The club was founded in 1945. As soon as in 1951, Slezan was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and played there until 1953. Slezan Opava played in the top-level league also two seasons in 1957 and 1960. In the Czech Republic, the club was promoted to the elite Czech Extraliga in 1996, after it won the promotion play-offs. The club had financial difficulties and sold the license for Extraliga in 1999 to HC Havířov. From the 1999/2000 season the club played the First National Hockey League (second-level league) but was relegated in the 2004/2005 season to the Second National Hockey League (third-level league).
slezan, opava, hockey, team, second, national, hockey, league, third, level, league, from, opava, cityopava, czech, republicleaguesecond, national, hockey, leaguefounded1945, 1945, home, arenazimní, stadion, opavacoloursred, whitehead, coachaleš, tomášek, club. HC Slezan Opava is an ice hockey team in the Second National Hockey League third level league from Opava HC Slezan OpavaCityOpava Czech RepublicLeagueSecond National Hockey LeagueFounded1945 1945 Home arenaZimni stadion OpavaColoursred and whiteHead coachAles Tomasek The club was founded in 1945 As soon as in 1951 Slezan was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and played there until 1953 Slezan Opava played in the top level league also two seasons in 1957 and 1960 In the Czech Republic the club was promoted to the elite Czech Extraliga in 1996 after it won the promotion play offs The club had financial difficulties and sold the license for Extraliga in 1999 to HC Havirov From the 1999 2000 season the club played the First National Hockey League second level league but was relegated in the 2004 2005 season to the Second National Hockey League third level league Famous players editDavid Hruska Drahomir Kadlec Libor PolasekExternal links edit in Czech Official website nbsp This European ice hockey team related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about sports in the Czech Republic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HC Slezan Opava amp oldid 1168228456, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
