The 2011–12 Lev Poprad season was the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) franchise's first and last season of play.
Season summary Almost two months after being officially admitted to the KHL, Lev announced the signings of its first five players on 30 June 2011. In the final roster, the majority of the players were from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Head coach was Radim Rulík and the team captain was Ľuboš Bartečko. Lev's regular season was planned to start on 10 September 2011 with a match at home against Avangard Omsk, but because of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, the start of the season was postponed and Lev had their first game on 12 September against Metallurg Magnitogorsk. However, for their first win they had to wait until the sixth game, a 2–0 away win against Dinamo Riga on 26 September. Lev also failed to qualify for the play-offs and ended the season as 21st overall, with 54 points from 54 games. The team's top scorer was Ľuboš Bartečko with 30 points (16 goals and 14 assists).
Schedule and results
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Players Thirty-three players in all represented the Lev Poprad during their lone season of play and existence. Ľuboš Bartečko led the team with 16 assists and 30 points, Tomas Netik led them in goalscoring registering 17. The list of players and 2011–12 regular season statistics are presented below.
Skaters Player Ľuboš Bartečko LW 53 16 14 30 30 1 Tomáš Netík LW 42 17 11 28 26 9 Juraj Mikúš C 44 12 16 28 46 10 Václav Nedorost LW 37 14 8 22 22 3 Ladislav Nagy RW 30 7 12 19 59 −2 Rastislav Špirko LW 53 10 8 18 8 2 Karel Pilař D 31 1 16 17 34 3 Jaroslav Kristek RW 39 10 6 16 14 7 Emil Lundberg C 54 10 6 16 26 −8 Branislav Mezei D 53 3 11 14 117 −5 Štěpán Novotný RW 34 5 6 11 16 −2 Jiří Hunkes D 48 1 10 11 32 −2 Jiří Sekáč C 36 2 8 10 4 −1 Karl Fabricius LW 48 1 7 8 20 −11 Jonathan Sigalet D 49 1 7 8 30 6 Martin Chabada RW 35 4 3 7 24 −4 Rudolf Huna LW 49 2 5 7 14 −13 Grant Lewis D 45 1 6 7 32 −8 Martin Štrbák D 35 1 4 5 32 4 Vladimír Mihálik D 37 1 4 5 37 −4 Aleš Ježek F 13 2 0 2 18 −7 Stanislav Balán F 16 1 1 2 4 −1 Richard Mráz LW 3 0 2 2 0 −1 Bohumil Jank D 13 0 1 1 12 3 Dan DaSilva RW 15 0 1 1 10 −3 Jakub Matai D 19 0 1 1 8 −7 Karol Csanyi F 2 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Ölvecký LW 6 0 0 0 0 −1 Jaroslav Šaršok F 7 0 0 0 2 −1 Alexander Hellström D 20 0 0 0 12 −8 Tomáš Klouček D 20 0 0 0 18 −3
Goaltenders Player Ján Laco 27 8 16 3 827 70 757 91.5 2.57 0 0 5 0 1631:42 Tomáš Duba 27 5 17 5 756 82 674 89.2 3.00 0 1 1 2 1640:26
See also 2011-12 KHL season
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