HK Dukla Trenčín

HK Dukla Trenčín
HK Dukla Trenčín
	Slovak Extraliga
Founded	1962
Home arena	Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium; (capacity 6,150)
Colours	Yellow, red;
Head coach	Ernest Bokroš
Captain	Filip Ahl
Website	www.hkdukla.sk

Hokejový Klub Dukla Trenčín is a professional

Slovak Extraliga. The club has won three Slovak league championships (1994, 1997, 2004) and one Czechoslovak league championship (1992). The team is nicknamed Vojaci, meaning "Soldiers" in English

.

History

Czechoslovak era

The club was founded on 19 January 1962, relocating army hockey club from

Škoda Plzeň. Žigmund Pálffy was scoring leader of Dukla in the regular season (48 Pts) and in the playoffs (26 Pts). Róbert Švehla, defenceman of Dukla, won the Golden Hockey Stick in the same season. In the last season before split Czechoslovakia

Dukla won the bronze medals.

Slovak era

After dissolution of

1997–98 season Dukla was eliminated in the semifinals by HC Slovan Bratislava

. In the

2009–10 season Dukla did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1986–87 season

.

NHL alumni

After

2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

.

Honours

Domestic

Slovak Extraliga

Winners (3): 1993–94, 1996–97, 2003–04
Runners-up (5): 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2017–18
3rd place (3): 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2011–12

Czechoslovak Extraliga

Winners (1): 1991–92
Runners-up (2): 1988–89, 1989–90
3rd place (2): 1990–91, 1992–93

1st. Slovak National Hockey League

Winners (5): 1965–66, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1976–77, 1982–83
Runners-up (3): 1964–65, 1971–72, 1974–75
3rd place (3): 1963–64, 1966–67, 1969–70

Pre-season

Rona Cup

Winners (4): 1994, 2002, 2003, 2007

Tatra Cup

Winners (2): 1985, 1996

Players

Current roster

Source: hkdukla.sk^[1]Source: eliteprospects.com^[2]As of 15 February 2024.


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
61	Filip Ahl	RW	L	27	2023	Jönköping, Sweden
34	Jozef Baláž	F	R	35	2023	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
77	Tomáš Bokroš	D	R	35	2023	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
72	Dávid Borák	G	L	23	2022	Trstená, Slovakia
22	Jonathan Charbonneau	RW	R	29	2023	Saint-Colomban, Quebec, Canada
95	Scott Conway	C	L	29	2023	Basingstoke, Great Britain
12	Michael Drábek	RW	L	22	2022	Partizánske, Slovakia
50	Tobias Ekberg	D	L	30	2023	Töreboda, Sweden
74	Matúš Hlaváč	D	L	22	2022	Trenčín, Slovakia
35	Denis Hudec	RW	L	31	2021	Trenčín, Slovakia
26	Marek Hudec	D	L	30	2023	Trenčín, Slovakia
62	Tor Immo	LW	L	29	2023	Köping, Sweden
14	Andrej Krajčovič	F	L	21	2020	Trenčín, Slovakia
4	Samuel Kupec	D	L	18	2022	Michalovce, Slovakia
1	Connor LaCouvee	G	L	30	2022	Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada
27	Miroslav Macejko	D	L	32	2024	Košice, Czechoslovakia
8	Šimon Petráš	RW	R	28	2022	Bratislava, Slovakia
37	Phil Pietroniro	D	R	30	2022	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
96	Marek Sloboda	LW	L	26	2022	Bratislava, Slovakia
98	Peter Sojčík	RW	L	37	2021	Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia
19	Tomáš Starosta	D	L	43	2017	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
–	Tomáš Záborský	LW	L	36	2024	Trenčín, Czechoslovakia