HC Kometa Brno

HC Kometa Brno
Greatest successes
Czech champion 2017, 2018 Czechoslovakian champion 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 Won the European Cup in 1966, 1967, 1968 Spengler Cup winner 1955
Club information
history	Rudá hvězda Brno (1953–1962) TJ ZKL Brno (1962–1968) TJ Zetor Brno (1968–1990) HC Zetor Brno (1990–1992) HC Královopolská Brno (1992–1994) HC Kometa Brno (since 1994)
Club colors	blue White
league	Tipsport Extraliga
Venue	Kayot arena
capacity	7,200 seats (including 4,200 seats)
executive Director	Jaroslav Medlík
Head coach	Libor Zábranský
captain	Leoš Čermák
Season 2018/19	5th place (main round) 4th place (semi-finals)

The HC Kometa Brno is a Czech ice hockey club from Brno . The club is commonly known in the Czech Republic as Kometa Brno or just Kometa .

Club history

Logo of ZKL Brno

In 1953 an army sports club called Rudá hvězda (short RH, German Red Star ) Brno was founded in Brno. In the first season the team fought for the title, which ultimately went to Sparta Prague thanks to the better goal difference . In the next twelve game years Brno won eleven championships, only in the 1958/59 season SONP Kladno secured the title. In 1962, the army sports club became a civilian club, which took on the name of the local tractor factory Zbrojovka Brno as TJ ZKL Brno.

Kometa logo (1996–2012)

After the last championship won in 1966, the team only belonged to the midfield of the 1st division. 1980 rose Zetor Brno, as the club was called after a name change of the combine, in the second division. As a result, Zetor, later HC Královopolská Brno, from 1994 HC Kometa Brno, shuttled between the highest and second highest division. In the 2001/02 season, the club finished last in the first division (second highest division), which for the first time resulted in relegation and third division in the club's history. In 2003 Kometa sold the third division license to Vyškov and bought the second division license from HC Senators Rosice and has been second class again since then. In 2009 the club bought the Extraliga license of HC Znojemští Orli and thus rose to the first division.

In 2017 the club was able to celebrate the twelfth championship title in the club's history, after 51 years without winning the title.

successes

• 11 × Czechoslovakian champions : 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
• 2 × Czech champion : 2017, 2018
• 3 × European Cup winners : 1966, 1967, 1968
• 1 × winner of the Spengler Cup in Davos

Venue

Zimní stadium Za Lužánkami

Kayot arena

Until 1998 Kometa played its home games in the Zimní stadium Za Lužánkami , which was built in 1947 and covered in 1963 and had a capacity of 10,200 spectators. In 1998 the association moved to Hala Rondo , which was completed in 1982 and has 7,200 seats and was extensively renovated between 2009 and 2010. Since 2011 the hall has been called Kajot Arena after the rights to the name were sold .

Well-known former players

Vlastimil Bubník was one of the best right wing strikers in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, 127 times national team (121 goals) for Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Jiřík first Czech in the NHL, he made three games for the St. Louis Blues in 1969/70 František Ševčík played between 1961 and 1973 at the ZKL Brno. He is a member of the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame . Richard Farda World Champion 1972, emigrated to Canada in 1974 Slavomír Bartoň Michal Belica Josef Černý Bronislav Danda Vladimír Dzurilla

Martin Havlát Michal Kempný Robert Kron Jaromír Meixner Roman Meluzin Vladimír Nadrchal Martin Nečas Jiří Sedláček František Vaněk Libor Zábranský David Appel

Seasonal statistics since 1991

season	league	Main round	Finals	captain	Trainer
1991/1992	1st league (ČSSR)	7th place, Season West	14th place, relegation	Pavel Nohel and Marek Tichý	Luděk Vojáček
1992/1993	1. ČNHL	1st place	3rd place	Marek Tichý	Josef Sršeň
1993/1994	1st league (CZ)	3rd place	0: 3 against HC Slavia Prague in the semifinals	Lubomír Oslizlo	Rudolf Potsch
1994/1995	1st league (CZ)	1st place	3-0 against HC Havířov in the semi-finals, promotion	Michal Konečný	Josef Beránek senior
1995/1996	Extra league	14th place	descent	Ladislav Trešl	Jaroslav Walter , Josef Sršeň, Jaroslav Jiřík
1996/1997	1st league (CZ)	4th Place		Ladislav Trešl and Radek Haman	Karel Fraňek
1997/1998	1st league (CZ)	11th place		Radek Haman	Josef Černý
1998/1999	1st league (CZ)	13th place	2nd place in the relegation	Radek Haman	Josef Černý , Bohumil Prachař
1999/2000	1st league (CZ)	12th place	12th place (relegation round)	Martin Mihola and Tomáš Mikolášek	Lubomír Oslizlo , Vladimír Vašíček, Bohumil Prachař
2000/2001	1st league (CZ)	14th place	12th place (relegation round)	Josef Duchoslav and Tomáš Karný	Stanislav Barda , Jiří Otoupalík , Jindřich Setikovský
2001/2002	1st league (CZ)	14th place	4th place in relegation, relegation	Jiří Sedláček	Josef Černý , Rudolf Krupička
2002/2003	2nd league (CZ)	3rd place, season west	0: 2 against HC Olomouc in the final, acquisition of the license from HC Žďár nad Sázavou	Jiří Sedláček and Zdeněk Šperger	Lubomír Oslizlo , Zdeněk Balabán
2003/2004	1st league (CZ)	14th place	1st place in the relegation	Zdeněk Šperger and Pavel Nohel	Lubomír Oslizlo, Leoš Zajíc, Svatopluk Číhal
2004/2005	1st league (CZ)	7th place	0: 3 against HC Ústí nad Labem in the quarter-finals	Pavel Nohel and Richard Brančík	Svatopluk Číhal
2005/2006	1st league (CZ)	4th Place	1: 4 against HC Havířov in the quarter-finals	Richard Brančík	Svatopluk Číhal, Lubomír Oslizlo
2006/2007	1st league (CZ)	5th place	0: 4 against KLH Chomutov in the quarter-finals	Richard Brančík and Miroslav Barus	Lubomír Oslizlo, Rostislav Čada
2007/2008	1st league (CZ)	2nd place, season west	3: 4 against BK Mladá Boleslav in the semifinals	Pavel Vostřák and Miroslav Barus	Rostislav Čada , Vladimír Nadrchal , Vladimír Kýhos
2008/2009	1st league (CZ)	2nd place	2: 4 against HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi in the final, acquisition of the extra league license from HC Znojemští Orli	Miroslav Barus and Pavel Zubíček	Vladimír Kýhos
2009/2010	O 2 Extraliga	12th place	11th place (play-outs)	Pavel Zubíček and Kamil Brabenec	up to the fourth matchday Vladimír Kýhos , then Pavel Pazourek up to the 29th matchday, then Vladimír Jeřábek
2010/2011	Tipsport Extraliga	11th place	11th place (play-outs)	Jiří Dopita	Vladimír Jeřábek and Ladislav Lubina , from January 5, 2011 Ladislav Lubina and Svatopluk Číhal
2011/2012	Tipsport Extraliga	8th place	Runner-up	Petr Hubáček and Radim Bičánek	Zdeněk Venera , Lubomír Oslizlo
2012/2013	Tipsport Extraliga	11th place	11th place (play-outs)	Radim Bičánek	Zdeněk Venera
2013/2014	Tipsport Extraliga	6th place	Runner-up	Leoš Čermák	Vladimír Kýhos
2014/2015	Tipsport Extraliga	3rd place	3rd place - 1: 4 against HC Verva Litvínov in the semifinals	Leoš Čermák	Vladimír Kýhos
2015/2016	Tipsport Extraliga	9th place	9th place - 1: 3 against Piráti Chomutov in the pre-play-offs	Leoš Čermák	Libor Zábranský
2016/2017	Tipsport Extraliga	6th place	Champions - 4-0 against Bílí Tygři Liberec in the final	Leoš Čermák	Libor Zábranský
2017/2018	Tipsport Extraliga	5th place	Champion - 4-1 against HC Oceláři Třinec in the final	Leoš Čermák	Libor Zábranský
2018/2019	Tipsport Extraliga	5th place	4th place - 2: 4 against Bílí Tygři Liberec in the semifinals	Leoš Čermák	Libor Zábranský

Web links

Commons : HC Kometa Brno  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• From star to comet. In: iihf.com. Retrieved June 20, 2017 (English). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Radio Prague - HC Kometa Brno wins twelfth ice hockey title after 51 years. In: radio.cz. April 24, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .