Zvezda Moscow (russian: Звезда Москва) is a Russian ice Hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2015, they are members of the Western Conference in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). The team is a farm club of the KHL team CSKA Moscow. Their home arena is the CSKA Ice Palace in Moscow. Until the end of the 2017–18 season, the team was based in the city of Chekhov,

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History

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in the first round. Former Chicago Blackhawk and Olympic Silver Medalist Boris Mironov was announced as Zvezda's new head coach, having previously held the same position of the CSKA Moscow MHL affiliate Krasnaya Armiya. In 2017–18 season the team finished at the 11th place of the regular season, and in 1/8 Finals lost 0:4 to

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. The next season the team reached the Quarterfinals for the first time in history, losing to

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Honours

Supreme Hockey League (VHL)

Silk Road Cup ''(1)'': 2019–20 Regular Season ''(1)'': 2019–20

Season-by-season record

Playoffs

* 2016–17 — Lost in 1/8 Finals, 1–4 ( Saryarka Karagandy) * 2017–18 — Lost in 1/8 Finals, 0–4 (

) * 2018–19 — Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 (

)

Head coaches

* Sergey Gersonsky (2015 - 2016) * Dmitri Yerofeyev (2016 - 2017) * Boris Mironov (2017 - 2018) * Vladimir Chebaturkin (2018-Present)

References

External links

Zvezda Moscow Website
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