HC Bílí Tygři Liberec

Bílí Tygři Liberec (English: Liberec White Tigers) are a professional ice hockey club based in Liberec, Czech Republic. The team competes in the Czech Extraliga, the highest level of play in professional Czech ice hockey.

Bílí Tygři Liberec
City	Liberec
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	1956 (1956)
Home arena	Home Credit Arena (capacity: 7,500)
Colours	Navy blue, aqua blue, white
General manager	Ctibor Jech
Head coach	Filip Pešán
Captain	Petr Jelínek
Website	hcbilitygri.cz

History

The first hockey club in Liberec was founded in 1934 under the name SK Rapid Horní Růžodol. After the WWII, there have been two sections: Jiskra Kolora and Tatran. In 1956, a new ice rink was built in Liberec and the clubs agreed to merge, under the name TJ Lokomotiva Liberec. Since 1961, the club have been named: Stadion Liberec.

Since 1985, the level of Liberec hockey began to decline and the team played in the third highest competition. It has been given its current name since 2000 and the team returned to the Czech Extraliga in 2002. On 5 October 2010, as the first Czech ice hockey club played on their home ice with an NHL team, specifically in the preparatory match with the Boston Bruins.^[1] In the 2015/16 season, Liberec won its first ever Czech Champion title.

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

• Winners: 2015–16
• Runners-up: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21
• 3rd place: 2004–05, 2006–07

Czech 1. Liga

• Winners: 2001–02
• Runners-up: 1997–98, 2000–01

Players

See also: Category:HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players

Current roster

Source: hcbilitygri.cz^[2]Source: eliteprospects.com^[3]As of October 16, 2021.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
16		Michal Birner	LW	L	38	2018	Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
17		Lukáš Derner	D	L	41	2005	Liberec, Czechoslovakia
77		Martin Faško-Rudáš	LW	R	24	2021	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
41		Tomáš Filippi	RW	L	32	2020	Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czechoslovakia
19		Oscar Flynn	RW	R	25	2022	Burnley, Great Britain
–		Dávid Hrenák	G	L	26	2023	Považská Bystrica, Slovakia
29		Michal Ivan	D	L	25	2021	Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
26		Petr Jelínek	C	L	40	2014	Prague, Czechoslovakia
21		Jakub Klepiš	RW	R	40	2021	Prague, Czechoslovakia
28		Jan Šír	C	R	24	2019	Liberec, Czech Republic
23		T.J. Melancon	D	R	28	2021	Oshawa, Canada
69		Marek Zachar	LW	L	26	2018	Liberec, Czech Republic
5		Ladislav Šmíd	D	L	38	2017	Frýdlant, Czechoslovakia
–		Miroslav Mucha	RW	L	27	2023	Bytča, Slovakia
18		Jakub Rychlovský	LW	L	23	2019	Vrchlabí, Czech Republic
–		Rayen Petrovický	D	L	22	2023	Bellinzona, Switzerland
55		Vratislav Kunst	D	L	25	2019	Prague, Czech Republic
19		Daniel Špaček	RW	R	38	2007	Liberec, Czechoslovakia
59		Petr Kolmann	D	L	36	2008	Liberec, Czechoslovakia
53		Jaroslav Vlach	LW	L	32	2012	Paběnice, Czechoslovakia
71		Adam Najman	C	L	23	2018	Jihlava, Czech Republic
73		Jan Štibingr	D	R	24	2020	Prague, Czech Republic
45		Jan Ordoš	RW	R	28	2021	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
43		Ondřej Vitásek	D	L	34	2020	Prostějov, Czechoslovakia

References

1. "Liberec poznal sílu vyslance z NHL. Boston zúčtoval s Čechy 7:1". Sport.cz (in Czech). 5 October 2010.
2. "Team Roster / HC Bílí Tygři Liberec" (in Czech). www.hcbilitygri.cz. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
3. "Team Roster / HC Bílí Tygři Liberec". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

External links

• Official website (in Czech)
• Official Bílí Tygři Liberec website (in English)