HC Dynamo Moscow

HC Dynamo Moscow (Russian: Динамо Москва) was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The team was merged with HC MVD to form UHC Dynamo after the 2009-2010 season^[1]

History

Part of the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society, the team was founded in 1946 and in its early days was sponsored by the KGB. It was among Russia's most successful clubs, winning the Soviet Championship in 1947, 1954, 1990, and 1991, the Russian Championship in 1992, 1993, 1995, and 2000, and the Russian Superleague in 1999-2000 and 2005. It also won the Spengler Cup in 1983 and 2008 and the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2006.

Honors

Champions

• Russian League Championship (4): 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005
• Soviet League Championship (5): 1947, 1954, 1990, 1991, 1992
• Spengler Cup (2): 1983, 2008
• European Champions Cup (1): 2006
• Ahearne Cup (2): 1975, 1976
• USSR Cup (3): 1953, 1972, 1976

Honored members

• coach Arkady Chernyshev, 1946–1974
• 1 Boris Zaitsev, 1957–70; Vladimir Myshkin, 1980–90
• 2 Oleg Tolmachev, 1946–56; Pavel Zhiburtovich, 1955–62
• 3 Vitaly Davydov, 1957–73
• 5 Stanislav Petukhov, 1956–68; Vasily Pervukhin, 1976–89
• 6 Valery Vasiliev, 1967–84
• 8 Valentin Kuzin, 1950–61
• 9 Nikolay Postavnin, 1946–51; Alexander Uvarov, 1948–60
• 10 Yury Krylov, 1951–65
• 11 Yury Volkov, 1960–68; Alexander Maltsev, 1967–84
• 17 Vladimir Yurzinov, 1957–72; Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, 1973–88

Russian clubs tend to hang a banner of honor with a player's jersey number (sometimes multiple players per number), while still keeping it active.

Notable NHL Alumni

Maxim Afinogenov, Mark Giordano, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Karpovtsev, Darius Kasparaitis, Alexei Kovalev, Viktor Kozlov, Andrei Nikolishin, Alexander Ovechkin, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Alexei Yashin, Alexei Zhamnov

References

External links

• Official website (Russian)

See also

• Dynamo Sports Club