HC Slavia Praha (eng: HC Slavia Prague) is a

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team located in

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playing the Czech 1st National Hockey League, the second-highest league in the country. Slavia played in the Extraliga from 1994 until 2015, winning the national championship in 2003 and 2008. The club plays its home games at Zimní stadion Eden in

. From 2004 until 2015, it played at

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. The team played in the 2008–09 season of the

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. The team was relegated to the 1. Liga in the 2014–15 Czech Extraliga season.

Players

World champions and Olympic champions

Jan Fleischmann Jan Maria Fleischmann (July 6, 1885 – September 23, 1939) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympique ...

(ME 1911, 1914) *

Miloslav Fleischmann Miloslav František Michael Fleischmann (September 4, 1886 – August 12, 1955) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french ...

(ME 1911, 1922) * J. Jarkovský (ME 1911) *

Jaroslav Jirkovský Jaroslav Jirkovský (March 8, 1891 - November 2, 1971) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. In 1924 he participated with the Czechoslovak team in the first Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament. Prior ...

(ME 1911, 1914, 1922, 1925) * Tomáš Kucharčík (MS 1999) * Josef Loos (ME 1914) *

Vilém Loos Valentin Jaroslav "Vilda" Loos (13 April 1895 in Prague, Austria-Hungary – 8 September 1942 in Prague, Bohemia and Moravia) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics ...

(ME 1922, 1925) *

Jan Palouš Jan Leopold Alois "Koza" Palouš (25 October 1888 – 25 September 1971) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia and died i ...

(ME 1911, 1914) * František Rublič (ME 1914) *

Vladimír Růžička Vladimír Růžička (; born 6 June 1963) is a Czech ice hockey coach and former professional player. Růžička was twice named the top player in the Czechoslovak Elite League, and was on the gold medal team in the Ice Hockey World Championship ...

(WOG 1998; MS 2005, 2010 as Head coach) * Bohumil Steingenhöfer (ME 1929) *

Jaroslav Špaček Jaroslav Spacek (; born February 11, 1974) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for over 13 seasons with the Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oiler ...

(MS 2005) *

Josef Šroubek Josef "Boban" Šroubek (2 December 1891 – 29 August 1964) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Winter Olympics, and in the 1928 Winter Olympics. He also played football as a forward ...

(ME 1925, 1929) *

Viktor Ujčík Viktor Ujčík (born May 24, 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 9th round (266th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Ujcik played with HC Vítkovice in the Czech Extraliga during t ...

(MS 1996, 2001) *

Josef Vašíček Josef Vašíček (; 12 September 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Vašíček last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. H ...

(MS 2005) *

Otakar Vindyš Otakar "Otto, Vend" Vindyš (9 April 1889 – 23 December 1949) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey defenseman who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics. Vindyš was a native of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Career In 1 ...

(ME 1911, 1922, 1925) *

Tomáš Vlasák Tomáš Vlasák (born February 1, 1975) is a Czech former professional hockey player that plays for the Plzeň HC in the Czech Extraliga. He played 10 games with the Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team base ...

(MS 1999, 2000, 2001)

Honours

:Czech Extraliga championships: 2 (2003, 2008)

References

External links

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HC Slavia Praha official homepage
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HC Slavia Praha FanClub homepage
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