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| league      = [[Czech Extraliga]]
| league      = [[Czech Extraliga]]
| founded      = {{Start date|1924}}
| founded      = {{Start date|1924}}
| arena        = [[Zimní stadion (Kladno)|Zimní Stadion]] <small>([[List of ice hockey arenas by capacity|Capacity]]: 8,600)</small>
| arena        = [[ČEZ Stadion]] Capacity: 5,200)</small>
| colours      = white, blue {{color box|white}} {{color box|navy}}
| colours      = white, blue {{color box|white}} {{color box|navy}}
| owner        = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jaromír Jágr
| owner        = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jaromír Jágr
| GM          =
| coach        = {{flagicon|CZE}} Zdeněk Vojta
| captain      = {{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel Patera
| affiliates  =
| parentclub  =
| farmclub    =
| website      = [http://www.hc-kladno.cz/ www.hc-kladno.cz]
| website      = [http://www.hc-kladno.cz/ www.hc-kladno.cz]
<!---Franchise history--->
| name1 = HOSK Kladno
| dates1 = 1924–1948
| name2 = TJ Sokol Kladno
| dates2 = 1948–1949
| name3 = TJ Sokol SONP Kladno
| dates3 = 1949–1953
| name4 = DSO Baník Kladno SONP
| dates4 = 1953–1958
| name5 = TJ SONP Kladno
| dates5 = 1968–1977
| name6 = TJ Poldi SONP Kladno
| dates6 = 1977–1989
| name7 = HC Poldi Kladno / HC Kladno
| dates7 = 1989–1997
| name8 = HC Velvana Kladno
| dates8 = 1997–2000
| name9 = HC Vagnerplast Kladno
| dates9 = 2000–2003
| name10 = HC Rabat Kladno
| dates10 = 2003–2006
| name11 = HC GEUS OKNA Kladno
| dates11 = 2006–2010
| name12 = HC Vagnerplast Kladno
| dates12 = 2010–2011
| name13 = Rytíři Kladno
| dates13 = Since 2011
}}
}}


'''Hockey Club Kladno''', also known as '''Rytíři Kladno''' (''Kladno Knights'') is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] professional [[ice hockey]] team based in the city of [[Kladno]]. They are currently a member of the [[Czech Extraliga]]. The team is owned by National Hockey League player Jaromír Jágr.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://praguemonitor.com/2011/09/01/kladno-ice-hockey-team-enters-new-era-famous-j%C3%A1gr-owner | title=Kladno ice hockey team enters new era with famous Jágr as owner | publisher=Prague Monitor | date=2011-09-01 | accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref>
'''Rytíři Kladno''' (''{{lang-en|Kladno Knights}}'') is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] professional [[ice hockey]] team based in the city of [[Kladno]]. They are currently a member of the [[Czech Extraliga]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Zápasy: Rytíři Kladno |url=https://www.hokej.cz/klub/828/zapasy |access-date=13 August 2019 |work=Hokej.cz}}</ref> The team president and owner is Jaromír Jágr, a former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player, who is currently playing in home games for the team in addition to his ownership and administrative roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hc-kladno.cz/cz/statistiky-hracu-a-tymu |title=TIPSPORT extraliga 2019/2020 - základní část |work=Rytíři Kladno |language=cs |date=2020-01-04 |access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jágr bude stoprocentním vlastníkem kladenského hokejového klubu |url=https://www.idnes.cz/hokej/hokejova-1-liga/kladno-jaromir-jagr-vlastnik.A170424_092507_hok_1liga_rou |work=iDNES.cz |date=24 April 2017}}</ref> The team plays its home games at [[ČEZ Stadion]].


==History==
==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 [[Golden Hockey Stick (Czechoslovakia)|league MVP]] in 1977, 1981, and 1982, and won six scoring titles. František Pospíšil was league MVP in 1971 and 1972.
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.  


Jaromír Jágr played for his hometown Kladno for parts of four seasons, including during the NHL lockouts in 1994, 2004, and 2012.
Before the 1997-98 season Kladno lost its sponsor, ironworks Hut Poldi. 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.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |last1=Waldstein |first1=David |title=The 51-Year-Old Hockey Star Who Won't Quit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/sports/hockey/jaromir-jagr-czech-extraliga.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=28 February 2023}}</ref>


During the 2010-2011 season, the team was deducted 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/sport/hokej/107677-rozhodnuto-plzen-mlada-boleslav-i-kladno-prijdou-o-body/|title=Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body|language=Czech|work=Česká televize|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22257748/jaromir-jagr-clears-waivers-assigned-hc-kladno-czech-republic|title=Jagr assigned to hometown team HC Kladno|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> Jágr took over majority ownership from his father in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jagr feels obligated to keep playing for Kladno nearing age 50: report|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/jagr-to-continue-playing-for-kladno-nearing-age-50/c-325952420|access-date=2022-01-02|website=NHL.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/sport/hokej/107677-rozhodnuto-plzen-mlada-boleslav-i-kladno-prijdou-o-body/|title=Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body|language=cs|work=Česká televize|date=19 November 2010|access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref>
 
===Summary of league participation===
* 1951–1953: [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|First Ice Hockey League]] (highest-level league in [[Czechoslovakia]])
* 1953–1955: [[Czechoslovak 2. Liga|Celostátní soutěž]] (second-level league in Czechoslovakia)
* 1955–1983: [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|First Ice Hockey League]] (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
* 1983–1985: [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League|1. ČNHL]] (second-level league in Czechoslovakia)
* 1985–1986: [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|First Ice Hockey League]] (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
* 1986–1987: [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League|1. ČNHL]] (second-level league in Czechoslovakia)
* 1987–1993: [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|First Ice Hockey League]] (highest-level league in Czechoslovakia)
* 1993–2002: [[Czech Extraliga]] (highest-level league in the [[Czech Republic]])
* 2002–2003: [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League]] (second-level league in the Czech Republic)
* 2003–2014: [[Czech Extraliga]] (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)
* 2014–2019 : [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League|WSM Liga]] (second-level league in the Czech Republic)
* 2019–20 : [[Czech Extraliga]] (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)
* 2020–21 : [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League]]
* 2021–present : [[Czech Extraliga]] (highest-level league in the Czech Republic)


==Club names==
==Club names==
* 1924 - HOSK Kladno
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 steelworks in Kladno, and its name was expanded to TJ Sokol SONP Kladno.
* 1948 - Sokol Kladno
* 1977 - Poldi SONP Kladno
* 1995 - HC Poldi Kladno
* 1997 - HC Velvana Kladno
* 2000 - HC Vagnerplast Kladno
* 2003 - HC Rabat Kladno
* 2007 - HC GEUS OKNA Kladno
* 2010 - HC Vagnerplast Kladno
* 2011 - Rytíři Kladno


==Honors==
When the Czechoslovak State Committee for Physical Education and Sport (SVTVS) was established in 1953, all sports clubs were designated as voluntary sports organizations (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.
===Champions===
 
* '''Czechoslovakia Championships''' ''(6)'': 1959, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980
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.
*'''European Championships''' ''(1)'': 1977
 
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)<ref name="nyt" />
Source: <ref>{{cite web |title=Historie klubu |url=http://www.hc-kladno.cz/cz/historie-klubu |website=HC-Kladno.cz |access-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020602/http://www.hc-kladno.cz/cz/historie-klubu |archive-date=14 January 2018 |language=cs}}</ref>
 
==Honours==
===Domestic===
'''[[Czech Extraliga]]'''
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): [[1993–94 Czech Extraliga season|1993–94]]
 
'''[[Czech 1.liga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (2): [[2002–03 Czech 1. Liga season|2002–03]], [[2020–21 Czech 1. Liga season|2020–21]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): [[2017-18 Czech 1. Liga season|2017–18]], [[2018-19 Czech 1. Liga season|2018–19]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): [[2016-17 Czech 1. Liga season|2016–17]]
 
'''[[Czechoslovak Extraliga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (6): [[1958–59 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1958–59]], [[1974–75 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1974–75]], [[1975–76 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1976–77]], [[1977–78 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1977–78]], [[1979–80 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1979–80]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[1981–82 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1981–82]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (2): [[1971–72 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1971–72]], [[1980–81 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1980–81]]
 
'''[[1. Česká národní hokejová liga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (3): [[1983–84 1. Česká národní hokejová liga season|1983–84]], [[1984–85 1. Česká národní hokejová liga season|1984–85]], [[1986–87 1. Česká národní hokejová liga season|1986–87]]
 
'''[[Czechoslovak 2. Liga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): [[1954–55 Celostátní soutěž season|1954–55]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): [[1953–54 Celostátní soutěž season|1953–54]]
 
===International===
'''[[IIHF European Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): [[IIHF European Cup 1977|1976–77]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (3): [[IIHF European Cup 1976|1975–76]], [[IIHF European Cup 1978|1977–78]], [[IIHF European Cup 1979|1978–79]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): [[IIHF European Cup 1981|1980–81]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.hc-kladno.cz/ Official web site]  
* [http://www.hc-kladno.cz/ Official web site]  

Latest revision as of 17:19, 25 July 2024

Rytíři Kladno
HC Kladno.png
City: Kladno, Czech Republic
League: Czech Extraliga
Founded: 1924 (1924)
Home Arena: ČEZ Stadion Capacity: 5,200)
Colors: white, blue          
Franchise history
1924–1948: HOSK Kladno
1948–1949: TJ Sokol Kladno
1949–1953: TJ Sokol SONP Kladno
1953–1958: DSO Baník Kladno SONP
1968–1977: TJ SONP Kladno
1977–1989: TJ Poldi SONP Kladno
1989–1997: HC Poldi Kladno / HC Kladno
1997–2000: HC Velvana Kladno
2000–2003: HC Vagnerplast Kladno
2003–2006: HC Rabat 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 Hut Poldi. 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

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 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 (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: [8]

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

Czech 1.liga

Czechoslovak Extraliga

1. Česká národní hokejová liga

Czechoslovak 2. Liga

International

IIHF European Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Zápasy: Rytíři Kladno", Hokej.cz. 
  2. ↑ "TIPSPORT extraliga 2019/2020 - základní část" (in cs). Rytíři Kladno. 2020-01-04. http://www.hc-kladno.cz/cz/statistiky-hracu-a-tymu. 
  3. ↑ "Jágr bude stoprocentním vlastníkem kladenského hokejového klubu", iDNES.cz, 24 April 2017. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Waldstein, David (28 February 2023). "The 51-Year-Old Hockey Star Who Won't Quit". https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/sports/hockey/jaromir-jagr-czech-extraliga.html. 
  5. ↑ "Jagr assigned to hometown team HC Kladno", ESPN.com. 
  6. ↑ "Jagr feels obligated to keep playing for Kladno nearing age 50: report" (in en-US). https://www.nhl.com/news/jagr-to-continue-playing-for-kladno-nearing-age-50/c-325952420. 
  7. ↑ "Rozhodnuto: Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav i Kladno přijdou o body" (in cs). Česká televize. 19 November 2010. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/sport/hokej/107677-rozhodnuto-plzen-mlada-boleslav-i-kladno-prijdou-o-body/. 
  8. ↑ "Historie klubu" (in cs). http://www.hc-kladno.cz/cz/historie-klubu. 

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