HC Kometa Brno

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The club was founded in 1953 as an army ice hockey club with the name Rudá hvězda Brno ("Red Star"). The majority of players were transferred from two hockey clubs in Brno (TJ Spartak Brno Zbrojovka and TJ Spartak GZ Královo Pole{{Cite web|url=https://www.hc-kometa.cz/historie.asp|title=Historie » Info|website=hc-kometa.cz}}). In 1962, the club changed its name to ZKL Brno (ZKL is an abbreviation of "Ball Bearing Factory")Originally Závody kuličkových ložisek; this factory – now [http://www.zkl.cz/english/index.aspx ZKL Group Brno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421070353/http://www.zkl.cz/english/index.aspx |date=21 April 2009 }} – became the main sponsor of the club. and stopped being an army team. In 1976, the name was changed to Zetor Brno. Shortly after the revolution (1994), the club changed its name to HC Kometa Brno. "Kometa" was the team's nickname since the 1950s (as opposed to the official "Red Star") and the team was commonly referred to by this name since its beginning.

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In 1996, the team was relegated from Czech Extraliga to the second highest ice hockey league, the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League. For many years, the team struggled due to poor financing and multiple changes of owners, facing relegation again in 2001–2002. The club almost ceased to exist, playing in the East division of the third-highest Czech ice hockey league. By the 2003–2004 season, it returned to the first league. In 2004, Kometa played its first playoff series since 1997, reached the semifinals in 2008, and reached the finals in 2009.

On 1 April 2009, Kometa bought the licence for another South Moravian club, HC Znojemští Orli. This club began to serve as a farm team for Brno.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hokej.cz/index.php?lng=CZ&view=clanek&id=43278 |title=Hokej.cz - Kometa Brno se po třinácti letech vrací do extraligy! Koupila licenci od Znojma |access-date=9 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405203802/http://www.hokej.cz/index.php?view=clanek&lng=CZ&id=43278 |archive-date=5 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}

In March 2012, the team managed to defeat HC Sparta Praha, the winner of the 2011–12 Czech Extraliga regular season, in six games, qualifying for the playoff semifinals.{{cite web|url=http://hokej.idnes.cz/postup-komety-do-semifinale-vyrazeni-sparty-v-play-off-pin-/hokej.aspx?c=A120320_121155_hokej_cig|title=Kometa je v euforii a už mluví o titulu. Máme na to, tvrdí hráči |date=20 March 2012|work=Mladá fronta DNES|publisher=iDnes|language=cs|access-date=20 March 2012}} In the semifinals, they defeated HC Plzeň 1929, the runner-up of the regular season, in five games. In the final, Kometa lost the Czech Extraliga championship final to HC Pardubice in six games.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.cz/hokej/extraliga/clanek/423881-drama-pro-kardiaky-kometa-pretlacila-pardubice-padlo-11-golu.html|title=Pardubice – Brno 5:6. Stav série 1:1. Drama pro kardiaky. Kometa přetlačila Pardubice, padlo 11 gólů! |date=10 April 2012|publisher=Sport.cz|language=cs|access-date=10 April 2012}}

Czech Extraliga

• {{gold1}} Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2013–14
• {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): 2014–15

Czech 1. Liga

• {{gold1}} Winners (1): 1994–95
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2008–09
• {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): 1993–94

Czechoslovak Extraliga

• {{gold1}} Winners (11): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (4): 1953–54, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71
• {{bronze3}} 3rd place (3): 1958–59, 1966–67, 1969–70

1st. Czech National Hockey League

• {{gold1}} Winners (3): 1980–81, 1988–89, 1990–91
• {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): 1992–93

IIHF European Cup

• {{gold1}} Winners (3): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68

Spengler Cup

• {{gold1}} Winners (1): 1955
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): 1957

Rona Cup

• {{gold1}} Winners (1): 2014

Tipsport Hockey Cup

• {{gold1}} Winners (1): 2008

• 1953 – Rudá hvězda Brno
• 1962 – TJ ZKL Brno
• 1976 – TJ Zetor Brno
• 1990 – HC Zetor Brno
• 1993 – HC Královopolská Brno
• 1994 – HC Kometa Brno
• 1995 – HC Kometa Brno BVV
• 1997 – HC Kometa Brno

Source: hc-kometa.cz{{cite web|url=https://www.hc-kometa.cz/soupiska.asp | title=Team Roster / HC Kometa Brno | publisher=www.hc-kometa.cz | access-date=2020-04-02}}Source: eliteprospects.com{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/1190/hc-kometa-brno | title=Team Roster / HC Kometa Brno | publisher=www.eliteprospects.com | access-date=2020-03-28}}As of January 25, 2022.

{{Ice hockey team roster}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Kristián | last = Pospíšil | dab = | num = 88 | pos = LW | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 04 | birthday = 22 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Zvolen, Slovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Lukáš | last = Doudera | dab = | num = 95 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 01 | birthday = 03 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Kladno, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Radovan | last = Pavlík | dab = | num = 98 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 02 | birthday = 18 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Adam | last = Zbořil | dab = | num = 38 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 08 | birthday = 28 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Brno, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Tomáš | last = Bartejs | dab = | num = 7 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 09 | birthday = 04 | acq = 2016 | birthplace = Třebíč, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jan | last = Mlčák | dab = | num = 29 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 08 | birthday = 22 | acq = 2017 | birthplace = Přerov, Czech Republic | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Daniel | last = Rákos | dab = | num = 61 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1987 | birthmonth = 05 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Pardubice, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Rhett | last = Holland | dab = | num = 93 | pos = D | nat = CAN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 09 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2020 | birthplace = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Michal | last = Gulaši | dab = | num = 24 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1986 | birthmonth = 07 | birthday = 18 | acq = 2016 | birthplace = Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Martin | last = Zaťovič | dab = | num = 26 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1985 | birthmonth = 01 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2016 | birthplace = Přerov, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Tomáš | last = Vincour | dab = | num = 81 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2016 | birthplace = Brno, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Petr | last = Holík | dab = | num = 92 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 03 | birthday = 03 | acq = 2018 | birthplace = Zlín, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = David | last = Ostřížek | dab = | num = 44 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 01 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Radek | last = Kučeřík | dab = | num = 4 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 21 | acq = 2020 | birthplace = Kyjov, Czech Republic | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Marek | last = Ďaloga | dab = | num = 8 | pos = D | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 1989 | birthmonth = 03 | birthday = 10 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Zvolen, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Luboš | last = Horký | dab = | num = 16 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2016 | birthplace = Znojmo, Czech Republic | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Vladimír | last = Roth | dab = | num = 25 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 06 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Prague, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Andrej | last = Kollár | dab = Andrej Kollár (ice hockey, born 1999) | num = 72 | pos = C | nat = SVK | s/g = R | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 04 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Nitra, Slovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Martin | last = Dočekal | dab = | num = 90 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 07 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Třebíč, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Lukáš | last = Cingel | dab = | num = 6 | pos = C | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 06 | birthday = 10 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Žilina, Slovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Tomáš | last = Marcinko | dab = | num = 65 | pos = C | nat = SVK | s/g = R | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 04 | birthday = 11 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Poprad, Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jakub | last = Flek | dab = | num = 9 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 24 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

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File:HC Kometa Brno.jpg|Playoff match against PSG Zlín 2011

File:HC Kometa Brno v PSG Zlín 2011-11-29 (01).jpg|PSG Zlín match

File:HC Kometa Brno v PSG Zlín 2011-11-29 (13).jpg|PSG ZLín full play

File:Brno, zimní stadion Za Lužánkami(3).jpg|The old stadium behind Lužánky park

File:Rozloučení s Kometou 2011 (023).jpg|The closing of the season 2011

File:DRFG Arena.jpg|DRFG Arena - main entrance

File:HC Kometa Brno logo.svg|The former logo

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• [https://www.hc-kometa.cz/ Official website]
• [https://www.modrobili.cz/ Modrobílí - HC Kometa Brno fans]
• [https://www.facebook.com/hc.kometa/ HC Kometa Brno - Facebook]

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