VHK Vsetín is an ice hockey

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 Second National Hockey League (third-level league). The team is the most successful in Czech Republic ice hockey history, winning five straight 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....

 championships between 1995 and 1999, and another in 2001 for six titles in seven years. Their home arena is Zimní stadion Na Lapači

Zimní Stadion Na Lapaci

Zimní stadion Na Lapači is an indoor sporting arena located in Vsetín, Czech Republic. The capacity of the arena is 5,400 people and was built in 1966. It is currently home to the VHK Vsetín ice hockey team.- References :*...

 in Vsetín

Vsetín

Vsetín is a town in Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 28,500 inhabitants and lies on the Vsetínská Bečva river.The area around Vsetín, called Vsetínsko, is spread out on the foothills of the Vsetín, Hostýn and Vizovice Highlands around the Bečva River...

. In the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons they finished bottom of the league and did not participate in any competition in the 2007-08 season due to financial problems.

Club names

• 1905 – SK (Sportovní klub) Vsetín
• 1906 – Bruslařský klub Vsetín
• 1933 – Sokol Vsetín
• 1968 – Zbrojovka Vsetín
• 1994 – HC (Hockey club) Dadák Vsetín
• 1996 – HC Petra Vsetín
• 1998 – HC Slovnaft Vsetín
• 2001 – HC Vsetín
• 2003 – Vsetínská hokejová
• 2008 – Valašský hokejový klub (VHK)

External links

Official website