First up will be the smallest Spartans, a team of six-year-olds, participating in a mini-tournament against four local opponents: Slavia, Letci Letňany, Kobra, Hvězda and Zbraslav. After that, it will be time for the legends´ game at 3:00 pm. You won´t want to miss seeing this team of former Spartan stars led by Jiří Hrdina, a three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins, taking on a team of Russian legends, including such famous names as Valeri Kamensky, Alexei Zhamnov, Andrei Kovalenko and current KHL president Alexander Medvedev!
Former Czechoslovakian international Petr Briza will start in goal for Sparta, with Olympic champion František Kučera on defence. Up front, Hrdina will centre a line with former NHLer David Volek and 1970s star Pavel Richter.
HC Sparta Praha Legends Team roster:
Goaltenders:
Petr BŘÍZA, Radek TOTH
Defencemen:
Stanislav HAJDUŠEK, Jiří KROČÁK
František KUČERA, Pavel ŠREK
Josef ŘEZNÍČEK, Martin MAŠKARINEC
Jaroslav NEDVĚD, Leo GUDAS
Ladislav BENÝŠEK
Forwards:
Pavel RICHTER, Jiří HRDINA, David VOLEK
Pavel GROSS, Jaromír KVERKA, Petr HRBEK
Pavel GEFFERT, Martin HOSTÁK, Luboš PÁZLER
Richard ŽEMLIČKA, Patrik MARTINEC, Jiří ZELENKA
Michal SIVEK, Lubomír PĚNIČKA, Andrej POTAJČUK
Coaches: Luděk Bukač, František Výborný, Jan "Gusta" Havel
Following the legends game will be an autograph session, where fans will have a chance to meet some of the former Sparta and Russian stars of the past. The jerseys worn by the players, throwback red jerseys with a white "S" on the front, will also be auctioned, so fans will have a chance to take home a valuable keepsake from the event. There will also be a premier viewing of a new documentary made by Czech Television about the history of HC Sparta Praha.
Finally, at 7:30pm the current first-place Sparta team will take to the ice for a Czech Extraliga regular-season game against the defending champions from Plzeň. Both teams will wear special throwback uniforms in the game, with the sponsorship logos of ČKD and Škoda.
A ticket to the evening game gets you in to the full day of events, so it´s a great deal. Season-ticket holders, of course, will get full arena access all day. Tickets are on sale now at the Tipsport Arena Customer Centre or at Ticketportal.
Sparta Day - December 7th, Tipsport Arena, Prague
YOUTH TOURNAMENT (11:00)
1st Grade teams - Sparta Praha, Slavia Praha, Letci Letňany, Kobra Praha, Hvězda Praha, Zbraslav
LEGENDS GAME (15:00)
HC Sparta Praha - GAZPROM
(Bříza, Hrdina, Žemlička, Zelenka and others vs. Kamensky, Zhamnov, Medvedev, Antipin and others)
Premier screening of a documentary about Sparta (17:45)
A special documentary about the 110-year history of HC Sparta Praha shown on the four-sided centre-ice video board inside the arena
HC SPARTA PRAHA - HC ŠKODA PLZEŇ (19:30)
Tipsport Extraliga regular season game
