Piráti Chomutov is an ice hockey

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 Chomutov

Chomutov

Chomutov is a city in the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region.Chomutov has been a statutory town since 1 July 2006. It occupies an area of 29,26 km² and has 50 782 inhabitants , thereby making it the 20th largest town in the Czech Republic, the 4th largest in the Ústí nad Labem...

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The club was established in 1945, in the 1950/1951 season it was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, where it played until 1963/1964 season. In 1967 the team was promoted to the highest league again but was relegated the very next year. In 1984 the club fell to the Second National Hockey League (third level league). In 1997 the club bought the license for 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:...

 from HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi.

Club names

• 1945 - ČSK Chomutov
• 1949 - ZJS spojené ocelárny
• 1951 - Sokol Hutě
• 1953 - TJ Baník Chomutov ZJF
• 1958 - Baník VTŽ Chomutov
• 1960 - VTŽ Chomutov
• 1991 - Klub ledního hokeje VT VTJ Chomutov
• 1996 - KLH Chomutov
• 2011 - Piráti Chomutov