The 2014–15 HC Slovan Bratislava season was the third season for Bratislava-based club in Kontinental Hockey League. Slovan started the season with a series of three wins, which was the best start since Slovan joined the KHL. Then, after a series of three games without a win the head coach Rostislav Čada asked for release from his contract, which was accepted by Slovan's executives. In the following home game against CSKA Moscow the team was led by Vladimír Országh, former assistant coach. On September 23 it was announced that Finnish coach Petri Matikainen would lead Slovan until the end of the season.

Schedule and results

Pre-season Pre-season schedule was announced on June 16, 2014.

|- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |1||July 22|| Metallurg Novokuznetsk||2 – 3 OT||Slovan Bratislava||Tipsport Arena, Liberec||N/A|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |2||August 1|| Dinamo Minsk||6–0||Slovan Bratislava||Buly Arena Kravaře||N/A|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |3||August 6|| HC Košice||1–3||Slovan Bratislava||Steel Aréna||8,347|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |4||August 8||Slovan Bratislava||1–2||Amur Khabarovsk ||Slovnaft Arena||7,339|| |- style="background:#fea;" |5||August 14|| Vityaz Podolsk||3 – 2 SO||Slovan Bratislava||Centro Sportivo, Bellinzona||N/A|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |6||August 16|| HC Lugano||2 – 3 SO||Slovan Bratislava||Pista La Resega||~ 3,000|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |7||August 17|| CSKA Moscow||2 – 3 OT||Slovan Bratislava||Sportzentrum Herisau||N/A|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |8||August 22|| HC '05 Banská Bystrica ||1–4|| Slovan Bratislava ||Aréna Brezno||~ 3,000|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |9||August 26|| Kometa Brno||2 – 3 SO|| Slovan Bratislava||Kajot Arena||6,744|| |- style="background:#fea;" |10|| August 28 || Slovan Bratislava || 1 – 2 OT || HC Vítkovice || Slovnaft Arena || 4,544 ||

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Notes

Regular season

|- style="background:#dfd;" |1||4||Slovan Bratislava||5–2||Medveščak Zagreb ||Slovnaft Arena || 10,055 ||1–0–0–0|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |2||6||Metallurg Magnitogorsk||2–3||Slovan Bratislava||Magnitogorsk Arena||6,614 || 2–0–0–0|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |3||8||Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg||1–3||Slovan Bratislava||KRK Uralets|| 2,500 ||3–0–0–0|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |4||10||Ak Bars Kazan|| 4–3 ||Slovan Bratislava||TatNeft Arena||6,248 || 3–0–0–1 || |- style="background:#fea;" |5||14||Slovan Bratislava|| 2 – 3 SO ||Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod||Slovnaft Arena|| 10,055||3–0–1–1|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |6||16||Slovan Bratislava|| 0–3||Severstal Cherepovets||Slovnaft Arena||8,832||3–0–1–2|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |7||20||Slovan Bratislava||1–4||CSKA Moscow||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||3–0–1–3 || |- style="background:#fbb;" |8||24||Slovan Bratislava||1–4||Medveščak Zagreb ||Slovnaft Arena||7,985||3–0–1–4|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |9||26|| Medveščak Zagreb||1–3||Slovan Bratislava||Dom Sportova||5,800||4–0–1–4|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |10||29||Slovan Bratislava||3 – 2 SO||Dinamo Minsk ||Slovnaft Arena||8,025||4–1–1–4||

|- style="background:#dfd;" |11||1||Slovan Bratislava||5–1||Dinamo Riga ||Slovnaft Arena||8,611||5–1–1–4|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |12||6||SKA Saint Petersburg|| 7–2 ||Slovan Bratislava||Ice Palace||11,589||5–1–1–5|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |13||8|| Dinamo Riga||1–4||Slovan Bratislava||Arena Riga||3,550||6–1–1–5|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |14||10|| Dinamo Minsk|| 4–1 ||Slovan Bratislava||Minsk-Arena||14,755||6–1–1–6|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |15||12||Slovan Bratislava||2–4||Jokerit Helsinki ||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||6–1–1–7|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |16||14|| Medveščak Zagreb|| 1–0 ||Slovan Bratislava||Dom Sportova ||5,500||6–1–1–8||http://en.khl.ru/game/266/41781/protocol/ |- style="background:#fbb;" |17||18||Traktor Chelyabinsk||3–2 ||Slovan Bratislava||Traktor Sport Palace ||5,700|| 6–1–1–9|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |18||20||Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk|| 3 – 4 SO ||Slovan Bratislava||Arena Ugra || 2,250 ||6–2–1–9|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |19||22||Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk||1–3||Slovan Bratislava||SCC Arena ||3,800|| 7–2–1–9|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |20||24||Lada Togliatti||3–6||Slovan Bratislava||Lada Arena||5,432||8–2–1–9|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |21||30||Slovan Bratislava||2–3||Sibir Novosibirsk||Slovnaft Arena||9,681||8–2–1–10|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |22||31||Slovan Bratislava||1–3||Amur Khabarovsk||Slovnaft Arena||9,619||8–2–1–11||

|- style="background:#dfd;" |23||2||Slovan Bratislava||4–1||Admiral Vladivostok||Slovnaft Arena||8,902||9–2–1–11|| |- style="background:#fea;" |24||5||Sibir Novosibirsk||1 – 0 SO||Slovan Bratislava||Ice Sports Palace Sibir||5,500||9–2–2–11|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |25||7|| Barys Astana||6–1||Slovan Bratislava||Kazakhstan Sports Palace||4,011||9–2–2–12|| |- style="background:#fea;" |26||12||Slovan Bratislava||1 – 2 SO||Medveščak Zagreb ||Slovnaft Arena||8,728|| 9–2–3–12|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |27||16|| Jokerit Helsinki||2–1||Slovan Bratislava||Hartwall Arena||9,319||9–2–3–13|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |28||18||Atlant Mytishchi|| 1–2 ||Slovan Bratislava||Mytishchi Arena||5,800||10–2–3–13||Game summary: Atlant Mytishchi - Slovan Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) |- style="background:#fea;" |29||20|| Dinamo Riga||1 – 0 SO||Slovan Bratislava||Arena Riga||3,480||10–2–4–13|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |30||25||Slovan Bratislava||1–3||Lokomotiv Yaroslavl||Slovnaft Arena ||9,135||10–2–4–14|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |31||27||Slovan Bratislava||0–2||Vityaz Podolsk||Slovnaft Arena ||7,719||10–2–4–15|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |32||29||Slovan Bratislava||2 – 1 SO||Atlant Mytishchi||Slovnaft Arena ||10,055||10–3–4–15||

|- style="background:#dfd;" |33||1||Slovan Bratislava||5–0||Metallurg Novokuznetsk||Slovnaft Arena||7,441||11–3–4–15||Game Summary: Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Slovan Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) |- style="background:#fbb;" |34||3||HC Sochi||4–1||Slovan Bratislava||Bolshoy Ice Dome||6,537||11–3–4–16|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |35||5||Dynamo Moscow||7–2||Slovan Bratislava||Minor Arena||4,672||11–3–4–17|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |36||8||Slovan Bratislava||3–5||Avangard Omsk||Slovnaft Arena||7,504||11–3–4–18|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |37||10||Slovan Bratislava||3–2||Barys Astana ||Slovnaft Arena||7,240||12–3–4–18|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |38||12||Slovan Bratislava||3 – 2 SO||Salavat Yulaev Ufa||Slovnaft Arena||8,739||12–4–4–18|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |39||15||Slovan Bratislava||6–2||Jokerit Helsinki ||Slovnaft Arena||9,058||13–4–4–18|| |- style="background:#fea;" |40||22||Slovan Bratislava||2 – 3 SO||Lada Togliatti||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||13–4–5–18|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |41||24||Slovan Bratislava||4–6||Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||13–4–5–19|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |42||26||Slovan Bratislava||1–6||SKA Saint Petersburg||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||13–4–5–20||

|- style="background:#fbb;" |43||4|| Medveščak Zagreb||5–4||Slovan Bratislava||Dom Sportova||5,754||13–4–5–21|| |- style="background:#fea;" |44||8|| Dinamo Minsk||3 – 2 SO||Slovan Bratislava||Minsk-Arena||15,086||13–4–6–21|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |45||10||Lokomotiv Yaroslavl||0–2||Slovan Bratislava||Arena 2000||9,015||14–4–6–21|| |- style="background:#fea;" |46||12||Vityaz Podolsk||2 – 1 OT||Slovan Bratislava||Podolsk Hero Arena||1,500||14–4–7–21|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |47||15||Slovan Bratislava||3–5||HC Sochi||Slovnaft Arena||8,784||14–4–7–22|| |- style="background:#ffbbb2;" |48||17||Slovan Bratislava||0–2||Dynamo Moscow||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||14–4–7–23|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |49||20||Slovan Bratislava||4–6||Dinamo Minsk ||Slovnaft Arena||7,856||14–4–7–24|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |50||22||Slovan Bratislava||4–5||Atlant Mytishchi||Slovnaft Arena||7,574||14–4–7–25|| |- style="background:#d0e7ff;" |51||28||SKA Saint Petersburg||1 – 2 SO||Slovan Bratislava||Ice Palace||12,192||14–5–7–25|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |52||30|| Jokerit Helsinki||4–0||Slovan Bratislava||Hartwall Arena||12,472||14–5–7–26||

|- style="background:#fbb;" |53||1|| Dinamo Riga||6–0||Slovan Bratislava||Arena Riga||6,270||14–5–7–27|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |54||3||Atlant Mytishchi||3–4||Slovan Bratislava||Mytishchi Arena||4,700||14–5–7–28|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |55||11||CSKA Moscow||12–0||Slovan Bratislava||CSKA Ice Palace||3,547||14–5–7–29|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |56||13||Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod||3–1||Slovan Bratislava||Trade Union Sport Palace||5,550||14–5–7–30|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |57||15||Severstal Cherepovets||4–2||Slovan Bratislava||Ice Palace||4,182||14–5–7–31|| |- style="background:#fbb;" |58||18||Slovan Bratislava||3–4||Dinamo Riga ||Slovnaft Arena||7,307||14–5–7–32|| |- style="background:#dfd;" |59||22||Slovan Bratislava||5–2||SKA Saint Petersburg||Slovnaft Arena||9,954||15–5–7–32|| |- style="background:#fea;" |60||24||Slovan Bratislava||2 – 3 OT||Jokerit Helsinki ||Slovnaft Arena||10,055||15–5–8–32||

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Detailed records

Standings Source: khl.ru After games of October 26, 2014

Bobrov Division R GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 SKA Saint Petersburg 21 19 1 0 0 0 1 98 44 592 Jokerit Helsinki 21 13 2 0 0 1 5 69 52 443 Dinamo Minsk 19 9 2 0 3 1 4 55 46 354 Slovan Bratislava 20 8 0 2 1 0 9 53 54 295 Medveščak Zagreb 22 7 1 0 1 0 13 49 69 246 Dinamo Riga 21 6 0 1 2 1 11 44 60 237 Atlant Mytishchi 19 5 0 3 1 1 9 49 55 23

Western Conference R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 SKA Saint Petersburg *BOB 21 19 1 0 0 0 1 98 44 592 CSKA Moscow *TAR 21 17 0 0 1 0 3 70 31 523 Jokerit HelsinkiBOB 21 13 2 0 0 1 5 69 52 444 Dynamo MoscowTAR 20 13 1 0 2 0 4 55 43 435 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodTAR 22 10 0 3 2 2 5 62 50 406 Dinamo MinskBOB 19 9 2 0 3 1 4 55 46 357 Slovan BratislavaBOB 20 8 0 2 1 0 9 53 54 298 Vityaz PodolskTAR 19 8 0 2 0 1 8 55 62 299 Severstal CherepovetsTAR 22 6 0 4 2 0 10 61 63 2810 Lokomotiv YaroslavlTAR 19 7 0 1 4 0 7 51 52 2711 Medveščak ZagrebBOB 22 7 1 0 1 0 13 49 69 2412 Dinamo RigaBOB 21 6 0 1 2 1 11 44 60 2313 Atlant MytishchiBOB 19 5 0 3 1 1 9 49 55 2314 HC SochiTAR 18 4 1 0 1 1 11 27 51 16 *– Division leader; BOB – Bobrov Division, TAR – Tarasov Division

Player statistics

Source:

Skaters

Regular season Player Ladislav Nagy 51 23 18 41 −6 60 Rok Tičar 59 11 19 30 +1 30 Matt Murley 46 11 13 24 −19 75 Tomáš Netík 56 11 13 24 −5 28 Žiga Jeglič 57 8 15 23 +4 39 Michal Sersen 59 5 17 22 −21 79 Milan Bartovič 54 10 11 21 −9 22 Libor Hudáček 45 10 10 20 −15 20 Michal Vondrka 45 7 12 19 −2 28 Václav Nedorost 37 10 8 18 −6 42 Tomáš Surový 56 7 6 13 −20 55 Ivan Baranka 45 4 8 12 −3 46 Cam Barker 18 0 9 9 −13 19 Tomáš Starosta 42 2 5 7 −4 22 Andrej Šťastný 43 4 3 7 −11 37 Martin Štajnoch 49 1 4 5 −1971 Štefan Ružička 11 2 2 4 −3 12 Andrej Kudrna 21 1 2 3 −8 0 Vladimír Mihálik 33 2 1 3 −8 28 Mário Bližňák 28 0 2 2 −13 6 Peter Ölvecký 31 0 2 2 −6 6 Ján Brejčák 40 0 2 2 −7 47 Dominik Rehák 10 1 0 1 −2 4 Lukáš Kozák 17 0 1 1 −5 6 Kurtis Foster 18 0 1 1 −8 18 Patrik Luža 220 1 1 −32 Mário Lunter 311 0 1 −512 Jonathan Sigalet 38 0 1 1 −438 Tomáš Rachůnek 9 0 0 0 −32 Patrick White 26 0 0 0 −156

Goaltenders Regular season Player Johan Backlund 36 9 17 6 908 91 817 90.0 2.64 0 0 2 0 2066:44 Jaroslav Janus 25 6 12 5 612 67 545 89.1 3.01 0 0 2 2 1337:37 Samuel Baroš 1 0 1 0 34 3 21 87.5 3.46 0 0 0 0 51:57 Denis Godla 4 0 3 0 93 15 78 83.9 5.17 0 0 0 0 173:57 David LeNeveu 1 0 1 0 7 2 5 71.4 13.87 0 0 0 0 8:39

Team statistics All statistics are for regular season only.