Chelmet Chelyabinsk is a professional ice hockey team in the VHL. Based in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and affiliated with 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 ...

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, Chelmet plays its home games at Yunost Sports Palace.

History

The team was founded by the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant in 1948 as Metallurg Chelyabinsk and competed in third rate Soviet division since 1957 subsequently getting relegated to the second division (Class A2) since the 70s seasons. Since the

1985–86 Soviet League season The 1985–86 Soviet Championship League season was the 40th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a tr ...

was the main ice hockey team in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

replacing downgraded

. In 1990 after its parent Metallurgical Plant became a core of the

Mechel Mechel (russian: ПАО «Мечел») is one of Russia's mining and metals companies, comprising producers of coal, iron ore in concentrate, steel, rolled steel products. Headquartered in Moscow, it sells its products in Russia and overseas, and ...

metallurgical company the team was renamed Mechel Chelyabinsk. During the 90s Mechel became one of the founding clubs of the IHL and the

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 ...

. But since 2003 it was moved to the second rate Supreme League later becoming the constituent member of the VHL. Since 2012 when

withdrew its support of the team it got its current name. Current team logo based on

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franchise

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References

External links

Website

Сhelmet on vhlru.ru/en
{{VHL Ice hockey teams in Russia Sport in Chelyabinsk Ice hockey clubs established in 1948