HC Bílí Tygři Liberec

Bílí Tygři Liberec
Bílí Tygři Liberec
City	Liberec
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	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

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.

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

Current roster

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


No.	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