HC Lada Togliatti
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HC Lada is a Russia
n professional ice hockey
team based in Togliatti
, Russia
. They were members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League
.
Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena the KHL expelled the team. The team dropped one level to the Russian Major League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season.
August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
1990 - Gennadiy Tsigurov is hired as team coach;
1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet ice hockey league;
1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award;
April 1994 - Lada wins Russian Championship becoming a first ever team with non-Moscow origin to achieve such thing;
December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won;
April 1995 - Lada wins silver awards of Russian Championship;
December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup
after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team;
April 1996 - Lada becomes a Champion of Russia for its second time;
December 30th, 1996 - Lada wins European Cup;
April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl
;
June 2001 - Peter Vorobiev substitutes Valeriy Postnikov for coach position (1999-2001);
April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk
in third place series, receiving a bronze award of Russian Superleague;
April 2004 - Lada wins bronze medals;
April 2005 - playoff finals loss to Dynamo Moscow
, Lada receives silver medals.
November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team;
January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup;
May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin
signs as a new Lada coach
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Togliatti
Tolyatti
Tolyatti , also known as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is administratively separate from it...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. They were members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
.
Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena the KHL expelled the team. The team dropped one level to the Russian Major League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season.
History
July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti;August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
1990 - Gennadiy Tsigurov is hired as team coach;
1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet ice hockey league;
1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award;
April 1994 - Lada wins Russian Championship becoming a first ever team with non-Moscow origin to achieve such thing;
December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won;
April 1995 - Lada wins silver awards of Russian Championship;
December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup
Spengler Cup
The Spengler Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, between...
after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team;
April 1996 - Lada becomes a Champion of Russia for its second time;
April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Hockey Club Lokomotiv , also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl. The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator....
;
June 2001 - Peter Vorobiev substitutes Valeriy Postnikov for coach position (1999-2001);
April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk
Avangard Omsk
Avangard Omsk are a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in the city of Omsk, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Overview:...
in third place series, receiving a bronze award of Russian Superleague;
April 2004 - Lada wins bronze medals;
April 2005 - playoff finals loss to Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League...
, Lada receives silver medals.
November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team;
January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup;
May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin
Anatoly Emelin
Anatoly Emelin is a former Soviet/Russian Ice hockey player. He played right winger and scored 229 goals in 596 official games. After 1997-98 season, Emelin finished his player career and became a coach in HC Lada Togliatti...
signs as a new Lada coach
Champions
- Russian Super League Championship (2): 1994, 1996
- Continental CupContinental CupThe Continental Cup is an ice hockey tournament for European clubs, begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in the European Hockey League, with participating teams chosen by the countries' respective ice hockey...
(1): 2006 - European Cup (1): 1996
Runners-up
- Russian Super League Championship (4): 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005
- European Cup (1): 1994
External links
Lada Togliatti official website Continental cup 2006See also
- HC Lada Togliatti songs and anthemsHC Lada Togliatti songs and anthemsAlthough being non-official, the following songs could all be considered as the anthems to HC Lada Togliatti in one or other way. One could hear them before, during or after hockey games in Togliatti, being sung by fans or played through ice arena acoustic equipment....
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