Avtomobilist Karaganda ( kk, Автомобилист Қарағанды) was an ice hockey team in
Karaganda,
Kazakhstan
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. They were active from 1966–1996 and from 1998–2000.
History
The club was founded in 1966 as Stroitel Karaganda () and played at first in the
Vtoraya Liga
The Second League (russian: Вторая лига, translit. ''Vtoraya Liga'', also seen as RUS-4) was an ice hockey league in Russia
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, the third level of Soviet ice hockey. They won the Vtoraya Liga as Avtomobilist Karaganda in 1980, and were promoted to the
Pervaya Liga
The All-Russian Hockey League B or VHL-B (russian: Первенство Всероссийской хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-Б), ''Pervenstvo Vserossiyskoy hokkeynoy ligi'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-ti ...
. From 1992–1996, Karaganda participated in the
International Hockey League, which featured teams from the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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. In 1993, they took on their old name of Stroitel again, and dissolved due to financial difficulties in 1996. In 1998, the team was revived as Avtomobilist, but they were dissolved after only one season.
Notable players
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Vladimir Antipin
Vladimir Yurevich Antipin (russian: Влади́мир Ю́рьевич Анти́пин; born April 18, 1970) is a former Kazakhstani professional ice hockey defenceman who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship and the 2006 Winter Ol ...
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Oleg Bolyakin
Oleg Vladimirovich Bolyakin (russian: Олег Владимирович Болякин, born September 5, 1965) is a former Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player. He is honored coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Bolyakin is a former head c ...
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Alexander Genze
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
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Alexei Mursin
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Ale ...
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Sergei Mogilnikov
Sergei Petrovich Mogilnikov (russian: Серге́й Петрович Могильников, born September 28, 1958) is a former Soviet and Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player and currently an ice hockey coach. He is the former head co ...
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Waldemar Quapp
Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements ''wald-'' "power", "brightness" and ''-mar'' "fame".
The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włod ...
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Yerlan Sagymbayev
Yerlan Yerlesuly Sagymbayev ( kk, Ерлан Ерлесұлы Сағымбаев, ''Erlan Erlesūly Sağymbaev''; born April 5, 1970) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey player, and head coach.
Playing career
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Notable Coaches
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Yuri Baulin
Yuri Nikolaevich Baulin (russian: Юрий Николаевич Баулин; October 5, 1933 – December 5, 2006) (also spelled: Yury) was an ice hockey player who played for the Soviet national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1960 W ...
References
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External links
Avtomobilist Karaganda statistics
Defunct ice hockey teams in Kazakhstan
Sport in Karaganda