In interwar period and during the World War II, the club played in the Slovak League.

Banská Bystrica returned to the Extraliga in the 1947–48 season but they finished 6th in Group A and were relegated again.

SNHL in the 1968–69 season and qualified for the preliminary round of the Czechoslovak Extraliga.

They lost 5 of 6 games in the preliminary round against Škoda Plzeň, VŽKG Ostrava, and Mladá Boleslav and were not promoted to the Extraliga.

In 2005, the club was transformed to an incorporated company and renamed to HC '05.

They were promoted to the Extraliga in the 2007–08 season after their victory in the playoffs finals against HK Spišská Nová Ves.

Slovak National Hockey League Tatra Cup As of 25 November 2024.