HC Sparta Praha

HC Sparta Praha
City	Prague, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1903 (1903)
Home arena	Tipsport Arena
Colors
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.

Milestones

• Founded: The club was originally formed in 1903 as Bandy club but was only officially founded in 1909.

• Greatest successes: National champions in 1952-1953, 1953-1954, 1989-1990, 1992–93, 1999-2000, 2001–02, 2005–06 and 2006-07. 2nd place in EHL 1999/00, Spengler Cup victory 1962, 1963, Spengler Cup 2nd place in 2004, Super Six 2nd place in 2008

• Worst results: Czechoslovakia: 8th place (1972–73, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86), Czech Republic: 12th place (2010–11)

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

• International successes: Spengler Cup winner in 1962, 1963, Spengler Cup 2nd place in 2004, 2nd place European League (EHL) 2000, Super Six 2nd place in 2008

• Club colours: Blue, yellow and red. Since the 2001-02 season, club jerseys had been either black and white or grey, but since the 2005-06 season, jerseys have been burgundy and white.

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:

• 1948 - Sokol Sparta
• 1949 - Sokol Bratrství Sparta
• 1951 - Sokol Sparta Sokolovo
• 1953 - Spartak Praha Sokolovo
• 1965 - Sparta ČKD Praha
• 1990 - HC Sparta Praha

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.

External links

• Official site
• Official FanClub site