Rytíři Kladno

Ice hockey team

   
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  • Owner(s)Jaromír JágrGeneral managerJiri BurgerHead coachOtakar VejvodaCaptainTomáš PlekanecWebsiterytirikladno.czFranchise history1924–1948HOSK Kladno1948–1949TJ Sokol Kladno1949–1953TJ Sokol SONP Kladno1953–1958DSO Baník Kladno SONP1968–1977TJ SONP Kladno1977–1989TJ Poldi SONP Kladno1989–1997HC Poldi Kladno / HC Kladno1997–2000HC Velvana Kladno2000–2003HC Vagnerplast Kladno2003–2006HC Rabat Kladno2006–2010HC GEUS OKNA Kladno2010–2011HC Vagnerplast KladnoSince 2011Rytíři Kladno

    Rytíři Kladno (English: Kladno Knights) is a Czech professional ice hockey team based in the city of Kladno. They are currently a member of the Czech Extraliga.[1] The team president and owner is Jaromír Jágr, a former NHL player, who is currently playing in home games for the team in addition to his ownership and administrative roles.[2][3] The team plays its home games at ČEZ Stadion.

    History

    Kladno was a particularly strong team in the late 1970s, when it won four consecutive league titles (1975–1978), and again in 1980. The team's star, Milan Nový, was league MVP in 1977, 1981, and 1982, and won six scoring titles. František Pospíšil was the league MVP in 1971 and 1972. The team was sponsored by the State Security police until the Velvet Revolution of 1989.

    Before the 1997-98 season Kladno lost its sponsor, ironworks Huť Poldi [cs]. Eventually the Poldi crest disappeared from Kladno jerseys and the successes that this once famous club achieved in previous years also disappeared, perennially finishing last in the league. Primarily the lack of funds did not allow to management improvement of club cadre and the main coach resigned.[4]

    Despite the departure of a number of players abroad in 2003, Kladno continued to perform well and celebrated return to the Czech highest-level league. However after the season 2012-13 Kladno performed poorly in the extraliga. Nor the withdrawal of coaches helped, the team reached the highest league again after the 12 years.

    Jaromír Jágr played for his hometown Kladno for parts of four seasons, including during the NHL lockouts in 1994, 2004, and 2012. In January 2018, Jágr was assigned to HC Kladno after a partial season with the Calgary Flames.[5] Jágr took over majority ownership from his father in 2011.[6]

    During the 2010–2011 season, the team was docked 6 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 Plzeň.[7]

    Summary of league participation

    Club names

    Rytíři Kladno players (2017)

    The club began in 1924 as the ice hockey department of SK Kladno, abbreviated HOSK Kladno. When the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized the Czechoslovak government in 1948, private sports clubs were reorganized as tělovýchovných jednot (TJ, lit.'physical education unities') and obligated to join the Sokol movement; HOSK Kladno was therefore renamed TJ Sokol Kladno. The following year, the club became associated with the United Steelworks (Spojené ocelárny, národní podnik, SONP), a national enterprise which operated the former Poldi [cs; de] steelworks in Kladno, and its name was expanded to TJ Sokol SONP Kladno.

    When the Czechoslovak State Committee for Physical Education and Sport (SVTVS) was established in 1953, all sports clubs were designated as voluntary sports organizations [cs] (dobrovolné sportovním organizacím, DSO) and nine DSOs were created in affiliation with trade unions. TJ Sokol SONP Kladno was renamed DSO Baník Kladno SONP, as 'Baník' was the name of the DSO affiliated with the union of miners and steelworkers. The club name was shortened to TJ SONP Kladno in 1958 and that name was used for almost twenty years, until it was expanded to TJ Poldi SONP Kladno in 1977.

    Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the club returned to private ownership and was called HC Poldi Kladno. The club retained the 'HC Kladno' element of its name for the following two decades, though the full club name changed multiple times for sponsorship reasons. Sponsors included Poldi, which had been re-privatized; Velvana, an automotive chemical manufacturer; Vagnerplast, an acrylic bathtub manufacturer; Rabat, a construction materials supplier; and GEUS Okna, a window manufacturer.

    The club has been named Rytíři Kladno since 2011.

    Timeline

    • 1924 – HOSK Kladno (Hokejový odbor sportovního klubu Kladno, 'Hockey department of sports club Kladno')
    • 1948 – TJ Sokol Kladno (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Kladno, 'Physical education coalition Sokol Kladno')
    • 1949 – TJ Sokol SONP Kladno (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Spojené ocelárny, národní podnik Kladno, 'Physical education coalition Sokol United Steelworks, national enterprise Kladno')
    • 1953 – DSO Baník Kladno SONP (Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Baník Kladno Spojené ocelárny, národní podnik, 'Voluntary sports organization Baník Kladno United Steelworks, national enterprise')
    • 1958 – TJ SONP Kladno (Tělovýchovná jednota Spojené ocelárny, národní podnik Kladno, 'Physical education coalition United Steelworks, national enterprise Kladno')
    • 1977 – TJ Poldi SONP Kladno (Tělovýchovná jednota Poldi Spojené ocelárny, národní podnik Kladno, 'Physical education coalition Poldi United Steelworks, national enterprise Kladno')
    • 1989 – HC Poldi Kladno (Hockey Club Poldi Kladno)
    • 1991 – HC Kladno (Hockey Club Kladno)
    • 1994 – HC Poldi Kladno
    • 1996 – HC Kladno
    • 1997 – HC Velvana Kladno (Hockey Club Velvana Kladno)
    • 2000 – HC Vagnerplast Kladno (Hockey Club Vagnerplast Kladno)
    • 2003 – HC Rabat Kladno (Hockey Club Rabat Kladno)
    • 2006 – HC GEUS OKNA Kladno (Hockey Club GEUS OKNA Kladno)[8]
    • 2010 – HC Vagnerplast Kladno
    • 2011 – Rytíři Kladno (a name chosen by new owner Járomir Jágr, along with a logo proeminently featuring a cross in homage to the Eastern Orthodoxy)[4]

    Source: [9]

    Players

    Current roster

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    Source: rytirikladno.cz[10]Source: eliteprospects.com[11]As of 15 July, 2023.

    No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
    41 Czech Republic Jakub Babka D R 31 2022 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
    88 Czech Republic Matěj Beran LW L 30 2021 Plzeň, Czech Republic
    89 Czech Republic Ondřej Bláha LW L 23 2018 Prague, Czech Republic
    29 Canada Landon Bow G L 28 2021 St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
    1 Czech Republic Adam Brízgala G L 25 2018 Prague, Czech Republic
    44 Canada Jake Dotchin (A) D R 30 2021 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
    24 Czech Republic Matyáš Filip C L 23 2018 Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic
    68 Czech Republic Jaromír Jágr RW L 52 2017 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
    55 Czech Republic Karel Klikorka D L 22 2023 Prague, Czech Republic
    Czech Republic Denis Kusý RW R 26 2023 Prague, Czech Republic
    United States Chris Martenet D L 27 2023 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    43 Czech Republic Antonín Melka LW L 34 2018 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
    14 Czech Republic Tomáš Plekanec (C) C L 41 2020 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
    23 Czech Republic Martin Procházka RW R 30 2022 Roudnice, Czech Republic
    20 Czech Republic Jaromír Pytlík C R 22 2021 Dačice, Czech Republic
    Canada Deven Sideroff RW R 26 2023 Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
    28 Czech Republic Ondřej Slováček D L 29 2022 Vsetín, Czech Republic
    92 Czech Republic Jakub Strnad LW L 32 2023 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
    26 Czech Republic Jiří Ticháček D L 21 2020 Kladno, Czech Republic
    5 Czech Republic Václav Veber D R 24 2022 Kladno, Czech Republic

    NHL alumni

    Honours

    Domestic

    Czech Extraliga

    Czech 1. Liga

    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (2): 2002–03, 2020–21
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place (1): 2016–17

    Czechoslovak Extraliga

    1st. Czech National Hockey League

    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (3): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87

    2nd. Czechoslovak Hockey League

    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1954–55
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place (1): 1953–54

    International

    IIHF European Cup

    References

    1. ^ "Zápasy: Rytíři Kladno". Hokej.cz. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
    2. ^ "TIPSPORT extraliga 2019/2020 - základní část". Rytíři Kladno (in Czech). 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
    3. ^ "Jágr bude stoprocentním vlastníkem kladenského hokejového klubu". iDNES.cz. 24 April 2017.
    4. ^ a b Waldstein, David (28 February 2023). "The 51-Year-Old Hockey Star Who Won't Quit". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
    5. ^ "Jagr assigned to hometown team HC Kladno". ESPN.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
    6. ^ "Jagr feels obligated to keep playing for Kladno nearing age 50: report". NHL.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
    7. ^ "Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body". Česká televize (in Czech). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
    8. ^ "Klub – Historie". HC GEUS OKNA Kladno (in Czech). Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
    9. ^ "Historie klubu". HC-Kladno.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
    10. ^ "Team Roster / Rytíři Kladno". www.rytirikladno.cz. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
    11. ^ "Team Roster / Rytíři Kladno". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

    External links

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    • Meltzer, Bill. "Kladno: Small Town, Big Draft Legacy" article at NHL.com Retrieved 06–27–06.
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