Brno Now » Kometa Brno http://brnonow.com Life in the most vibrant Czech town Tue, 22 May 2012 16:46:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ice hockey madness: big screens at náměstí Svobody sq. http://brnonow.com/2012/04/kometa-madness/ http://brnonow.com/2012/04/kometa-madness/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:07:07 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=6729 Ice hockey at náměstí Svobody sq. (photo by Tomáš Papež)

After more than four decades, ice hockey club Kometa Brno has a chance to win Czech national cup again. The tickets for the final series are already sold out but you can still watch the games in the middle of a 5000+ crowd – thanks to the big screens located at the town’s central square.

You can see some pictures from the first final game here and here. Note that the Brno “cock clock” got a protective cover. (Big thanks to Tomáš Papež for the big picture above!)

In the last three years, Kometa club gained a huge fan base in Brno. This explain why there are so many loud, celebrating people roaming the streets in these days or why there are hockey dresses decorating shop windows.

Schedule of the final series and the screenings

Pardubice-Brno Monday, April 9 (Pardubice won 5-4)
Pardubice-Brno Tuesday, April 10, 6:10 p.m.
Brno-Pardubice Friday, April 13, 6:10 p.m.
Brno-Pardubice Saturday, April 14, 6:10 p.m.
Pardubice-Brno (?) Tuesday, April 17, 5:40 p.m.
Brno-Pardubice (?) Thursday, April 19, 6:10 p.m.
Pardubice-Brno (?) Saturday, April 21, 6:10 p.m.
]]> http://brnonow.com/2012/04/kometa-madness/feed/ 0 Bad season for Zbrojovka and Kometa http://brnonow.com/2011/03/bad-season/ http://brnonow.com/2011/03/bad-season/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:11:46 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=5431

The two most popular male professional sport teams in Brno, soccer club Zbrojovka and ice-hockey club Kometa, are experiencing pretty bad season and even losing loyal fans.

Zbrojovka faces the threat of falling down to the 2nd league for the first time since 1993. It is on the penultimate place in the 1st league table with only a little chance of climbing up – as it was defeated 5-0 by Mladá Boleslav last Sunday. You can observe more eyesore at Srbská st. stadium on 3/11, when it hosts Olomouc.

Kometa was on the top of the ice-hockey “Extraleague” for most of the season – it has even finally won a match with Slavia Prague in O2 Arena (video above). However, it missed the all-important playoff phase after a strange long series of defeats – and annoyed its extremly loyal fans. It should be extraordinarily easy to buy tickets for the 3/13 playout series game against Kladno.

]]> http://brnonow.com/2011/03/bad-season/feed/ 1 5,000 fans of Kometa Brno “owned” the largest arena in Prague http://brnonow.com/2010/02/kometa-o2-arena/ http://brnonow.com/2010/02/kometa-o2-arena/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:05:14 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=3192

Two days ago, an ice-hockey match between Kometa Brno and Slavia Prague took place in O2 Arena, the largest hockey stadium in the Czech republic. A funny thing is that there were much more fans of Brno than fans who prefer Slavia. I was there too – and made some videos:

“Get up Brno – Win today!”

Fans of Brno shouting “You are too quiet” at the supporters of Slavia

Kometa lost the game 1:2 in overtime. After a miserable first half of the season, the club is now much stronger and it is possible it will keep itself in the top league for the next season.

]]> http://brnonow.com/2010/02/kometa-o2-arena/feed/ 0 Video: white-and-blue losers still have loyal fans http://brnonow.com/2009/09/video-white-and-blue-losers-still-have-loyal-fans/ http://brnonow.com/2009/09/video-white-and-blue-losers-still-have-loyal-fans/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:14:02 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=2222

Hockey club Kometa Brno is failing hard in the premier league, losing all six matches, without even leading for a single minute. However, the team nicknamed “white-and-blue aristocracy” still has loyal fans, who create possibly the best atmosphere in the league:

Big painting of Petrov hill shown before the match with Sparta Prague

White-and-blue stadium singing Hey Jude

7,000 people jumping (even though not for joy)

]]> http://brnonow.com/2009/09/video-white-and-blue-losers-still-have-loyal-fans/feed/ 0 Schedule of hockey games played in Brno until the end of 2009 http://brnonow.com/2009/09/schedule-of-hockey-games-played-in-brno-until-the-end-of-2009/ http://brnonow.com/2009/09/schedule-of-hockey-games-played-in-brno-until-the-end-of-2009/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:09:43 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=2056

Ice-hockey club Kometa Brno bought the highest-level league licence and will compete with best Czech teams.

This is the list of matches played in Starobrno Arena (aka Rondo) until the end of 2009.

  • Wednesday, September 9: Plzeň
  • Sunday, September 13: Sparta
  • Friday, September 18: Třinec
  • Tuesday, September 29: Zlín
  • Sunday, October 4: Liberec
  • Sunday, October 11: Litvínov
  • Sunday, October 18: Kladno
  • Friday, October 23: Mountfield
  • Sunday, October 25: Vítkovice
  • Friday, October 30: Slavia
  • Sunday, November 1: Pardubice — Olympic winner, holder of six Vezina Trophies and two Hart Trophies is the goalie of Pardubice, so don’t miss this match!
  • Sunday, November 15: Mladá Boleslav
  • Sunday, November 22: Karlovy Vary — last year’s champions
  • Tuesday, November 24: Plzeň
  • Sunday, November 29: Sparta
  • Sunday, December 6: Třinec
  • Wednesday, December 23: Slavia
  • Tuesday, December 29: Zlín

Tickets cost from CZK 140 to CZK 180 (€5.50-7.10).

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]]> http://brnonow.com/2009/09/schedule-of-hockey-games-played-in-brno-until-the-end-of-2009/feed/ 0 Kometa Brno bought the highest-level ice hockey league licence http://brnonow.com/2009/04/kometa-brno-bought-the-highest-level-ice-hockey-league-licence/ http://brnonow.com/2009/04/kometa-brno-bought-the-highest-level-ice-hockey-league-licence/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:28:53 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=703

Libor Zábranský, the owner of hockey club Kometa Brno, has bought “Extraliga” licence from the club Znojemští Orli for CZK 25M (€1M). This means that Brno is returning to the highest-level czech ice hockey league after 13 years.

Kometa Brno has been playing in Starobrno (AKA Rondo) Arena since 1990s. The club has a huge fan base and average paid attendance above 5,000 visitors.

It is rumored that Jiří Dopita, 40-year-old Olympic winner from Nagano, 1998, would be the biggest star in the next season.

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