Piráti Chomutov

Piráti Chomutov
Piráti Chomutov
City	Chomutov, Czech Republic
League	2nd Czech Republic Hockey League
Founded	1945
Home arena	Rocknet aréna ; (capacity: 5,250)
Colours	red, black, white;
Head coach	Petr Martínek

Piráti Chomutov is a Czech ice hockey team from Chomutov, Czech Republic. Established as ČSK Chomutov in 1945, the team has played in Chomutov through numerous team name changes and elevations/relegations in the Czechoslovak and Czech hockey leagues. They currently playing in the second level 1st Czech Republic Hockey League. Their home arena is the Rocknet aréna located in Chomutov, Czech Republic.

History

The club was established in 1945 as ČSK Chomutov.

In the 1950–51 season, playing as Sokol Hutě, the team was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, where they played until the 1963–64 season.

In 1967, as VTŽ Chomutov, the team was promoted to the highest league again but was relegated the very next year. In 1984 the club was demoted to the third level of hockey in Czechoslovak hockey, the Second National Hockey League.

In 1997, as KLH Chomutov, the club bought the license in the First National Hockey League (FNHL) from HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi.

After winning the league in the 2011–12 FNHL season, Piráti Chomutov returned to the top-level league Czech Extraliga. During the play-outs in the 2013–14 season Piráti Chomutov lost and returned to the First National Hockey League. Season 2014–15 in FNHL was one of the most successful in history. Pirati Chomutov became a winner and after play off returned to the top-level league (season 2015–16).

1956 airplane disaster

On 24 November 1956, while the team was operating under the name TJ Baník Chomutov ZJF, some members of the team were involved in a fatal airplane accident. A Czechoslovak Airlines flight, on an Ilyushin Il-12B aircraft, crashed near Eglisau, Switzerland. Three players, two top club officials and a reporter were among others on board the scheduled flight from Zurich to Prague, which crashed in fields after an engine failure. All on board perished.^[1]^[2]

Roster

Updated April 25, 2018


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
93	Tadeáš Dvořák	G	R	29	2017	Tábor, Czech Republic
29	Štěpán Lukeš	G	L	27		Chomutov, Czech Republic
34	Dominik Pavlát	G	L	25	2013	Tábor, Czech Republic
4	Ondřej Buchtela	D	R	25	2013	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
25	Lukáš Chalupa	D	L	30	2016	Radonice, Czech Republic
67	Stanislav Dietz	D	L	34	2017	Písek, Czech Republic
22	Tomáš Dvořák	D	L	29	2017	Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
55	Patrik Kadeřávek	D	L	28	2017	Prague, Czech Republic
3	Ronald Knot	D	R	30	2017	Prague, Czech Republic
96	Jaroslav Mrázek	D	L	38	2011	Milevsko, Czech Republic
59	Šimon Szathmáry	D	R	29	2011	Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
24	Jakub Trefný	D	L	43	2018	Louny, Czech Republic
86	Jan Havel	RW	L	28	2017
44	Darek Hejcman	C	R	30		Chomutov, Czech Republic
77	Nicolas Hlava	RW	R	30		Chomutov, Czech Republic
71	Ivan Huml (A)	LW	L	43	2016	Kladno, Czech Republic
15	Roman Chlouba	LW	R	33	2016	Chomutov, Czech Republic
27	Jakub Chrpa	RW	L	30		Chomutov, Czech Republic
11	Petr Koblasa	RW	R	31	2016	Soběslav, Czech Republic
13	Jakub Lauko	C	L	24		Prague, Czech Republic
33	Michal Poletín	RW	L	33	2016	Prague, Czech Republic
62	Vladimír Růžička	C	L	35	2014	Most, Czech Republic
88	Jakub Sklenář	LW	L	36	2015	Znojmo, Czech Republic
76	Jiří Smejkal	C	L	28	2017	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
66	Martin Šťovíček	RW	L	29	2013	Prague, Czech Republic
18	Vojtěch Tomeček	RW	R	30	2017	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
14	Marek Tomica (A)	C	L	43	2015	Třebíč, Czech Republic
72	Lukáš Vantuch	C	L	37	2018	Jihlava, Czech Republic
82	Michal Vondrka (C)	LW	L	42	2015	České Budějovice, Czech Republic