Piráti Chomutov is a Czech

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team from

Chomutov Chomutov (; german: Komotau) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. There are almost 80,000 inhabitants in the city's wider metropolitan area. The city centre is well preserved and is protec ...

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. Established as ČSK Chomutov in 1945, the team has played in Chomutov through numerous team name changes and elevations/relegations in the

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and Czech hockey leagues. They currently playing in the third level

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. Their home arena is the Rocknet aréna located in

History

The club was established in 1945 as ČSK Chomutov. In the 1950/1951 season, playing as Sokol Hutě, the team was promoted to the

Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the el