HC Olomouc
Encyclopedia
HC Olomouc is an ice hockey
team in the First National Hockey League
(second-level league) from Olomouc
. They won the Extraliga
championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997 the club sold the Extraliga license to HC Karlovy Vary, and was thus relegated to the second-level league.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team in the First National Hockey League
1. národní hokejová liga
The 1. národní hokejová liga is the second-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the Extraliga. It began in 1993.-Format in 2008-09 season:...
(second-level league) from Olomouc
Olomouc
Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...
. They won the Extraliga
Czech Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....
championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997 the club sold the Extraliga license to HC Karlovy Vary, and was thus relegated to the second-level league.
- Czech Extraliga championships: 1 (1994)
Club names
- 1955 – Spartak Moravia Olomouc
- 1965 – TJ Moravia DS Olomouc
- 1979 – TJ DS Olomouc
- 1992 – HC Olomouc
Famous players
- Pavel BrendlPavel BrendlPavel Brendl is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL.-Playing career:...
- Michal BrošMichal BrošMichal Broš is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HC Sparta Prague in the Czech Extraliga....
- Jiří DopitaJirí DopitaJiří Dopita is Czech professional ice hockey player who has played in the Czech Elite League most of his career. He briefly played in the National Hockey League. Dopita has primarily played centre throughout his career.-Playing career:...
- Ondřej KratěnaOndrej KratenaOndřej Kratěna is a Czech ice hockey forward currently playing for HC Sparta Prague in the Czech Extraliga.Kratěna began his career with HC Olomouc where he played for two seasons. After an impressive second season where he posted eleven goals and eleven assists, he signed with HC Vsetín...
- David KrejčíDavid KrejcíDavid Krejčí is a Czech professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- Ervín Mašek
- Jan Tomajko