HC CSKA Moscow

For the whole sports club, see CSKA Moscow.
CSKA Moscow
ЦСКА Москва
Full name

HC CSKA Moscow 1960–present

  • CSK MO 1955–1959
  • CDSA 1952–1954
  • CDKA 1946–1951
Nickname(s) Red Army, Central Red Army
Founded December 22, 1946 (1946-12-22) (65 years ago)
as CDKA
Based In Moscow
Arena CSKA Ice Palace
(Capacity: 10,000)
League KHL 2008-present
Division Bobrov
Conference Western
Uniform
Team Colors               
GM Sergei Nemchinov
Head Coach Július Šupler
Captain Nikolai Pronin
Website www.cska-hockey.ru

HC CSKA Moscow (Russian: ЦСКА Москва, English: Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow) is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army. HC CSKA Moscow won more Soviet championships and European cups than any other team in history.

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History

The club was founded in 1946 as CDKA (Centralnyy Dom Krasnoy Armii - Central House of the Red Army, referring to the Army community centre in Moscow). It was known as CDSA (with Red Army changed to Soviet Army) in 1952 - 1954, as CSK MO (Central Sports Club of the Moscow Military District) in 1955 - 1959, and acquired its current name in 1960.

As a hockey powerhouse

CSKA won 32 Soviet regular season championships during the Soviet League's 46-year existence, including all but six from 1955 to 1989 and 13 in a row from 1977 to 1989.

CSKA was almost as dominant in the European Cup. They won all but two titles from 1969 to 1990, including 13 in a row from 1978 to 1990. The team's first coach was Anatoli Tarasov, who would later become famous as the coach of the Soviet national team. Tarasov coached the Red Army Team, either alone or with co-coaches, for most of the time from 1946 to 1975. The team's greatest run came under Viktor Tikhonov, who was coach from 1977 to 1996--serving for most of that time as coach of the national team.

The Red Army Team was able to pull off such a long run of dominance because during the Soviet era, the entire CSKA organization was a functioning division of the Red Army. Taking full advantage of the fact that all able-bodied Soviet males had to serve in the military, it was literally able to draft the best young hockey players in the Soviet Union onto the team. There was a substantial overlap between the rosters of the Red Army Team and the Soviet national team, which was one factor behind the Soviets' near-absolute dominance of international hockey from the 1950s through the early 1990s. By the late 1980s, however, the long run of Red Army dominance caused a significant dropoff in attendance throughout the league.[1] Not surprisingly, discipline was quite strict, especially under Tikhonov. His players practiced for as many as 11 months a year, and were confined to training camp most of that time even if they were married. However, he mellowed somewhat after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[1]

CSKA has remained one of the strongest clubs in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, though it has yet to win a championship. Off the ice, the massive exodus of Russian players to the NHL hit CSKA particularly hard, in part because, as mentioned above, nearly all of the country's best players were on the roster. For a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was briefly unofficially known as "the Russian Penguins" after the Pittsburgh Penguins bought an interest in the team.[1]

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. Together with defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov, they were known as the Green Unit because they wore green jerseys in practice. The five-man unit formed a dominant force in European hockey throughout the decade. All five players were later permitted to go 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.

At the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team, out of 6 players selected 4 players once played at CSKA Moscow.

CSKA and the NHL

Main article: Super Series

CSKA played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties. 34 of these games were played in Super Series, including the tour of North America in 1975/1976. The Super Series also introduced eventual Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Vladislav Tretiak of the CSKA squad to North American ice hockey fans. On New Year's Eve 1975, CSKA played the Montreal Canadiens, widely regarded as the league's finest team (and that year's eventual Stanley Cup winners). 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 and were known as the "Broad Street Bullies" for their highly physical play. The game was notable for an incident where, after a body check delivered by Philadelphia's Ed Van Impe, the CSKA's top player, Valeri Kharlamov (like Tretiak eventually a Hall of Famer), 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.

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.

Super Series game log: 23–3–8 (home: 0–0–0; road: 23–3–8)
Super Series '76: 1–1–2 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–2)
Super Series '80: 3–0–2 (home: 0–0–0; road: 3–0–2)
Super Series '86: 5–0–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 5–0–1)
Super Series '89: 5–1–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 5–1–1)
Super Series '90: 4–0–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 4–0–1)
Super Series '91: 5–1–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 5–1–1)

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

Records as of April 10, 2011

Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2008–09 56 27 11 4 106 176 141 1st, Tarasov Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Dynamo Moscow)
2009–10 56 22 21 1 87 148 135 4th, Bobrov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-3 (MVD)
2010–11 54 13 28 2 59 136 169 5th, Bobrov Did not qualify

Players

Current roster

Updated December 30, 2011.[2][3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
16 Andronov, SergeiSergei Andronov RW L 22 2009 Penza, Russian SFSR
55 Badyukov, AlexeiAlexei Badyukov C L 33 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR
22 Barbashev, SergeiSergei Barbashev LW R 19 2009 Moscow, Russia
72 Brashkin, KirillKirill Brashkin G L 19 2011 Togliatti, Russia
59 Buravchikov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Buravchikov D L 24 2010 Moscow, Russian SFSR
46 Butsayev, YuriYuri Butsayev C L 33 2011 Togliatti, Russian SFSR
21 Caslava, PetrPetr Caslava D L 32 2010 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
29 Filatov, NikitaNikita Filatov C R 21 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR
1 Gayduchenko, SergeiSergei Gayduchenko G L 22 2010 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
76 Guskov, AlexanderAlexander Guskov  D L 35 2011 Gorky, Russian SFSR
18 Kugryshev, DmitriDmitri Kugryshev RW R 22 2011 Balakovo, Russian SFSR
8 Kurbatov, EvgeniEvgeni Kurbatov D L 23 2009 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR
5 Marchenko, AlexeiAlexei Marchenko  D R 20 2009 Moscow, Russia
42 Monya, DmitriDmitri Monya RW L 23 2008 Moscow, Russian SFSR
27 Parshin, DenisDenis Parshin RW L 26 2003 Rybinsk, Russian SFSR
23 Persson, NiklasNiklas Persson C L 32 2011 Ösmo, Sweden
93 Prokhorkin, NikolaiNikolai Prokhorkin W L 18 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia
7 Pronin, NikolaiNikolai Pronin (C) LW L 32 2010 Moscow, Russian SFSR
77 Ryasensky, EvgenyEvgeny Ryasensky D L 24 2011 Kalinin, Russian SFSR
36 Rylov, YakovYakov Rylov (A) D L 27 2011 Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russian SFSR
4 Sergeev, AndreiAndrei Sergeev D R 20 2011 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR
52 Shirokov, SergeiSergei Shirokov (A) RW R 25 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR
31 Staňa, RastislavRastislav Staňa  G L 32 2011 Košice, Czechoslovakia
43 Surovy, TomasTomas Surovy C L 30 2011 Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
37 Verot, DarcyDarcy Verot LW L 35 2011 Radville, Saskatchewan, Canada
19 Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin C R 38 2011 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR
38 Zubov, IlyaIlya Zubov C L 25 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR

Notable players

Hall-of-Famers

Players

IIHF Hall-of-Famers

Players

Builders

Triple Gold Cup

Players

First round draft picks

List of CSKA players selected in the NHL Amateur Draft

List of CSKA players selected in the NHL Entry Draft

Stanley Cup Winners

Players

Builders

NHL Awards

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

Ted Lindsay Award

Frank J. Selke Trophy

NHL Plus-Minus Award

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Troph

All-Star game

NHL All-Star Game

Players

KHL All-Star Game

Players

Builders

Retired numbers

The CSKA have retired three numbers.

CSKA Moscow retired numbers
No. Player
2 Viacheslav Fetisov
17 Valeri Kharlamov
20 Vladislav Tretiak

Head coaches


Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed Soviet/CIS/IHL/RUS 2/RSL/KHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current CSKA player

Points Goals Assists
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Sergei Makarov RW 472 303 375 678 1.43
Vladimir Petrov C 496 346 319 665 1.34
Boris Mikhailov LW 500 391 209 600 1.20
Valeri Kharlamov LW 436 293 214 507 1.16
Vladimir Krutov D 438 288 215 503 1.14
Vyacheslav Fetisov D 474 153 221 374 0.78
Viktor Zhluktov C 456 198 168 366 0.80
Igor Larionov C 334 165 196 361 1.08
Anatoli Firsov LW 217 328 20 348 1.60
Andrei Khomutov RW 330 197 147 344 1.04
Player Pos G
Boris Mikhailov LW 391
Veniamin Alexandrov LW 351
Vladimir Petrov C 346
Anatoli Firsov RW 328
Sergei Makarov RW 303
Valeri Kharlamov LW 293
Vladimir Krutov D 288
Vladimir Vikulov C 279
Viktor Zhluktov LW 198
Andrei Khomutov RW 197
Player Pos A
Sergei Makarov RW 375
Vladimir Petrov C 319
Vyacheslav Fetisov D 221
Vladimir Krutov LW 215
Valeri Kharlamov LW 214
Alexei Kasatonov D 212
Boris Mikhailov RW 209
Igor Larionov C 196
Viktor Zhluktov C 168
Sergei Mozyakin LW 162

Awards and trophies

Soviet League

Soviet Cup:

  • 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1988

European Cup:

Spengler Cup

  • 1991

Vysshaya Liga

Soviet / Russian MVP

Scoring Champion

Goal Scoring Champion

Soviet / Russian League First Team

Best Line

Best Rookie

See also

Ice hockey portal
Moscow portal

References

  1. ^ a b c Merron, Jeff (February 14, 2002). "Russians regroup on other side of the red line". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/hockey/story?id=1326249. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  2. ^ "CSKA :: Roster" (in Russian). cska-hockey.ru. http://www.cska-hockey.ru/players. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  3. ^ "CSKA Moscow roster". www.khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/cska. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 

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Seasons
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Games and Cups
See also