HC Škoda Plzeň

HC Škoda Plzeň
HC Škoda Plzeň
City	Plzeň, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1929
Home arena	Logspeed CZ Arena; (Capacity: 8,236)
Colours	Blue, white;
General manager	Martin Straka
Head coach	Petr Kořínek
Website	hcplzen.cz

HC Škoda Plzeň is a professional ice hockey team based in Plzeň, Czech Republic and was founded in 1929. They currently play in the Czech Extraliga, 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 - Runner-up (1958,1959,1992) Third place (1957)
Czech Extraliga - Champion (2013), Third Place (2000,2012) Presidents Trophy (2010)

Notable players

Players

Current roster

Source: hcplzen.cz^[1]Source: eliteprospects.com^[2]As of October 3, 2021.


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32	Miroslav Svoboda	G	L	29	2021	Vsetín, Czech Republic
89	Adrián Holešinský	C	L	28	2022	Čadca, Slovakia
42	Filip Suchý	C	L	26	2020	Horní Lukavice, Czech Republic
86	Tomáš Mertl	C	L	38	2019	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
39	Dominik Pavlát	G	L	25	2020	Tábor, Czech Republic
97	Lukáš Kaňák	D	L	27	2016	Klatovy, Czech Republic
93	Matyáš Kantner	C	L	26	2017	Plzeň, Czech Republic
88	Petr Kodýtek	C	L	26	2016	Sušice, Czech Republic
4	Jakub Kindl	D	L	37	2021	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
87	Filip Přikryl	C	L	23	2019	Rokycany, Czech Republic
84	Jan Schleiss	RW	R	30	2021	Plzeň, Czech Republic
80	Michal Bulíř	C	L	33	2021	Liberec, Czechoslovakia
65	David Kvasnička	D	L	25	2020	Rokycany, Czech Republic
49	Vojtěch Budík	D	L	26	2019	Pardubice, Czech Republic
67	Martin Lang	RW	R	23	2020	Rokycany, Czech Republic
5	David Jiříček	D	R	20	2019	Klatovy, Czech Republic
89	Pavel Musil	C	L	32	2020	Čáslav, Czechoslovakia
17	Mārtiņš Dzierkals	LW	L	27	2021	Riga, Latvia
82	Sebastián Malát	F	L	22	2019	Klatovy, Czech Republic
66	Filip Kuťák	C	L	28	2021	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
31	Samuel Hlavaj	G	L	23	2023	Martin, Slovakia
–	Olivier Archambault	LW	L	31	2024	Le Gardeur, Quebec, Canada
–	Igor Merezhko	D	R	26	2024	Kharkov, Ukraine

Arena

Home Monitoring Aréna 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 and HC Kladno.^[3]