HC Škoda Plzeň is a professional

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team based in

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

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and was founded in 1929. They currently play in the

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, with their homes games being held at Logspeed CZ Arena. In 2013, for the first time in history, HC Plzeň were the Czech Extraliga champions after beating Zlín 4:3 in the seventh game of the dramatic final.

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. Histor ...

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

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

Notable players

Vladimír Bednář Vladimír Bednář (born 1 October 1948) is a Czech ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport ...

Bohuslav Ebermann Bohuslav Ebermann (born 19 September 1948 in Vochov) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for Škoda Plzeň. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1976 Canada Cup team and was a silver me ...

Milan Kajkl Milan Kajkl (14 May 1950 – 18 January 2014) was a Czechoslovak Olympic ice hockey player. Early life Kajkl was born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia. He participated at the Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, ...

Jiří Kučera Jiří Kučera (born March 28, 1966) is a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of HC Litvinov. During his playing career he played for HC Plzen and Dukla Jihlava in his home country and for Tappar ...

Dušan Salfický Dušan Salfický (born 28 March 1972 in Chrudim, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted 132nd overall by the National Hockey League's New York Islanders in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft but only played 4 ...

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. ...

Petr Sýkora Petr Sýkora (; born November 19, 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Pengu ...

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 ...

Tuukka Rask Tuukka Mikael Rask (born 10 March 1987) is a Finns, Finnish former professional ice hockey Goaltender (ice hockey), goaltender. Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs before being traded to the Boston ...

Dominik Kubalík Dominik Kubalík (born 21 August 1995) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who plays for EV Zug in the National League (NL). He was drafted in the seventh round, 191st overall, by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in ...

Ryan Hollweg Ryan Alexander Hollweg (born April 23, 1983) is a former American-Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He was playing his last season with HC Škoda Plzeň in the Czech Extraliga (Czech). Playing career As the son of a Brazilian father o ...

Players

Current roster

Source: hcplzen.czSource: eliteprospects.comAs of May 3, 2025.

Arena

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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

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and

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References

External links

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