1st League (Czechoslovakia) 1936/37

Státní league
	1936/37 season		next ►
Master:	LTC Prague
Relegated:	SK Slavia Prague
• Státní liga

The 1936/37 season of the 1st league ( Czech Státní liga ) was the first regular staging of the top ice hockey division in Czechoslovakia . With 13 points, LTC Prague won the first Czechoslovak championship , which was played within a national league. The SK Slavia Prague rose after losing the decider from around the league whereabouts.

Attendees

The participants of the first season of the Státní liga qualified in regional competitions in the preseason:

• Prague 1st class: LTC Prague , AC Sparta Prague , SK Slavia Prague
• South Bohemian Division: AC Stadion České Budějovice
• Northeast Division Bohemia: LTC Pardubice , which, however, by the second-placed BK Mladá Boleslav was replaced
• Moravian Silesia: ČSK Vítkovice
• Slovakia-Carpathians: HC Tatry Poprad
• Championship of the German clubs: Troppauer EV Opava

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	LTC Prague	7th	6th	1	0	64: 02	13
2.	AC Sparta Prague	7th	5	2	0	29: 07	12
3.	AC Stadium in České Budějovice	7th	4th	0	3	20:24	8th
4th	HC Tatry Poprad	7th	3	1	3	18:14	7th
5.	SSK Vítkovice	7th	3	1	3	14:18	7th
6th	Troppauer EV Opava	7th	2	1	4th	10:19	5
7th	SK Slavia Prague	7th	2	0	6th	08:31	4th
8th.	BK Mladá Boleslav	7th	0	0	7th	06:54	0

The champions of the 1936/37 season were LTC Prague, who finished the season played in a simple round with a total of 13 points and thus one point ahead of HC Sparta Prague . In the relegation battle, SK Slavia Prague lost 1-0 to BK Mladá Boleslav, who had previously remained pointless in seven games, in the playoff . The league's top scorer was Josef Maleček from LTC Prague, who scored 16 goals in seven league games.

Best goal scorers

• Josef Maleček ( LTC Prague ) - 16 goals
• Oldřich Kučera (LTC Prague) - 14 goals
• Mike Buckna (LTC Prague) - 8 goals
• Alois Cetkovský (LTC Prague) - 7 goals
• Murray Teeple ( AC Sparta Prague ) - 7 goals
• Arthur McLean (AC Sparta Prague) - 6 goals
• Václav Špatný ( AC Stadion České Budějovice ) - 6 goals
• V. Riczinger (Tatry) - 5 goals

LTC Prague championship team

goalkeeper	Bohumil Modrý , Antonín Houba
Defender	Jaroslav Pušbauer , Mike Buckna , Stephen Beda , Vilibald Šťovík
striker	Ladislav Troják , Josef Maleček , Oldřich Kučera , František Pergl , Alois Cetkovský , Jaroslav Císař
Trainer	Mike Buckna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ historie.hokej.cz, Historie hokejové ligy, sezona 1936–1937
2. ↑ avlh.sweb.cz, Státní liga 1936/37 (PDF file)

Web links

• 1st league statistics (Czech)