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	\| nickname = Lions, Pride		\| nickname = Lions, Pride
	\| founded = [[2012-13 KHL season\|2012]]		\| founded = [[2012-13 KHL season\|2012]]
	\| dissolved =		\| dissolved = 2014
	\| based_in = [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]		\| based_in = [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]
	\| arena = [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)\|Tipsport Arena]]<br />(capacity: 13,150)<br/>[[O2 Arena (Prague)\|O<sub>2</sub> Arena]]<br />(capacity: 17,360)		\| arena = [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)\|Tipsport Arena]]<br />(capacity: 13,150)<br/>[[O2 Arena (Prague)\|O<sub>2</sub> Arena]]<br />(capacity: 17,360)
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	'''Hockey Club Lev Praha''' (stylized as '''HC LEV Praha''') is a professional [[ice hockey]] team located in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]], which ~~made their first~~ [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL) season in 2012–13.		'''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 KHL season\|2012–13]] and [[2013–14 KHL season\|2013–14]] seasons.

	In their ~~first~~ two seasons played, Lev ~~has~~ 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 ~~beat~~ [[KHL ~~Medvescak~~ Zagreb]], [[HC Donbass]] and [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] to become Western Conference Champions. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, they faced [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]. The series went to a seventh and decisive game before Metallurg prevailed on home ice ~~7-4~~.		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 (KHL)\|Western Conference]] Champions. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, they faced [[Eastern Conference (KHL)\|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 home attendance in the ~~2012-13~~ regular season ~~was an average of~~ 7,161 spectators, making it the highest-attended Prague hockey club and the sixth highest in the KHL.<ref>[http://levpraha.cz/clanek.asp?id=KHL-v-Praze-bavila-Lev-sesty-v-navstevnosti-KHL-696 KHL v Praze bavila, Lev šestý v návštěvnosti KHL]</ref> Lev holds the record for the five largest home crowds in KHL history, with a record of 17,073 attending ~~game four~~ of the Gagarin Cup Finals at [[O2 Arena (Prague)\|O2 Arena]] on April 24, 2014.<ref>[http://hokej.idnes.cz/hokej-khl-lev-magnitogorsk-d0v-/evropa.aspx?c=A140424_144334_evropa_cig Ve finále KHL je vyrovnáno: Lev před rekordní návštěvou v Praze padl]</ref> However, after two seasons, because of financial problems caused by the withdrawing of two major sponsors, Lev is not ~~playing~~ in the [[2014–15 KHL season]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sport.aktualne.cz/nadeje-vyhasla-lev-praha-definitivne-konci-v-khl/r~d296cb2a011e11e4a60c0025900fea04/\|title=Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL\|date=2014-06-01\|~~accessdate~~=2014-06-01}}</ref> According to shareholders, this decision ~~does~~ not rule out the possibility of the KHL returning to Prague in the future~~. They are not considering moving the team to another city or another league; the KHL in Prague remains their priority~~.<ref>[http://www.levpraha.com/clanek.asp?id=Lev-won%B4t-play-in-2014-2015-885 Lev won´t play in 2014/2015]</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://levpraha.cz/clanek.asp?id=KHL-v-Praze-bavila-Lev-sesty-v-navstevnosti-KHL-696 \|title=KHL v Praze bavila, Lev šestý v návštěvnosti KHL \|access-date=2014-07-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204431/http://levpraha.cz/clanek.asp?id=KHL-v-Praze-bavila-Lev-sesty-v-navstevnosti-KHL-696 \|archive-date=2014-07-14 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 (Prague)\|O2 Arena]] on April 24, 2014.<ref>[http://hokej.idnes.cz/hokej-khl-lev-magnitogorsk-d0v-/evropa.aspx?c=A140424_144334_evropa_cig Ve finále KHL je vyrovnáno: Lev před rekordní návštěvou v Praze padl]</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sport.aktualne.cz/nadeje-vyhasla-lev-praha-definitivne-konci-v-khl/r~d296cb2a011e11e4a60c0025900fea04/\|title=Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL\|date=2014-06-01\|access-date=2014-06-01}}</ref> According to shareholders, this decision did not rule out the possibility of the KHL returning to Prague in the future.<ref>[http://www.levpraha.com/clanek.asp?id=Lev-won%B4t-play-in-2014-2015-885 Lev won´t play in 2014/2015]</ref> However, the team never returned to the ice.

	==History==		==History==
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	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,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/03/30/24548.html\|title=Permission granted\|date=2012-03-30\|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref> 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.<ref name="levdrugs">{{cite web\|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/4/25/24590.html\|title=Lev, drugs and healthy nutrition\|publisher=khl.ru\|date=2012-04-25}}</ref>		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,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/03/30/24548.html\|title=Permission granted\|date=2012-03-30\|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref> 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.<ref name="levdrugs">{{cite web\|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/4/25/24590.html\|title=Lev, drugs and healthy nutrition\|publisher=khl.ru\|date=2012-04-25}}</ref>

	Lev Praha ~~has~~ a working agreement with local [[Czech Extraliga\|Extraliga]] club [[HC Sparta Praha]] and the two teams share [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)\|Tipsport Arena]]. During their ~~first~~ two seasons, Lev also played a total of 11 home games at the larger and newer [[O2 Arena (Prague)\|O2 Arena]].		Lev Praha had a working agreement with local [[Czech Extraliga\|Extraliga]] club [[HC Sparta Praha]] and the two teams share [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)\|Tipsport Arena]]. During their two seasons, Lev also played a total of 11 home games at the larger and newer [[O2 Arena (Prague)\|O2 Arena]].

	==Honors==		==Honors==

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{{Infobox KHL team
| clubname = HC Lev Praha
| image =[[Image:HC Lev Praha.png|220px]]
| fullname = Hockey Club Lev Praha
| nickname = Lions, Pride
| founded = [[2012-13 KHL season|2012]]
| dissolved =
| based_in = [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]
| arena = [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)|Tipsport Arena]] (capacity: 13,150) [[O2 Arena (Prague)|O2 Arena]] (capacity: 17,360)
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League]]
| division = [[Bobrov Division|Bobrov]]
| conference = [[Western Conference (KHL)|Western]]
| uniform = [[File:KHL Lev Praha 2012-13.png|KHL-Uniform-Lev-Praha|150px]]
| team_color = {{color box|#C1001F}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#1D4087}}
| owner = Sportovní holding Praha
| affiliates = [[HC Sparta Praha|Sparta Praha]] ([[Czech Extraliga]]), [[HC Stadion Litoměřice]] ([[1. Národní Hokejová Liga|Czech 1. Liga]])
| website = [http://www.levpraha.com/ www.levpraha.com]
}}
'''Hockey Club Lev Praha''' (stylized as '''HC LEV Praha''') is a professional [[ice hockey]] team located in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]], which made their first [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL) season in 2012–13.

In their first two seasons played, Lev has 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 beat [[KHL Medvescak Zagreb]], [[HC Donbass]] and [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] to become Western Conference Champions. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, they faced [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]. The series went to a seventh and decisive game before Metallurg prevailed on home ice 7-4.

Lev home attendance in the 2012-13 regular season was an average of 7,161 spectators, making it the highest-attended Prague hockey club and the sixth highest in the KHL.<ref>[http://levpraha.cz/clanek.asp?id=KHL-v-Praze-bavila-Lev-sesty-v-navstevnosti-KHL-696 KHL v Praze bavila, Lev šestý v návštěvnosti KHL]</ref> Lev holds the record for the five largest home crowds in KHL history, with a record of 17,073 attending game four of the Gagarin Cup Finals at [[O2 Arena (Prague)|O2 Arena]] on April 24, 2014.<ref>[http://hokej.idnes.cz/hokej-khl-lev-magnitogorsk-d0v-/evropa.aspx?c=A140424_144334_evropa_cig Ve finále KHL je vyrovnáno: Lev před rekordní návštěvou v Praze padl]</ref> However, after two seasons, because of financial problems caused by the withdrawing of two major sponsors, Lev is not playing in the [[2014–15 KHL season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.aktualne.cz/nadeje-vyhasla-lev-praha-definitivne-konci-v-khl/r~d296cb2a011e11e4a60c0025900fea04/|title=Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL|date=2014-06-01|accessdate=2014-06-01}}</ref> According to shareholders, this decision does not rule out the possibility of the KHL returning to Prague in the future. They are not considering moving the team to another city or another league; the KHL in Prague remains their priority.<ref>[http://www.levpraha.com/clanek.asp?id=Lev-won%B4t-play-in-2014-2015-885 Lev won´t play in 2014/2015]</ref>

==History==

===HC Lev in Hradec Králové and Poprad===
{{main|HC Lev Poprad}}
A team named ''HC Lev Hradec Králové'' was originally founded in 2010 and based in [[Hradec Králové, Bohemia]], [[Czech Republic]], with the intention to join the KHL. However, the [[Czech Ice Hockey Association]] refused to give permission to the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/6/9/23871.html |title=HC Lev will not play in 2010-11 KHL Championship |date=2010-06-09 |publisher=khl.ru}}</ref> Therefore, the team was moved to [[Poprad]], [[Slovakia]] and was finally able to join the KHL for the [[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12 season]]. But after only one KHL season the team was disbanded.

===New team in Prague (2012)===
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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/03/30/24548.html|title=Permission granted|date=2012-03-30|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref> 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.<ref name="levdrugs">{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/4/25/24590.html|title=Lev, drugs and healthy nutrition|publisher=khl.ru|date=2012-04-25}}</ref>

Lev Praha has a working agreement with local [[Czech Extraliga|Extraliga]] club [[HC Sparta Praha]] and the two teams share [[Tipsport Arena (built 1962)|Tipsport Arena]]. During their first two seasons, Lev also played a total of 11 home games at the larger and newer [[O2 Arena (Prague)|O2 Arena]].

==Honors==

===Achievements===
{{Silver2}} '''[[Kontinental Hockey League]]''' ''(1)'': 2014

{{Gold1}} '''[[KHL Conference Finals#Western Conference|KHL Western Conference]]''' ''(1)'': 2014

{{Gold1}} '''Prague Hockey Cup''' ''(1)'': 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://praguehockeycup.cz/eng/zapas.asp?id=Lev-prehral-Kazan-a-slavi-vyhru-na-PHC-8 |title=The Lion´s Roar: HC LEV storm to Prague Hockey Cup win |date=16 August 2013 |website=Prague Hockey Cup |accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/sport/hokej/238485-pohar-zustane-v-praze-lev-oplatil-kazani-porazku-a-vyhral-prague-hockey-cup/ |title=Pohár zůstane v Praze. Lev oplatil Kazani porážku a vyhrál Prague Hockey Cup |date=16 August 2013 |website=Česká televize |accessdate=29 March 2014 |language=Czech}}</ref>

==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''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:small; background:#ddd; padding:5px;"|
| '''Season''' || '''GP''' || '''W''' || '''OTW''' || '''OTL''' || '''L''' || '''Pts''' || '''GF''' || '''GA''' || '''Finish''' || '''Playoffs'''
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]] || 52 || 23 || 1 || 5 || 23 || '''76''' || 132 || 133 || 4th, Bobrov || Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 ([[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]])
|- style="background:#eee;"
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]] || 54 || 23 || 12 || 6 || 13 || '''99''' || 149 || 107 || 2nd, Bobrov || Lost in Finals, 3-4 ([[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]])
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.levpraha.cz/ Official Website of the HC Lev Praha]

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