HC Vityaz
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| Full name |
Hockey Club Vityaz Podmoskovje 1996–present |
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| Nickname(s) | Knights |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Based In | Podolsk, Moscow Oblast |
| Arena |
Podolsk Hero Arena (Capacity: 5,500) |
| League |
KHL 2008–present
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| Division | Tarasov |
| Conference | Western |
| Team Colors | |
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| Affiliates |
HC Tver (VHL) Russkie Vityazi (MHL) |
| Website | HCVityaz.ru |
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Hockey Club Vityaz (Russian: ХК Витязь, English: HC Knight) is a professional ice hockey team based in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. The team is widely known for playing a tough and physical North American-influenced style of hockey.[1][2]
History
The club was founded in 1996 in Podolsk. In 2000, the team moved to the neighboring city of Chekhov; however, the team kept playing under the name Vityaz Podolsk until 2004, where the renaming was finally done. The team initially played its home games at the Ice Palace Vityaz in Podolsk, the same arena HC MVD used until 2006. Such a thing was allowed by virtue of the opening in 2004 of a new arena in Chekhov, the Ice Hockey Center 2004, that Vityaz began using. Initially, this arena had a capacity of 1,370; it was expanded in 2007–08 to 3,300. Vityaz played at the top level of Russian hockey for the 2000–01 season; it got relegated to Vysshaya Liga at the end of the season. In 2005, Vityaz made to the Vysshaya Liga final losing the championship to HC MVD 4 games to 1 but earned a promotion back to the elite level.
Rumors of a move back to Podolsk arose in the wake of the inaugural KHL season as even with the expansion of 2007–08, due to Chekhov's capacity being below the KHL league standards. The team restarted playing their home games in Podolsk, but remained attached to Chekhov. For the 2013-14 KHL season, the team moved back to Podolsk.[3]
Season-by-season KHL record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | OTPS Wins | L | OT-PS L | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Top Scorer | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 43 | 137 | 226 | 6th, Chernyshev | Gleb Klimenko (30 points: 19 G, 11 A; 39 GP) | Did not qualify |
| 2009–10 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 54 | 142 | 216 | 6th, Tarasov | Vadim Berdnikov (33 points: 9 G, 24 A; 47 GP) | Did not qualify |
| 2010–11 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 52 | 119 | 178 | 6th, Tarasov | Vadim Berdnikov (29 points: 12 G, 17 A; 53 GP) | Did not qualify |
| 2011–12 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 44 | 108 | 193 | 6th, Tarasov | Mikhail Anisin (29 points: 16 G, 13 A; 38 GP) | Did not qualify |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 55 | 119 | 151 | 6th, Bobrov | Alexander Korolyuk (29 points: 15 G, 14 A; 41 GP) | Did not qualify |
| 2013–14 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 58 | 110 | 147 | 7th, Tarasov | Maxim Afinogenov (26 points: 12 G, 14 A; 53 GP) | Did not qualify |
References
- ↑ 21/04/2013+7°C (2011-08-25). "Violent Vityaz rock Russian hockey | SPORTS". The Moscow News. http://www.themoscownews.com/sports/20110825/188955598.html. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ↑ "KHL scorers who used to be NHLers". The Hockey News. 2010-11-24. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/36616-THNcom-Top-10-KHL-scorers-who-used-to-be-NHLers.html. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ↑ http://www.hcvityaz.ru/hc-vityaz/item/928-vozvraschenie-v-podolsk
External links
- (Russian) Vityaz Chekhov official website
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