Valašský hokejový klub Vsetín, also known as Hockey Club Vsetín, is a professional ice hockey team in the Czech 1. liga (second-level league). The team is the most successful team in Czech Republic ice hockey history, winning five straight Extraliga championships between 1995 and 1999, and another in 2001 for six titles in seven years. Their home arena is Zimní stadion Na Lapači in Vsetín. In the 2005–06 and 2006-07 seasons, they finished at the bottom of the league and did not participate in any competition in the 2007-08 season due to financial problems. Hockey returned to Vsetín a year later, when a new team was founded. The team has been playing in the Czech 1. liga since the 2017-18 season after being promoted from the Czech 2. liga (third-level league) in 2016-17.

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

Winners (6): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01

Runners-up (1): 1999–2000

Czech 1. Liga

Runners-up (2): 2021–22, 2022–23

3rd place (1): 2020–21

Pre-season

Rona Cup

Winners (1): 1997

Club names

1905 – SK (Sportovní klub) Vsetín

1906 – Bruslařský klub Vsetín

1933 – Sokol Vsetín

1968 – Zbrojovka Vsetín

1994 – HC (Hockey club) Dadák Vsetín

1996 – HC Petra Vsetín

1998 – HC Slovnaft Vsetín

2001 – HC Vsetín

2003 – Vsetínská hokejová

2008 – Valašský hokejový klub (VHK) 2016 – VHK ROBE Vsetín

VHK Vsetín

References

External links

Official website

Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic

Vsetín District

1905 establishments in Austria-Hungary

Ice hockey clubs established in 1905

VHK Vsetín