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Vlci Žilina
MsHK Žilina logo
City Žilina, Slovakia
League Slovak 1. Liga
Founded 1925 (1925)
Home arena Vojtech Závodský Ice Arena
(capacity 6,200)
Colors Yellow, green, forest, grey
                   
General manager Flag of Slovakia Peter Húževka
Captain Flag of Slovakia Jaroslav Markovič

Website
www.vlcizilina.sk

Vlci Žilina is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Žilina. They currently play in the Slovak 1. Liga. The club has won the Slovak league championship in 2006. The team is nicknamed Vlci, it means Wolves in English.

History[]

The club was founded on 25 January 1925 as ŠK Žilina. They played first official game against Slávia Banská Bystrica on 16 December 1928. Žilina was beaten 0–3. They competed in the Championship of Central Slovakia before and during World War II. In the 1931–32 season they won this championship. After WW II and restored Czechoslovakia they played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga two seasons. Žilina finished last in the 1951–52 season and the 1952–53 season. They won the 1964–65 1. SNHL season and promoted to the qualification for the Czechoslovak Extraliga. In the qualification round they lost all games and did not promote. After dissolution of Czechoslovakia they were included to the Slovak 1.Liga, second level of Slovak hockey. Žilina won the 2000–01 Slovak 1.Liga season and promoted to the Slovak Extraliga first time. In the 2005–06 season they reached the most remarkable success. Žilina won the Slovak Extraliga first time after beating HK Poprad 4–3 in the final series. Michal Hreus was the top scorer of Žilina in the playoffs, recording 15 points (7G+8A). Through the victory in Extraliga they gained an option to play with the best European ice hockey teams in the IIHF European Champions Cup. Žilina was defeated 0–7 by HPK in first game but then won 4–2 against HC Sparta Praha and finished second in the Ragulin division.

In the 2018–19 season, Žilina were relegated to the Slovak 1. Liga after losing a best-of-seven relegation playoff to HK Dukla Michalovce.

Club's 100-percent shareholders, the City of Žilina, had sold the shares to a private company Lupiza in May 2020. The new owners had intended to rename the club to HK Vlci Žilina.[1]

Honours[]

Domestic[]

Slovak Extraliga

Slovak 1. Liga

Slovak Hockey League

  • Bronze medal icon 3rd place (1): 1940–41

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

  • Gold medal icon Winners (1): 1964–65
  • Bronze medal icon 3rd place (2): 1965–66, 1967–68

Pre-season[]

Rona Cup

  • Gold medal icon Winners (1): 2006

Current Roster[]

as of December 6, 2022

Goaltenders
Nat. Player
Flag of Slovakia Filip Kubiridžák
Flag of Slovakia Patrik Romančík
Flag of Slovakia Tomáš Tomek
Defensemen
Nat. Player
Flag of Slovakia Martin Benko
Flag of Slovakia Samuel Greguss
Flag of Slovakia Dominik Hajas
Flag of Slovakia Matúš Krendželák
Flag of Slovakia Ján Nahálka
Flag of Slovakia Marek Pacalaj
Flag of Slovakia Jakub Pišoja
Flag of Slovakia Jakub Pobežal
Flag of the Czech Republic David Růžička
Flag of the Czech Republic Petr Šidlík
Flag of Slovakia Adrián Sloboda
Flag of Slovakia Andrej Vojtech
Forwards
Nat. Player
Flag of Slovakia Patrik Bečka
Flag of Slovakia Jakub Dubravík
Flag of Slovakia Tomáš Dudáš
Flag of Slovakia Dávid Hajnik
Flag of Slovakia Marco Halama
Flag of Slovakia Marek Hovorka
Flag of Slovakia Jakub Jakubík
Flag of Slovakia Michal Kluka
Flag of Slovakia Patrik Koyš
Flag of Slovakia Samuel Krajč
Flag of Slovakia Šimon Lopušan
Flag of Slovakia Matej Macek
Flag of Slovakia Peter Melcher
Flag of Slovakia Bruno Mráz
Flag of Slovakia Samuel Rehák
Flag of the United States Skate Skalde
Flag of Slovakia Andrej Štefánik
Flag of Slovakia Marek Synák
Flag of Slovakia Jozef Tibenský
Flag of Slovakia Róbert Varga

Notable players[]

Former players include:

References[]

External links[]

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