List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Slovakia

Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. Slovakia has participated in 5 of 22 tournaments, sending 10 goaltenders and 61 skaters.
The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to compete in Olympic Games, starting in 1988. The NHL decided not to allow all players to participate in 1988, 1992 or 1994, because doing so would force the league to halt play during the Olympics. An agreement was reached in 1995 that allowed NHL players to compete in the Olympics, starting with the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. Slovak players were a part of the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 separated the countries. The Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team was considered the successor to Czechoslovakia, while Slovakia was treated as a "new" country for the purposes of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and forced to work its way up through the ranks.Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #22-Bondra's Bomb - The biggest thing for Slovakia since independence. Despite this, Slovakia qualified for the 1994 tournament, and finished in a respectable sixth place.Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #75-At 39, Peter Stastny closes circle and promotes his country to the A pool. At the 2002 tournament, the preliminary round was scheduled without the participation of NHL players. This negatively impacted the Slovakian team, which had a heavy reliance on NHL players; as a result, the team finished in 13th place in the tournament. Today, however, Slovakia is considered one of the "Big Seven" hockey nations, and is a regular contender for a medal at international tournaments. National teams are co-ordinated by Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and players are chosen by the team's management staff.
The Slovaks have not won a medal in an Olympic tournament. Their best finish was in fourth place at the 2010 Games. Peter Šťastný is the only Slovak player to have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame. Miroslav Šatan holds the record for most games played, having dressed for 22 games in 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2010; he and Ľubomír Višňovský are the only players to participate in four tournaments. Marián Hossa leads Slovak Olympians in goals (12) and points (25), while Pavol Demitra has 14 assists, more than any other player.
==Key==
General terms
Term 	Definition
GP 	Games played
HHOF 	Hockey Hall of Fame
IIHFHOF 	International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame
Olympics	Number of Olympic Games tournaments
Ref(s) 	Reference(s)
Goaltender statistical abbreviations
Abbreviation	Definition
W 	Wins
L 	Losses
T 	Ties
Min 	Minutes played
SO 	Shutouts
GA 	Goals against
GAA 	Goals against average
Skater statistical abbreviations
Abbreviation	Definition
G 	Goals
A 	Assists
P 	Points
PIM 	Penalty minutes
— 	Not applicable
==Goaltenders==
Goaltenders
Player	Olympics	Tournaments	GP	W	L	T	Min	SO	GA	GAA 	Medals	Notes	Ref(s)
 	1 	2006 	3 	2	1	0	179	0 	6 	2.01	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 417
 	1 	1994 	2 	1	0	0	80 	0 	7 	5.25	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 608
 	1 	2010 	7 	4	3	0	423	1 	17	2.41	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 419
 	1 	1994 	6 	2	2	2	310	0 	17	3.29	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 610
 	1 	2006 	2 	2	0	0	120	1 	1 	0.50	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 420
 	2 	 	3 	1	1	1	154	0 	9 	3.51	 	 	
 	1 	1994 	2 	1	0	0	100	0 	5 	3.00	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 615
 	1 	1998 	4 	1	2	1	240	0 	13	3.25	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 616
 	1 	2002 	2 	0	1	0	85 	0 	5 	3.54	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 619
 	1 	2002 	1 	1	0	0	60 	0 	1 	1.00	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 423
===Reserve goaltenders===
These goaltenders were named to the Olympic roster, but did not receive any ice time during games. Pavol Rybár did not play in any games in the 1998 tournament, but did start games at later tournaments.Podnieks 2011, p. 175 Peter Budaj and Rastislav Staňa were named to the team at the 2010 tournament, but did not play any games.Podnieks 2011, p. 178
Reserve goaltenders
Player	Tournaments	Medals	Notes	Ref(s)
 	1998 	 	 	
==Skaters==
Skaters
Player	Olympics	Tournaments 	GP	G 	A 	P 	PIM	Medals	Notes 	Ref(s)
 	1 	1994 	8 	1 	2 	3 	10 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 430
 	1 	2010 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 377
 	3 	2002, 2006, 2010 	17	0 	2 	2 	6 	 	 	
 	2 	1998, 2006 	8 	5 	0 	5 	27 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 438
 	1 	1994 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 442
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	1 	4 	5 	8 	 	Team Captain (2010) 	Podnieks 2011, p. 76Podnieks 2011, p. 380
 	1 	2010 	7 	0 	0 	0 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 381
 	1 	1998 	4 	1 	1 	2 	4 	 	Team Captain (1998) 	Podnieks 2011, p. 447
 	2 	1994, 1998 	12	4 	5 	9 	10 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 452
 	3 	2002, 2006, 2010 	15	6 	14	20	6 	 	Team Captain (2006) 	Podnieks 2011, p. 382
 	1 	1998 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 456
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	7 	5 	12	10 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 385
 	2 	2002, 2010 	9 	4 	3 	7 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 388
 	2 	1994, 1998 	9 	1 	6 	7 	8 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 477
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 389
 	3 	2002, 2006, 2010 	15	12	13	25	10 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 390
 	2 	1994, 1998 	12	2 	4 	6 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 487
 	1 	1998 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 488
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	0 	1 	1 	10 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 392
 	2 	2002, 2006 	10	0 	3 	3 	4 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 494
 	2 	1994, 1998 	12	4 	1 	5 	4 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 501
 	2 	1994, 1998 	12	4 	1 	5 	10 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 502
 	1 	2010 	7 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 394
 	1 	2002 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 397
 	2 	2002, 2006 	10	0 	1 	1 	8 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 398
 	1 	1994 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 521
 	1 	1994 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 525
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	0 	2 	2 	8 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 399
 	1 	2002 	2 	0 	2 	2 	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 528
 	1 	1998 	3 	0 	0 	0 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 530
 	1 	2002 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 402
 	3 	1994, 2002, 2010 	16	3 	10	13	16 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 541
 	2 	1998, 2002 	8 	3 	1 	4 	14 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 542
 	1 	2002 	4 	2 	3 	5 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 403
 	1 	2002 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 543
 	3 	1994, 1998, 2002 	16	4 	8 	12	20 	 	Team Captain (2002) 	Podnieks 2011, p. 545
 	1 	2006 	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	 	
 	2 	1994, 1998 	9 	4 	0 	4 	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 547
 	1 	1994 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 548
 	1 	1998 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 551
 	1 	1994 	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	 	
 	1 	2010 	7 	0 	0 	0 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 405
 	1 	1998 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 559
 	4 	1994, 2002, 2006, 2010	22	10	4 	14	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 407
 	1 	2002 	4 	0 	0 	0 	6 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 565
 	1 	2010 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 408
 	2 	1994, 1998 	12	0 	4 	4 	12 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 566
 	1 	1994 	8 	0 	1 	1 	12 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 572
 	1 	2002 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 409
 	1 	1998 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 574
 	1 	1994 	8 	5 	4 	9 	9 	 	Flag bearer (1994)Team Captain (1994)HHOF (1998)IIHFHOF (2000)	Podnieks 2011, p. 575
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	0 	1 	1 	4 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 411
 	3 	2002, 2006, 2010 	12	3 	5 	8 	0 	 	 	
 	1 	2006 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 577
 	1 	2006 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 412
 	1 	2006 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	
 	2 	1994, 1998 	10	2 	5 	7 	26 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 579
 	1 	2002 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 584
 	2 	1994, 1998 	10	0 	0 	0 	16 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 590
 	4 	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010	19	4 	4 	8 	2 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 415
 	2 	2006, 2010 	13	3 	4 	7 	18 	 	 	Podnieks 2011, p. 416
==See also==
* Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
==Notes==
==References==
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==External links==
* Slovak Ice Hockey Federation - Official website
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