The club was founded in 1945. As soon as in 1951, Slezan was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and played there until 1953. Slezan Opava played in the top-level league also two seasons in 1957 and 1960. In the Czech Republic, the club was promoted to the elite Czech Extraliga in 1996, after it won the promotion play-offs. The club had financial difficulties and sold the license for Extraliga in 1999 to HC Havířov. From the 1999/2000 season the club played the First National Hockey League (second-level league) but was relegated in the 2004/2005 season to the Second National Hockey League (third-level league).
HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the highest-level national league, the Czech Extraliga.
Orli Znojmo is a Czech-based ice hockey team that currently plays in the Chance Liga. The club Orli Znojmo is based in Znojmo and their home arena is Nevoga Arena.
Valašský hokejový klub Vsetín, also known as Hockey Club Vsetín, is a professional ice hockey team in the Czech 1. liga. The team is the most successful team in Czech Republic ice hockey history, winning five straight Extraliga championships between 1995 and 1999, and another in 2001 for six titles in seven years. Their home arena is Zimní stadion Na Lapači in Vsetín. In the 2005–06 and 2006-07 seasons, they finished at the bottom of the league and did not participate in any competition in the 2007-08 season due to financial problems. Hockey returned to Vsetín a year later, when a new team was founded. The team has been playing in the Czech 1. liga since the 2017-18 season after being promoted from the Czech 2. liga in 2016-17.
HC Slovan Ústečti Lvi is an ice hockey team in the Czech 2nd League. Their home arena is MEO Arena in Ústí nad Labem. The Team was known as HC Slovan Ústí nad labem
The Chance Liga is the second-highest level of professional ice hockey in the Czech Republic, after the Extraliga. It began in 1993 and is run and administered by Czech Ice Hockey Association.
AZ Heimstaden Havířov is an ice hockey team in the Czech Second Hockey League from Havířov.
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season.
The 1996–97 Czech Extraliga season was the fourth season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.
The 1993–94 Czech 1.liga season was the first season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. Fourteen teams participated in the league, and HC Zbrojovka Vsetín and HC Slavia Praha were promoted to the Czech Extraliga.
The 1994–95 Czech 1.liga season was the second season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. Fourteen teams participated in the league, and HC Kometa Brno and HC Železárny Třinec were directly promoted to the Czech Extraliga.
The 1995–96 Czech 1.liga season was the third season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league, and HC Slezan Opava and HC Prerov were promoted to the Czech Extraliga.
Egidius Bauba is a Lithuanian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Having scored 98 points for the Lithuanian national ice hockey team, he is the most successful scorer in its history. His older brother Dainius also played for the Lithuanian national team.
David Dostal is a Czech-born French former professional ice hockey right winger.
Vladimír Holík is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Zdeněk Sedlák is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger.
Michal Piskoř is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward.
Pavel Augusta is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Patrik Hučko is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Jan Krajíček is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.
The Czech Women's Ice Hockey Extraliga or Women's Extraliga is the premier league for women's ice hockey in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1985, it was known as the 1. liga ženského hokeje from 1989 until 2017, at which time the league came under the oversight of the Czech Ice Hockey Association and the current name was adopted. The victorious team of the Women's Extraliga is named Champion of the Czech Republic.
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