Mountfield HK

Mountfield Hokejovy Klub (full name: Mountfield Hradec KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ©, a.s.) is a Czech ice hockey club based in Hradec KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ©, active in the Czech Extraliga since the 2013Ã¢ÂÂ14 season. The club colors are white, red, black and yellow. Partner clubs are and .

It plays its home matches in the winter stadium Hradec KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ© (ÃÂPP arena) under the White Tower with a capacity of 6,890 spectators.

History

Mountfield HK aligns itself with the history of KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ¡tÃÂ Lvi, a club formed in Hradec KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ© in 1926 that operated a men's team until 2013. In the meantime, , a Czech-based home and garden retailer, owned and operated a hockey club in ÃÂeskÃÂ© BudÃÂjovice from 2006 to 2013.

Following the 2012Ã¢ÂÂ13 season, the Czech Extraliga reached a sponsorship deal with Radegast to sell its beer in all Extraliga arenas. This agreement conflicted with the naming rights deal ÃÂeskÃÂ© BudÃÂjovice already had with Budweiser Budvar Brewery for their arena. Under the agreement, the club and the city would face stiff penalties for selling any beer other than Budvar products. Unable to resolve the dispute, the club decided on 18 June 2013 that no agreement could be reached between the parties involved and voted to immediately relocate to Hradec KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ© for the 2013Ã¢ÂÂ14 season.

At that point, KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ¡tÃÂ Lvi became Mountfield HK's youth program, while Motor ÃÂeskÃÂ© BudÃÂjovice inherited Hradec KrÃÂ¡lovÃÂ©'s spot in the Czech 1.liga.