HC Kometa Brno ("Comet" in

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) is a professional

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team based in Brno,

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. They play in the

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. Kometa is the most successful

club in the

with 13

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(and Czech) league championship titles. Holding three European Cup titles, Kometa ranks as the most successful Czech club in international ice hockey. The team HC Kometa Brno has won two Czech championships seasons, capturing the title in both 2016–2017 and in 2017–2018.

History

HC Kometa Brno v PSG Zlín 2011-11-29 (16)

The club was founded in 1953 as an

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ice hockey club with the name Rudá hvězda Brno ("Red Star"). The majority of players were transferred from two hockey clubs in Brno (TJ Spartak Brno Zbrojovka and TJ Spartak GZ Královo Pole). In 1962, the club changed its name to ZKL Brno (ZKL is an abbreviation of "Ball Bearing Factory") and stopped being an army team. In 1976, the name was changed to

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Brno. Shortly after the

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(1994), the club changed its name to HC Kometa Brno. "Kometa" was the team's nickname since the 1950s (as opposed to the official "Red Star") and the team was commonly referred to by this name since its beginning. Rozloučení s Kometou 2011 (083)

In 1996, the team was relegated from

to the second highest ice hockey league, the

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. For many years, the team struggled due to poor financing and multiple changes of owners, facing relegation again in 2001–2002. The club almost ceased to exist, playing in the East division of the third-highest Czech ice hockey league. By the 2003–2004 season, it returned to the first league. In 2004, Kometa played its first playoff series since 1997, reached the semifinals in 2008, and reached the finals in 2009. On 1 April 2009, Kometa bought the licence for another South Moravian club, HC Znojemští Orli. This club began to serve as a

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for Brno. In March 2012, the team managed to defeat

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, the winner of the 2011–12 Czech Extraliga regular season, in six games, qualifying for the playoff semifinals. In the semifinals, they defeated HC Plzeň 1929, the runner-up of the regular season, in five games. In the final, Kometa lost the Czech Extraliga championship final to

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in six games.

Honours

Domestic

* Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 * Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2013–14 * 3rd place (1): 2014–15 Czech 1. Liga * Winners (1): 1994–95 * Runners-up (1): 2008–09 * 3rd place (1): 1993–94

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* Winners (11): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66 * Runners-up (4): 1953–54, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71 * 3rd place (3): 1958–59, 1966–67, 1969–70 1st. Czech National Hockey League * Winners (3): 1980–81, 1988–89,

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* 3rd place (1):

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International

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* Winners (3): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68

Pre-season

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* Winners (1): 1955 * Runners-up (1): 1957 Rona Cup * Winners (1): 2014

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* Winners (1): 2008

History of the team name

* 1953 – Rudá hvězda Brno * 1962 – TJ ZKL Brno * 1976 – TJ Zetor Brno * 1990 – HC Zetor Brno * 1993 – HC Královopolská Brno * 1994 – HC Kometa Brno * 1995 – HC Kometa Brno BVV * 1997 – HC Kometa Brno

Players

Current roster

Gallery

Image:HC Kometa Brno.jpg, Playoff match against PSG Zlín 2011 Image:HC Kometa Brno v PSG Zlín 2011-11-29 (01).jpg, PSG Zlín match Image:HC Kometa Brno v PSG Zlín 2011-11-29 (13).jpg, PSG ZLín full play Image:Brno, zimní stadion Za Lužánkami(3).jpg, The old stadium behind Lužánky park Image:Rozloučení s Kometou 2011 (023).jpg, The closing of the season 2011 Image:DRFG Arena.jpg, DRFG Arena - main entrance File:HC Kometa Brno logo.svg, The former logo

Notes

External links

Official website

Modrobílí - HC Kometa Brno fans

HC Kometa Brno - Facebook
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