Tough weeks for ice hockey fans in the Slovak capital Bratislava: The club has to be dissolved due to financial problems. The Capitals announced this on Thursday evening on their social channels.
“A few weeks ago, a negative media campaign was launched against the iClinic brand and its doctors,” the broadcast reads. It is with regret that its activities are finally terminated. The Capitals completed almost one and a half seasons in the multinational ICE Hockey League before they had to stop playing last year after two tragic deaths (player Boris Sadecky and manager Dusan Pasek). For the 2022/23 season, the return of the Slovaks was a done deal, and bank guarantees had already been given to the league. After the past few days and weeks, however, one got into financial difficulties and is now pulling the emergency brake.
So the win2day ICE Hockey League only has 13 clubs. A statement from the league is still pending.
The Bratislava Capitals broadcast (translated by Google):
“Unfortunately, we confirm the information about the closure of the hockey club iClinic Bratislava Capitals. For the past few months we have been working diligently on the club’s re-entry into the multinational ICE Hockey League, with everything getting ready for the new year. However, a few weeks ago there was a negative one Anti-media campaign launched to discredit the iClinic brand and its various doctors The club believed in the turnaround of the situation until the last moment but wants to be fair to the league Therefore we regret to announce that the club iClinic Bratislava Capitals lost its activities closed permanently.”
Source: Nachrichten
