LHK Jestřábi Prostějov

LHK Jestřábi Prostějov
Greatest successes
Winning the Tatranský pohár in 1932, 1946, 1952 Champion of the 2nd division in 1999, 2005, 2014
Club information
history	Sportovní klub Prostějov (1913–1948) TJ Železárny Prostějov (1959–1969) TJ Prostějov (1969–1989) (I) HC Prostějov (1989–2004) HK Jestřábi Prostějov (2004–2009) LHK Jestřábi Prostějov (since 2009)
Location	Prostějov , Czech Republic
Club colors	red, white, gold
league	1st League
Venue	Zimní Stadium Prostějov
capacity	5,500 seats (including 2,200 seats)
Head coach	Alois Chlustina

The LHK Jestřábi Prostějov is a Czech ice hockey club from Prostějov that has been participating in the second division of the Czech Republic, the 1st division , since 2014 . It is the successor club of HC Prostějov, which was founded in 1913 as Sportovní klub Prostějov .

history

Logo of SK Prostějov

The original club was founded in 1913 under the name Sportovní klub Prostějov . In 1948 the association was renamed Sokol II Prostějov , 1950 in Sokol ČSSZ Prostějov , 1953 in Tatran Prostějov and 1956 in Slovan Prostějov . In December 1959, the club merged with Baník Prostějov to form TJ Železárny Prostějov - the club played under this name until 1969. Then you played until the end of the 1980s as TJ Prostějov , before the club was renamed HKC Prostějov . In 1995, BH Sport Prostějov took over gaming operations, but in 1997 it disappeared again. Then IHC Prostějov, sro took over the game operations, but sold the license to HC Rosice after the 1997/98 season . Therefore, the IHC Prostějov took part in the 2nd league in 1998/99, which he was able to win and thus rose again to the 1st league. Associated with the rise was another renaming to Hockey Club Prostějov sro, HC Prostějov for short .

At the end of the 2003/04 season, the club lost the relegation to remain in the first division and was relegated. The club then broke up. At the same time, today's HK Jestřábi Prostějov, who acquired the HC license and was champion of the 2nd division in the 2004/05 season, was founded. Between 2005 and 2008 the club played again in the first division before relegating to the second division in 1998.

In 2014, the club managed to move up to the first division after taking first place after the preliminary round in the east and winning the east final in the relegation to the first division.

successes

• Winning the Tatranský pohár in 1932, 1946, 1952
• Champion of the 2nd league in 1999 (as HC Prostějov) and 2005
• Promotion to the 1st division in 1999, 2005 and 2014
• Participation in the IIHF Continental Cup 2001/02 , reaching the third round

Well-known former players

• Armands Bērziņš
• Vlastimil Lakosil
• Lolek Cetkovský
• Stanislav Bábek
• Oldřich Macháč
• Ladislav Svozil
• František Ševčík
• Michal Grman
• Ján Homér
• Petr Kumstát
• Karel Rachůnek

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hkjestrabiprostejov.cz, History ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ lhkjestrabi.cz, Historické tabulky
3. ↑ hkjestrabiprostejov.cz, Legendy ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.