Avtomobilist Karagandy
Avtomobilist Karaganda (Kazakh: Автомобилист Қарағанды) was an ice hockey team in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. They were active from 1966 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2000.
History
The club was founded in 1966 as Stroitel Karaganda (Строитель Караганда) and played at first in the Vtoraya Liga, the third level of Soviet ice hockey. They won the Vtoraya Liga as Avtomobilist Karaganda in 1980, and were promoted to the Pervaya Liga. From 1992 to 1996, Karaganda participated in the International Hockey League, which featured teams from the Commonwealth of Independent States. In 1993, they took on their old name of Stroitel again, and dissolved due to financial difficulties in 1996. In 1998, the team was revived as Avtomobilist, but they were dissolved after only one season.
Notable players
- Vladimir Antipin
- Oleg Bolyakin
- Alexander Genze
- Alexei Mursin
- Sergei Mogilnikov
- Waldemar Quapp
- Yerlan Sagymbayev
Notable Coaches
- Yuri Baulin
References
External links
- Avtomobilist Karaganda statistics