HC Sparta Praha

Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague based Czech ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as well as two Spengler Cups, making it one of the most successful hockey clubs in Czech history. The team HC Sparta Praha plays its home games at O2 Arena, the largest arena in the country.

Players in HC Sparta Praha jerseys
Since 2015, the home stadium of the team is O2 arena

HC Sparta Praha
CityPrague, Czech Republic
LeagueCzech Extraliga
FoundedDecember 6, 1903 (1903-12-06)
Home arenaO2 Arena
ColoursBlue, yellow, burgundy[1]
              
Owner(s)Kaprain Group
General manager Barbora Snopková Haberová
Head coach Miloslav Hořava
Captain Michal Řepík
Websitewww.hcsparta.cz
Franchise history
1903–1948AC Sparta Praha
1948–1949Sokol Sparta Bubeneč
1949–1951ZSJ Bratrství Sparta Praha
1951–1953ZSJ Sparta ČKD Sokolovo Praha
1953–1965TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo
1965–1990TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
1990–presentHC Sparta Praha

Milestones
  • Founded: The club was originally formed in 1903 as a bandy club and then transformed into a hockey club in 1909.
  • Best finishes: National champions of Czechoslovakia: 1952–53, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1992-93. National champions of the Czech Republic: 1999–00, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
  • Worst finishes: Czechoslovakia: 8th place (1972–73, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86), Czech Republic: 12th place (2010–11).

Highest national league participation: From the league foundation in 1936 to 1950 and from 1951 up to this day.

  • International achievements: Spengler Cup winner in 1962, 1963, Spengler Cup 2nd place in 2004, European League 2nd place 2000, European Champions Cup 2nd place in 2008, Champions Hockey League 2nd place 2017.
  • Club colours: Blue, yellow and red. Starting in the 2001–02 season, club jerseys used a combination of black, white and grey. Since the 2005–06 season, jerseys have regularly been burgundy and white.

History

The HC Sparta Praha hockey club is one of the oldest hockey clubs in the world and one of the most successful and famous clubs in Czechoslovakian and later Czech ice hockey history.

Sparta’s great successes were reached in the years following World War II as it won two national titles in a row—1952–53 and 1953–54—under the name Spartak Sokolovo. The next highly successful period came much more recently when Sparta won the national league in 1989–90 and again in 1992–93. Another recent achievement (along with two third-place finishes in 1995–96 and 1996–97) was Sparta’s participation in the final group of the European League (EHL) in 1996–97.

After a few years of bad luck and less success, Sparta returned to the top of the Czech Extraliga in 1999/00 when they were crowned league champions. That victory was the first of four championships they would win over seven seasons, adding Extraliga titles in 2002, 2006 and 2007. In addition to those achievements, Sparta managed to be part of the Top Four in the European League (EHL) again in 1999–2000 and achieved the greatest result in Czech hockey history: second place.

Present

HC Sparta Praha has regularly been one of the best teams in the Czech Extraliga, making the playoffs almost every year. HC Sparta Praha's home games are played at O2 Arena which is the largest hockey arena in the Czech Republic with a capacity of over 17,300 spectators. They moved there from the Tipsport Arena in 2015.

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Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

Czechoslovak Extraliga

Bohemian-Moravian League

International

Spengler Cup

  • Winners (2): 1962, 1963
  • Runners-up (1): 2004

Tatra Cup

  • Winners (5): 1935/1936, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980

IIHF European Champions Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2008

European Hockey League

Champions Hockey League

Pre-season

Tipsport Hockey Cup

  • Winners (2): 2001, 2009
  • Runners-up (1): 2003

Roster

Updated September 20, 2018

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
35 Matěj Machovský G L 26 2018 Opava, Czech Republic
41 David Honzík G L 26 2017 Milevsko, Czech Republic
55 Jeremie Blain D P 28 2018 Longueuil, Canada
7 Steven Delisle D P 29 2018 Lévis, Canada
16 Tomáš Dvořák D L 25 2017 Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
29 Petr Kalina D L 22 2015 Roudnice, Czech Republic
33 Jan Košťálek D P 25 2018 Prague, Czech Republic
19 Tomáš Pavelka D L 27 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic
75 Jan Piskáček (A) D L 30 2013 Kladno, Czech Republic
44 Tomáš Voráček D L 30 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic
47 Jan Buchtele LW L 29 2017 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Roberts Bukarts LW R 29 2018 Jurmala, Latvia
12 Jiří Černoch C R 23 2014 Klatovy, Czech Republic
88 Miroslav Forman RW L 29 2010 Mělník, Czech Republic
27 Blair Jones LW L 33 2018 Central Butte, Canada
34 Kevin Klima C L 23 2018 Tampa, USA
61 Lukáš Klimek C L 33 2013 Ostrava, Czech Republic
48 Vojtěch Kropáček C L 28 2017 Prague, Czech Republic
18 Andrej Kudrna RW L 29 2015 Nové Zámky, Slovakia
46 Petr Kumstát LW L 38 2013 Prostějov, Czech Republic
23 Lukáš Pech (A) C L 36 2013 Jihlava, Czech Republic
74 Daniel Přibyl  C P 27 2018 Ostrava, Czech Republic
28 Tomáš Pšenička LW L 21 2017 Prague, Czech Republic
10 Lukáš Rousek C L 21 2017 Ostrov nad Ohří, Czech Republic
62 Robert Říčka RW R 30 2017 Havířov, Czech Republic
24 Zach Sill C L 32 2018 Truro, Canada
67 Jiří Smejkal C L 27 2016 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

References
  1. "Historie HC Sparta Praha". www.sparta.cz. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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