HC CSKA Moscow
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| CSKA Moscow | |
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| Founded | 1946 |
| Home ice | CSKA Sport Palace |
| Based in | Moscow, Russia |
| Colours | Red, white, blue |
| League | Russian Hockey Super League |
| Head coach | Vyacheslav Bykov |
| Russian/Soviet Championships won | 32 (1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989) |
| European Cups won | 20 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) |
| Spengler Cups won | 1 (1991) |
| Official website | http://www.cska-hockey.ru |
HC CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: ХК ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian ice hockey club, often referred to as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army.
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[edit] History
CSKA was one of the most dominant sports teams in history, winning the Soviet championship for 13 consecutive years between 1977 and 1989, and experiencing similar dominance in the European Cup.
CSKA played many games against NHL clubs, including a tour of North America in 1975/1976. On New Year's Eve 1975, CSKA played the Montreal Canadiens in a game billed in North America as the de facto world professional championship.[citation needed] The game ended with a 3-3 draw, but was widely hailed as one of the greatest games ever played.
Another memorable game was played on January 11, 1976 against the Philadelphia Flyers, who at the time were the defending Stanley Cup Champions. The game was notable for an incident where, after an extremely hard body check delivered by Philadelphia's Ed Van Impe, the CSKA's top player, Valery Kharlamov, was left prone on the ice for a minute. CSKA coach Konstantin Loktev pulled his team off the ice in protest that no penalty was called. They were told by NHL president Clarence Campbell to return to the ice and finish the game, which was being broadcast to an international audience, or the Soviet Hockey Federation would not get paid the fee that they were entitled to. They eventually complied and eventually lost that game 4-1. In total, the Red Army Club played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties, cementing the status of the teams of that era as among the greatest in the sport's history.
One of the most feared lines in hockey history was the KLM Line of the 1980s. The name came from the last names of the three players, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, and Sergei Makarov. The line was also known as the Green Line; together with defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov, the five-man unit formed a dominant force in European hockey throughout the decade. All five players would be permitted to come to the NHL in 1989, with mixed results. Krutov had the shortest NHL career, lasting only one season in Vancouver; Makarov (who won the Calder Trophy in 1990) and Kasatonov were out of the NHL by 1997; Fetisov and Larionov won the Stanley Cup twice together with Detroit before Fetisov retired in 1998; Larionov would win a third Cup with Detroit in 2002, before retiring from New Jersey in 2004.
CSKA Moscow alumni have made a large impact on the NHL; perhaps the largest impact came with the Detroit Red Wings of the mid-1990s. Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov, and Vyacheslav Kozlov had established themselves as key members of the Wings when they were joined by Fetisov and Larionov, forming the Russian Five. These five players would play an integral role in the Wings' consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1997 and 1998. Dmitri Mironov joined the 1998 squad, following Konstantinov's career-ending injury on 13 June 1997; since Konstantinov was kept on the roster despite his injury, the 1998 squad marks the largest contingent of CSKA veterans (six) to win the Stanley Cup.
[edit] Notable players
- Helmuts Balderis
- Pavel Bure
- Valeri Bure
- Vyacheslav Bykov
- Sergei Fedorov
- Viacheslav Fetisov
- Alexander Frolov
- Alexei Gusarov
- Valeri Kamensky
- Alexei Kasatonov
- Nikolai Khabibulin
- Valery Kharlamov
- Andrei Khomutov
- Vladimir Konstantinov
- Andrei Kovalenko
- Vyacheslav Kozlov
- Igor Kravchuk
- Vladimir Krutov
- Igor Larionov
- Vladimir Malakhov
- Sergei Makarov
- Boris Mikhailov
- Boris Mironov
- Dmitri Mironov
- Alexander Mogilny
- Vladimir Petrov
- Alexander Ragulin
- Vladislav Tretiak
- Gennadiy Tsygankov
- Vladimir Tsyplakov
- Peteris Skudra
- Nikolai Zherdev
- Sergei Zubov
[edit] Trivia
CSKA fan-given name is "koni" (Russian for "horses").[1]
