HC LEV Praha

LEV Prague announces assistant coaches

Former Sparta Praha assistant coach Jan Votruba and Italo-Canadian Ivano Zanatta are the new assistant coach in LEV Praha staff, along with head coach Vaclav Sykora. American Brandon Bovee will be the fitness coach

Normunds Sejejs leaves LEV Prague

With a brief statement on team website, LEV Prague announced GM Normunds Sejejs left his position after one season:
"Sports Holding Prague is going to change the control system, making it more centralized. This decision caused the abolition of the position of General Manager of the club
The holding was satisfied with the results shown by LEV during the season, praising the work done by Normunds Sejejs. Largely due to his efforts, LEV was able to achieve its goals in the first season in the League. So we wanted to Normunds Sejejs remained in our organization and offered him the post of consultant management. Unfortunately, Mr. Sejejs rejected our proposal because he wants to continue to act as General Manager, but in our organization is now impossible."

KHL pays LEV Poprad debts

The Kontinental Hockey League and the KHL Players' Union have ensured that the players, coaches and staff of HC Lev Poprad have received the money owed to them for their work during the 2011/2012 season, when the now-extinct club had a team competing in the KHL Championship.
"The financial difficulties at Lev Poprad have been under the closest possible scrutiny by the League," - said KHL President Alexander Medvedev. "When it became clear that the club's owners were unable to meet their financial obligations to their players and staff, the League got together with the Players' Union to tackle the problems. After the formalities had been attended to, all outstanding payments owed to the players, coaches and staff of the club were paid in full. Despite the fact that the responsibility for making these payments rests with Lev Poprad's owners, we felt that we could not just stand aside, and we were guided by our concern that justice should prevail and these people must receive their hard-earned wages."

Slovan earns derby win against Lev

In Saturday's only KHL game, hosts Slovan Bratislava have defeated Czech rivals Lev Prague 2-1 (1-0, 1-1, 0-0). Now the Slovakians (50 pts) are three points ahead of Lev Prague. In their first ever meeting in November Slovan had won the derby with the same result in Prague.

LEV Praha fires coach

After seven consecutive defeats, LEV Praha fires coach Josef Jandac. Assistant coaches Jiří Kalous and Vitali Karamnov will lead temporarly the team.
"I want to thank Josef Jandač for his work, he was an important element in building our team in the summer. Unfortunately, recently the results have been unsatisfactory" said GM Normunds Sejejs.
Jandac arrived at LEV in the summer when team moved from Poprad to Praha. He coached Sparta and Pardubice in last seasons and won a World Championship as Czech Republic assistant coach in 2009

Sofron released by Lev Praha

HC Lev Praha, the first ever KHL team from the Czech Republic, released István Sofron from his try-out contract. The Hungarian national player was the best goal scorer in last year's EBEL season but couldn't convince the coaching staff. His future destiny remains unknown.

Juris Opulskis new GM at Dinamo Riga

Juris Opulskis was appointed as new Dinamo Riga GM during the Management Board meeting on July 17. A former player, Opulskis, 43, had previously served a similar function at Juniors Riga and HK Riga, Dinamo's farm clubs.
He replaced Normunds Sejejs who has left the club last April after four years to became the general manager of new Lev Prague.

LEV Praha launches the official website and sets up price of tickets

Today, the brand-new KHL club LEV Prague has launched its official website on www.levpraha.cz. Simultaneously the organization also announced the ticket prices for the next season. Fans can buy a season-ticket starting on €177, the single-game tickets price moves in region of €10.

Donbas, LEV and Slovan officially admitted to KHL

President of the KHL Aleksandr Medvedev said that the clubs LEV Praha, Donbas Donets'k and Slovan Bratislava will play next season in the KHL

According to the gazeta.ru, the question of partecipation in next KHL of Avtomibilist Yekaterinburg and Vityaz Chekov, but with economic troubles will be examined in late May.

Coaches move in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Former Avangard Omsk experienced Rostislav Cada is the new coach of Slovan Bratislava. Cada will lead Slovak team in its first season in KHL. LEV Poprad coach Radim Rulík won't follow the team's relocation in Prague. He signs with Extraliga runner up HC Kosice.
In Czech Republic, František Výborný leaves Ceske Budejovice and signs for Mlada Boleslav while Milan Vrzal left Sparta Praha coaching staff to take the lead of Stadion Litomerice in First Division