HC Lev Praha

This article is about the KHL team 2012–14. For the earlier team, see HC Lev Poprad.
HC Lev Praha
NicknameLions, Pride
CityPrague, Czech Republic
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
ConferenceWestern
DivisionBobrov
Founded2012
Folded2014
Home arenaTipsport Arena
(capacity: 13,150)
O2 Arena
(capacity: 17,360)
Colours     
Owner(s)Sportovní holding Praha
PresidentEvgeni Myshkovskyi
General managerRashid Khabibulin
AffiliatesSparta Praha (Czech Extraliga), HC Stadion Litoměřice (Czech 1. Liga)
KHL-Uniform-Lev-Praha
Franchise history
Hockey Club Lev Praha

Hockey Club Lev Praha (stylized as HC LEV Praha) was a professional ice hockey team located in Prague, Czech Republic, which played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.

In their two seasons played, Lev made the Gagarin Cup playoffs both times. In 2012–13, they finished 7th in the Western Conference and were swept in four straight games by HC CSKA Moscow in the first round. In 2013–14, they finished 3rd in the West, then they swept KHL Medveščak Zagreb in four, outlasted HC Donbass in six and beat Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in five to become Western Conference Champions. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, they faced Eastern Conference Champions Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The series went to a seventh and decisive game before Metallurg prevailed and won the Gagarin Cup on home ice 7–4.

Lev's home attendance in the 2012–13 regular season averaged 7,161 spectators per game, making it the highest-attended Prague hockey club and the sixth highest in the KHL.[1] Lev holds the record for the five largest indoor home crowds in KHL history, with a record of 17,073 attending Game 4 of the Gagarin Cup Finals at O2 Arena on April 24, 2014.[2] However, after two seasons, because of financial problems caused by the withdrawing of two major sponsors, Lev did not play in the 2014–15 KHL season.[3] According to shareholders, this decision did not rule out the possibility of the KHL returning to Prague in the future.[4] However, the team never returned to the ice.

History

HC Lev in Hradec Králové and Poprad

Main article: HC Lev Poprad

A team named HC Lev Hradec Králové was founded in 2010 and based in Hradec Králové, Bohemia, Czech Republic, with the intention to join the KHL for the 2010–11 season. However, the Czech Ice Hockey Association refused to give permission to the club.[5] Therefore, the team was moved to Poprad, Slovakia and was finally able to join the KHL for the 2011–12 season. But after only one KHL season, the team was disbanded.

New team in Prague (2012)

HC Lev Praha players in KHL
KHL match Lev vs. Lokomotiv

Late in Lev Poprad's 2011–12 season, a change of owners renewed speculation about a move to Prague, Czech Republic. In March 2012, the Czech Ice Hockey Association (ČSLH) granted permission for a KHL team to play in the Czech Republic,[6] and at the end of April, a newly found team with the same name, HC Lev, but as a different organization, officially applied to the KHL to play in Prague.[7]

Lev Praha had a working agreement with local Extraliga club HC Sparta Praha and the two teams shared Tipsport Arena. During their two seasons, Lev also played a total of 11 home games at the larger and newer O2 Arena.

Seasons

Lev signed Czech Josef Jandač as their head coach for the first KHL season, who named Jiří Novotný as the first team captain. They started the season on 6 September 2012 at home with a 2–1 win against Dinamo Riga.[8] Lev started strong, and by winning six of their first seven games, they were even leading the Western conference for a while.[9] After the NHL lockout came into effect in September, they signed Jakub Voráček, Jiří Hudler and Zdeno Chára for the duration of the lockout.[10] Jandač was removed as head coach on 27 October and replaced shortly afterward by Václav Sýkora.

Achievements

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gagarin Cup (1): 2013–14

1st place, gold medalist(s) KHL Western Conference (1): 2013–14

1st place, gold medalist(s) Prague Hockey Cup (1): 2013[11][12]

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W OTW OTL L Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2012–13 52 23 1 5 23 76 132 133 4th, Bobrov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2013–14 54 23 12 6 13 99 149 107 2nd, Bobrov Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)

Players

Team captains

Jiří Novotný, captain from 2012 to 2014

Note: This list does not include captains from the HC Lev Poprad.

Head coaches

Note: This list does not include head coaches from the HC Lev Poprad.

References

  1. ^ "KHL v Praze bavila, Lev šestý v návštěvnosti KHL". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ^ Ve finále KHL je vyrovnáno: Lev před rekordní návštěvou v Praze padl
  3. ^ "Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL". 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ^ Lev won´t play in 2014/2015
  5. ^ "HC Lev will not play in 2010–11 KHL Championship". khl.ru. 2010-06-09.
  6. ^ "Permission granted". khl.ru. 2012-03-30.
  7. ^ "Lev, drugs and healthy nutrition". khl.ru. 2012-04-25. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  8. ^ "LEV wins 2–1 nailbiter in KHL debut". levpraha.cz. 2012-09-06.
  9. ^ "Lev roars to the summit". khl.ru. 2012-09-17.
  10. ^ "It´s official! Jakub Voráček and Jiří Hudler will play vs Omsk". levpraha.cz. 2012-09-20.
  11. ^ "The Lion´s Roar: HC LEV storm to Prague Hockey Cup win". Prague Hockey Cup. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Pohár zůstane v Praze. Lev oplatil Kazani porážku a vyhrál Prague Hockey Cup". Česká televize (in Czech). 16 August 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

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