| HC Lev Praha | |
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| Nickname | Lions, Pride |
| City | Prague, Czech Republic |
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Bobrov |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Folded | 2014 |
| Home arena | Tipsport Arena (capacity: 13,150) O2 Arena (capacity: 17,360) |
| Colours | |
| Owner(s) | Sportovní holding Praha |
| President | Evgeni Myshkovskyi |
| General manager | Rashid Khabibulin |
| Affiliates | Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga), HC Stadion Litoměřice (Czech 1. Liga) |
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| Franchise history | |
| Hockey Club Lev Praha | |
Hockey Club Lev Praha (stylized as HC LEV Praha) was a professional ice hockey team located in Prague, Czech Republic, which played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.
In their two seasons played, Lev made the Gagarin Cup playoffs both times. In 2012–13, they finished 7th in the Western Conference and were swept in four straight games by HC CSKA Moscow in the first round. In 2013–14, they finished 3rd in the West, then they swept KHL Medveščak Zagreb in four, outlasted HC Donbass in six and beat Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in five to become Western Conference Champions. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, they faced Eastern Conference Champions Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The series went to a seventh and decisive game before Metallurg prevailed and won the Gagarin Cup on home ice 7–4.
Lev's home attendance in the 2012–13 regular season averaged 7,161 spectators per game, making it the highest-attended Prague hockey club and the sixth highest in the KHL.[1] Lev holds the record for the five largest indoor home crowds in KHL history, with a record of 17,073 attending Game 4 of the Gagarin Cup Finals at O2 Arena on April 24, 2014.[2] However, after two seasons, because of financial problems caused by the withdrawing of two major sponsors, Lev did not play in the 2014–15 KHL season.[3] According to shareholders, this decision did not rule out the possibility of the KHL returning to Prague in the future.[4] However, the team never returned to the ice.
- ^ "KHL v Praze bavila, Lev šestý v návštěvnosti KHL". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ Ve finále KHL je vyrovnáno: Lev před rekordní návštěvou v Praze padl
- ^ "Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL". 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ Lev won´t play in 2014/2015