THK (''Tverskoi Hokkeiny Klub'' — Tver Hockey Club) was a minor professional ice hockey club in
Tver
Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population:
Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
,
Russia
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. It was founded in 1949 and subsequently reestablished in 2009. The team played in the
Supreme Hockey 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 ...
, the second level of Russian ice hockey until 2017.
History
The club was founded as SKA MVO Tver in 1949. They have gone through a number of name changes during their history.
*1952 to 1990: SKA MVO Tver
*1990 to 1992: Egida Tver
*1992 to 1994: Mars Tver
*1994 to 1995: Zvezda Tver
*1995 to 2004, 2005 to 2017: THK Tver
*2004 to 2005: HK MVD-THK Tver
External links
tver-thk.ru
Ice hockey teams in Russia
Sport in Tver
Ice hockey clubs established in 1949
1949 establishments in Russia
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2017
2017 disestablishments in Russia
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