| Full name | Hockey Club Lada |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 (as Torpedo Togliatti) |
| Based In | Togliatti |
| Arena | Lada Arena (Capacity: 6,000) |
| League |
VHL 2010-present
|
| Website | www.hclada.ru |
HC Lada (Russian: ХК «Лада» Тольятти) is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Togliatti, Russia. They were members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena the KHL expelled the team. The team dropped one level to the Russian Major League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season.
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July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti;
August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
1990 - Gennadiy Tsigurov is hired as team coach;
1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet ice hockey league;
1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award;
April 1994 - Lada wins Russian Championship becoming a first ever team with non-Moscow origin to achieve such thing;
December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won;
April 1995 - Lada wins silver awards of Russian Championship;
December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team;
April 1996 - Lada becomes a Champion of Russia for its second time;
December 30th, 1996 - Lada wins European Cup;
April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl;
June 2001 - Peter Vorobiev substitutes Valeriy Postnikov for coach position (1999-2001);
April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk in third place series, receiving a bronze award of Russian Superleague;
April 2004 - Lada wins bronze medals;
April 2005 - playoff finals loss to Dynamo Moscow, Lada receives silver medals.
November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team;
January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup;
May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin signs as a new Lada coach