Zauralie Kurgan (Хоккейный клуб «Зауралье» Курган) is an ice hockey team in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. They are affiliated to HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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City | Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia |
League | VHL |
Gegründet | 1962 |
Home arena | Paryshev Sports Palace (capacity: 2,500) |
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Owner(s) | Kurgan Oblast, Kurganstalmost |
General manager | Alexey Chechin[1] |
Head coach | Mikhail Zvyagin[2] |
Affiliate | Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL) |
Website | hczaural.ru |
History
editThe club was founded in 1994 as a merger between clubs Mostovik (Bridge Worker) and Turbinka (Turbine) as Mostovik-Turbinka Kurgan later becoming a farm club of Rubin Tyumen. It got its current name Zauralie (Trans-Ural) since the 2003–04 season. They became affiliated with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008, Avangard Omsk in 2012 and Metallurg Novokuznetsk in 2014. With the demotion of Novokuznetsk, Kurgan then entered into an agreement to be the primary affiliate to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL in 2017.
The club had a junior farm-club Yunior Kurgan, who played in MHL-B, second level of junior ice hockey league in Russia through 2022.
Honors
editNational
edit- Vysshaya Liga (RUS-2)
- Third place (1): 2003/2004
- Pervaya Liga (RUS-3)
- Champion (1): 2000/2001
Stadium
edit- Paryshev Sports Palace
Capacity: 2500
Team Colors
editBlue | White |
Front Office and Coaches
editDirector
- Viktor Prozorov
General manager
- Alexey Chechin
Head coach
- Mikhail Zvyagin
Assistant coach
- Rashit Galimzhanov
- Vyacheslav Sedov
References
edit- ^ "Новым директором «Зауралья» стал его бывший игрок и тренер" (in Russian). 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Михаил Звягин возглавил "Зауралье"" (in Russian). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.