HK Lokomotiv Moscow was an ice hockey team in

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(then

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). They played in the

Soviet Championship League The Soviet Hockey Championship (russian: Чемпионат СССР по хоккею) was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, i ...

, and various other lower-level Soviet leagues from 1947-1983.

History

The club was founded in 1947 as part of the Lokomotiv Moscow sports club. In their first season, they took part in the Klass B, the second level of Soviet hockey. In 1949, the club won the Klass B and was promoted to the Klass A, the top level of Soviet hockey. Under the guidance of coach Alexander Novokreschtschenov the team in its premiere season finished in twelfth place, and were relegated to the Klass B. In the 1960-61 season, they finished in third place in the Klass A, the best finish in their history. In 1970, the club was relegated to the Klass B, but were promoted to the Klass A just a year later. The club won the multi-national invitational tournament, the

Spengler Cup The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss tea ...

, in the 1967 and 1969 seasons. The 1971-72 season was the team's last in the Klass A, they finished with only five wins in 32 games, and they were relegated after the season. From 1979-1982, while the Sokolniki Ice Palace was being renovated, Lokomotiv played its home games at the Moscow Sports Palace. After the 1982-83 season, the ice hockey section of Lokomotiv Moscow was dissolved, due to falling popularity, and low attendance.

Achievements

*Spengler Cup champion (2): 1967, 1969. *Klass B champion (2): 1949, 1971.

Notable players

Viktor Yakushev Viktor Prokhorovich Yakushev (November 16, 1937 – July 7, 2001) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Lokomotiv Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. He w ...

Yevgeni Zimin Yevgeni Vladimirovich Zimin (russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Зими́н; 6 August 1947 – 28 December 2018) was a Soviet ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. ...

* Boris Mikhailov * Vladimir Khrushchev *

Yevgeni Mishakov Yevgeni Dmitrievich Mishakov (russian: Евгений Дмитриевич Мишаков; February 2, 1941 in Nikitkino, Russian SFSR – May 30, 2007 in Moscow, Russia) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He ...

* Alexander Pashkov * Nikolai Epschtein *

Yury Tsitsinov Yuri Aleksandrovich Tsitsinov (August 24, 1937 – August 18, 1994) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HK Lokomotiv Moscow and Krylya Sovetov Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall ...

* Victor Tsyplakov

External links

Club profile
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History

Achievements

Notable players

See also

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