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| fullname = '''Hockey Club Lev<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.hclev.eu/zobraz.asp?t=o-hc-lev|title=About Us |publisher=HCLev.eu |date=2011-09-19}}</ref>'''
| fullname = '''Hockey Club Lev<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.hclev.eu/zobraz.asp?t=o-hc-lev|title=About Us |publisher=HCLev.eu |date=2011-09-19}}</ref>'''
| nickname = ''Lion''
| nickname = ''Lion''
| founded = 2010 (refounded 2012 in Prague)
| founded = 2012
| dissolved =
| dissolved =
| based_in = [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] {{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
| based_in = [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] {{flagicon|Czech Republic}}
| arena = [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)|Tipsport Arena]]
| arena = [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)|Tipsport Arena]]
| capacity = 13,995
| capacity = 13,995
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League]]<br><small>([[2011–12 KHL season|2012]]–present)</small><br><small>([[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]] as ''Lev Poprad'')</small>
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League]]<br><small>([[2011–12 KHL season|2012]]–present)</small>
| division = [[Bobrov Division|Bobrov]]
| division = [[Bobrov Division|Bobrov]]
| conference = Western
| conference = Western
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After further efforts, including joining the Slovak Hockey Federation (SZĽH), HC Lev was officially admitted to the KHL in May 2011. The team found a home in [[Poprad]] where they shared the [[Poprad Ice Stadium|stadium]] with [[HK Poprad]] from the [[Slovak Extraliga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/5/9/24094.html|title=Back to 24|date=2011-05-09|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref>
After further efforts, including joining the Slovak Hockey Federation (SZĽH), HC Lev was officially admitted to the KHL in May 2011. The team found a home in [[Poprad]] where they shared the [[Poprad Ice Stadium|stadium]] with [[HK Poprad]] from the [[Slovak Extraliga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/5/9/24094.html|title=Back to 24|date=2011-05-09|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref>

===2011–12 season (in Poprad)===
Almost two months after being officially admitted to the [[KHL]], Lev announced the signings of the first five players on 30 June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hclev.eu/clanek.asp?id=135|title=HC LEV predstavuje prvých hráčov|publisher=hclev.eu|date=2011-06-30|language=Slovak}}</ref> In the final roster, the majority of the players were from Slovakia and Czech Republic. Head coach was [[Radim Rulík]] and the team captain was [[Ľuboš Bartečko]]. Lev's regular season was planned to start on 10 September 2011 with a match at home against [[Avangard Omsk]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2011-2012_regular_en.pdf |title=Kontinental Hockey League Championship – Russian Ice Hockey Championship Season 2011/2012 Calendar |publisher=khl.ru|date=2011-06-14}}</ref> but because of the [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster]], the start of the season was postponed and Lev had their first game on 12 September against [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]. However, for their first win they had to wait until the sixth game, a 2–0 away win against [[Dinamo Riga]] on 26 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.hclev.eu/zapas.asp?id=LEV-WINS-86|title=LEV wins!|publisher=hclev.eu|date=2011-09-26}}</ref> Lev also failed to qualify for the play-offs and ended the season as 21st overall, with 54 points from 54 games. The team's top scorer was [[Ľuboš Bartečko]] with 29 points (16 goals and 13 assists).


===Move to Prague (2012)===
===Move to Prague (2012)===
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===Current roster===
===Current roster===
{{Lev Poprad roster}}
{{Lev Poprad roster}}

==Franchise history==
===Milestones===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!| Event
!| Date
!| Details
|-
| '''First KHL match (at home)'''
| 12 September 2011
| 2–4 loss vs [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
|-
| '''First KHL point'''
| 21 September 2011
| 3–4 SO loss at [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]
|-
| '''First KHL win'''
| 26 September 2011
| 2–0 win at [[Dinamo Riga]]
|-
| '''First KHL shutout'''
| 26 September 2011
| 2–0 win at [[Dinamo Riga]]
|-
| '''First KHL win (at home)'''
| 30 September 2011
| 4–1 win at [[UHC Dynamo|Dynamo Moscow]]
|}

==Tatranskí Vlci==
Affiliated with Lev Poprad were the Tatranskí Vlci (English: ''Tatra Wolves''), a junior team playing in the Northwest division of the [[Minor Hockey League]] (MHL). The team consists of Czech and Slovak players born 1990 or later. They played their home games in nearby [[Spišská Nová Ves]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hclev.eu/zobraz.asp?t=vlci|title=Projekt MHL Tatranskí Vlci|publisher=hclev.eu|language=Slovak}}</ref>. Their fate after Lev's move to Prague is yet unclear.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:25, 17 May 2012

HC Lev Praha
NicknameLion
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
(2012–present)
ConferenceWestern
DivisionBobrov
Founded2012
Home arenaTipsport Arena
(capacity: 13,995)
Head coachCzech Republic Josef Jandač
AffiliateSparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
WebsiteHCLev.eu

Hockey Club Lev (English: Lion) is a professional ice hockey located in Prague, Czech Republic. They are expected to play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) next season. Although closely connected, it is not the same organisation that played under the name Lev Poprad in Poprad, Slovakia during the last KHL season.[2]

History

The team was originally called Lev Hradec Králové and was based in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. It had been intended to join the KHL for the 2010–11 season, for which it fulfilled all necessary conditions except that the Czech Ice Hockey Association refused to give permission to the club.[3] Because of that, Lev's management decided to move the club to Slovakia, whereupon is has been accepted by the KHL's administration to participate in the league in the 2010–11 season.[4] However later the KHL excluded the team from the league for the 2010–11 season because the team was not part of any national ice hockey governing body.[5]

After further efforts, including joining the Slovak Hockey Federation (SZĽH), HC Lev was officially admitted to the KHL in May 2011. The team found a home in Poprad where they shared the stadium with HK Poprad from the Slovak Extraliga.[6]

Move to Prague (2012)

Late in the 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 to Lev to play in the Czech Republic,[7] and at the end of April, Lev officially applied to the KHL to play in Prague next season, although, strictly speaking, as a new organisation, different from the team that played in Poprad before.[2] They will cooperate with local club HC Sparta Praha and the two teams are expected to share the Tipsort Arena.

Players

Current roster

Template:Lev Poprad roster

References

  1. ^ "About Us". HCLev.eu. 2011-09-19.
  2. ^ a b "Lev, drugs and healthy nutrition". khl.ru. 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "HC Lev will not play in 2010-11 KHL Championship". khl.ru. 2010-06-09.
  4. ^ "HC Lev to join KHL". khl.ru. 2010-07-19.
  5. ^ ""Лев" не сыграет в ближайшем сезоне" (in Russian). khl.ru. 2010-07-28.
  6. ^ "Back to 24". khl.ru. 2011-05-09.
  7. ^ "Permission granted". khl.ru. 2012-03-30.
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