The Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame (Slovak

Slovak language

Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...

: Sieň slávy slovenského hokeja) honors the contributions that individuals have made to the sport of 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...

 in Slovakia

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...

. It opened on November 30, 2002, that the team of Slovak national team won the IIHF World Championships gold medal. The hall is located in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Members of the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame

Since 2002

Ladislav Troják

Ladislav Troják

Ladislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion...

, Stan Mikita

Stan Mikita

Stanislav "Stan" Mikita , is a Slovak-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 1961, he won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom he played his entire career.-Early life:Mikita was born in Sokolče, Slovak Republic...

, Michal Polóni, Ladislav Horský, Ján Starší, George Gross, Vladimír Dzurilla

Vladimír Dzurilla

Vladimír Dzurilla was a Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper playing for Czechoslovakia....

, Jozef Golonka

Jozef Golonka

Jozef Golonka is an ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won two bronze medals in three Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998....

, Václav Nedomanský

Vaclav Nedomansky

Václav Nedomanský Václav Nedomanský Václav Nedomanský (born March 14, 1944 in Hodonín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), is a former hockey forward. He is best known as the first hockey player to defect to North America to play.-Playing in Czechoslovakia:...

, Peter Šťastný

Peter Stastny

Peter Šťastný , also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a...

Since 2003

Rastislav Jančuška, Vojtech Okoličány, Miroslav Červenka, Ján Jendek

Since 2004

František Gregor, Karol Fako, Vincent Lukáč

Vincent Lukac

Vincent Lukáč is a former professional Slovak ice hockey player.He was a player of HC Košice , HC Dukla Jihlava, SC Rosenheim, WEV Wien, Kirkcaldy, HC Streatham Redskins in London and Fife Flyers of Scotland...

, Milan Kužela

Since 2005

Jaroslav Walter, Igor Liba

Igor Liba

Igor Liba is a former Slovak ice hockey player. Played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia...