Kunlun Red Star-BSU Beijing () is a Chinese professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
club based in
Beijing
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China
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who compete in the
Supreme Hockey League (VHL). KRS-BSU Beijing is the affiliate of
HC Kunlun Red Star
HC Kunlun Red Star () is a Chinese ice hockey club that joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) prior to the 2016–17 season.
History
Preparation of the team
In March 2016, representatives of Kunlun Red Star and the KHL signed a protocol o ...
, who are in the
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
History
KRS Heilongjiang
In May 2017 in Harbin
Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, Chinese Ice Hockey Association and government of
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
signed an agreement on the accession of a new club in Supreme Hockey Leaque. In the Russian Ice Hockey Federation’s announcement of KRS Heilongjiang joining the VHL, it was reported that 15 Chinese players were at the event announcing the team and those players would make up the core of the KRS Heilongjiang roster. Later they were replaced by Russian and Canadian players who played for various clubs of the KHL and VHL. The team held their first match in August 2017 against
Khimik Voskresensk
Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobro ...
and lost 0:6. KRS Heilongjiang played their first game in VHL season on September 10th 2017 in
Jilin City against
Tsen Tou and lost 4:5. The first goal in franchise history was scored by
Mikhail Mokin. The first home game in Harbin was played on September 14th 2017. That game brought the team the first win in championship.
Buran was beaten 4:2. The team ended the 2017/18 season in 24th place, with only 17 of the 52 games in the season being won.
KRS-ORG Beijing
Before the 2018–19 season , the club was relocated from Harbin to Beijing to facilitate player transfers between the KHL team and the second division team. A cooperation was concluded with the sports department ( AZ Sports ) of the packaging company ORG Packaging, whose ice rink Ao Zhong Ice Sports Center has been using the team since then. In addition, the team was KRS-ORG Beijing renamed.
KRS-BSU Beijing
For the season 2019–20, the team moved to the ice rink of the sports Peking University ( Beijing Sport University) and rebranded the team name as KRS-BSU Beijing. At the same time, Kunlun Red Star founded another farm team in cooperation with ORG Packaging, which has also been participating in the VHL as ORG Beijing since 2019.
Season-by-season record
''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''
References
External links
Official site
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2017 establishments in China
HC Kunlun Red Star
Ice hockey clubs established in 2017
Ice hockey teams in China