Khimik Voskrenensk (russian: Химик Воскресенск, en, Voskresensk Chemists), also known as Moscow Hockey Club Khimik, is 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 h ...

team based in

Voskresensk Voskresensk (russian: Воскресенск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, a town in Voskresensky District of Moscow Oblast ;Rural localities * Voskresens ...

, Moscow Oblast,

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. The team plays its home games in the 4,500 seat

Podmoskovie Ice Palace The Podmoskovie Ice Palace (russian: Ледовый дворец «Подмосковье», translit=Ledovyy dvorets "Podmoskov'ye"; '' Podmoskovye'' means "Moscow Region") is an indoor arena in Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast. It is the home ar ...

, which was previously known as the Podmoskovie Sports Palace and the Khimik Sports Palace. It is currently playing in the VHL, the second level of ice hockey in Russia.

History

This team is not to be confused with the original Khimik Voskresensk team which relocated and was replaced by in 2005. Because it was an expansion team, it was relegated to the Russian Supreme League prior to its success in the 2007–08 season and subsequent promotion to the

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 ...

. It would last there for a year. In July 2009, the team went bankrupt. However, later it was reported that the team would play in the

Russian Major League The Supreme Hockey League (SHL) (russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), links=no, ''Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league i ...

in the 2009–10 season. The team was not accepted into the 2010–11 season of the

and the league's management suggested that the team take a 1-year timeout. The team management decided to participate in the MHL in the 2010–11 season under the name MHC Khimik. In June 2015, the team was accepted into the VHL for the 2015–16 season.

Honors

Runners-up

* Soviet League Championship ''(1)'': 1989 *

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...

''(1)'': 2007 * Soviet League Championship ''(4)'': 1965, 1970, 1984, 1990

References

External links

Khimik Voskresensk Official Website
Ice hockey clubs established in 1953 Ice hockey teams in Russia Ice hockey in Moscow Oblast Former Kontinental Hockey League teams 1953 establishments in Russia {{Russian-sport-stub