What league does Slovakia U18 play in?

Slovakia U18 play in the WJC-18.

Who is the head coach of Slovakia U18?

The head coach of Slovakia U18 is Martin Dendis.

Who is the captain of Slovakia U18?

The captain of Slovakia U18 is Luka Radivojevic.

Who is the general manager of Slovakia U18?

The general manager of Slovakia U18 is Branislav Varga.

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2024-2025

2024-2025 Season

Slovakia U18 were 3-1-0 in the 2024-25 WJC-18 season with 8 points, 2nd in the A and 4th overall.

2024-2025 Slovakia U18 Club Stats

Slovakia U18 — 2024-2025 Club Stats — Skaters
Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Tomas Chrenko (C)	totals		63	33	46	79	67	50
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	28	30	31	61	59	42
	HK Levice	Slovakia2	9	1	8	9	0	2
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	26	2	7	9	8	6
Timothy Kazda (F)	totals		42	38	36	74	0	-1
	Seacoast Performance Academy 16U AAA National	16U AAA	36	38	36	74	-	-
	Chicago Steel	USHL	6	0	0	0	0	-1
Adam Nemec (F)	totals		67	35	32	67	94	42
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	32	28	23	51	57	37
	HK Levice	Slovakia2	15	4	5	9	6	-1
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	20	3	4	7	31	6
Jakub Dubravik (LW/RW)	totals		64	17	26	43	20	-21
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	11	7	6	13	6	0
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	23	4	7	11	6	-31
	Vlci Zilina	Slovakia	19	1	2	3	0	2
	Vlci Zilina U20	Slovakia U20	11	5	11	16	8	8
	HC Topolcany	Slovakia2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matus Lisy (D)	totals		55	4	33	37	6	40
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	27	1	5	6	0	7
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	19	3	25	28	4	29
	HK Levice	Slovakia2	9	0	3	3	2	4
Alex Misiak (F)	totals		60	18	18	36	22	4
	HKM Zvolen	Slovakia	26	5	2	7	6	1
	HKM Zvolen U20	Slovakia U20	5	5	3	8	4	4
	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	28	7	11	18	12	1
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	1	1	2	3	0	-2
Andreas Straka (LW/C)	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	53	9	25	34	22	-13
Michal Svrcek (LW/RW)	totals		48	15	18	33	12	8
	Brynäs IF J20	J20 Nationell	30	14	16	30	10	9
	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Region	1	0	0	0	0	-
	Brynäs IF	SHL	17	1	2	3	2	-1
	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Nationell	0	0	0	0	0	-
Samuel Murin (F)	totals		57	10	19	29	8	-8
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	7	1	6	7	2	-2
	HK Poprad	Slovakia	20	0	0	0	0	-1
	HK Poprad U20	Slovakia U20	9	6	6	12	0	4
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	14	2	5	7	6	-11
	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Slovakia	7	1	2	3	0	2
Kristian Kriska (LW/RW/C)	totals		51	14	14	28	16	-4
	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas U20	Slovakia U20	25	8	5	13	12	-7
	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas U18	Slovakia U18	8	6	7	13	4	10
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	9	0	1	1	0	-4
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	1	0	0	0	0	-1
	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Slovakia	8	0	1	1	0	-2
Patryk Zubek (D)	totals		39	9	18	27	20	-19
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	9	4	9	13	6	6
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	22	4	3	7	8	-30
	Barani Banska Bystrica U20	Slovakia U20	7	1	6	7	4	5
	HC Banska Bystrica	Slovakia	1	0	0	0	2	0
Lucas Novak (LW)	totals		43	15	11	26	14	-12
	Barani Banska Bystrica U20	Slovakia U20	10	2	5	7	0	6
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	21	7	1	8	10	-21
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	9	4	4	8	2	1
	Barani Banska Bystrica U18	Slovakia U18	3	2	1	3	2	2
Luka Radivojevic (D)	totals		46	4	20	24	64	16
	Örebro HK	SHL	3	0	0	0	0	1
	Örebro HK J20	J20 Nationell	5	1	1	2	25	2
	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL	38	3	19	22	39	13
Jan Chovan (C/RW)	totals		39	11	12	23	6	7
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	39	11	12	23	6	7
	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	0	0	0	0	0	-
Adam Kalman (D)	totals		65	5	18	23	49	9
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	35	5	16	21	12	18
	HK Levice	Slovakia2	9	0	0	0	4	-3
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	4	0	0	0	27	-4
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	2	0	0	0	2	0
	HK Nitra	Slovakia	15	0	2	2	4	-2
Tobias Tomik (C/RW)	totals		50	12	10	22	39	10
	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	40	6	2	8	10	0
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	3	2	1	3	27	2
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	7	4	7	11	2	8
Martin Kalis (C)	totals		51	7	12	19	8	-13
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	11	1	4	5	2	-3
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	12	1	5	6	4	-10
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	5	2	2	4	2	-1
	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	23	3	1	4	0	1
Adam Goljer (D)	totals		43	5	13	18	33	-11
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	11	4	8	12	4	1
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	19	1	4	5	29	-20
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	5	0	0	0	0	2
	HK Dukla Trencin	Slovakia	6	0	0	0	0	1
	HK Dukla Trencin U18	Slovakia U18	2	0	1	1	0	5
Filip Kovalcik (D)	totals		43	1	15	16	14	10
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	36	1	11	12	12	13
	HK Dukla Trencin U18	Slovakia U18	3	0	3	3	2	1
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	1	0	1	1	0	-1
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	3	0	0	0	0	-3
Patrik Rusznyak (D)	totals		33	3	10	13	22	-18
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	8	1	3	4	4	5
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	19	0	2	2	14	-28
	HC Slovan Bratislava U20	Slovakia U20	5	2	5	7	4	6
	HC Slovan Bratislava	Slovakia	1	0	0	0	0	-1
Michal Capos (D)	totals		44	2	7	9	12	-27
	Johnstown Tomahawks	NAHL	21	0	2	2	2	-5
	HC Nove Zamky	Slovakia	19	1	1	2	4	-24
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	3	1	1	2	6	1
	HK Nitra U20	Slovakia U20	1	0	3	3	0	1
Lukas Tomka (F)	totals		49	4	2	6	14	10
	Barani Banska Bystrica U20	Slovakia U20	8	4	1	5	10	4
	HC Banska Bystrica	Slovakia	39	0	1	1	4	7
	HK Detva	Slovakia2	2	0	0	0	0	-1

Slovakia U18 — 2024-2025 Club Stats — Goalies
Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Samuel Hrenak (G)	totals		37	2.42	.924	-	18-19-0	1959:12
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	6	2.36	.904	-	3-3-0	279:23
	HK Dukla Trencin U20	Slovakia U20	15	1.86	.945	-	10-5-0	838:10
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	8	4.38	.879	-	0-8-0	424:15
	HK Dukla Trencin U18	Slovakia U18	8	1.58	.946	-	5-3-0	417:24
Patrik Brezani (G)	totals		40	2.73	.919	-	23-17-0	2285:12
	HKM Zvolen U20	Slovakia U20	32	2.86	.915	-	19-13-0	1806:02
	MSK Ziar nad Hronom	Slovakia2	5	2.19	.930	-	4-1-0	301:58
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	1	2.08	.939	-	0-1-0	57:42
	HKM Zvolen	Slovakia	0	-	-	-	-	-
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	2	2.51	.936	-	0-2-0	119:30
Michal Pradel (G)	totals		43	3.26	.903	1	20-22-0	2302:16
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia U20	10	2.81	.920	-	6-4-0	363:11
	Team Slovakia U18	Slovakia2	15	4.59	.898	-	3-12-0	875:59
	Barani Banska Bystrica U20	Slovakia U20	4	1.99	.909	-	2-2-0	241:02
	Tri-City Storm	USHL	14	2.41	.899	1	9-4-0	822:04

2024-2025 Slovakia U18 Staff

Head CoachMartin Dendis
Asst. CoachMichal Dostál
Asst. CoachJan Simko
Asst. CoachJozef Stümpel
Goaltending CoachAdam Stepanovsky
General ManagerBranislav Varga
Dir. of Hockey OperationsRoman Sykora
Equipment ManagerLubos Ondrejka
Media ManagerPeter Janosik
Physical TherapistJan Munka
Physical TherapistStefan Sykora
Video CoachPavol Rybar

Team Staff History

2024-2025 Slovakia U18 Captains

"C"

Luka Radivojevic

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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2024-2025 Slovakia U18 Demographics

Slovakia U18 Facts

Plays in: U18 World Championship
2027: WJC-18 -
2026: WJC-18 Silver
2025: WJC-18 Bronze game loss
2024: WJC-18 Bronze game loss

2024-2025 Slovakia U18 Roster Facts

Nationalities

25 players

Experience

Slovakia U18: 210 GP
SHL: 26 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Slovakia (WC)
Slovakia Olympics (OG)

Slovakia U18 Games

Slovakia U18 — 2024-2025 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
05/02/2026 05:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Sweden U18	2 - 4	U18 WJC
05/01/2026 01:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Latvia U18	1 - 0	U18 WJC
04/29/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Denmark U18	7 - 1	U18 WJC
04/27/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Latvia U18	Slovakia U18	2 - 5	U18 WJC
04/25/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Slovakia U18	Finland U18	4 - 5 (OT 61:50)	U18 WJC

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Slovakia U18 History and Standings

Slovakia U18 — Season History
season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	WJC-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	WJC-18	4	3	0	-	0	1	17	9	10	2.5	1	Final loss
2024-2025	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	1	0	17	10	8	2	2	Bronze game loss
2023-2024	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	14	19	3	0.75	3	Bronze game loss
2022-2023	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	1	0	15	15	5	1.25	3	Bronze game loss
2021-2022	WJC-18 D1A	5	5	0	-	0	0	27	11	15	3		Promoted
2020-2021	WJC-18 D1A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2019-2020	WJC-18 D1A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2018-2019	WJC-18	4	0	4	-	0	0	9	25	0	0	5	Relegated
2017-2018	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	0	1	19	14	7	1.75	3	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	0	1	13	10	7	1.75	3	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	WJC-18	4	2	2	-	0	0	12	14	6	1.5	3	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	1	0	9	18	5	1.25	3	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	0	1	9	12	4	1	4	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	WJC-18	4	0	4	-	0	0	7	19	0	0	5	Saved in relegation
2011-2012	WJC-18 D1A	5	5	0	-	0	0	30	6	15	3		Promoted
2010-2011	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	9	19	3	0.75	5	Relegated
2009-2010	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	10	15	3	0.75	4	Saved in relegation
2008-2009	WJC-18	4	1	3	-	0	0	7	28	3	0.75	4	Saved in relegation
2007-2008	WJC-18	4	1	2	-	0	0	13	19	4	1	4	Saved in relegation
2006-2007	WJC-18	4	2	1	-	0	1	9	10	7	1.75	2	Quarterfinal loss
2005-2006	WJC-18	4	1	3	0	-	-	11	16	2	0.5	4	Saved in relegation
2004-2005	WJC-18	4	2	2	0	-	-	6	9	4	1	3	Quarterfinal loss
2003-2004	WJC-18	4	1	0	3	-	-	13	7	5	1.25	3	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	WJC-18	4	3	1	0	-	-	18	9	6	1.5	2	Final loss
2001-2002	WJC-18	5	3	2	0	-	-	15	11	6	1.2	8	Saved in relegation
	WJC-18	5	1	4	0	-	-	10	19	2	0.4	5	-
2000-2001	WJC-18	4	1	3	0	-	-	14	15	2	0.5	4	-
1999-2000	WJC-18	4	2	2	0	-	-	12	10	4	1	3	Quarterfinal loss
1998-1999	WJC-18	5	3	2	0	-	-	13	12	6	1.2		-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Slovakia U18 — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stanislav Horanský (F)	2026-2027	EHC Olten	SL	10	6	12	18	2
2.	Libor Hudáček (F)	2026-2027	HC Oceláři Třinec	Extraliga	12	4	12	16	6
3.	Mislav Rosandic (D)	2026-2027	HC Kosice	Extraliga	12	1	15	16	6
4.	Filip Vasko (F)	2026-2027	UTE	Erste Liga	10	5	10	15	4
5.	Tomas Pobezal (F)	2026-2027	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	11	4	11	15	14
6.	Adam Nemec (F)	2026-2027	Sudbury Wolves	OHL	7	3	12	15	6
7.	Marek Slovák (F)	2026-2027	HK Levice	1. liga	11	3	12	15	2
8.	Adam Pauliny (F)	2026-2027	Rytieri Martin	1. liga	10	9	5	14	2
9.	Alex Misiak (F)	2026-2027	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	11	7	7	14	13
10.	Peter Bjaloncik (F)	2026-2027	HK Poprad	Extraliga	12	7	6	13	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	187 lbs	17.60
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	17.68
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	192 lbs	17.52
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	17.87
2021-2022	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	17.64

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	19	35
2.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	11	16	16	32
3.	Richard Zedník (F)	10	16	14	30
4.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	6	17	7	24
5.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	10	14	10	24

Franchise All-Time Goals

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	6	17	7	24
2.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	19	35
3.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	11	16	16	32
4.	Richard Zedník (F)	10	16	14	30
5.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	10	14	10	24

Franchise All-Time Assists

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	19	35
2.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	11	16	16	32
3.	Richard Zedník (F)	10	16	14	30
4.	Peter Slamiar (F)	9	6	12	18
5.	Dalibor Dvorský (F)	12	13	11	24

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Boris Valábik (D)	13	1	4	60
2.	Maxim Cajkovic (F)	12	7	18	37
3.	Michal Valjent (D)	5	0	1	37
4.	Pavol Rieciciar (F)	5	1	2	32
5.	Tomas Troliga (F)	8	1	3	31

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Marián Gáborík (F)	19	11	11	22
2.	Stefan Ruzicka (F)	15	8	3	11
3.	Andrej Meszaros (D)	15	2	3	5
4.	Tomas Chrenko (F)	14	7	6	13
5.	Jan Chovan (F)	14	7	4	11

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	6	17	24	4.00
2.	Rastislav Palov (F)	2	5	8	4.00
3.	Róbert Döme (F)	5	7	17	3.40
4.	Ivan Salon (F)	4	7	13	3.25
5.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	11	16	35	3.18

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	17	7	24	4.00	4
2.	Richard Zedník (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	12	20	3.33	10
3.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	11	19	3.17	6
4.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	7	18	3.00	22
5.	Ronald Petrovicky (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	6	17	2.83	4

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Miroslav Pazak (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	17	7	24	4.00	4
2.	Rudolf Vercik (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	7	18	3.00	22
3.	Ronald Petrovicky (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	11	6	17	2.83	4
4.	Robert Tomik (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	10	7	17	2.83	4
5.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	10	6	16	2.67	20

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Richard Zedník (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	12	20	3.33	10
2.	Rastislav Pavlikovský (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	8	11	19	3.17	6
3.	Juraj Faith (F)	1993-1994	EJC-18 C	6	6	11	17	2.83	2
4.	Róbert Döme (F)	1994-1995	EJC-18 B	5	7	10	17	3.40	2
5.	Ľubomír Vaic (F)	1994-1995	EJC-18 B	5	6	10	16	3.20	4

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Slovakia U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Michal Valjent (D)	2011-2012	WJC-18 D1A	5	0	1	1	0.20	37
2.	Boris Valábik (D)	2002-2003	WJC-18	7	1	0	1	0.14	34
3.	Pavol Rieciciar (F)	1995-1996	EJC-18	5	1	1	2	0.40	32
4.	Maxim Cajkovic (F)	2018-2019	WJC-18	7	3	4	7	1.00	31
5.	Tomas Troliga (F)	2001-2002	WJC-18	8	1	2	3	0.38	31

Player Nationalities Throughout History

623 players