MHC Krylya Sovetov
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MHC Krylya Sovetov was a professional ice hockey
team based in Moscow
, Russia
. The team existed for 2 years after PHC Krylya Sovetov
were expelled from the Soviet Wings Sport Palace
in 2008 and the owner of the arena created a new team. MHC Krylya Sovetov was reunited with PHC Krylya Sovetov in 2010.
In 2008, the owner of the Soviet Wings Sport Palace
, the All-Russia Institute of Light Alloys (VILS) accused Krylya Sovetov of overdue rent payments. This led to the subsequent eviction of the team. The current team left under president Aleksandr Tretiak's lead, but Krylya's hockey school, junior subsidiary teams, and other infrastructure opted to remain under the effective ownership of VILS. In light of this, VILS created a new team MHC Krylya Sovetov.
MHC Krylya Sovetov's main team did not play in the 2009–10 season since the definitive calendar of games for the 2009–10 season of the Russian Major League only contained PHC Krylya Sovetov
in the Western Division. MHC Krylya Sovetov's junior team however played in the newly formed Minor Hockey League.
According to KHL website Alexander Medvedev
contacted both the administration of PHC Krylya Sovetov and MHC Krylya Sovetov and the two clubs with the help of KHL will be reunited into a single organization once again after the split in 2008.
The reunited team will play their games in Setun, Moscow
, where MHC Krylya Sovetov played their games after the 2008 split. The junior team will play in Dmitrov
.
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 Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
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. The team existed for 2 years after PHC Krylya Sovetov
PHC Krylya Sovetov
PHC Krylya Sovetov or PHC Krylya Sovietov are a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Russian Major League in the 2009–10 season...
were expelled from the Soviet Wings Sport Palace
Soviet Wings Sport Palace
Soviet Wings Universal Sport Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,266, it was opened on December 2, 1980. It is the home arena of the MHC Krylya Sovetov ice hockey team....
in 2008 and the owner of the arena created a new team. MHC Krylya Sovetov was reunited with PHC Krylya Sovetov in 2010.
Controversy
In 2008, the owner of the Soviet Wings Sport Palace
Soviet Wings Sport Palace
Soviet Wings Universal Sport Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,266, it was opened on December 2, 1980. It is the home arena of the MHC Krylya Sovetov ice hockey team....
, the All-Russia Institute of Light Alloys (VILS) accused Krylya Sovetov of overdue rent payments. This led to the subsequent eviction of the team. The current team left under president Aleksandr Tretiak's lead, but Krylya's hockey school, junior subsidiary teams, and other infrastructure opted to remain under the effective ownership of VILS. In light of this, VILS created a new team MHC Krylya Sovetov.
MHC Krylya Sovetov's main team did not play in the 2009–10 season since the definitive calendar of games for the 2009–10 season of the Russian Major League only contained PHC Krylya Sovetov
PHC Krylya Sovetov
PHC Krylya Sovetov or PHC Krylya Sovietov are a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Russian Major League in the 2009–10 season...
in the Western Division. MHC Krylya Sovetov's junior team however played in the newly formed Minor Hockey League.
According to KHL website Alexander Medvedev
Alexander Medvedev
Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev is the current Deputy Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Russian energy company Gazprom, president of the Kontinental Hockey League, and the Director-General of Gazprom's export arm Gazprom Export...
contacted both the administration of PHC Krylya Sovetov and MHC Krylya Sovetov and the two clubs with the help of KHL will be reunited into a single organization once again after the split in 2008.
The reunited team will play their games in Setun, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, where MHC Krylya Sovetov played their games after the 2008 split. The junior team will play in Dmitrov
Dmitrov
Dmitrov is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal. Population: -History:...
.