HC PlzeÅˆ

Runner-up in 1958, 1959, 1992
3 Place the Extraliga 2000
Czech Champion 2013

The HC Plzeň 1929 (until 2009 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň) is a Czech ice hockey club from Pilsen, taking part in this since the founding of the Extraliga 1993. The home matches of the club will be held in the ČEZ Aréna that offers 8,211 spectators.

2.1 Placements 1952-1992
2.2 placements since 1993

History

Beginning of the 20th century was played in Pilsen not hockey, but Bandy. 1909 Club Union was founded, who played against, among others teams from Strakonice and Pisek. In 1917, the sport became more popular and originated more teams like SK Smichov Pilsen, Český lev and 1 ČLTK Plzeň. Ten years later, in 1929, founded within the student clubs SK Viktoria Plzeň a department for ice hockey, which is considered the origin of today's HC Plzeň. Players this time were Průcha, Salda, Binder, and Divis Čechura. In 1948 the club was renamed Sokol Plzeň IV, and stood in with players like plochý, Volrab, Liškové, Švajner and Nekola.

From 1949, the first team took part in the regional Hockey Championship, the home games were held at the former cattle market, where an open ice rink was built with artificial ice. 1951 succeeded the team, which included players such as Vybiral, Trhlík, SMAT, Havlicek, Petr, Krauz, Radič, fire and Šašek, promotion to the top division of Czechoslovakia, the first league. In the following years, the team of Plzen established in the league and finished the season 1956/57, in third place from. In addition, some players ( Šašek, Vinš, Václav and Sventek ) Spartak were, as the club was called since 1952, was appointed to the Czechoslovak national team to participate in the World Championships in Moscow 1957. There, the national team won the bronze medal. In the following two seasons Spartak Plzeň won second place in the championship and with it the runner-up title respectively.

1960s and 1970s

In the early 1960s, the team of Plzen was unable to repeat these successes and rose in 1966 even in the 2nd League from. In 1968, the rink was open roofed and offered since a crowd of about 8000. A year later, the re- promotion to the 1st League, as was allowed in the relegation VŽKG Ostrava, AŠ Mladá Boleslav and IS Banská Bystrica behind. To climb team included players like Bednar, Neubauer, Ruml and Jonák while Bohuslav Ebermannsdorf and Milan Kajkl, which also came from the club, Dukla Jihlava HC with masters of CSSR were. At the end of the season 1970/71 Škoda Plzeň occupied only the last place of the table and rose again from the 2nd league. But a year later, the re-emergence, as was allowed in the relegation among other Slavia Prague behind.

In the 1970s, Škoda Plzeň usually placed in the back of the table before 1978 even the relegation to the second division followed ( Czech National League ) again. But a year later, the team climbed back into the top flight, as this in the relegation Spartak ZŤS Dubnica, the winner of the Slovakian National League, with a 3-1 defeat in four games ( against up to 10,200 spectators ). Since then, the team of Plzen are continually playing in the top division of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the Czechoslovak Federal Republic and the Czech Republic. The association reached in the 1991/92 season again the runner-up title.

Since 1990

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the name of the association changed frequently, as the main sponsor of the club was included in the name. Thus, the club was called between 1994 and 1995 HC Plzeň Interconex, then HC Plzeň ZKZ, 1997 HC Plzeň and ceramics since 2004 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň. The best placement of the association since the founding of the Czech Extraliga was the third place in the season 1999 /2000. Between 2004 and 2008, Pilsen, however, never reached the playoffs, until the 2008/ 09 season, the team came to Martin Straka to the semifinals of the playoffs. In 2013 it was Czech Master for the first time. The championship was decided in the 7th game in the zweitern extension. The game-winning goal came from Martin Straka in 96:15 minutes.

Club name

Season statistics

Placements 1952-1992

The following table gives an overview of the placement of the club in the top division of Czechoslovakia 1952-1993, excluding the years of the second division.

Legend: Sp: games; W: Won; U: Undecided; N: defeat; Torv: Goal difference; Pts: Points

Placements since 1993

Coach

Well-known former players

Vladimir Bednar (World Champion 1972)
Bohuslav Ebermannsdorf (World Champion 1977)
January Chotěborský (U20 World Cup 2000)
Milan Kajkl (World Champion 1976, 1977 )
Milan force ( U20 World Cup 2000)
Jiří Kučera (World Champion 1996)
Dušan Salfický (World Champion 2000)
Martin Straka (Olympic Champion 1998, World Champion 2005)
Petr Sykora (World Champion 1999, 2005, Stanley Cup 2000 )
Zdeněk Šmíd (U20 World Cup 2000)
Jaroslav Spacek 496 NHL games for the Florida Panthers, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Edmonton Oilers; Gold and bronze medalist with the Czech national team at the 1998 Olympics and 2006 and world champion in 2001 and 2005

Martin Špaňhel (World Champion 2000)
David Moravec
Petr Korinek
Jiří Neubauer
Josef Reznicek
Stanislav Sventek
Miloslav Šašek
Viktor Ujčík
Václav Vilém
Miloslav Vinš
Ivan Vlcek
František Černý

Home ground

1950 was opened on a former cattle market in Pilsen an open ice rink that had an artificial ice surface and up to 14,000 spectators bot. This maximum number of spectators was once only achieved than 1950 AIK Stockholm aground as a guest team in Pilsen. 1959 was the ice rink in Pilsen venue of the B World Cup, which was won by the B national team of Czechoslovakia. In 1968 the stadium was roofed open and now offers 8,211 spectators. The best average attendance in its history reached the HC Plzeň in the season 1969/70, as an average of 9930 spectators watched the home games of the club.

Since founding the Extraliga is the average attendance 4000-7000. At the end of the 1990s, when the HC Plzeň ceramics played most successful, the stadium was a total of five times sold. In 2006, the stadium was renamed to CEZ Arena. In addition to the ČEZ Aréna the club is yet another ice rink for training purposes, which offers 170 spectators.

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