HC Dynamo Moscow

HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow
Nickname	"White-blues"
League	KHL 2008-2010 RSL ; 1999-2008; RHL ; 1996-1999; IHL ; 1992-1996; Soviet League ; 1946-1992;
Conference	Western
Division	Bobrov
Founded	1946
Home arena	Minor Arena; (capacity: 8700)
Affiliate	MHC Dynamo (MHL)
Website	www.dynamo.ru

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.

Current roster

2010-11 roster^[2]

Konstantin Gorovikov, 	 Right Wing, 	(Russia)
Denis Mosalev, 	 Forward, 	
Dominik Granak, 	 Defence, 	
Leo Komarov, 	 Centre, 	(Finland)
Alexei Kudashov, 	 Centre, 	(Russia)
Denis Kokarev, 	 Forward, 	
Denis Tolpeko, 	 Left Wing, 	(Russia)
Vladimir Gorbunov, 	 Forward, 	
Roman Derlyuk, 	 Defence, 	
Yuri Babenko, 	 Centre, 	(Russia)
Mikhail Balandin, 	 Defence, 	
Alexei Ugarov, 	 Forward, 	
Igor Milovzorov, 	 Forward, 	
Konstantin Volkov, 	 Right Wing, 	
Filip Novak, 	 Defence, 	(Czech)
Alexei Medvedev, 	 Forward, 	
Grigory Shafigulin, 	 Centre, 	
Martin Strbak, 	 Defence, 	(Slovakia)
Ruslan Zaynullin, 	 Centre, 	
Juraj Kolnik, 	 Right Wing, 	(Slovakia)
Gennady Stolyarov, 	 Right Wing, 	(Russia)
Yuri Dobryshkin, 	 Forward, 	
Maxim Velikov, 	 Defence, 	
Michael Garnett, 	 Goalie, 	(Canada)
Alexander Seluyanov, 	 Defence, 	
Alexandre Boikov, 	 Defence, 	(Russia)
Alexander Karpushkin, 	 Defence, 	
Alexander Tarasov, 	 Defence, 	
Alexander Cherepenin, 	 Goalie, 	
Nikita Dvurechensky, 	 Left Wing, 	
Artem Chernov, 	 Forward, 	
Alexei Volkov, 	 Goalie, 	(Russia)

Head Coaches

Arkady Chernyshev 1946-74
Vladimir Yurzinov 1974-79
Vitaly Davydov 1979-81
Vladimir Kiselev 1981-84
Yury Moiseyev 1984-89
Vladimir Yurzinov 1989-92
Petr Vorobiev 1992-93
Vladimir Golubovich 1994-96
Yury Ochnev 1996-97
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 1997-2000
Vladimir Semenov 2000-02
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 2002-04
Vladimir Krikunov 2004-08
Vladimír Vůjtek Sr. 2008-2009
Sergei Kotov June, 2009 - Septembe Right Wing, 2009
Andrei Khomutov Octobe Right Wing, 2009 - 2010

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.^{[citation needed]}

Notable NHL Alumni

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