HC Norilsk
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| City: | Norilsk, Russia |
| League: | VHL |
| Founded: | 2023 |
| Home Arena: | Arktika Sport Palace |
Hockey Club Norilsk (Russian: Хоккейный клуб "Норильск") is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Norilsk. They play in the All-Russian Hockey League (VHL), the second level of Russian ice hockey.
History
A professional hockey club in Norilsk was founded in 2023, for the first time since HC Zapolyarnik folded in 2001.[1] HC Norilsk immediately became the northernmost professional ice hockey club in the world.[2]
The team played their first official game on September 2, 2023, losing to Neftyanik Almetyevsk 2-3 in the shootout. Before the game, there was a performance by the Olympic champion in figure skating Anna Shcherbakova.[3]
The team's first head coach was Aidar Musakayev, who previously coached HC Chelny.[2] On January 18, 2024, he was fired, and Evgeny Filinov took over as the interim head coach.[4] Despite that, Norilsk made the VHL playoffs in their first season, but were defeated by Rubin Tyumen 1-4 in the first round.[1]
In October 2024, HC Norilsk started a promotion with NordStar Airlines, which painted one of their Boeing 737-800 aircraft into a livery themed after the club.[5]
Before their second season, the club appointed Vladimir Gusev as the new head coach.[6] Under his lead, Norilsk won a playoff series for the first time, defeating Gornyak-UGMK 4-2.[7] In the second round of the VHL playoffs, they were swept by Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk.[8]
On October 6, 2025, Norilsk fired Gusev and appointed Nikolai Zolotukhin as the interim head coach.[9]
Rivalries
Norilsk's games against the regional rival Sokol Krasnoyarsk have been called "the Frosty Derby" .[10][11]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Хоккей на родине льда. В Норильск вернулся профессиональный клуб". Sovetsky Sport. 3 June 2024. https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/articles/hokkej-na-rodine-lda-v-norilsk-vernulsya-professionalnyj-klub.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Хоккейный клуб «Норильск» дебютирует во Всероссийской хоккейной лиге". Taymyrsky Telegraf. 29 August 2023. https://ttelegraf.ru/news/hokkejnyj-klub-norilsk-debyutiruet-vo-vserossijskoj-hokkejnoj-lige.
- ↑ "Фигуристка Щербакова исполнила программу "Кометы" перед дебютным матчем "Норильска" в ВХЛ" (in ru). TASS. 2 September 2023. https://tass.ru/sport/18643339.
- ↑ "Айдар Мусакаев отстранен от должности главного тренера ХК «Норильск»". All-Russian Hockey League. 18 January 2024. https://vhlru.ru/lenta/491157/.
- ↑ "Авиакомпания NordStar поддержала ХК «Норильск»". Gazeta.ru. 30 October 2024. https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2024/10/30/24274321.shtml.
- ↑ "Владимир Гусев стал главным тренером ХК «Норильск»". All-Russian Hockey League. 24 April 2024. https://vhlru.ru/lenta/504877/.
- ↑ "ХК «Норильск» вышел в четвертьфинал плей-офф". Zapolyarnaya Pravda. 5 April 2025. https://gazetazp.ru/news/sport/hk-norilsk-vyshel-v-chetvertfinal-plejoff.html.
- ↑ "ХК «Норильск» завершил игровой сезон". Zapolyarnaya Pravda. 17 April 2025. https://gazetazp.ru/news/sport/hk-norilsk-zavershil-igrovoj-sezon.html.
- ↑ "Владимир Гусев покинул пост главного тренера ХК «Норильск»". All-Russian Hockey League. 6 October 2025. https://vhlru.ru/lenta/551310/.
- ↑ "«Может, будет даже пара драк»: «медведи» и «соколы» готовятся к #МорозномуДерби в Норильске". Taymyrsky Telegraf. 3 November 2023. https://www.ttelegraf.ru/news/mozhet-budet-dazhe-para-drak-medvedi-i-sokoly-gotovyatsya-k-moroznomuderbi-v-norilske/.
- ↑ "«Норильск» обыграл в «морозном дерби» красноярский «Сокол»". Sovetsky Sport. 17 December 2024. https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/news/norilsk-obygral-v-moroznom-derbi-krasnoyarskij-sokol.
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