Keramin Minsk ''( Belar. Керамин-Минск)'' was an

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 ...

team from

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

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. They played in the

Belarusian Extraleague The Belarusian Extraleague (abbreviated BHL, also known as the Belarusian Open Championship), officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus. In its past, it has switched several times between being and not being an open leagu ...

until 2010 where the team disbanded due to financial reasons.

History

The club was created in 1998 under the name HC Minsk. In 2001, the club changed name to Keramin Minsk. In

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they signed an affiliation to be a feeder club for Dinamo Minsk, who play in 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 ...

. On 10 July 2010 it was announced that the team was asking the players to start looking for a new club. Six days later the owners announced the dissolution of the club due to financial reasons.

Honours

: ** 15px 2002, 2008. *

Eastern European Hockey League Eastern European Hockey League (EEHL) was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2004. History The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those cou ...

: ** 15px 2003, 2004. *

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: **

2002, 2008.

References

External links

Official site
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