HC Pardubice
- Czech Champion 2005, 2010, 2012
- Czechoslovak champion in 1973, 1987, 1989
The HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice is a Czech ice hockey club from Pardubice. By 2009, the club was named after the main sponsor HC Moeller Pardubice, but after the acquisition of Moeller GmbH by Eaton Corporation also changed the club name. 2011 took over the bank again ČSOB the main sponsor of the club. The resulting 1993 Czech Extraliga Pardubice heard without interruption, so Pardubice is more than half a century notch.
- 4.1 Placements 1937-1993
- 4.2 placements since 1993
- 6.1 Known former players
- 6.2 Locked jersey numbers
- 6.3 Master squad 6.3.1 1972/73
- 6.3.2 1986/87
- 6.3.3 1988/89
- 6.3.4 2004/ 05
- 6.3.5 2009/10
- 6.3.6 2011/12
History
Previously operated as a hobby sport, developed in the LTC Pardubice in 1925 organized ice hockey. 1949, the club was relegated in the top division of the former Czechoslovakia, and until its dissolution in 1993 never off. 1973, 1987 and 1989, the club Czechoslovak ice hockey champions.
Ups and downs (1991-2002)
Prior to the 1991/92 season was called to the club in HC Pardubice, because the patronage by TESLA was completed in the course of economic upheaval. The first season 1993/94 the new, purely Czech Extraliga started the club with a mix of experienced and young players. With this squad, the club reached the play-off final against HC Olomouc, in which they lost with 1:3. Despite this defeat, the placement was considered a success, especially Radovan Biegl was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Richard Král with 43 goals won the top scorer. In addition, the then 18 -year-old Milan Hejduk was honored as best young player and coach Marek Sykora honored as Coach of the Year.
In the following season the team was unable to repeat these successes and missed the play-offs. Instead, they had to play in the play- downs, in which they finished in tenth place overall. The departure of key players such as Král or Biegl was, among other things Petr Sykora, compensated by the use of junior players, but in the season 1995/96 again led to miss the playoffs and the start of the play- downs. In these, the renamed HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice club finished in tenth place again.
In summer 1996, the club's management undertook with Miloš Říha a new, young head coach who should lead the team to take place together with Josef Paleček. In the first season of his tenure Říha occupied with the team in the main round in fifth place, reaching the play-off semi-final against eventual champion Petra HC Vsetín. The merits of the coach were honored by the league, as distinguished this Miloš Říha as coach of the year. Among the developing young players that made this success included the then 25 -year-old Dušan Salfický and Milan Hejduk.
2001 began extensive reconstruction work on the ice rink that this was renamed Duhová Aréna after completion. In the 2001 /02 season were two youth teams national champion her age group, while the men's team was eliminated in the first play-off round.
Championships in the Czech Republic (since 2002)
The HC Pardubice reached in the 2003/04 season with 32 wins from 52 games to win the Main Round. In order for the team for the play- offs qualified, but failed in the first round in seven games at the HC Lasselsberger Plzeň. With an average of 8,200 spectators, the HC Pardubice had the most viewers of the Extraliga in the main round.
In the following season due to the lockout in the National Hockey League returned many Czech players back to their homeland. Thus, the HC Pardubice with Jan Bulis, Michal Mikeska and Milan Hejduk could muster a complete series with NHL players, the positions one to three of the Topscorertabelle occupied at the end of the main round. In addition, the club engaged the Slovakian goalkeeper Ján Lašák, which developed a mainstay of the team. At the end of the main round, the team, which was led by captain Jiří Dopita occupied the third place in the standings and qualified for the play-offs. In these, the team first defeated the HC Rabat Kladno and then the White Tigers Liberec and reached the final of the Czech championship against the HC Hamé Zlín. The latter was with a sweep, ie 4-0 victories, defeated. Thus, the HC Pardubice won the first Czech league title in club history. After the season was awarded Aleš Hemský as MVP of the playoffs, Ján Lašák with the Golden Helmet and Michal Mikeska as Number One.
In the summer of 2009, many players of the so-called golden generation of the National Hockey League returned to the Czech Republic. These Dominik Hašek, who made his comeback in the HC Eaton Pardubice belonged. Due to the global financial crisis, most clubs in the Extraliga cut their budgets by up to 25 percent. Therefore, the Czech clubs North American or Scandinavian players had also reinforced undertake, as these required lower salaries compared to Czech top players. As a result, play in the season 2009/10 as many non Eastern European players like never before since the foundation of the Extraliga. The HC Eaton Pardubice committed as Adam Pineault, Aaron MacKenzie and Jeff Jillson.
In the final of the play-offs in 2010 the preliminary round HC Eaton Pardubice Third HC Vitkovice Steel met the. With a sweep of the team defeated the steelworkers from Ostrava Pardubice 4-0. The association won the fifth league title in club history and set two new records: Twelve wins in the play-offs had made no team until 2010, the 45- year-old goalkeeper Dominik Hasek was the oldest player ever aground in the Extraliga. The latter contributed with outstanding performance, including a Gegentorschnitt of 1.68, three shutouts and a catch rate of 93.68 percent, to this success.
Club name
1925 LTC Pardubice, Pardubice later ZSJ Slavia, from 1953 Dynamo Pardubice, 1960 Tesla Pardubice, Pardubice HC from 1990, from 1995 IPB Pojišťovna HC Pardubice, from 2002 HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice, from 2003 HC Moeller Pardubice ( after the sponsor Moeller GmbH). Mai HC Eaton Pardubice 2009-2011, since HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice.
Achievements
- Czechoslovakian champion: 1973, 1987, 1989
- Czech champion: 2005, 2010, 2012
- Vice European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, 1988
Statistics
Placements 1937-1993
Placements since 1993
Home ground
The HC Moeller Pardubice plays its home games out in the ČEZ Aréna. 1947 stood on the site of the first artificial ice rink in the city, from 1958 to 1960 an ice rink was built, the forerunner of today's arena, which holds 9,483 spectators. Owner is the city of Pardubice.
Player
Well-known former players
- Dominik Hašek
- Aleš Hemský
- Milan Hejduk
- Karel Vohralík
- Vladimír Nadrchal
- Michal Sykora
- Josef Paleček
- Jiří Dopita
- Petr Průcha
Locked jersey numbers
- 3 Martin Čech
- 5 Jiří Dolana
- 10 Jiří Šejba
- 13 Vladimír Martinec
- 16 Karel Mach
- 17 Bohuslav Šťastný
- 20 Vladimír Dvořáček
- Jiří Novák 20
- 21 Milan Koďousek
- 91 Otakar Janecký