Conference Western Location Kondopoga, Russia | Website www.hc-vmf.ru Head coach Anatoli Semenov | |
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City Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia, Russia Home arena Ice Palace "Kondopoga" (1,850 seats) Affiliate SKA Saint Petersburg (Kontinental Hockey League) | ||
HC VMF Karelia is a Russian professional ice hockey team playing in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was founded in 2008 in Saint Petersburg as a farm club of the KHL team SKA St. Petersburg. After failing to attract the audience in Petersburg the franchise was relocated to Kondopoga, Karelia during the 2012-2013 VHL season. Starting with the 2013-14 season the team officially changed the name for VMF Karelia, VMF standing for the Russian Navy.
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