HC Škoda Plzeň

HC Škoda Plzeň
File:HC Plzeň logo.svg
City	Plzeň, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1929 (1929)
Home arena	Home Monitoring Aréna (Capacity: 8,236)
Colours	Blue, white
General manager	Martin Straka
Head coach	Petr Kořínek
Website	hcplzen.cz

T. G. Masaryk Cup for the winner of the Czech Extraliga, photographed in Pilsen in 2013

HC Škoda Plzeň is a professional Czech ice hockey team based in Plzeň, Czech Republic. It currently plays in the Czech Extraliga. Their home arena is Home Monitoring Aréna. The traditional ice hockey club was founded in 1929. In 2013, for the first time in history, HC Plzeň were the Czech Extraliga champions after beating Zlín 4:3 in the seventh match of the dramatic final. HC Škoda Plzeň, New Arena name is LogSpeed CZ Arena Plzeň.

Club names

• 1929 – Hokejový klub při SK (Sportovní klub) Viktoria Plzeň
• 1948 – Sokol Plzeň IV
• 1949 – ZSJ Škodovy závody
• 1952 – ZSJ Leninovy závody
• 1953 – Spartak Plzeň LZ
• 1965 – TJ Škoda Plzeň
• 1991 – HC Škoda Plzeň
• 1994 – HC Interconnex Plzeň
• 1995 – HC ZKZ Plzeň
• 1997 – HC Keramika Plzeň
• 2003 – HC Lasselsberger Plzeň
• 2009 – HC Plzeň 1929
• 2012 – HC Škoda Plzeň

Honours

• Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League - Runner-up (1958,1959,1992) Third place (1957)
• Czech Extraliga - Champion (2013), Third Place (2000,2012) Presidents Trophy (2010)

Famous Players

• Vladimír Bednář
• Bohuslav Ebermann
• Milan Kajkl
• Jiří Kučera
• Dušan Salfický
• Martin Straka
• Petr Sýkora
• Jaroslav Špaček
• Tuukka Rask
• Dominik Kubalik

Players

Current roster

Source: hcplzen.czSource: eliteprospects.comAs of October 3, 2021.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32		Miroslav Svoboda	G	L	28	2021	Vsetín, Czech Republic
89		Adrián Holešinský	C	L	27	2022	Čadca, Slovakia
42		Filip Suchý	C	L	25	2020	Horní Lukavice, Czech Republic
14		Peter Čerešňák	D	R	30	2016	Trenčín, Slovakia
86		Tomáš Mertl	C	L	37	2019	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
12		Gustaf Thorell	LW	L	33	2021	Karlstad, Sweden
39		Dominik Pavlát	G	L	24	2020	Tábor, Czech Republic
97		Lukáš Kaňák	D	L	26	2016	Klatovy, Czech Republic
93		Matyáš Kantner	C	L	25	2017	Plzeň, Czech Republic
22		Viktor Lang	D	L	28	2020	Linköping, Sweden
88		Petr Kodýtek	C	L	25	2016	Sušice, Czech Republic
4		Jakub Kindl	D	L	36	2021	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
87		Filip Přikryl	C	L	22	2019	Rokycany, Czech Republic
51		Dominik Graňák	D	L	40	2021	Havířov, Czechoslovakia
84		Jan Schleiss	RW	R	29	2021	Plzeň, Czech Republic
80		Michal Bulíř	C	L	32	2021	Liberec, Czechoslovakia
65		David Kvasnička	D	L	24	2020	Rokycany, Czech Republic
49		Vojtěch Budík	D	L	25	2019	Pardubice, Czech Republic
67		Martin Lang	RW	R	22	2020	Rokycany, Czech Republic
96		Ludwig Blomstrand	LW	L	30	2021	Uppsala, Sweden
5		David Jiříček	D	R	19	2019	Klatovy, Czech Republic
89		Pavel Musil	C	L	31	2020	Čáslav, Czechoslovakia
17		Mārtiņš Dzierkals	LW	L	26	2021	Riga, Latvia
82		Sebastián Malát	F	L	21	2019	Klatovy, Czech Republic
66		Filip Kuťák	C	L	27	2021	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
17		Martin Vitaloš	D	R	23	2022	Bratislava, Slovakia

Arena

Home Monitoring Aréna was built at 1969 and currently holds 8,236 people.

Controversy

During the 2010–2011 season, the team was docked 19 points for having used players who were not correctly registered to the club, an affair which also involved the clubs BK Mladá Boleslav and HC Kladno.

External links

• Official website (in Czech)
• HC Plzeň at hockeyarenas.net

See also

Category:HC Plzeň players