Other awarded HC Košice juniors

ADDED: 2.1.2018

The season of competitions of young players moved on and there is a time for short recap. In this article we will take a look at performances of cadets, young competitors, and juniors in November and December. we will also focus on awards of the best players of these categories for the previous month.

THE TEAM OF CADETS

The cadets played in November 5 matches and they were doing great. In all of them they took a lead and gradually overmatched their peers from Trnava, Zvolen, Martin, Banská Bystrica and confirmed their shape also by victory 9:0 over the cadets from Žilina. In the last month of the year 2017 they played against Poprad, Spišská Nová Ves and Michalovce. Our young hopes managed to maintain invincibility during the match with Poprad but in the home match with Spišská Nová Ves they lost 3:5 and thus ended eight victories in the row. In the last match of the year they won with Michalovce closely 2:1 and they will finish the basic part on January 6 in the match against the rivals from Bratislava. Overall Košice cadets are on the second place in the league chart. In 21 matches they gained 33 points and they are short of three points to the leading Slovan Bratislava. Before Dukla Trenčín on the third place they have a two-point advantage.

The most productive players of the cadet team of HC Košice:

Order

Player's name

Number of matches

G

A

Points

1.

Juraj SLAFKOVSKÝ

17

23

20

43

2.

Lukáš VACULIK

12

15

20

35

3.

Lukáš KAŽA

20

10

24

34

 

The results of the team of cadets in November and December:

13th round

Nov 5, 2017

HK Gladiators Trnava

-

HC Košice:

3:7

14th round

Nov 12, 2017

HC Košice:

-

HKM Zvolen – youth

7:1

15th round

Nov 17, 2017

MHA Martin

-

HC Košice:

2:6

16th round

Nov 19, 2017

HC Košice:

-

HC 05 Banská Bystrica:

4:1

17th round

Nov 26, 2017

MsHKM Žilina

-

HC Košice:

0:9

18th round

Dec 3, 2017

HK ŠKP Poprad

-

HC Košice:

1:1

19th round

Dec 10, 2017

HC Košice:

-

HK Spišská Nová Ves

3:5

20th round

Dec 17, 2017

HK Mládež Michalovce

-

HC Košice:

1:2

The best player award from the team of cadets for the month of October went to the forward Juraj Slafkovský. He is on the top of classification of the Košice team from the beginning of the season and currently he has got 43 Canadian points for 23 goals and 20 assistances. At the same time these points rank him on the first place in the point classification of the entire cadet league.

Juraj Slafkovský (forward of the cadet team HC Košice): “I am very happy for this award; it means a lot for me. I believe it will move me forward. I am very satisfied with my performance as well as with the performance of our team in this season. I can see progress compared to the previous season. Our goal is definitely to win the league and of course the victory in Canadian point classification would be nice as well.

 

YOUNG COMPETITORS TEAM

12 matches waited for the team of young competitors in November and December. They were not performing bad at all. In eight matches they enjoyed their victory. They were successful in matches with Púchov, Dukla Trenčín, Liptovský Mikuláš, Zvolen, Prešov, Skalica, and in double-match with Michalovce, where they closed their journey in the basic part. On the contrary, beyond their strength were their peers from Poprad, Banská Bystrica, Spišská Nová Ves and Slovan Bratislava. The Canadian point competition in this age category of our club in the basic part won Samuel Nagy, who in 28 matches managed to score 13 times and pass 22 times. The player on the second place Roman Faith has 31 points, when he rippled the opponent's net 11 times and added also 20 points for assistance. Several goalies take their turns in the net, but the best performance had Dominik Janičkár, who in 10 matches managed to achieve 7 victories and his success rate was 92.52 %. After the basic part our young competitors ended up on the fourth place, when they gained 58 points in 30 matches.

The next time they will play at home with their peers from Zvolen on January 6, 2018 in the first round of the extension part.

The most productive players of the young competitors team of HC Košice:

Order

Player's name

Number of matches

G

A

Points

1.

Samuel NAGY

28

13

22

35

2.

Roman FAITH

24

11

20

31

3.

Juraj ELIAŠ

20

11

11

22

 

Andrej KISS

27

10

12

22

 

The results of the team of young competitors in November and December:

19th round

Nov 4, 2017

HC Košice:

-

MŠK Púchov

3:1

20th round

Nov 5, 2017

HC Košice:

-

HK DUKLA Trenčín

2:1

21st round

Nov 18, 2017

HK ŠKP Poprad

-

HC Košice:

6:1

22nd round

Nov 19, 2017

MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš

-

HC Košice:

0:3

23rd round

Dec 19, 2017

HC Košice

-

HKM Zvolen

8:2

24th round

Nov 26, 2017

HC Košice:

-

HC 05 Banská Bystrica:

1:3

25th round

Dec 2, 2017

HC Košice:

-

HK Spišská Nová Ves

0:3

26th round

Dec 3, 2017

HC Košice

-

P.H.K. Prešov

6:1

27th round

Dec 9, 2017

HC SLOVAN Bratislava

-

HC Košice

4:2

28th round

Dec 8, 2017

MHKM Skalica

-

HC Košice

3:6

29th round

Dec 21, 2017

HC Košice

-

HK Mládež Michalovce

6:2

30th round

Dec 22, 2017

HK Mládež Michalovce

-

HC Košice

4:7

Also for the month of November the award was handed over to a defender. After Tomáš Veteška the award from the club management was handed over to Adam Markuš. He helped his team not only by his great defense skills but also by his productivity. This 17-year old support of the Košice team added 6 goals and 10 assistances to his account in 28 matches.

Adam Markuš (defender of the team of young competitors of HC Košice): “The award, which we received from the club management means a great honor for us and we were pleased to get it. Bu I try to stay firmly on the ground and despite the award I will work hard on myself. The feelings from this season are good, we are performing well, we are among the first four teams, which happened in Košice after some long time. We are a great team and I think that everything is well on the way. In the remaining season we will try to fight for the medal for the Košice club.”

 

THE JUNIOR TEAM

Twelve matches were waiting during the last two months of the year also for our juniors. They managed to lead seven of them to the winning end and they lost it in two matches after extended time only, or after penalty shooting.  They won above their peers from Liptovský Mikuláš (even twice!), Dukla Trenčín, Skalica, Martin, Banská Bystrica, and Zvolen. Unfortunately, the players of Poprad, Slovan Bratislava or the leading Nitra were beyond their strength. Especially the home match with Slovan Bratislava did not go well for the HC Košice juniors. They lost it high with their big rival, 0:7. Despite that our junior team stays on the top part of the league chart. As of today they have 54 points from 29 matches, which means the third place belong to them.

The next match of the players of this age category will be on January 6th, 2018 on the home ice-rink. They will welcome the juniors from Dukla Trenčín.

 

The most productive players of the junior team of HC Košice:

Order

Player's name

Number of matches

G

A

B

1.

Filip HUDÁK

30

15

21

36

2.

Adrián NAZAD

28

9

19

28

3.

Oliver MRIGLOT

30

11

15

26

 

The results of the team of juniors in November and December:

17th round

Nov 4, 2017

HK ŠKP Poprad

-

HC Košice

6:1

18th round

Nov 5, 2017

MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš

-

HC Košice

6:7

19th round

Nov 18, 2017

HK DUKLA Trenčín

-

HC Košice

4:5

20th round

Nov 19, 2017

MMHK Nitra

-

HC Košice

3:1

21st round

Nov 25, 2017

HC Košice

-

MHKM Skalica

6:1

22nd round

Nov 26, 2017

HC Košice

-

HC SLOVAN Bratislava

0:7

23rd round

Nov 29, 2017

HC Košice

-

MsHKM Žilina

4:5pp

24th round

Dec 3, 2017

HC Košice

-

MHA Martin

4:2

25th round

Dec 9, 2017

HC 05 Banská Bystrica:

-

HC Košice

0:5

26th round

Dec 10, 2017

HKM Zvolen

-

HC Košice

4:6

27th round

Dec 21, 2017

HC Košice

-

HK ŠKP Poprad

4:5sn

28th round

Dec 22, 2017

HC Košice

-

MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš

3:2

The award among the players of the junior team went also to the 18-year old defender Filip Maňák. In the previous season he was wearing a jersey of Prešov and Trnava and during the 2015/2016 season he was gaining skills in the national team of 18-years old players where he played the first league.  Currently Filip Maňák is the most productive defender of Košice juniors. He played in 30 matches in the extra-league and managed to sore six times and pass for another 10.

Filip Maňák (defender of HC Košice juniors): “It is a big surprise for me, but at the same time it means motivation for the future. First of all, I am glad that our team is doing well and that we maintain our position on the top places of the chart. But I am also satisfied with my performance during this season. As far as the aims for the rest of the season, we would like to close the basic part within the first three places and fight for a medal in play-offs.

 

NOMINATIONS

Finally, let's mention the nominees from the junior teams to the following representation events:

Slovak representation up to 16 years

The training camp and the tournament of four countries in Switzerland (Wezikon) that will take place from December 26, until December 30 will welcome the forwards Roman Faith and Miroslav Tvrdoň.

Slovak representation up to 18 years

The nominee from Košice Ľubomír Patlevič will participate in the tournament of 5 countries in Swiss Zuchwill that will take place between December 25 and December 30. A member of the realization team of our A-team Marko Milý will travel along with the team. He will be the coach of the goal-keepers. Among the substitutes we have another forward of our young competitors – Patrik Frič.

Our congratulation to all nominees to representation and good luck to all of you!