Kometa Brno

Hockey team
team= HC Kometa Brno
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city= Brno, Czech Republic
league= Czech 1.liga
founded= 1953
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arena= Sportovní hala Rondo
colours= Blue and white
coach= Vladimír Kýhos

HC Kometa Brno (Kometa means "comet" in English) is a one of the most famous Czech ice hockey teams. It was the Czechoslovak league champion 11 times. The club was founded in 1953 as an army ice hockey club with the name Rudá Hvězda Brno (Red Star Brno). In 1962 the club changed its name to ZKL Brno and stopped being an army team. In 1996 the team relegated from Czech Extraliga to the the second highest ice hockey league - Czech 1.liga.

*Czechoslovak league titles: 11 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
*European cup champion: 3 (1966, 1967, 1968)
*Spengler cup winner: 1 (1955)

History of the team name

*1953 – Rudá hvězda Brno
*1962 – ZKL Brno
*1976 – TJ Zetor Brno
*1990 – HC Zetor Brno
*1993 – HC Královopolská Brno
*1994 – HC Kometa Brno
*1995 – HC Kometa Brno BVV
*1997 – HC Kometa Brno

Notable players

* Vladimír Bouzek
* Vladimír Dzurilla
* Vlastimil Bubník

External links

* [http://www.hc-kometa.cz/ Official page]