HC Škoda Plzeň

HC Škoda Plzeň
HC Škoda Plzeň
City	Plzeň, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1929
Home arena	Logspeed CZ Arena; (Capacity: 8,236)
Colours	Blue, white;
General manager	Martin Straka
Head coach	Josef Jandač
Website	hcplzen.cz

HC Škoda Plzeň is a professional ice hockey team based in Plzeň, Czech Republic and was founded in 1929. They currently play in the Czech Extraliga, with their homes games being held at Logspeed CZ Arena. In 2013, for the first time in history, HC Plzeň were the Czech Extraliga champions after beating Zlín 4:3 in the seventh game of the dramatic final.

Club names

1929 – Hokejový klub při SK (Sportovní klub) Viktoria Plzeň
1948 – Sokol Plzeň IV
1949 – ZSJ Škodovy závody
1952 – ZSJ Leninovy závody
1953 – Spartak Plzeň LZ
1965 – TJ Škoda Plzeň
1991 – HC Škoda Plzeň
1994 – HC Interconnex Plzeň
1995 – HC ZKZ Plzeň
1997 – HC Keramika Plzeň
2003 – HC Lasselsberger Plzeň
2009 – HC Plzeň 1929
2012 – HC Škoda Plzeň

Honours

Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League - Runner-up (1958,1959,1992) Third place (1957)
Czech Extraliga - Champion (2013), Third Place (2000,2012) Presidents Trophy (2010)

Notable players

Players

Current roster

Source: hcplzen.cz^[1]Source: eliteprospects.com^[2]As of May 3, 2025.


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
60	Matyas Borak	F	L	21	2024	Plzeň, Czech Republic
92	Turner Elson	C	L	32	2024	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
89	Adrián Holešinský	C	L	29	2022	Čadca, Slovakia
32	Dávid Hrenák	G	L	27	2025	Považská Bystrica, Slovakia
95	Miroslav Indrák	RW	L	29	2023	Písek, Czech Republic
23	Jakub Klepis	C	R	41	2024	Prague, Czechoslovakia
65	David Kvasnička	D	L	26	2020	Rokycany, Czech Republic
9	Christophe Lalancette	C	R	31	2024	Roberval, Quebec, Canada
30	Jakub Lev	C	R	34	2023	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
8	Daniel Malák	D	L	22	2022	Plzeň, Czech Republic
31	Nick Malik	G	L	23	2024	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
81	Ondrej Matys	LW	L	26	2023	Pardubice, Czech Republic
22	Adam Mechura	C	L	22	2024	Písek, Czech Republic
13	Igor Merezhko	D	R	27	2024	Kharkov, Ukraine
86	Tomáš Mertl	C	L	39	2019	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
7	Markus Nenonen	LW	L	32	2024	Jämsänkoski, Finland
75	Jan Piskacek	D	L	35	2022	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
94	Kristians Rubins	D	L	27	2024	Jūrmala, Latvia
41	Radim Salda	D	L	26	2024	Pardubice, Czech Republic
84	Jan Schleiss	RW	R	30	2021	Plzeň, Czech Republic
34	Jakub Siler	F	L	21	2023
49	Dominik Simon	C	L	30	2024	Prague, Czech Republic
4	Jan Skok	D	L	18	2023	Písek, Czech Republic
76	Marek Soukup	F	L	21	2022	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20	Petr Zámorský	D	R	32	2022	Zlín, Czech Republic

Arena

Home Monitoring Aréna was built at 1969 and currently holds 8,236 people.

Controversy

During the 2010–2011 season, the team was docked 19 points for having used players who were not correctly registered to the club, an affair which also involved the clubs BK Mladá Boleslav and HC Kladno.^[3]