Rytíři Kladno

Rytíři Kladno
Rytíři Kladno
	File:HC Kladno.png
City	Kladno, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1924
Home arena	ČEZ Stadion Kladno ; (capacity: 5,200)
Colours	Dark blue, white, light blue, light gold, ocean blue, dark gold;
Owner(s)	Jaromír Jágr
Head coach	Otakar Vejvoda
Captain	Tomáš Plekanec
Website	rytirikladno.cz

Rytíři Kladno (English: Kladno Knights) is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga.^[1] The team president and owner is Jaromír Jágr, a former NHL player, who is currently playing in home games for the team in addition to his ownership and administrative roles.^[2]^[3] The team plays its home games at ČEZ Stadion Kladno.

History

Rytíři Kladno players (2017)

Kladno was a particularly strong team in the late 1970s, when it won four consecutive league titles (1975–1978), and again in 1980. The team's star, Milan Nový, was league MVP in 1977, 1981, and 1982, and won six scoring titles. František Pospíšil was league MVP in 1971 and 1972.

Before season 1997/1998 happened what everyone expected for some time, Kladno lost its longtime sponsor, ironworks Huť Poldi [cs]. After a long time the Poldi disappeared from Kladno hockey jerseys and the successes that this famous club has achieved in previous years have also disappeared and was de facto always last. Primarily the lack of funds did not allow to management improvement of club cadre and the main coach resigned.

Despite the departure of a number of players abroad, Kladno did not go bad after 2003 and celebrated return to the Czech highest-level league. However after the season 2012-13 Kladno performed poorly in the extraliga. Nor the withdrawal of coaches helped, the team reached the highest league again after the 12 years.

Jaromír Jágr played for his hometown Kladno for parts of four seasons, including during the NHL lockouts in 1994, 2004, and 2012. In January 2018, Jágr was assigned to HC Kladno after a partial season with the Calgary Flames.^[4] Jágr took over majority ownership from his father in 2011.^[5]

During the 2010–2011 season, the team was docked 6 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 Plzeň.^[6]

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

3rd place (1): 1993–94

Czech 1. Liga

Winners (2): 2002–03, 2020–21
Runners-up (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
3rd place (1): 2016–17

Czechoslovak Extraliga

Winners (6): 1958–59, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80
Runners-up (1): 1981–82
3rd place (2): 1971–72, 1980–81

1st. Czech National Hockey League

Winners (3): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87

2nd. Czechoslovak Hockey League

Winners (1): 1954–55
3rd place (1): 1953–54

International

IIHF European Cup

Winners (1): 1976–77
Runners-up (3): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79
3rd place (1): 1980–81

Club names

1924 – HOSK Kladno
1948 – Sokol Kladno
1977 – Poldi SONP Kladno
1995 – HC Poldi Kladno
1997 – HC Velvana Kladno
2000 – HC Vagnerplast Kladno
2003 – HC Rabat Kladno
2007 – HC GEUS OKNA Kladno
2010 – HC Vagnerplast Kladno
2011 – Rytíři Kladno

Players

Current roster

Source: rytirikladno.cz^[7]Source: eliteprospects.com^[8]As of December 24, 2021.

No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
29	Landon Bow	G	L	28	2021	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
20	Jaromír Pytlík	C	R	22	2021	Dačice, Czech Republic
63	Marek Baránek	D	L	29	2021	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
43	Antonín Melka	LW	L	34	2018	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
3	Kyle Wood	D	R	28	2021	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
14	Tomáš Plekanec	C	L	41	2020	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
88	Matěj Beran	LW	L	30	2021	Plzeň, Czech Republic
22	Jakub Suchánek	D	L	38	2020	Tábor, Czechoslovakia
44	Jake Dotchin	D	R	30	2021	Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
68	Jaromír Jágr	RW	L	52	2017	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
10	Tomáš Pitule	LW	L	34	2020	Rokycany, Czechoslovakia
4	Martin Kehar	D	L	30	2014	Benešov, Czech Republic
69	Marek Račuk	F	L	32	2020	Teplice, Czechoslovakia
83	Vítězslav Bílek	LW	L	40	2019	Tábor, Czechoslovakia
26	Jiří Ticháček	D	L	21	2020	Kladno, Czech Republic
13	Ladislav Zikmund	LW	L	29	2021	Sokolov, Czech Republic

Summary of league participations

1951–1953: First Ice Hockey League (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1953–1955: Celostátní soutěž (second-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1955–1983: First Ice Hockey League (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1983–1985: 1. ČNHL (second-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1985–1986: First Ice Hockey League (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1986–1987: 1. ČNHL (second-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1987–1993: First Ice Hockey League (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
1993–2002: Czech Extraliga (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)
2002–2003: 1st Czech Republic Hockey League (second-level league in the Czech Republic)
2003–2014: Czech Extraliga (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)
2014–2019 : WSM Liga (second-level league in the Czech Republic)
2019–20 : Czech Extraliga (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)
2020–21 : 1st Czech Republic Hockey League
2021–present : Czech Extraliga (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)

NHL alumni

References

^ "Zápasy: Rytíři Kladno". Hokej.cz. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ "TIPSPORT extraliga 2019/2020 - základní část". Rytíři Kladno (in Czech). 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
^ "Jágr bude stoprocentním vlastníkem kladenského hokejového klubu". iDNES.cz. 24 April 2017.
^ "Jagr assigned to hometown team HC Kladno". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
^ "Jagr feels obligated to keep playing for Kladno nearing age 50: report". NHL.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
^ "Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body". Česká televize (in Czech). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^ "Team Roster / Rytíři Kladno". www.rytirikladno.cz. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
^ "Team Roster / Rytíři Kladno". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

External links

Official website (in Czech)
Kladno Sport
Rytíři Kladno - Facebook
Meltzer, Bill. "Kladno: Small Town, Big Draft Legacy" article at NHL.com Retrieved 06–27–06.

[1] "Zápasy: Rytíři Kladno". Hokej.cz. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[2] "TIPSPORT extraliga 2019/2020 - základní část". Rytíři Kladno (in Czech). 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

[3] "Jágr bude stoprocentním vlastníkem kladenského hokejového klubu". iDNES.cz. 24 April 2017.

[4] "Jagr assigned to hometown team HC Kladno". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

[5] "Jagr feels obligated to keep playing for Kladno nearing age 50: report". NHL.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.

[6] "Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body". Česká televize (in Czech). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[7] "Team Roster / Rytíři Kladno". www.rytirikladno.cz. Retrieved 2021-08-23.

[8] "Team Roster / Rytíři Kladno". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

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