HC Vítkovice Steel

HC Vítkovice Steel
City	Ostrava, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1928
Home arena	Ostrava Aréna
Colors
General manager	Petr Husička
Head coach	Ladislav Svozil
Captain	Jiří Burger
Website	www.hc-vitkovice.cz
Franchise history
1928–1936	SSK (Sportovně Společenský Klub)
1936–1945	ČSK (Český Sportovní Klub)
1945–1948	SK Vítkovické Železárny
1948–1952	Sokol Vítkovické Železárny
1952–1957	Baník Vítkovice
1957–1976	VŽKG Ostrava
1976–1993	TJ Vítkovice
1993–2005	HC Vítkovice
2005–	HC Vítkovice Steel

HC Vítkovice Steel is an ice hockey club based in Vítkovice (The Moravian-part of Ostrava) in the Czech Republic, competing in the Czech Extraliga. It plays at Ostrava Aréna (formerly Palác kultury a sportu Ostrava-Vítkovice).

The club was founded in 1928 after the merger of SK Moravská Slavia and SK Slovan Ostrava. Vítkovice were the champions of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in the 1951–52 and 1980–81 seasons.

Current roster

Updated August 26, 2016^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
		Balán, StanislavStanislav Balán	C	L	30	2015	Hodonín, Czechoslovakia
		Baranka, IvanIvan Baranka	D	L	31	2016	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
		Bartošák, PatrikPatrik Bartošák	G	L	23	2015	Kopřivnice, Czech Republic
		Dolejš, DanielDaniel Dolejš	G	L	22	2013	Humpolec, Czech Republic
		Gřeš, TomášTomáš Gřeš	F	L	20	2015	Czech Republic
		Illes, JakubJakub Illes	C	L	20	2015	Czech Republic
		Kafka, DominikDominik Kafka	F	R	20	2015	Czech Republic
		Klok, LukášLukáš Klok	D	L	21	2014	Ostrava, Czech Republic
		Kolouch, PetrPetr Kolouch	C	L	25	2011	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
		Kovář, LukášLukáš Kovář	D	L	24	2010	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
		Krenzelok, DanielDaniel Krenzelok	D	L	19	2016	Dolní Lutyně, Czech Republic
		Kucsera, LukášLukáš Kucsera	LW	R	25	2010	Opava, Czechoslovakia
		Kurovský, DanielDaniel Kurovský	LW	L	18	2016	Czech Republic
		Květoň, DavidDavid Květoň	RW	L	28	2016	Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia
		Němec, ErikErik Němec	C	L	22	2013	Metylovice, Czech Republic
		Olesz, RostislavRostislav Olesz	LW	L	31	2014	Bílovec, Czechoslovakia
		Puzic, IvanIvan Puzic	D	L	20	2015	Zagreb, Croatia
		Roman, OndřejOndřej Roman	C	L	27	2016	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
		Sedlák, AdamAdam Sedlák	D	R	25	2016	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
		Szturc, RomanRoman Szturc	RW	R	27	2007	Karviná, Czechoslovakia
		Sloboda, KarolKarol Sloboda	D	R	33	2015	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
		Tomi, VojtěchVojtěch Tomi	F	L	22	2013	Ostrava, Czech Republic
		Urbanec, PatrikPatrik Urbanec	D	L	23	2016	Zlín, Czech Republic
		Vandas, MichaelMichael Vandas	RW	L	25	2013	Poprad, Czechoslovakia
		Výtisk, JanJan Výtisk	D	L	35	2016	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
		Zdráhal, PatrikPatrik Zdráhal	C	L	21	2014	Ostrava, Czech Republic

References

1. http://www.hc-vitkovice.cz/

External links

• Official website (Czech)

See also

• Category:HC Vítkovice Steel players for a list of HC Vítkovice players past and present.