Gornyak-UGMK are a Russian Ice Hockey team based in

Verkhnyaya Pyshma Verkhnyaya Pyshma (russian: Ве́рхняя Пышма́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1660 as the village ('' selo'') of Pyshminskoye, which was named after ...

, Russia.

History

Founded in 2012, 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 i ...

having joined the league in 2017, and are the farm team 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 ...

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Avtomobilist (russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009. Histor ...

. Prior to joining the VHL, the Miners were a

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team playing in the

National Junior Hockey League The National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B) (russian: Национальная молодежная хоккейная лига (НМХЛ)) is the second level of the Junior Hockey League, the KHL's junior ...

, where they are two-time champions, having won the Regions Cup in both 2016, and 2017. Gornyak had also made the Regions Cup final in 2015, however lost to Western Conference champions HK Rossosh. In addition to becoming league champions, during their time in the NJHL, Gornyak won the Eastern Conference three times. For the 2021-22 season, Avtomobilist relocated the team from Uchaly to

. The team is sponsored by

Uchaly Mining and Metallurgical Combine Uchaly Mining and Metallurgical Combine (UMMC or UGOK russian: Открытое акционерное общество « Учалинский горно-обогатительный комбинат », ba, « Учалы тау-байыҡт� ...

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Gornyak Uchaly
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