Czech Extraliga club Zlín prepares big discounts on the tickets for a game against Mladá Boleslav. The tickets for seating are available with a 50% discount, standing places will have free entrance. This is a club's gesture of apologize for the team's recent results. The club's management is disappointed about them and decided to take a part of the players' bonuses and invest them into the tickets discounts. Zlín's next home game is scheduled for Friday, Jan 20.
(16 Jan 2012)
Originally, Tipsport Extraliga would start this Friday, Sep 16, with seven games. Because of Yaroslavl jet crash all the first round games are postponed. "Jan Marek, Karel Rachůnek and Josef Vašíček were friends of many Czech Extraliga players. Their friends would be unable to attend Jan Marek's funeral if we will make them play hockey on Friday," Czech Extraliga head commisioner Stanislav Šulc said. New dates for the games is unknown, the clubs will arrange date of their 1st round games themselves.
The Czech top-level ice hockey competition will start on Sunday, Sep 18, with games of the second round.
(12 Sep 2011)