HC Škoda Plzeň

HC Škoda Plzeň is a professional Czech 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

 * Vladimír Bednář
 * Bohuslav Ebermann
 * Milan Kajkl
 * Jiří Kučera
 * Dušan Salfický
 * Martin Straka
 * Petr Sýkora
 * Jaroslav Špaček
 * Tuukka Rask
 * Dominik Kubalik
 * Ryan Hollweg

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.