HC Kladno

Rytíři Kladno

City	Kladno, Czech Republic
League	Czech 1. Liga
Founded	1924 (1924)
Home arena	Zimní Stadion (Capacity: 5,200)
Colours	white, blue
Owner(s)	Jaromír Jágr
Head coach	Jindřich Lidický
Captain	Václav Skuhravý
Website www.hc-kladno.cz

Hockey Club Kladno, also known as Rytíři Kladno (Kladno Knights) is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech 1. Liga following relegation at the conclusion of the 2013–2014 season of the Czech Extraliga.^[1] The team president is Jaromír Jágr, the father of NHL player Jaromír Jágr who owns part.

History

Kladno was a particularly strong team in the late 1970s, when it won four consecutive league titles (1975–1978), and again in 1980. The team's star, Milan Nový, was league MVP in 1977, 1981, and 1982, and won six scoring titles. František Pospíšil was league MVP in 1971 and 1972.

Jaromír Jágr played for his hometown Kladno for parts of four seasons, including during the NHL lockouts in 1994, 2004, and 2012.

During the 2010–2011 season, the team was docked 6 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 Plzeň.^[2]

Club names

1924 – HOSK Kladno
1948 – Sokol Kladno
1977 – Poldi SONP Kladno
1995 – HC Poldi Kladno
1997 – HC Velvana Kladno
2000 – HC Vagnerplast Kladno
2003 – HC Rabat Kladno
2007 – HC GEUS OKNA Kladno
2010 – HC Vagnerplast Kladno
2011 – Rytíři Kladno

Honors

Champions

01 ! Czechoslovakia Championships (6): 1959, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980
01 ! European Championships (1): 1977

NHL alumni

References

↑ http://www.hokej.cz/cz/1-liga/
↑ "Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body". Česká televize (in Czech). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to HC Kladno.

Official web site (Czech)
Kladno Sport
Meltzer, Bill. "Kladno: Small Town, Big Draft Legacy" article at NHL.com Retrieved 06–27–06.

1st Czech Republic Hockey League

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Related articles: Czech Extraliga IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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