HC Kometa Brno

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HC Kometa Brno (Kometa means comet in English) is the second most successful ice hockey club in the Czech Republic with 11 Czechoslovak league titles (right after HC Dukla Jihlava which have 12 titles). With three European Cup titles, Kometa is also the most successful Czech club in international ice hockey. 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 second highest ice hockey league – Czech 1.liga. On 1 April 2009, Kometa bought the licence for Czech Extraliga from another south Moravian club, HC Znojemští Orli. This club will now serve as a farm team for Brno.
*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
* Josef Černý
== Current players ==
Current roster for season 2010/2011
Position	# 	Name 	Acquired
G 	35	Jiří Trvaj 	2009
G 	1 	Sasu Hovi 	2009
D 	32	Radim Bičánek 	2009
D 	8 	Juraj Valach 	2011
D 	89	Michal Kempný 	2008
D 	71	Tomáš Malec 	2010
D 	53	Jan Švrček 	2011
D 	23	Radim Ostrčil 	2009
D 	5 	Tomáš Žižka 	2011
D 	3 	Petr Šenkeřík 	2011
D 	72	Ondřej Dlapa 	2011
F 	41	Andrej Podkonický 	2011
F 	12	Leoš Čermák 	2011
F 	28	Radek Dlouhý 	2009
F 	29	Jakub Koreis 	2011
F 	9 	Roman Erat 	2009
F 	16	Radim Hruška 	2010
F 	10	Petr Hubáček 	2010
F 	11	Miroslav Holec 	2011
F 	27	Tomáš Pospíšil 	2010
F 	67	Branislav Jankovič	2011
F 	61	Jakub Svoboda 	2010
F 	26	Jaroslav Svoboda 	2009
F 	20	
 Hynek Zohorna 	
== External links ==
* Official page
Category:Czech ice hockey teams
Category:Czech Extraliga team
Category:Established in 1953