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HC Kometa Brno
CityBrno, Czech Republic
LeagueCzech Extraliga
Founded1953 (1953)
Home arenaDRFG Arena (Capacity: 7,700)
Coloursblue, white    
Owner(s)Czech Republic Libor Zábranský
Head coachCzech Republic Libor Zábranský
CaptainCzech Republic Leoš Čermák
Websitewww.hc-kometa.cz
File:Kometa hala.jpg
DRFG Arena

HC Kometa Brno ("Comet" in English) is a professional ice hockey team based in Brno, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga. Kometa is the most successful ice hockey club in the Czech Republic with 13 Czechoslovak (and Czech) league championship titles. Holding three European Cup titles, Kometa ranks as the most successful Czech club in international ice hockey. The team has won 2 Czech championships in a row in seasons 2016/2017 and in 2017/2018.

Auditorium PSG Zlín match 29 November 2011.

History

Players and fans of Kometa during 2011 post-season friendly match.

The club was founded in 1953 as an army ice hockey club with the name Rudá hvězda Brno ("Red Star"). The majority of players were transferred from 2 hockey clubs in Brno (TJ Spartak Brno Zbrojovka and TJ Spartak GZ Královo Pole[1]). In 1962, the club changed its name to ZKL Brno (ZKL is abbreviation of "Ball Bearing Factory")[2] and stopped being an army team. In 1976, the name was changed to Zetor Brno. Shortly after the revolution (1994), the club changed its name to HC Kometa Brno. "Kometa" was the team's nickname since 1950's (opposite to official "Red Star") and the team was commonly referred to by this name since its beginnings.

Legendary playerFrantišek Vaněk 156 scoring

In 1996, the team was relegated from Czech Extraliga to the second highest ice hockey league – 1st Czech Republic Hockey League. For many years, the team struggled due to bad financing, multiple changes of owners and faced another relegation, which happened in 2001–2002 season. The club almost ceased to exist, playing in the East division of the third highest Czech ice hockey league – 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League. By the 2003–2004 season, it returned to 1. liga and began its little "renaissaince". In 2004, Kometa played its first playoffs series since 1997, reached the semifinals in 2008 and the finals in 2009. On 1 April 2009, Kometa (minority co-owner Rene Burger) bought the licence for Czech Extraliga from another South Moravian club, HC Znojemští Orli. This club will now serve as a farm team for Brno.[3]

In March 2012, the team managed to defeat HC Sparta Praha, the winner of the 2011–12 Czech Extraliga regular season, in six games, and qualified for the playoff semifinals.[4] In the semifinals, they defeated HC Plzeň 1929, the runner-up of the regular season, in five. In the final, Kometa lost the Czech Extraliga championship final to HC Pardubice in six games.[5]

Awards and trophies

History of the team name

  • 1953 – Rudá hvězda Brno
  • 1962 – TJ ZKL Brno
  • 1976 – TJ Zetor Brno
  • 1990 – HC Zetor Brno
  • 1993 – HC Královopolská Brno
  • 1994 – HC Kometa Brno
  • 1995 – HC Kometa Brno BVV
  • 1997 – HC Kometa Brno

Current players

Current roster for season 2016/2017[6]

Position # Name Acquired
G 50 Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Vejmelka 2015
G 30 Flag of the Czech Republic Marek Langhamer 2017
G 30 Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Jekel -
D 64 Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Bartejs 2016
D 6 Flag of Slovakia Jozef Kováčik 2011
D 63 Flag of the Czech Republic Ondřej Němec 2016
D 71 Flag of Slovakia Tomáš Malec 2010
D 77 Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Štencel 2016
D 36 Flag of the Czech Republic Jakub Krejčík 2017
D 61 Flag of Slovakia Peter Trška 2015
F 12 Flag of the Czech Republic Leoš Čermák (C) 2011
F 27 Flag of the Czech Republic Kamil Brabenec 2017
F 10 Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Erat 2016
F 90 Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Dočekal 2012
F 9 Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Erat 2009
F 91 Flag of the Czech Republic Marek Kvapil 2016
F 22 Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Káňa 2010
F 57 Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Hruška -
F 29 Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Vincour 2016
F 53 Flag of the Czech Republic Vojtěch Němec 2011
F 87 Flag of Slovakia Marcel Haščák 2016
F 5 Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Vondráček 2012
F 26 Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Zaťovič 2016
F 97 Flag of the Czech Republic Radim Zohorna 2012
F 20 Flag of the Czech Republic Hynek Zohorna 2011
F 95 Flag of Canada Alexandre Mallet 2017
F 88 United States Peter Mueller 2018
  • Play off with PSG Zlín 2011
    Play off with PSG Zlín 2011
  • PSG Zlín match
    PSG Zlín match
  • PSG ZLín full play
    PSG ZLín full play
  • The Old stadium behind Lužánky parc
    The Old stadium behind Lužánky parc
  • The closing of the season 2011
    The closing of the season 2011
  • DRFG Arena - main entrance
    DRFG Arena - main entrance
  • The Old logo
    The Old logo

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.hc-kometa.cz/historie.asp
  2. ^ Originally Závody kuličkových ložisek; this factory – now ZKL Group Brno – became main sponsor of the club
  3. ^ http://www.hokej.cz/index.php?lng=CZ&view=clanek&id=43278
  4. ^ "Kometa je v euforii a už mluví o titulu. Máme na to, tvrdí hráči". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDnes. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Pardubice – Brno 5:6. Stav série 1:1. Drama pro kardiaky. Kometa přetlačila Pardubice, padlo 11 gólů!" (in Czech). Sport.cz. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. ^ http://hc-kometa.cz/soupiska.asp
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