HC Olomouc is an ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga (first-level league) from Olomouc. They won the Extraliga championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997 the club sold the Extraliga license to HC Karlovy Vary, 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. 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. HC Slavia Praha and ČEZ Motor České Budějovice were relegated.

HC Olomouc

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

Winners (1): 1993–94

Czech 1. Liga

Runners-up (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

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

1st. Czech National Hockey League

Winners (1): 1982–83

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

HC Olomouc

Players

Current roster

Famous players

Pavel Brendl

Jiří Hudler

Michal Broš

Jiří Dopita

Ondřej Kratěna

David Krejčí

Jan Tomajko

References

External links

Official website

Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic

Sport in Olomouc

1955 establishments in Czechoslovakia

Ice hockey clubs established in 1955

HC Olomouc