Vary (from season 1996/1997 HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary). The club reached the First League in 1995 and a couple of years later in 1997, HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary fought their way into the Extra League. They did not managed to defeat Opava in the playoffs, but with a stable position in the competition, the club bought the rights of HC Olomouc which was in financial difficulties. The club got a new sponsor in 2002, the Sokolovskou uhelnou a. s., and was renamed to HC Energie. In season 2007/2008, the team, led by coach Zdeňek Venera, fought their way into the finals, but lost in a 7-games battle to Prague's team Slavia. The club's effort paid off next year under the coach Josef Paleček and captain Václav Skuhravy in repetition of last year's finals, HC Energie won 4:2 on games and celebrated their first Extraliga title. The best player of the playoffs that year was Lukáš Mensator. The Extraliga Finals of the 2008/2009 season was also the last game in the old arena in Dolní Kamenna. From the next season, the club moved into the newly built KV Arena. Some of the icons of ice hockey in Karlovy Vary are Václav Šinágl, Lukáš Mensator and Tomáš Vokoun. Energie's junior team joined the MHL, the KHL's junior league, for the 2012–13 season, but then left after the 2014–15 season. In 2017, the team lost the main sponsor Sokolovská uhelná and played the season 2017/18 in the second highest league. The next year, however, the team returned to the Extraliga. Honours Domestic Czech Extraliga Winners (1): 2008–09 Runners-up (1): 2007–08 Czech 1. Liga Winners (2): 1996–97, 2017–18 3rd place (1): 1995–96 Czech 2. Liga Winners (1): 1994–95 Pre-season Tipsport Hockey Cup Runners-up (1): 2007 Players Current roster Source: hokejkv.czSource: eliteprospects.comAs of February 25, 2022. References External links Official website Ice hockey teams in Czechoslovakia Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic HC Karlovy Vary Ice hockey clubs established in 1932 1932 establishments in Czechoslovakia