HC Olomouc is a professional

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team in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ...

, from the city of

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

. They won the Extraliga championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997, the club sold the Extraliga license to

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, and was thus relegated to the second-level league. They returned to the Extraliga in 2014.

History

On 18 April 2014, they returned to the Extraliga by finishing 2nd in the relegation playoffs. 2014/2015 season started very well and by the end of year, team was on 5th place and even beaten elite team,

HC Sparta Praha Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak champio ...

. But then a rapid fall came and the team fell from 5th place to 13th, thus it had to play play-outs and then relegation play-offs. They ended on 1st place, staying in league with

Piráti Chomutov Piráti Chomutov is a Czech ice hockey team from Chomutov, Czech Republic. Established as ČSK Chomutov in 1945, the team has played in Chomutov through numerous team name changes and elevations/relegations in the Czechoslovak and Czech hockey l ...

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and ČEZ Motor České Budějovice were relegated.

Honours

Domestic

* Winners (1): 1993–94 Czech 1. Liga * Runners-up (2):

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, 2013–14 * 3rd place (3): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12

1st. Czech National Hockey League The 1st. Czech National Hockey League was, along with the 1st. Slovak National Hockey League, the second level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1993. The league was made up teams from the area of the modern Czech Republic. Champions ;1 ...

* Winners (1): 1982–83 * Runners-up (8): 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90

Players

Current roster

Source: hc-olomouc.czSource: eliteprospects.comAs of November 15, 2021.

Famous players

Pavel Brendl Pavel Brendl (born March 23, 1981) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who last played for the HKM Zvolen in the Slovak Extraliga. He played in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes and Pho ...

Jiří Hudler Jiří Hudler (; ; born 4 January 1984) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward. He played with the Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). After beginning his career ...

* Michal Broš * Jiří Dopita *

Ondřej Kratěna Ondřej Kratěna (born 21 April 1977) is a Czech former ice hockey forward who last played for HC Plzeň in the Czech Extraliga. Kratěna began his career with HC Olomouc where he played for two seasons. After an impressive second season where ...

David Krejčí David Krejčí (, born 28 April 1986) is a Czech former professional ice hockey centre who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins. He was part of the Bruins' Stanley Cup win in 2011 and led the NHL in points durin ...

* Jan Tomajko

References

External links

Official website
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