Aleš Kněžínek, better known by his in-game name Freeze, is a Czech former professional ''

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'' player and current Assistant Coach for

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. He has also played for Renegades, H2k-Gaming, Copenhagen Wolves, and

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. He was the first Czech national to play in the LCS.

Career

With Ninjas in Pyjamas, Kněžížek Began his LCS career beginning in the summer split of season 3. By the end of the split, the team finished the regular season in 5th place, making it to the playoffs, where they finished 6th overall. This, unfortunately, lead

to be relegated to the challenger series, where Kněžížek would stay for all of season 4, before later leaving the disbanding NiP. Kněžížek was then picked up by the Copenhagen Wolves before beginning the season 5 spring split, where he and the team finished 6th. In the summer split of season 5, the Copenhagen Wolves were much less successful, finishing in last place, 10th, forcing them to be auto-relegated. And once Kněžížek's contract expired and he announced his free agency on November 1, 2015. He was picked up by

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team Renegades on January 6, where he is currently playing the season 6 spring split. Renagades finished 8th in the LCS, and Kněžížek left the team after the disappointing finish. He joined H2k on May 8, 2016, ahead of the EU LCS Summer 2016 split, replacing FORG1VEN at AD Carry as the latter was conscripted into the

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. However, FORG1VEN later had his military service commuted, and transferred to

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. On July 27, 2016, H2k announced that Kněžížek would step away from the roster due to persistent

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. The team stated that FORG1VEN would take his place on the starting roster. Signed by

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in December 2016. In 2020, Kněžížek stepped away from competitive play and signed with

as an assistant coach.

Tournament results

2013

2014

Ninjas in Pyjamas

* 1st — DreamHack Summer 2014 (17 June 2014)

Copenhagen Wolves

* 6th — 2015 Spring EU LCS * 10th —

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Renagades

* 8th — 2016 Spring NA LCS

H2k-Gaming

* 4th — 2016 Summer EU LCS

Notes

References

{{Reflist Living people H2k-Gaming players Renegades (esports) players Copenhagen Wolves players Ninjas in Pyjamas players Tempo Storm players Czech esports players League of Legends AD Carry players 1990s births League of Legends coaches