HK SKP Poprad

HK Nitra wins Slovak Cup

HK Nitra wins the 2020-21 edition of Slovak Cup by beating HK SKP Poprad 5-3 in a game of round #40 of Tipos Extraliga, also counting as final of competition.
The Slovak Cup was reactivated this season after a hiatus of 24 years

Poprad changes coach

Due to unsatisfactory results in Extraliga, Poprad decided to change coaching staff, firing headcoach Petr Jonak and assistant Ludovit Jurinyi. New coach is Marcel Ozimák, recently fired as assistant coach at Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. His assistant will be Frantisek Štolc

All Extraliga teams’ licenses approved by the federation

Slovakian Federation announced all ten clubs partecipating in 2014-2015 had licenses approved. Also SKP Poprad received license after having fulfilled their obligations to coaches and players for past season, one of the conditions for granting the license

Slipčenko to share a net with recent rival

Robert Slipčenko moves across Slovak Extraliga clubs. A former goalie of Bánská Bystrica goes to play for Poprad. Now Slipčenko is about to share a net with Dušan Sidor with whom he had a fight during recent Poprad game at Bánská Bystrica. The incident cost Slipčenko a 6-games long disciplinary penalty for starting the fight and a €340 fare from his former club.

Poprad fires coach Jozef Škrak

Extraliga SKP Poprad fires coach Jozef Škrak and assistant Martin Klempa. They will be replaced by Milan Jančuška and Vladimír Turan. Both signed contract until end of season. Klempa will remain in Poprad staff, while Škrak will decide in next hours. Jancuska worked at Polish KH Sanok and at MsHK Zilina last season