HC Vítkovice | |
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City: | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
League: | Czech Extraliga |
Founded: | 1928 |
Home Arena: | ČEZ Aréna |
Colors: | dark-blue and white |
Head Coach: | Alois Hadamczik |
HC Vítkovice is an ice hockey club based in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It plays in newly reconstructed ČEZ Aréna (former Palác kultury a sportu Ostrava-Vítkovice).
The club was founded in 1928. Vítkovice were the champions of Czechoslovakia in the 1951-52 and 1980-81 seasons. In the 2005-06 season the club played with the name HC Vítkovice Steel.
Club names
- 1928 – SSK (Sportovně společenský klub), merger of SK Moravská Slavia a SK Slovan Ostrava
- 1936 – ČSK (Český sportovní klub)
- 1945 – SK Vítkovické železárny
- 1948 – Sokol Vítkovické železárny
- 1952 – Baník Vítkovice
- 1957 – VŽKG Ostrava
- 1976 – TJ Vítkovice
- 1993 – HC Vítkovice
- 2005 - HC Vítkovice Steel