VHK Vsetín


Valašský hokejový klub Vsetín, also known as Hockey Club Vsetín, is a professional ice hockey team in the 1st [Czech Republic Hockey League|Czech 1. liga]. 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 in 2016-17.

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga
Czech 1. Liga

Pre-season

Rona Cup
  • Winners : 1997

Club names

  • 1905 – SK Vsetín
  • 1906 – Bruslařský klub Vsetín
  • 1933 – Sokol Vsetín
  • 1968 – Zbrojovka Vsetín
  • 1994HC Dadák Vsetín
  • 1996 – HC Petra Vsetín
  • 1998 – HC Slovnaft Vsetín
  • 2001 – HC Vsetín
  • 2003 – Vsetínská hokejová
  • 2008 – Valašský hokejový klub
  • 2016 – VHK ROBE Vsetín