HC Slovan Bratislava won in the opening round of the 2026/2027 Tipsport liga regular season on the ice of the defending champion HK Nitra, by a score of 4:2. The rematch of the previous season's final took place at the TIPOSBET aréna, where the duel was watched by 3,600 spectators. STVR (Minúta po minúte) ↗
The Bratislava team thus recorded a successful start to the new season and took all three points away from the ice of the runner-up. Nitra, which won the championship title in the previous season, began its title defense with a home defeat. sport.sk ↗
The match between Nitra and Slovan was one of the main attractions of the opening round. The two teams met in a rematch of the last final, this time however in a contest for the first points in the regular-season table. Slovan confirmed that it will be among the teams to watch in the new season as well.
The Tipsport liga began after a four-and-a-half-month off-season break. The opening round brought six matches, which were also scheduled with regard to the regional proximity of the individual clubs. Besides the duel in Nitra, games were also played in other Slovak hockey towns. STVR (Minúta po minúte) ↗
Slovan started the season with a win over last season's finalist, while Nitra will have to respond to its opening defeat in the following rounds. The standings in the table and the ambitions of both teams will be decided by the further course of the regular season.
Slovan handled the final rematch and beat Nitra 4:2
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VIDEO Pozrite si highlighty zo zápasu HK Nitra - HC Slovan Bratislava
sport.sk
| 22:19 15.09.
Majster odštartoval sezónu domácou prehrou! Pozrite si tabuľku Tipsport ligy po dnešnom 1. kole
sport.sk
| 20:45 15.09.
Repríza finále patrila Slovanu. Vicemajster bodoval pod Zoborom naplno
sport.sk
| 20:36 15.09.
Z repríze finále z predchádzajúceho súťažného ročníka Tipsport ligy odchádza úspešnejšie HC Slovan Bratislava.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 20:42 15.09.
Zničí Slovan sen Nitry o obhajobe? S Košicami sa nepočíta, Žilina vystrelila. Kto je favorit na titul?
sport.sk
| 10:30 15.09.
TREFNÉ STRIEĽANIE #45 Kto zosadí Nitru? Favoriti sú Slovan a Žilina
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| 10:00 15.09.
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