Sarmaty Orenburg (russian: Сарматы Оренбург) is a junior

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team based in

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. Founded in 2015, they play in the Eastern Conference of the Russian under-20 Junior Hockey League (MHL).

Players

Controversy

In early 2023, the doctor for the team, Alexander Zhukov, died under suspicious circumstances. While no official cause of death has been published, some suspect that his death may be related to his practices of protesting the

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. In January of 2023, the former head coach for the team, Vladimir Gromilin, was fired by the team's management for physically abusing a player, Yegor Razumnyak. This comes after a long string of coaches being fired for abuse of the team's young and often underage players. Former head coach Artur Ruslanov was fired in 2019 for allegedly being in a

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relationship with then-underage player Samuil Danilov. Ruslanov has not yet faced trial as his trial date was delayed due to the

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References

External links

Official website
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