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 home 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
Vladimír Bednář Bohuslav Ebermann Milan Kajkl Jiří Kučera Dušan Salfický Martin Straka Petr Sýkora Jaroslav Špaček Tuukka Rask Dominik Kubalík Ryan Hollweg
Players
Current roster Source: hcplzen.czSource: eliteprospects.comAs of May 19, 2026.
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.
References
External links
HC Plzeň at hockeyarenas.net