HC Jihlava
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HC Dukla Jihlava, founded in 1956, is an ice hockey
team in the Czech Republic
. It won the Czechoslovak Extraliga
title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, and again in 1991. As of 2006, HC Jihlava plays in the Czech 1. liga after being relegated from the Czech Extraliga
in 2004-05.
Some of its prominent players have included Jaroslav Holík
, Jiří Holík
, Jan Klapáč, Jan Suchý
, Ladislav Šmíd
senior, Miloš Podhorský, Jan Hrbatý, Josef Augusta
, Milan Chalupa
, Jaroslav Benák, Petr Vlk, Libor Dolana, Igor Liba
, Oldřich Válek, Dominik Hašek
, Jiří Crha
and Bedřich Ščerban
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. It won the Czechoslovak Extraliga
Czechoslovak Extraliga
The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1930 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.-See also:...
title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, and again in 1991. As of 2006, HC Jihlava plays in the Czech 1. liga after being relegated from the Czech Extraliga
Czech Extraliga
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....
in 2004-05.
Some of its prominent players have included Jaroslav Holík
Jaroslav Holík
Jaroslav Holík is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for Dukla Jihlava. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo...
, Jiří Holík
Jirí Holík
Jiří Holík is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for Dukla Jihlava...
, Jan Klapáč, Jan Suchý
Jan Suchy
Jan Suchý was an ice hockey player from Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia. He was sometimes referred to as the "European Bobby Orr."...
, Ladislav Šmíd
Ladislav Smid
Ladislav "Laddy" Šmíd is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
senior, Miloš Podhorský, Jan Hrbatý, Josef Augusta
Josef Augusta (ice hockey)
Josef Augusta is a former Czechoslovak ice hockey player and later coach, a silver medalist from the 1976 Winter Olympics. He is the father of Patrik Augusta....
, Milan Chalupa
Milan Chalupa
Milan Chalupa is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 14 games for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League.Chalupa began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava...
, Jaroslav Benák, Petr Vlk, Libor Dolana, Igor Liba
Igor Liba
Igor Liba is a former Slovak ice hockey player. Played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia...
, Oldřich Válek, Dominik Hašek
Dominik Hašek
Dominik Hašek is a Czech ice hockey goaltender who is currently with HC Spartak Moscow of the KHL.In his 16-season National Hockey League career, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, and the Ottawa Senators. During his years in Buffalo, he became one of the...
, Jiří Crha
Jiri Crha
Jiří Crha is a retired Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs....
and Bedřich Ščerban
Bedrich Šcerban
Bedřich Ščerban is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.Ščerban began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava of the Czech Extraliga in 1986. In 1991, he moved to Finland's SM-liiga, spending one season with Tappara before moving the Sweden's Elitserien with Brynäs IF...
.
Team success
- Czechoslovak ExtraligaCzechoslovak ExtraligaThe Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1930 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.-See also:...
- 1st place (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1991)
- 2nd place (1966, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987)
- 3rd place (1962, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1988)
- IIHF European Champions CupIIHF European Champions CupThe IIHF European Champions Cup was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation , which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF...
– 2. place (1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1983, 1984) - Spengler CupSpengler CupThe Spengler Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, between...
– 1. place (1965, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1982); 2. place (1970, 1971, 1983, 1984)