HC Kladno

Rytíři Kladno is an ice hockey team of the Tipsport Extraliga which plays in Kladno, Czech Republic. Their home arena is ČEZ STADION KLADNO


 * Czechoslovakia Championships won: 6 (1959, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980)
 * European Championships won: 1 (1977)

History


Kladno was a particularly strong team in the late 1970s, when it won four consecutive league titles (1975 - 1978), and again in 1980. The team's star, Milan Nový, was league MVP in 1977, 1981, and 1982, and won six scoring titles. František Pospíšil was league MVP in 1971 and 1972. Jaromír Jágr played for his hometown Kladno for part or all of the four seasons he played in Czechoslovakia.

NHL Alumni
HC Kladno has produced several NHL players, including Jaromír Jágr, Patrik Eliáš, Tomáš Vokoun, Marek Židlický, Radek Smoleňák, Michal Pivoňka, Martin Procházka, Pavel Patera, Milan Hnilička, Jakub Voráček, Radko Gudas and brothers Tomáš Kaberle & František Kaberle.