Mountfield Hokejový Klub is a professional men's

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club based in

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. It is a member of the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...

. The club was formed after the original HC Mountfield was unable to resolve a sponsorship dispute.

History

Mountfield HK aligns itself with the history of Královští Lvi, a club formed in Hradec Králové in 1926 that operated a men's team until 2013. In the meantime, Mountfield a.s., a Czech-based home and garden retailer, owned and operated a hockey club in České Budějovice from 2006 to 2013. Following the 2012–13 season, the

reached a sponsorship deal with

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to sell its beer in all Extraliga arenas. This agreement conflicted with the

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deal

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already had with

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for their

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. Under the agreement, the club and the city would face stiff penalties for selling any beer other than Budvar products. Unable to resolve the dispute, the club decided on June 18, 2013 that no agreement could be reached between the parties involved and voted to immediately relocate to

for the 2013–14 season. Since then, Královští Lvi has been Mountfield HK's youth program, while Motor České Budějovice inherited Hradec Králové's spot in the Czech 1.liga.

Honours

Domestic

* 3rd place (1): 2016–17 Czech 1. Liga * 3rd place (1): 2006–07 1st. Czech National Hockey League * Winners (1):

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* Runners-up (1): 1982–83 2nd. Czechoslovak Hockey League * Winners (2): 1966–67, 1967–68

International

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* Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Players

Current roster

Champions Hockey League, CHL

Mountfield Hradec Králové (professional ice hockey team) lost the Final of the Champions Hockey League, CHL year 2020 against Frölunda, Sweden.

References

External links

Official website
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Sport in Hradec Králové 1925 establishments in Czechoslovakia Ice hockey clubs established in 1925