Orli Znojmo
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TJ Sokol Znojmo (1933–1993) SK Agropodnik Znojmog (1993–1997) HC Excalibur Znojemnští orli (1997–2001) HC JME Znojemnští orli (2001–2004) HC Znojemští Orli (2005–2009) Orli Znojmo (since 2009) |
Location | Znojmo , Czech Republic |
Nickname | Eagle |
Club colors | red, white, black |
league | 2. česká hokejová league |
Venue | Nevoga Arena |
capacity | 5,500 seats |
executive Director | Petr Veselý |
Head coach | Miroslav Fryčer |
captain | Radim Matuš |
Season 2019/20 | 8th place (main round) 3rd place (qualifying round) |
The Orli Znojmo ( Adler Znojmo , formerly HC Znojemští Orli ) are a Czech ice hockey team from Znojmo that belonged to the Extraliga , the top division in the Czech Republic, between 1999 and 2009 . Between 2011 the club played in the Austria- centered supranational Erste Bank Ice Hockey League , with the runner-up title in the 2015/16 season being the greatest success so far. Since 2020 the club has been participating in the 2nd česká hokejová liga again. The club's home games are played in the 5500-seat Nevoga Arena .
history
The club was founded in 1933 as TJ Sokol Znojmo and until the beginning of the 1990s played only on a regional level in "krajský přebor" . After the Czech-Austrian company RONJA under Jaroslav Vlasák found a solvent sponsor for the club, the club changed from a purely amateur to a professional club. In 1994 the club, now renamed SK Agropodnik Znojmo , was promoted to the 2nd division . In the following three seasons, the first team from Znojmo occupied middle places in this division. From 1996 the club cooperated with the two extra league clubs HC Pardubice and HC Dukla Jihlava , so that junior players from the three clubs could gain experience and match practice in the other league.
At the end of the 1996/97 season, they were promoted to the first division when they could beat HC Sokolov 4-0 in relegation . After this success, the club was renamed again, as the company RONJA was renamed Excalibur , and from that point on was called HC Excalibur Znojemští orli . For the first season in the second division of the Czech Republic, a competitive team was put together, which won the championship of the first division in 1998. In the relegation to the Extraliga, however, the team failed 3: 4 at HC Bohemex Trade Opava , although Znojmo had already led 3: 0 in the Best of Seven series.
A year later, the team around Petr Kaňkovský and Jiří Heš managed to move up to the extra league, when they first became champions of the first division and defeated HC Dukla Jihlava 4: 3 in relegation . In the following years the club was able to assert itself in the midfield of the Extraliga, but never made it past the playoff semifinals. In 2001 the club renamed itself to HC JME Znojemští orli after the new sponsor and also included the sponsor's logo in the club's coat of arms. Since January 1st, 2005 the club has been called HC Znojemští orli .
The club's greatest success so far was reaching the play-off semi-finals of the Extraliga in the 2005/06 season . The club has been sponsored by the energy company E.ON since the 2006/07 season and also bears its logo in the club's coat of arms. At the end of the preliminary round of the 2006/07 season, the club finished 9th and thus qualified for the pre-playoffs. There they scored 3: 0 (3: 2, 2: 1, 3: 2) in the best-of-five mode against HC Rabat Kladno for the quarter-finals, but there the team failed in seven games at HC Moeller Pardubice ( 2: 5, 0: 2, 0: 3, 3: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1, 0: 5). In the 2007/08 season Znojmo reached only tenth place after the preliminary round and was eliminated in the pre-playoffs against HC Oceláři Třinec 3-0.
In the summer of 2008 there was speculation that the club wanted to sell its Extraliga license, but ultimately the club's board of directors decided to continue operating the professional team in the Extraliga. In the 2008/09 season, HC Znojmo was one of the oldest teams in the Extraliga with an average age of over 29, with Jiří Dopita and Jaroslav Kameš, two players who were born before 1970. After the end of the 2008/09 season, the club sold its Extraliga license to HC Kometa Brno for 25 million kroner (approx. 900,000 euros ) due to the departure of the main sponsor EON , thus relegating voluntarily to the first division. In addition, a player exchange between the clubs was agreed. In the course of the restructuring, the name of the team was changed to Orli Znojmo .
Participation in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
In spring 2011, the club applied for admission to the Austrian ice hockey league . One of the reasons for this was that they wanted to give the team a new perspective without having to take the financial risk of promotion to the extra league. The EBEL granted the application on May 31, 2011, after the Czech Ice Hockey Federation had given its approval. However, the prerequisite was that the club continued to take part in the first division with a team. However, this requirement was not upheld.
In the first season, the Czechs only reached the penultimate place in the main round, but were able to buy a play-off ticket with first place in the qualifying round. In the quarterfinals, however, was against KHL Medveščak Zagreb terminus. In the 2012/13 season, the club just missed the direct play-off entry in the main round, but was able to win the qualifying round again. In the quarterfinals, however, another defeat had to be accepted, this time against the eventual finalist Vienna Capitals .
In 2013/14 Znojmo was able to qualify directly for the play-off for the first time after finishing the main round in fifth place. As in the previous two seasons, this time the quarter-finals were over after the Czechs lost to EHC Linz . In 2014/15, the fifth place in the main round and thus the direct play-off entry could be achieved again. However, the quarter-final bad luck of the Czechs followed this time with a defeat against EC KAC .
In 2015/16, Orli Znojmo achieved his best result to date with third place in the main round and was equal on points with champions EC Red Bull Salzburg in the placement round . This is the first time they have secured one of the four EBEL CHL starting places for the 2016/17 season. In addition, the Czechs were able to defeat a quarter-final opponent for the first time with the Dornbirn EC and move into the semi-finals. There they met again at EHC Linz and won 4-2. The Znojmo striker Colton Yellow Horn advanced to become the most valuable player in the league and was awarded the Ron Kennedy Trophy as the most valuable player of the season. With the departure of Linz, Salzburg automatically became Austrian champions. In the final against the Red Bulls, Znojmo lost 4-2 in the series.
After some of the top players like Colton Yellow Horn, Martin Bača and Jan Lukáš made a league change, the Czechs strengthened themselves with ex-NHL goalie Marek Schwarz , the Canadian Sean McMonagle , the Italian points leader of 2015/16 Adam Hughesman , the Dutch national team captain Kevin Bruijsten and the Pole Patryk Wronka . Nevertheless, Znojmo started the new 2016/17 season with devastating sporting defeats. In the 2016/17 Champions Hockey League , the club lost all four Group F games and was eliminated without points. In the last game the Czechs even conceded a 7-0 win against EHC Red Bull Munich . In the EBEL, the Czechs lost their first game 6-0 against EC VSV , followed by a 5-2 win against Salzburg and a 5-1 win against EC KAC .
In May 2020, the club withdrew its participation in the EBEL because, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic, many sponsors could not keep their promises and the budget had shrunk by 60%. The club plans to take part in the third-class 2nd česká hokejová liga in the 2020/21 season and to participate in the EBEL again in the future.
Placements since 1993
season | Preliminary round | Pt | Platzg. | captain | comment |
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1993/94 | krajský přebor | - | 2. | Promotion to the 2nd division | |
1994/95 | 2nd league | 34 | 4th | - | |
1995/96 | 2nd league | 38 | 4th | - | |
1996/97 | 2nd league | 38 | 4th | Promotion to the 1st division | |
1997/98 | 1st League | 66 | 1. | Relegation against HC Bohemex Trade Opava | |
1998/99 | 1st League | 80 | 1. | Milan Kastner | Relegation against HC Dukla Jihlava 4: 3 and promotion to the extra league |
1999/2000 | 9. | 43 | 9. | Milan Kastner | Missed playoffs by two points |
2000/01 | 2. | 82 | 5. | 3: 4 in the quarter-finals against HC Slavia Prague | |
2001/02 | 7th | 83 | 7th | 3: 4 in the quarterfinals against HC Continental Zlín | |
2002/03 | 8th. | 77 | 8th. | 2-4 in the quarterfinals against HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | |
2003/04 | 4th | 86 | 6th | 3: 4 in the quarter-finals against HC Slavia Prague | |
2004/05 | 11. | 66 | 11. | - | |
2005/06 | 5. | 84 | 3. | Peter Pucher | 1: 4 in the semifinals against HC Sparta Prague |
2006/07 | 9. | 76 | 7th | Peter Pucher | 3: 4 in the quarterfinals against HC Moeller Pardubice |
2007/08 | 10. | 76 | 10. | Radim Bičánek | 0: 3 in the pre-playoffs against HC Oceláři Třinec |
2008/09 | 12. | 68 | 13. | Radim Bičánek | Sale of the license to HC Kometa Brno , relegation to the first division |
2009/10 | 1st league - 7th place | 68 | 7th | Radek Haman | Quarter-finals, 0-4 against KLH Chomutov |
2010/11 | 1st league - 6th place | 66 | 6th | Radek Haman | Quarter-finals, 2-4 against HC Dukla Jihlava |
2011/12 | EBEL - 10th place | 34 | 7th | Jiří Beroun | Quarter-finals, 0-4 against Medveščak Zagreb |
2012/13 | EBEL - 7th place | 52 | 7th | Jiří Beroun | Quarter-finals, 1: 4 against Vienna Capitals |
2013/14 | EBEL - 5th place | 56 | 4th | Jiří Beroun | Quarter-finals, 1: 4 against EHC Linz |
2014/15 | EBEL - 5th place | 52 | 3. | Jiří Beroun | Quarter-finals, 1: 4 against EC KAC |
2015/16 | EBEL - 2nd place | 2. | Jiří Beroun | Quarter-finals, 4: 2 against EC Dornbirn semi-finals, 4: 2 against EHC Linz final, 2: 4 against EC Red Bull Salzburg |
Trainer
- 1999/00 Stanislav Barda and Pavel Pazourek , Barda later replaced by Milan Chalupa
- 2000/01 Milan Chalupa, Pavel Pazourek, Rostislav Dočekal and Milan Kastner
- 2001/02 Pavel Pazourek and Milan Kastner
- 2002/03 Miloslav Hořava , Milan Kastner and Milan Skrbek
- 2003/04 Pavel Pazourek, Milan Kastner and Milan Skrbek
- 2004/05 Zajíc, Milan Kastner, Karel Vaněk , later replaced by Miloslav Hořava, Jan Votruba and Milan Kastner
- 2005–2007 Miloslav Hořava, Jan Votruba
- 2007/08 Václav Sýkora , Pavel Hynek
- 2008/09 Radim Rulík , Václav Baďouček
- 2009/10 Jan Neliba , Milan Kastner
- 2010/11 Karel Soudek , Milan Kastner
- 2011/12 Karel Soudek , Martin Stloukal
- 2012/13 Martin Stloukal
- 2013– Jiří Režnar
Well-known former players
HC Znojmo player in the NHL Entry Draft
With NHL commitment
- Martin Prusek : Ottawa Senators , 1999 ; 49 NHL games for the Senators, nine NHL games for the Columbus Blue Jackets
- Tomáš Vokoun : Canadiens de Montréal , 1994 ; a game for the Canadiens, 361 for the Nashville Predators
- Radim Bičánek : Ottawa Senators, 1993 ; 42 games for the Senators, 18 for the Chicago Blackhawks , 69 for the Columbus Blue Jackets
- Karel Rachůnek : Ottawa Senators, 1997 ; 266 games for the Senators, 47 for the New York Rangers
- Zdeněk Blatný : Atlanta Thrashers , 1999 ; 16 games for the Thrashers, five for the Boston Bruins
- Marián Cisár : Los Angeles Kings , 1996 ; 73 NHL games for the Nashville Predators
- Jiří Dopita : Boston Bruins, 1992 ; 52 NHL games for the Philadelphia Flyers , 21 for the Edmonton Oilers
- Patrik Eliáš : New Jersey Devils , 1994; 741 games in the NHL for the Devils
- Martin Havlát : Ottawa Senators, 1999; 349 NHL games for the Senators, 119 for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Jaroslav Svoboda : Carolina Hurricanes , 1998 ; 114 NHL games for the Hurricanes, 45 for the Dallas Stars
Without NHL use
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hcorli.cz/zobraz.asp?t=historie-hokeje-ve-znojme
- ↑ hcliberec.de, seasonal statistics ( Memento from March 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ puckfans.at, Znojmo says goodbye to the Extraliga http://alt.puckfans.at/index.php?id=1324 ( Memento from July 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Is the EBEL expanding to the Czech Republic? , Report on hockeyfans.at from May 20, 2011
- ↑ It's fixed: Znojmo will be the 11th team of the EBEL , report on hockeyfans.at from May 31, 2011
- ^ IIHF says yes to Znojmo switch to the EBEL , report on hockeyfans.at from June 14, 2011
- ↑ Orli Znojmo is "temporarily" withdrawing from the league. derstandard.at , accessed on May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Ice hockey magazine: 60% less budget and uncertainty due to the pandemic: HC Orli Znojmo is withdrawing! In: eishockey-magazin.de. May 24, 2020, accessed May 25, 2020 .