[2020–21 Slovak Extraliga season|2020–21]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (2): [[1996–97 Slovak Extraliga season|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Slovak Extraliga season|1997–98]]

'''[[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|Czechoslovak Extraliga]]'''
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): [[1937–38 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1937–38]]

'''[[Slovak League (ice hockey)|Slovak Hockey League]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[Slovak League (ice hockey)#1941–42|1941–42]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (2): [[Slovak League (ice hockey)#1942–43|1942–43]], [[Slovak League (ice hockey)#1943–44|1943–44]]

'''[[1st. Slovak National Hockey League]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (4): [[1969–70 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1969–70]], [[1980–81 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1980–81]], [[1984–85 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1984–85]], [[1990–91 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1990–91]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (4): [[1966–67 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1966–67]], [[1979–80 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1979–80]], [[1981–82 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1981–82]], [[1987–88 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1987–88]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (6): [[1968–69 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1968–69]], [[1970–71 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1970–71]], [[1977–78 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1977–78]], [[1978–79 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1978–79]], [[1982–83 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1982–83]], [[1985–86 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1985–86]]

===Pre-season===
'''[[Tatra Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (14): 1936/1937, 1937/1938, 1938/1939, 1941/1942, 1946/1947, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023

==Players==

===Current roster===
{{HK Poprad roster}}

===Retired numbers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|HK Poprad retired numbers
|-
! style="width:40px;"|No.
! style="width:150px;"|Player
! style="width:40px;"|Position
! style="width:100px;"|Career
! style="width:150px;"|No. retirement
|-
| '''13''' || [[Arne Kroták]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1990–2019 || September 13, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hkpoprad.sk/hk-poprad-vyradil-legendarne-cislo-13/ | title=HK Poprad has eliminated the legendary number 13 | publisher=www.hkpoprad.sk }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hkpoprad.sk/arne-krotak-sa-vcera-rozlucil-s-karierou/ | title=Poprad to retire Arne Kroták | publisher=www.hkpoprad.sk }}</ref>
|}

===Franchise scoring leaders===
These are the top-ten-point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed regular season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/168/hk-poprad?all-time-stats-type=regular#all-time-stats|title=HK Poprad Career Leaders – eliteprospects.com | publisher=www.eliteprospects.com}}</ref>
* {{Color box|#CCFFCC|*|border=darkgray}} – current Poprad player
'''''Note:''' Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game''
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style= "background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|Points
! Player
! Pos
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! P/G
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Arne Kroták]] || LW || 980 || 380 || 486 || '''866''' || .88
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Miroslav Škovira]] || LW || 582 || 205 || 253 || '''458''' || .79
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Slavomír Pavličko]] || LW || 564 || 143 || 278 || '''421''' || .75
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Peter Junas]] || LW || 480 || 157 || 225 || '''382''' || .80
|- style="background;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Svitana]] || RW || 509 || 137 || 243 || '''380''' || .75
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Peter Klouda]] || C || 379 || 81 || 194 || '''275''' || .73
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Igor Rataj]] || RW || 309 || 106 || 120 || '''226''' || .73
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Lukáš Hvila]] || LW || 367 || 100 || 94 || '''194''' || .53
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Štefan Fabian]] || D || 686 || 44 || 144 || '''188''' || .27
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Samuel Mlynarovič]]* || LW || 371 || 85 || 99 || '''184''' || .50
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style= "background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|Goals
! Player
! Pos
! G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Arne Kroták]] || LW || 380
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Miroslav Škovira]] || LW || 205
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Peter Junas]] || LW || 157
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Slavomír Pavličko]] || LW || 143
|- style="background;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Svitana]] || RW || 137
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Igor Rataj]] || RW || 106
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Lukáš Hvila]] || LW || 100
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Marcel Haščák]] || RW || 95
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Adam Lapšanský]] || LW || 95
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Martin Kuľha]] || RW || 89
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style= "background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|Assists
|-
! Player
! Pos
! A
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Arne Kroták]] || LW || 486
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Slavomír Pavličko]] || LW || 278
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Miroslav Škovira]] || LW || 253
|- style="background;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Svitana]] || RW || 243
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Peter Junas]] || LW || 225
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Peter Klouda]] || C || 194
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Radoslav Suchý]] || D || 147
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Štefan Fabian]] || D || 144
|- 
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Igor Rataj]] || RW || 120
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Daniel Brejčák]]* || D || 110
|}
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===Franchise playoff scoring leaders===
These are the top-ten playoff point-scorers in franchise playoff history. Figures are updated after each completed season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/168/hk-poprad/stats/all-time/playoffs?sort=tp|title= HK Poprad - All Time Playoffs Player Stats – eliteprospects.com | publisher=www.eliteprospects.com}}</ref>
* {{Color box|#CCFFCC|*|border=darkgray}} – current Poprad player
'''''Note:''' Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Poprad player''
<!--PLEASE DO NOT UPDATE STATISTICS MID-SEASON, AS IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES, AND WIKIPEDIA'S PURPOSE IS NOT TO PROVIDE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE STATISTICS. PLEASE SAVE THE UPDATING OF STATISTICS UNTIL THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND/OR PLAYOFFS.-->
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style= "background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|Points
! Player
! Pos
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! P/G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Arne Kroták]] || LW || 102 || 41 || 31 || '''72''' || –
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Miroslav Škovira]] || LW || 65 || 23 || 24 || '''47''' || –
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Svitana]] || RW || 81 || 10 || 30 || '''40''' || .49
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Slavomír Pavličko]] || LW || 43 || 11 || 19 || '''30''' || .70
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Marcel Haščák]] || RW || 43 || 12 || 14 || '''26''' || .60
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Lukáš Hvila]] || LW || 40 || 10 || 15 || '''25''' || .63
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Martin Kuľha]] || RW || 34 || 14 || 10 || '''24''' || .71
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Dávid Skokan]] || C || 24 || 10 || 12 || '''22''' || .92
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Radoslav Suchý]] || D || 57 || 1 || 21 || '''22''' || .39
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Samuel Mlynarovič]]* || LW || 51 || 9 || 12 || '''21''' || .41
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style= "background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|Goals
! Player
! Pos
! G
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Arne Kroták]] || LW || 41
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Miroslav Škovira]] || LW || 23
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Martin Kuľha]] || RW || 14
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Marcel Haščák]] || RW || 12
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Slavomír Pavličko]] || LW || 11
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Martin Frank]] || F || 11
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Svitana]] || RW || 10
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Lukáš Hvila]] || LW || 10
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Dávid Skokan]] || C || 10
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Samuel Mlynarovič]]* || LW || 9
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ style= "background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#216FBC 5px solid; border-bottom:#152E5B 5px solid;"|Assists
|-
! Player
! Pos
! A
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Arne Kroták]] || LW || 31
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Svitana]] || RW || 30
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Miroslav Škovira]] || LW || 24
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Radoslav Suchý]] || D || 21
|- 
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Slavomír Pavličko]] || LW || 19
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Samuel Takáč]] || LW || 17
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Lukáš Hvila]] || LW || 15
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Marcel Haščák]] || RW || 14
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Jaroslav Kasík]] || D || 13
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Dávid Skokan]] || C || 12
|}
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===NHL alumni===
{{div col}}
* {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Jamie Arniel]] (2022)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Ľuboš Bartečko]] (1993–1994, 2010, 2014–2015)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Bondra]] (2004)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Michal Handzuš]] (1996)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kevin Henderson (ice hockey)|Kevin Henderson]] (2016)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Miroslav Ihnačák]] (1992, 2004)
* {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Brandon Mashinter]] (2021)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Ladislav Nagy]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Andrej Nedorost]] (2011)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Radoslav Suchý]] (1994, 2004–2005, 2010–2016)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Tomáš Surový]] (2000)
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Ľubomír Vaic]] (1993–1994, 2011–2013)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kyle Wanvig]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Viktor Svedberg]] (2024)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Adam Cracknell]] (2025)
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Pulkkinen]] (2025)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ben Thomas (ice hockey)|Ben Thomas]] (2025)
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ivan Vishnevskiy (ice hockey)|Ivan Vishnevskiy]] (2021)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
*[[Lev Poprad]]
*[[Tatra Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://hkpoprad.sk/ Official website] {{in lang|sk}}
{{HK Poprad}}
{{Slovak Extraliga}}

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