HC Škoda Plzeň is a professional Czech

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team based in

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

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. It currently plays in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The leag ...

. Their home arena is

Home Monitoring Aréna Home Monitoring Aréna is an indoor sporting arena located in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 8,236 people and it was built in 1969. It is currently home to the HC Plzeň 1929 ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) ...

. 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 The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split. History ...

- Runner-up (1958,1959,1992) Third place (1957) *

- Champion (2013), Third Place (2000,2012) Presidents Trophy (2010)

Famous Players

* Vladimír Bednář * Bohuslav Ebermann * Milan Kajkl * Jiří Kučera *

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Martin Straka Martin Straka (born September 3, 1972) is a Czech former ice hockey center who most recently played for HC Plzeň 1929 of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the club's general manager and co-owner, having bought a 70% share of the team in 2009. St ...

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Players

Current roster

Arena

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 BK Mladá Boleslav ( cs, Bruslařský klub Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech ice hockey team, which plays in the Czech Extraliga, the country's highest level. They were promoted into the league on 18 April 2014 after a two-year absence. They play their ...

and HC Kladno.

References

External links

Official website

HC Plzeň
at hockeyarenas.net