"HC ZUBR Přerov secures spot in Chance League despite loss of key sponsor Meopta"

Photo: Jan Gebauer, hokejprerov.cz

After the loss of the key sponsor Meopta, first league hockey in Přerov was in danger. But the Zubři chased away the black scenario and will sign up for the Chance League. they are in it for the ninth season in a row.

“In the past few weeks, we have held a number of negotiations with our strategic partners,” describes CEO Tomáš Pluháček in a short statement on the club’s website. we applied for the Chance League in due time.”

In addition, the aforementioned Meopta, which allegedly just changed hands, could also theoretically return to the sponsors: the Americans were to buy it for approximately sixteen billion crowns. However, the transaction has not yet been officially confirmed.

“Meopta-Optika has informed us that it intends to stop supporting professional hockey. We don’t have any new information,” Pluháček mentioned.

“In the past weeks, we have completed a number of negotiations with our strategic partners.”

In any case, the Zubry are waiting for the ninth season in the Chance League. So far, they have never managed to get into the top four, they have been eliminated in the quarter-finals seven times, while this spring they did not manage the series with Třebíčí. Two new reinforcements are expected to help break the streak next season: young defender Ondřej Cubo and shooter Vojtěch Tomi.

Current roster of HC ZUBR Přerov

Keeper: Michal Postava.

Defenders: Jan Billa, Ondřej Cubo, Robert Černý, Tomáš Hanák, David Chrobocek, Jiří Krisl, Tomáš Kudělka.

Attackers: David Březina, David Dobša, Tomáš Doležal, Jiří Goiš, Radim Hradil, Daniel Indrák, Ludvík Lysoněk, Antonín Pechanec, Jan Svoboda, Jakub Svoboda, Patrik Tarnoczy, Vojtěch Tomi.