HC Jihlava

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HC Jihlava
League	1. liga
Founded	1956
Arena	Horacky Arena
City	Jihlava, Czech Republic
Head coach

HC Jihlava (also known as Dukla Jihlava), founded in 1956, is an ice hockey team in the Czech Republic. It won the Czechoslovak Extraliga title 12 times: six consecutive championships beginning in 1967, then in 1974, four consecutive championships beginning in 1982, and again in 1991. As of 2006, HC Jihlava plays in the 1. liga after being relegated from the Czech Extraliga in 2004-05.

Some of its prominent players have included Jaroslav Holik, Jiri Holik, Jan Klapac, Jan Suchy, Ladislav Smid senior, Milos Podhorsky, Jan Hrbaty, Josef Augusta, Milan Chalupa, Jaroslav Benak, Petr Vlk, Libor Dolana, Igor Liba, Oldrich Valek, Dominik Hasek, Jiri Crha and Bedrich Scerban. Their home arena is Horacky Arena (Horacky zimni stadion).

[edit] Team successes

• Czechoslovak Extraliga

1.place (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 a 1991)

2.place (1966, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987)

3.place (1962, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1988)

• IIHF European Champions Cup – 2. place (1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1983, 1984)
• Spengler Cup – 1. place (1965, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1982); 2. place (1970, 1971, 1983, 1984)