HC Sparta Praha

HC Sparta Praha
City Prague, Czech Republic
League Czech Extraliga
Founded 1903 (1903)
Home arena Tipsport Arena
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Head coach Josef Jandač

Website
www.hcsparta.cz

HC Sparta Praha (eng: HC Sparta Prague) is a Prague based Czech ice hockey team playing in Czech Extraliga.

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Milestones

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

Roster for 2011-12 season

Goalies
No. Ntl. Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
1 Vojtěch Sedláček L Junior Praha, Czech Republic
42 Tomáš Pöpperle L 2010 Broumov, Czech Republic
Defensemen
No. Ntl. Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
5 Michael Zacpálek L 2009 Šumperk, Czech Republic
14 Patrik Husák L Junior Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
16 Jaroslav Kasík L 2011 Praha, Czech Republic
38 Jan Hanzlík L Junior Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
52 Radek Philipp L 2010 Kroměříž, Czech Republic
73 Angel Krstev L 2011 Praha, Czech Republic
93 Jan Veselý L Junior Czech Republic
- Jakub Kolář L Junior Czech Republic
- Michal Sersen L 2011 Gelnica, Slovakia
- Daniel Sobotka L Junior Czech Republic
Forwards
No. Ntl. Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
6 Michal Broš R 2008 Olomouc, Czech Republic
7 Yorick Treille R 2010 Cannes, France
8 Tomáš Rubeš L Junior Czech Republic
10 Ivan Rachůnek L 2011 Zlín, Czech Republic
16 Lukáš Luňák L 2009 Olomouc, Czech Republic
23 Robert Sovík L Junior Czech Republic
24 Tomáš Klimenta L Junior Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
27 Lukáš Žalčík L 2009 Czech Republic
30 Tomáš Rachůnek L 2011 Zlín, Czech Republic
33 Daniel Přibyl R Junior Czech Republic
62 Petr Tenkrát R 2011 Děčín, Czech Republic
77 Sacha Treille L 2011 Grenoble, France
81 Adam Lapšanský L 2011 Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
86 Peter Jánský L 2011 Most, Czech Republic
87 Petr Ton R 2003 Slaný, Czech Republic
- Mário Bližňák L 2011 Trenčín, Slovakia
- Miroslav Forman L Junior Czech Republic
- Alex Foster L 2011 Canton, USA

History

Former names:

The Sparta Praha hockey club is one of the most successful and famous clubs in Czechoslovakian and later Czech ice hockey history. There is not many sports clubs in Czech republic whose history reached so far as history of the Prague ice hockey club SPARTA.

Sparta’s great successes were reached in the years following World War II as it won two national titles in a row - 1952/54 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 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 TIPSPORT Arena, which is the second-largest hockey arena in the Czech Republic with a capacity of 13,000 spectators.

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