Capitals will return stronger, the captain believes. The club has taken a step forward – PRAVDA.sk

As we informed on Monday evening, the Bratislava Capitals will not finish the current year. The Slovak hockey club thus decided after the tragic events that hit it last week.

Bratislava Capitals Captain Dávid Buc (left) and Peter Schneider from Salzburg in a picture from October 2021 at a ceremonial bull thrown by Jozef Stümpel.

He has already informed the supranational ICE Hockey League about his decision, which he joined last year. The representatives of the competition have taken note of the request and will deal with it in the coming days.

The Bratislava Club emphasized that he would like to continue in the league next year.

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Capitals are experiencing extremely challenging days. Perhaps the most difficult in the history of Slovak hockey. The club had to deal with two unexpected deaths in one week.

First, the 24-year-old striker Boris Sádecký collapsed on the ice of the Austrian Dornbirn. The native of Trenčín was transported to the hospital, unfortunately, after five days his heart failed.

Another overwhelming news came on Friday. General Director Dušan Pašek Jr. he seems to have committed suicide. The former hockey player, a three-time Slovak champion, was found hanged in Bratislava’s Koliba.

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“We had a team meeting with the boys about whether or not we were able to play. Some suggested that they would not be able to continue in this club.

From the position of captain and senior player, I said that it could strengthen us, unite us and put us together. We believed that we would play, but the decision of the management must be respected.

She explained it very wisely. I believe that the Capitals will return stronger and prosper, “team captain David Buc told diary Sport.

The Bratislava club gave players the opportunity to look for new locations during the season.

“If some of us fail to do so, they have a promise from the owner that they will receive everything paid as agreed on the paper until the end of the contract.

I have no reason not to believe it, because the club worked professionally and we were properly taken care of. I don’t want to finish hockey yet, “said defender Martin Chovan for the same source.

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At the same time, he refuted reports that some legionnaires were no longer in Slovakia: “There was a 100% participation of the players and the whole team in the meeting with the management.”

It was the second season for the Bratislava Capitals in the supranational IHL. She played fourteen matches and scored 20 points. She was continuously on the 10th place.

She made it to the playoffs at the premiere last year. In it, she lost to the later vice-champion Bolzano 1: 4 in the quarterfinals.