Description Available in: Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava (Slovak: Hokejový klub Slovan Bratislava) is a professional ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, it left the Slovak Extraliga and joined the international Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In 2019, it returned to the Tipsport Liga. The club has won eight Slovak championships (most recently in 2012), one Czechoslovak championship (1979) and two Slovak hockey league championships during World War II (1941 and 1942), making it the most successful hockey club in Slovak history before their biggest rival HC Košice. The team plays its home games at Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena. The team is nicknamed Belasí, which means the "sky blues" in English.