HC Vítkovice Ridera

HC Vítkovice Ridera is an ice hockey club based in Vítkovice (The Moravian-part of Ostrava) in the Czech Republic, competing in the Czech Extraliga. It plays at Ostravar Aréna (formerly Palác kultury a sportu Ostrava-Vítkovice).
The club was founded in 1928 after the merger of SK Moravská Slavia and SK Slovan Ostrava. Vítkovice were the champions of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in the 1951–52 and 1980–81 seasons.
==Franchise history==
1928–1936:	SSK (Sportovně Společenský Klub)
1936–1945:	ČSK (Český Sportovní Klub)
1945–1948:	SK Vítkovické Železárny
1948–1952:	Sokol Vítkovické Železárny
1952–1957:	Baník Vítkovice
1957–1976:	VŽKG Ostrava
1976–1993:	TJ Vítkovice
1993–2005:	HC Vítkovice
2005–2016:	HC Vítkovice Steel
2016–present:	HC Vítkovice Ridera
==Current roster==
Updated February 22, 2019
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==See also==
* :Category:HC Vítkovice Steel players for a list of HC Vítkovice players past and present.
==References==
==External links==
* Official website 
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