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2011–12 VHL Season
The 2011–12 VHL season was the second season of the Higher Hockey League, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 23 teams participated in the league, and the Toros Neftekamsk won the championship. Team changes *Krylya Sovetov Moscow ceased activities as a professional hockey team due to financial difficulties. *Sokol Krasnoyarsk and Titan Klin of the lower level First League joined. *Ukrainian HC Donbass became the second non-Russian club in the league. *Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ... formed a VHL team after losing its senior roster in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. Regular season Western Conference Eastern Conference Playoffs External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 VHL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Major League
The Supreme Hockey League (SHL) (russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), links=no, ''Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, and the second highest level of Russian hockey. Though currently acting independently, plans were in place to convert it to a farm system for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s 2010–11 season. It was preceded by the Major League of the Russian Championship (Vysshaya Liga) that formerly held a relegation role for the Russian Superleague, and was governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of the 2017–18 season, some VHL teams were affiliated with a KHL team (e.g. HC Sarov is affiliated with KHL's Torpedo), while other teams of the VHL are not affiliated with a KHL team. Russian Classic The Russian Classic (russian: Русская классика, Russkaya klassika, links=no) is an outdoor ice hockey game tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Plane Crash
On 7 September 2011, YAK-Service Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight operated by YAK-Service carrying players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. All but one of the 45 people on board were killed. The aircraft overran the runway at Tunoshna Airport before briefly lifting off, striking an antenna mast, catching fire, and crashing on the bank of the Volga river. The tragedy is commonly known as the Lokomotiv hockey team disaster. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a member of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), was on its way to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 season. All players from the main roster and four from the youth team were on board and died in the accident. The only survivor was the aircraft's mechanic. The subsequent investigation determined that several factors contributed to the accident, including poor training; the incorrect calculation of the take-off speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechel Chelyabinsk
Chelmet Chelyabinsk is a professional ice hockey team in the VHL. Based in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and affiliated with the Kontinental Hockey League`s Traktor Chelyabinsk, Chelmet plays its home games at Yunost Sports Palace. History The team was founded by the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant in 1948 as Metallurg Chelyabinsk and competed in third rate Soviet division since 1957 subsequently getting relegated to the second division (Class A2) since the 70s seasons. Since the 1985–86 Soviet League season was the main ice hockey team in Chelyabinsk replacing downgraded Traktor Chelyabinsk. In 1990 after its parent Metallurgical Plant became a core of the Mechel metallurgical company the team was renamed Mechel Chelyabinsk. During the 90s Mechel became one of the founding clubs of the IHL and the Russian Superleague. But since 2003 it was moved to the second rate Supreme League later becoming the constituent member of the VHL. Since 2012 when Mechel withdrew its support of the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazzinc-Torpedo
Torpedo Hockey Club ( kk, «Торпедо» хоккей клубы, ''«Torpedo» hokkeı klýby''; russian: Хоккейный клуб «Торпедо»), commonly referred to as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, formerly known as Kazzinc-Torpedo (1999–2015), is a professional ice hockey team based in Oskemen, Kazakhstan. Torpedo has typically been the most dominant developmental club in Kazakhstan and its senior level team also plays at the Supreme Hockey League (VHL), one step below the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Most Kazakh players who have reached the National Hockey League (NHL) trace their roots to Torpedo. Kazzinc-Torpedo is the most crowned Kazakhstan team, with 13 championship wins. History 1955–1992: the Soviet era The Torpedo were founded by Nikolai Konyakhin in 1955. Konyakhin was a former ice hockey player and he had experience of playing for a youth team of the Moscow region. Father and son Konaykhin's have initiated the foundation of the amateur team at the Ulb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermak Angarsk
Yermak Angarsk is an ice hockey team in Angarsk, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was formerly affiliated with Metallurg Novokuznetsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk (russian: Металлург Новокузнецк) is a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. They are currently members of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). History The ... of the KHL. History The club was founded as Trud Angarsk in 1959. They changed their name to Yermak Angarsk in 1964. By the end of the 90s the club had serious financial hardships and de facto ceased to exist and was revived only in 2005. External links Official siteYermak Angarskon Pribalt.info Ice hockey teams in Russia Ice hockey clubs established in 1958 {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuzhny Ural Orsk
Yuzhny Ural Orsk is an ice hockey team in Orsk, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. History The original club (then Yuzhuralmash) was founded in 1958. It ceased to exist by the end of the 1990s but was revived several years later. In 2008 they became affiliated with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba .... External linksOfficial site Ice hockey teams in Russia {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristall Saratov
Kristall Saratov is an ice hockey team in Saratov, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig .... They play in the VHL-B, the third level of Russian ice hockey. History The club was founded as Bolshevik Saratov in 1948. They have gone through a number of name changes during their history. *1949: Nauka Saratov *1950: Iskra Saratov *1954: Iskra Saratov folded. *1958: Trud Saratov was founded as the successor to Iskra Saratov. *1961: Avangard Saratov *1965: Energiya Saratov *1969: Kristall Saratov Achievements *Soviet League Class A2 champion: 1967, 1974, 1976 References External linksOfficial site Ice hockey teams in Russia Sport in Saratov Ice hockey clubs established in 1948 1948 establishments in Russia {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC Ryazan
HC Ryazan is an ice hockey team in Ryazan, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. The club is affiliated with a KHL team Sibir Novosibirsk since 2012. History The team was founded in 1997 as Vyatich Ryazan. It inheriting its name from an older ice hockey team that represented the city of Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Cens ... in minor Soviet and Russian hockey championships. It was renamed as the Hockey Club Ryazan in 1999. External linksOfficial site Ice hockey teams in Russia Sport in Ryazan Ice hockey clubs established in 1999 1999 establishments in Russia {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo Balashikha
Dynamo Balashikha was an ice hockey team in Balashikha, Russia. They played in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was founded in 2010 as an affiliate of Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League and replaced HC MVD as a main ice hockey team of Balashikha Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population: Etymology In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebrations, .... Notable players * Alexei Sopin (2011–15) * Aleksandr Shibaev (2012–15) * Klim Kostin (2016–17) References External linksOfficial Website Ice hockey teams in Russia Ice hockey in Moscow Oblast Ice hockey clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in Russia Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2017 {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC Sarov
HC Sarov is an ice hockey team in Sarov, Russia. They play in the Supreme Hockey League The Supreme Hockey League (SHL) (russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), links=no, ''Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league ..., the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was founded in 2002. External linksOfficial site Ice hockey teams in Russia Ice hockey clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Russia {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC Lada Togliatti
HC Lada Togliatti (russian: ХК Лада) is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Tolyatti, Russia. They play in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena, the KHL expelled the team. The team dropped one level to the VHL for the 2010–11 season. They were allowed to rejoin the KHL for the 2014–15 season after the opening of the Lada Arena. However, the team was expelled again following the end of the 2017–18 season, and rejoined the VHL. History *July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti. *August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3) * 1991 - Lada enters the ''Highest division'' of the Soviet Championship League. * April 1994 - Lada wins the International Hockey League's Russian Championship, becoming the first-ever team with non-Moscow origin to win the then-IHL Cup * December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won. * December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
