Richard Kapuš

Richard Kapuš (born February 9, 1973) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre.

Career Kapuš spent the majority of his career playing in the Slovak Extraliga for HC Slovan Bratislava. He also played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Oceláři Třinec, the Swedish Elitserien for Luleå HF and the Russian Superleague/Kontinental Hockey League for Avangard Omsk, HC Metallurg Novokuznetsk and HC Lada Togliatti.

He also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. He won the silver medal with Slovakia in 2000 championship and the bronze medal in the 2003 championship. He was also a member of the silver medal winning Slovakia national inline team competing in the 2008 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1992–93 HC Slovan Bratislava TCH 40 10 13 23 — — — — — — 1994–95 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 45 16 23 39 57 9 4 2 6 8 1995–96 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 47 17 20 37 51 — — — — — 1996–97 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 46 20 26 46 46 — — — — — 1997–98 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 47 25 27 52 30 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 49 21 28 49 75 — — — — — 1999–2000 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 56 15 29 44 42 8 4 5 9 6 2000–01 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 44 9 12 21 49 — — — — — 2001–02 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 52 11 21 32 48 — — — — — 2002–03 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 42 19 19 38 81 13 7 14 21 44 2003–04 Luleå HF SEL 14 4 5 9 2 5 1 1 2 12 2003–04 Avangard Omsk RSL 29 2 10 12 20 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 52 17 37 54 52 17 4 8 12 52 2005–06 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 49 8 13 21 44 3 1 0 1 2 2005–06 Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk RUS.3 2 2 1 3 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 49 9 11 20 34 3 0 1 1 0 2007–08 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 51 15 29 44 58 18 4 12 16 38 2008–09 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 55 10 18 28 57 — — — — — 2009–10 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 35 1 7 8 18 — — — — — 2009–10 Lada Togliatti KHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 HC Slovan Bratislava SVK 50 8 32 40 36 7 1 0 1 20 2011–12 HC ’05 Banská Bystrica SVK 16 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 2011–12 HC Berkut-Kyiv UKR 11 5 6 11 6 — — — — — SVK totals 553 185 294 479 580 72 24 41 65 168

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1991 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 3 0 3 2 1993 Czechoslovakia WJC 7 2 2 4 10 1998 Slovakia WC 7th 6 0 0 0 0 1999 Slovakia WC 7th 6 1 2 3 14 2000 Slovakia WC 9 1 5 6 0 2002 Slovakia OG 13th 4 0 1 1 0 2003 Slovakia WC 9 3 1 4 0 2004 Slovakia WC 4th 9 0 1 1 6 2006 Slovakia OG 5th 6 0 2 2 4 2006 Slovakia WC 8th 7 3 2 5 4 2007 Slovakia WC 6th 7 3 5 8 2 Junior totals 12 5 2 7 12 Senior totals 63 11 19 30 30