Richard Kapus
Encyclopedia
Richard Kapuš is a Slovak
ice hockey
center currently with the Metallurg Novokuznetsk
of the Kontinental Hockey League
. He also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team
in the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
. He won the silver medal with Slovakia in 2000 championship and the bronze medal in the 2003 championship. He was also a member of the silver medal winning Slovakia national inline team competing in the 2008 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships.
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
center currently with the Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk is a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.-History:-Champions:...
of the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
. He also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team
Slovak national ice hockey team
The Slovak men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. As of March 2010, the International Ice Hockey Federation , the world governing body of hockey, ranks them as the seventh strongest national team in the...
in the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
. He won the silver medal with Slovakia in 2000 championship and the bronze medal in the 2003 championship. He was also a member of the silver medal winning Slovakia national inline team competing in the 2008 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships.