HC Ryazan is an ice hockey team in
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 ...
, Russia. They play in the
VHL, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. The club is affiliated with a
KHL
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 b ...
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 links
Official site
Ice hockey teams in Russia
Sport in Ryazan
Ice hockey clubs established in 1999
1999 establishments in Russia
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