Slovakia men's national ice hockey team

	World Championships medal record
World Championship

	Olympic medal record
Olympic Games

Slovakia
Association	Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
GM	Miroslav Šatan
Head coach	Craig Ramsay
Assistants	Ján Pardavý; <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/b/b1/Flag_of_Slovakia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20080314172903" alt="Flag of Slovakia" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Slovakia.png" data-image-name="Flag of Slovakia.png" width="22" height="15" > Andrej Podkonický
Captain	Dominik Graňák
Most games	Miroslav Šatan (149)
Top scorer	Miroslav Šatan (67)
Most points	Miroslav Šatan (126)
IIHF code	SVK
IIHF ranking	9
Highest IIHF ranking	3 (2004)
Lowest IIHF ranking	11 (2017)
Team colours
First international
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/7/74/1stslovakia_flag_large.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20080314172910" alt="1stslovakia flag large" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="1stslovakia_flag_large.png" data-image-name="1stslovakia flag large.png" width="22" height="15" > Slovakia 0-12 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Protectorate_Bohemia_and_Moravia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20200611084745" alt="Flag of Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia" class="" data-image-key="Flag_of_Protectorate_Bohemia_and_Moravia.png" data-image-name="Flag of Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia.png" width="23" height="15" >; (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; February 1, 1940)
Biggest win
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/b/b1/Flag_of_Slovakia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20080314172903" alt="Flag of Slovakia" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Slovakia.png" data-image-name="Flag of Slovakia.png" width="22" height="15" > Slovakia 20-0 Bulgaria <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/8/8a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20100928154307" alt="Flag of Bulgaria" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Bulgaria.png" data-image-name="Flag of Bulgaria.png" width="22" height="13" >; (Poprad, Slovakia; March 18, 1994)
Biggest defeat
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/7/74/1stslovakia_flag_large.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/22?cb=20080314172910" alt="1stslovakia flag large" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="1stslovakia_flag_large.png" data-image-name="1stslovakia flag large.png" width="22" height="15" > Slovakia 0-12 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/8/8f/Flag_of_Protectorate_Bohemia_and_Moravia.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20200611084745" alt="Flag of Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia" class="" data-image-key="Flag_of_Protectorate_Bohemia_and_Moravia.png" data-image-name="Flag of Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia.png" width="23" height="15" >; (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; February 1, 1940)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	25 (first in 1996)
Best result	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/icehockey/images/b/ba/Med_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20100112034917" alt="Med 1" class="" data-image-key="Med_1.png" data-image-name="Med 1.png" width="16" height="16" > Gold: 1 - 2002
World Cup of Hockey
Appearances	2 (first in 1996)
Best result	Lost in quarterfinals: 1 - 2004
Olympics
Appearances	7 (first in 1994)
Medals	none
International record (W-L-T)
	335-282-49

The Slovak men's national ice hockey team used to be one of the major ice hockey powers in the world. The team is currently ranked 9th in the IIHF World Ranking. The team is operated by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. Slovak best years were the early 2000s when they won one gold, one silver and one bronze medal at the World Championships. Since 2008, level of their performance went rapidly down. Their last successes were the 4th place at the 2010 Olympics and one more silver medal at 2012 World Championship. Last time they made it into the play-offs was 2013.

Slovakia has a total of 11,394 hockey players (0.21% of its population).

The very first Slovak national ice hockey team was formed during the WWII when the Czechoslovakia was broken into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and Slovakia. But with the end of the WWII, the Czechoslovakia reunited again and the the Slovak national team was dissolved. The current Slovak national team was formed following the breakup of Czechoslovakia on January 1, 1993, as the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. For years, the Czechs kept control over how the national team was run, and even had quotas instituted to ensure a minimal participation of Slovak players on the Czechoslovakian national team. While the Czechs were allowed to compete at the highest pool (A), the IIHF ruled that because fewer players of the former Czechoslovak team were Slovaks, Slovakia had to start international play in pool C. However, in 1996 they were back in the pool A.

In the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the Slovak team was unable to use its NHL players in the preliminary round due to a scheduling conflict. This effected all of the smaller countries, but devastated the Slovak team as most of their players were coming from NHL teams. The NHL had decided to only allow their players to participate in the final medal round, and thus Slovakia failed to qualify finishing a disappointing 13th. This turn of events was troubling to the entire hockey community, and the rules were changed for the 2006 Winter games in Torino.

Olympic RecordEdit

1920-1992 - Did not participate
1994 - Finished in 6th place
1998 - Finished in 10th place
2002 - Finished in 13th place
2006 - Finished in 5th place
2010 - Finished in 4th place
2014 - Finished in 11th place
2018 - Finsihed in 11th place

World Cup of Hockey RecordEdit

1996 - Did qualify
2004 - Lost quarter-finals
2016 - Did not participate (Slovak players participated as a part of Team Europe)

World Championship RecordEdit

Slovakia men's ice hockey team in 2002 — Slovakia's team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

1920-1993 - Did not participate
1994 - Finished in 21st place (1st in "Pool C")
1995 - Finished in 13th place (1st in "Pool B")
1996 - Finished in 10th place
1997 - Finished in 9th place
1998 - Finished in 7th place
1999 - Finished in 7th place
2000 - 2 Silver
2001 - Finished in 7th place
2002 - 1 Gold
2003 - 3 Bronze
2004 - Finished in 4th place
2005 - Finished in 5th place
2006 - Finished in 8th place
2007 - Finished in 6th place
2008 - Finished in 13th place
2009 - Finished in 10th place
2010 - Finished in 12th place
2011 - Finished in 10th place
2012 - 2 Silver
2013 - Finished in 8th place
2014 - Finished in 9th place
2015 - Finished in 9th place
2016 - Finished in 9th place
2017 - Finished in 14th place
2018 - Finished in 9th place
2019 - Finished in 9th place
2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Retired Numbers Edit

#38 Pavol Demitra

Actual Roster Edit

Position	Number	Name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots/Catches
G	#29	Andrej Košarišťan	December 10, 1993	6ft 1in (186cm)	181lb (82kg)	L
G	#42	Patrik Rybár	November 3, 1993	6ft 3in (190cm)	190lb (86kg)	L
D	#14	Peter Čerešňák	January 26, 1993	6ft 3in (191cm)	209lb (95kg)	R
D	#62	Martin Chovan	August 20, 1986	6ft 1in (186cm)	190lb (86kg)	R
D	#71	Marek Ďaloga	March 10, 1989	6ft 4in (194cm)	190lb (86kg)	L
D	#28	Martin Gernát	April 11, 1993	6ft 4in (193cm)	203lb (92kg)	L
D	#51	Dominik Graňák	June 11, 1983	5ft 11in (181cm)	176lb (80kg)	L
D	#64	Patrik Koch	December 8, 1996	6ft 1in (186cm)	190lb (86kg)	L
D	#44	Mislav Rodandič	January 26, 1995	5ft 11in (181cm)	198lb (90kg)	L
D	#13	Martin Štajnoch	September 15, 1990	6ft 0in (183cm)	192lb (87kg)	R
F	#91	Michal Chovan	November 23, 1987	6ft 0in (183cm)	165lb (75kg)	L
F	#87	Marcel Haščák	February 3, 1987	6ft 0in (183cm)	192lb (87kg)	R
F	#27	Andrej Kollár	November 4, 1999	6ft 2in (187cm)	190lb (86kg)	R
F	#19	Michal Krištof	October 11, 1993	5ft 9in (176cm)	159lb (72kg)	L
F	#63	Patrik Lamper	March 10, 1993	6ft 0in (184cm)	190lb (86kg)	L
F	#65	Tomáš Marcinko	April 11, 1988	6ft 4in (193cm)	214lb (97kg)	R
F	#67	Matej Paulovič	January 13, 1995	6ft 2in (188cm)	209lb (95kg)	R
F	#15	Kristián Pospíšil	April 22, 1996	6ft 2in (187cm)	194lb (88kg)	L
F	#81	Branislav Rapáč	June 4, 1993	6ft 2in (189cm)	185lb (84kg)	L
F	#18	Jakub Sukeľ	January 23, 1996	5ft 9in (176cm)	172lb (78kg)	L
F	#24	Tomáš Zigo	April 11, 1992	6ft 1in (186cm)	192lb (87kg)	L
F	#16	Peter Zuzin	September 4, 1990	6ft 0in (182cm)	179lb (81kg)	L

Team Staff Edit

Role	Name	Born
General manager	Miroslav Šatan	October 22, 1974
Head coach	Craig Ramsay	March 17, 1951
Assistant coach	Ján Pardavý	September 8, 1971
Asisstant coach	Andrej Podkonický	May 9, 1978

World Championship
World Championships medal record
Silver	2000 Russia	Slovakia
Gold	2002 Sweden	Slovakia
Bronze	2003 Finland	Slovakia
Silver	2012 Finland, Sweden	Slovakia