Returning to Pilsen: Reflecting on Hradec, Doping Scandal, and the New Season

Returning to Pilsen: Reflecting on Hradec, Doping Scandal, and the New Season

You left Hradec almost at the top. How pleased were you to say goodbye to silver? I was happy. My departure had been known since December, so I was under scrutiny. I whipped myself a whip. But I am happy that I showed what I am capable of giving to the team with my performance … Read more

Petr Mertl Signs Contract Extension with Pilsen Hockey Club for Fifth Consecutive Season

Petr Mertl Signs Contract Extension with Pilsen Hockey Club for Fifth Consecutive Season

“We believe that he will build on his successful years in Pilsen and will also help us with the training of young players in the cabin,” said general manager and co-owner of the club Martin Straka. Mertl came to Pilsen in 2017. After a successful season in which he scored 57 points in the regular … Read more

Pilsen – Kladno 0:3, Jágr et al. they won in Pilsen and left the last place in the table

Pilsen – Kladno 0:3, Jágr et al.  they won in Pilsen and left the last place in the table

Thanks to the early dismissal of Zámorský, the guests employed Svoboda already in the second minute. However, the Pilsen goalkeeper handled Jágr’s chance and Indrák’s goal was disallowed after a repeated check by the referees on the video. The home team didn’t catch up in the game in five, and after another foul by Mertl, … Read more

Pilsen – Liberec 2:4, Liberec turned the match in Pilsen, won three times in overtime

Pilsen – Liberec 2:4, Liberec turned the match in Pilsen, won three times in overtime

Although the visitors withstood the initial onslaught from Pilsen, in the 7th minute Rekonen opened the scoring by stopping Baránka’s shot. The more active home team could have increased the lead in the 13th minute, but Pour’s shot only hit the left post. Liberec couldn’t keep up with their opponents in skating. Honejsk’s attempt from … Read more

Attacker Lev will return from Hradec Králové to Pilsen after the season

Attacker Lev will return from Hradec Králové to Pilsen after the season

The 32-year-old Lev last worked in Pilsen in the 2016/17 season, before that he won the title with Škoda in 2013. After leaving, the former representative worked in Vítkovice and Komet Brno, and is currently completing his sixteenth season in the extra league. In this year, he played 42 matches for Hradec Králové, scored 15 … Read more

HOCKEY ONLINE: Pardubice have a chance to increase their lead in the extra league again against Pilsen

HOCKEY ONLINE: Pardubice have a chance to increase their lead in the extra league again against Pilsen

Dynamo will build on a six-game winning streak in the extra-league, while seeking their fourth head-to-head win this season. Overall, Pardubice beat Pilsen five times in a row. In eastern Bohemia, Škoda was last successful in February 2019, since then it has lost seven times. A ceremony in Sýkor’s honor will take place before the … Read more

Pilsen – Ml. Boleslav 3:2 PP, Holešinský ensured Pilsen won over Mladá Boleslav 3:2 in extra time

Pilsen – Ml.  Boleslav 3:2 PP, Holešinský ensured Pilsen won over Mladá Boleslav 3:2 in extra time

The home team started more actively and already in the second minute goalkeeper Krošelj had to eliminate Mertl’s shot from close range. The guests threatened from breaks, and in the 7th minute, after the shot, Söderlund’s swing dangerously stopped Přibyl. In the 10th minute, during the numerical advantage of the Indians, first Hrabík missed the … Read more

A derby of emotions but without a goal. A hard fought victory, Kodýtka is happy

A derby of emotions but without a goal.  A hard fought victory, Kodýtka is happy

Karlovy Vary have crashed four times in a row and are second from bottom in the table. Not even 31 shots were enough to score points in the derby. “Our game looked good. We have effort and effort. You can’t win without goals,” commented captain Jiří Černoch. Assistant coach Vojtěch Šik also commented on the … Read more

Two goals in 62 seconds and it was over. Then the guys didn’t want me to pay the till anymore, laughs Forman

Two goals in 62 seconds and it was over.  Then the guys didn’t want me to pay the till anymore, laughs Forman

Sparta crushed the opponent from the first goal and was rewarded with two strikes from Forman. “Similar situations. Very similar situations. I train often. I had a lot of space between the rings, so it was quite easy,” described the striker. He had been waiting for a point for five games, and now he has … Read more