Website хкермак.рф Location Angarsk, Russia | Arena Yermak Arena Date founded 1959 | |
City Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia League VHL 2010-present
Vysshaya Liga
1992-1996, 2007-2010
Pervaya Liga
1996-1997, 2005-2007
Soviet League Class A3
1966-1971, 1978-1992
Soviet League Class B
1961-1964, 1972-1978
Soviet League Class A2
1964-1966 Home arena Yermak Arena (6,900 seats) Affiliate(s) Angarsky Yermak (MHL-B) |
Yermak Angarsk is an ice hockey team in Angarsk, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was formerly affiliated with Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the KHL.
History
The club was founded as Trud Angarsk in 1959. They changed their name to Yermak Angarsk in 1964. By the end of the 90s the club had serious financial hardships and de facto ceased to exist and was revived only in 2005.
References
Yermak Angarsk Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA