City Moscow, Russia Owner(s) Investbank Conference Western Conference Head coach German Titov Affiliate Sokol Krasnoyarsk | Division Tarasov Captain Maksim Potapov Location Moscow, Russia Founded 1946 | |
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Nickname "Gladiators"
"Red & Whites"
"The Meat"
"The People's Team" League KHL 2008–2014,2015–
RSL
1996–1999, 2001–2003, 2004–2006, 2007–2008
Vysshaya Liga
1999–2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2007
IHL
1992–1996
Soviet League Class A
1946–1953, 1955–1992
Soviet League Class B
1954–1955 Home arena Luzhniki Small Sports Arena
(Capacity: 8,700) Arenas/Stadiums Sokolniki Arena, Luzhniki Olympic Complex Profiles | ||
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HC Spartak (Russian: ХК Спартак Москва, English: Spartak Moskva) is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2013–14 season. However, the team did not participate in the KHL league the 2014–15 season because of financial issues, but rejoined the league prior to the 2015–16 season.
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History
One of the sections of the Spartak Moscow sports club, HC Spartak Moscow was established in 1946. They have won the Soviet Championship four times, and have also had European-level success in the Spengler Cup, which they have won five times.
Unfortunately for its fans, the financial state of the team was becoming worse and worse since the beginning of 2006. After the season, a Russian businessman and huge Spartak fan, Vadim Melkov, volunteered to find suitable sponsorship for his favorite team. After negotiations, the Government of Moscow agreed to cover all of team debts. Some preliminary agreements about team sale were achieved as well. However, Melkov died during the S7 Airlines plane crash of July 9, 2006. All the deal proposals were cancelled. After a month of struggling to improve the financial situation, it was decided by Spartak management to disband the team for a year.
On 13 January 2016, Russian fans threw two bananas on the ice after HC Spartak Moscow lost 4:1 in a KHL match at home to Medveščak Zagreb, for which the apparent target, Edwin Hedberg, played. Hedberg himself admitted he encountered it for the first time, adding that "things like this shouldn't happen but unfortunately they do", while Medveščak's head coach, Gordie Dwyer, said that he was upset with the fans' behavior, and "this obviously has no place in sport". Later on, Spartak Moscow had issued an official apology to both Medveščak and Hedberg, affirming that video cameras at Sokolniki Arena had helped identify two offenders who will now be banned from attending hockey games. The cameras also recorded the hooting from the stands during an episode with Hedberg on 35th minute of the match. The Kontinental Hockey League had fined Spartak Moscow 700,000 rubles ($9,135) for the racist incident and "seriously warned" about the future conduct of their fans, adding that "breaches linked to the incitement of racial, ethnic, or international discord are unacceptable".
Champions
01 ! Soviet League Championship (4): 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976
01 ! USSR Cup (2): 1970, 1971
01 ! Vysshaya Liga Championship (1): 2001
01 ! Spengler Cup (5): 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1990
01 ! Ahearne Cup (3): 1971, 1972, 1973
Runners-up
02 ! Soviet League Championship (11): 1948, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991
03 ! Soviet League Championship (9): 1947, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992
02 ! USSR Cup (2): 1967, 1977
02 ! European Cup (2): 1970, 1977
02 ! Spengler Cup (1): 1982
03 ! Spengler Cup (1): 1978
02 ! Ahearne Cup (1): 1970
Season-by-season KHL record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Current roster
Updated February 23, 2017.
All-time KHL scoring leaders
'Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes, PPG = Powerplay Goals, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, GWG = Game Winning Goals'