HK Dukla Trenčín

• Czechoslovak champion in 1992
• Slovakian champion 1994, 1997, 2004

HC Dukla Trenčín is an ice hockey club in the city of Trenčín in Slovakia, who plays in the Slovak Extraliga Slovnaft and won three league titles since 1993. Play their home games at the club from 1960 built Zimný Štadión Trenčín.

History

As of 1956, the Army Sports Clubs in Czechoslovakia were reorganized. In 1962 it was decided to relocate the existing club VTJ Dukla Trenčín and Opava after rename in Dukla Trenčín VTJ. As a result, Dukla participated in the second division of Czechoslovakia, the second league, in part. 1966, 1968 and 1971 reached Dukla the championship of the Slovak group of the League, which later became first Slovenská Národná hokejová league, but schweiteret each on promotion to the 1st League. It was not until 15 years after the founding of the club in 1977 rose by a further championship in the top flight, but was able to establish there only temporarily and rose again in 1982 from the second division. A year later, however Dukla again won the championship title of the first SNHL and rose again in the Czechoslovak Extraliga.

In the following years, Dukla placed usually at the end of the league table, but in 1989 the team was able to Vladimír Růžička take second place and win the runner-up in the playoffs, while Tesla Pardubice Czechoslovak champion. The same placement reached the club a year later, this time behind the HC Sparta Prague. In the penultimate season of the common league of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and in 1991/92, Dukla Trenčín took after the regular season in first place of the season West. In the playoffs Dukla Poldi Kladno struck first with 3:2, the HC Litvinov 3-1 and met in the play-off final at the HC Škoda Plzeň. After four more games Plzeň was defeated 3-1 Dukla Trenčín and celebrated the biggest success of the club's history: the profit of the Czechoslovakian league title. Outstanding actor in the playoffs was Žigmund Palffy, who scored 18 goals and eight assists for Trenčín in 13 playoff games.

After the division of the League Dukla was Slovakian champion and repeated this success in 1997 and 2004 in the very first season of the Slovak Extraliga.

Achievements

• Winning the championship the first SNHL 1966, 1968, 1971, 1977 and 1982
• Runner-up of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and 1990
• Czechoslovak champion in 1992
• Slovakian champion 1994, 1997 and 2004
• Vice-championship of Slovakia 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005 and 2007

Well-known former players

Numerous former players of the team made ​​it into the NHL and there are now very successful. Among them are Zdeno Chára, Pavol Demitra, Marian Gáborík, Marcel Hossa, Marian Hossa, Andrej Meszaros, Žigmund Palffy and Miroslav Šatan.

• Pavol Demitra
• Marián Gáborík
• Miroslav Hlinka
• Marcel Hossa
• Marián Hossa
• Zdeno Chára
• Branislav Mezei (2004/ 05)
• Rastislav Pavlikovský (1993 /94)
• Žigmund Palffy (1991 - 1993)

• Róbert Petrovický (1990 - 1992)
• Ronald Petrovický
• Miroslav Šatan
• Róbert Švehla
• Vladimír Růžička
• Zdeno Cíger
• Tomáš Kopecký
• Antonín Stavjaňa

Coach

Champion teams

1991/92

• Goalkeepers: Vladimír Hiadlovský, Igor Murín
• Defense: Milos Holaň, Jaroslav Modrý, Milan Nedoma, Róbert Švehla, Lubomir Sekeráš, Marián Smerčiak, Ernest Bokroš
• Attack: Jaroslav Brabec, Dusan Gregor, Miroslav Hanták, Miroslav Hlinka, Branislav Jánoš, Lubomir Kolník, Roman Kontšek, Martin Madový, Ján Pardavý, Róbert Petrovický, Pavel Pýcha, Žigmund Palffy, Marian Uharček, Josef Zajíc
• Coach: Július Šupler

1993/94

• Goalkeeper Eduard Hartmann, Róbert Kompas, Igor Murín
• Defense: Radoslav Hecl, Dalibor Kusovský, Stanislav Medŕík, Richard Pavlikovský, Lubomir Sekeráš, Marián Smerčiak, Vladimír Vlk, Milan Žitný
• Attack: Jozef Daňo, Branislav Gáborík, Miroslav Hlinka, Branislav Jánoš, Martin Madový, Miloš Melicherík, Ján Pardavý, Pavol Paukovček, Roman Stantien, Miroslav Šatan, Bystrík Ščepko
• Coach: František Hossa, Rudolf Uličný

1996/97

• Goalkeepers: Igor Murín, Martin Špillar
• Defense: Juraj Ďurčo, Dalibor Kusovský, Stanislav Medŕík, Richard Pavlikovský, Róbert Pukalovič, Miloš Rehák, Marián Smerčiak, Vladimír Vlk
• Attack: Peter Barinka, Miloš Fleischer, Marián Hossa, Juraj Jakubík, Branislav Jánoš, Miloš Melicherík, Michal Mravík, Martin Opatovský, Rastislav Palov, Ján Pardavý, Pavol Paukovček, Rastislav Pavlikovský, Marián Uharček
• Coach: Jaroslav Walter, Rudolf Potsch

2003/ 04

• Goalkeepers: Miroslav Hála, Petr Přikryl
• Defense: Lukáš Bambuch, František Bombic, Jiří Heš, Ján Homér, Slavomír Hrina, Peter Janík, Andrej Meszaros, Michal Mravík, Tomáš Starosta, Miroslav Šmidriak
• Attack: Peter Fabuš, Miroslav Hanták, Marcel Hanzal, Andrej KMEC, Ivan Koložváry, Miroslav Kavacık, Jaroslav Kóňa, Václav Král, Roman Kukumberg, Anton Lezo, Tibor Melichárek Opatovský Martin, Robert Rehák, Peter Sivák
• Coach: Dusan Gregor, as Julius Pénzes