Avtomobilist Karagandy

Avtomobilist Karaganda
City	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
League	Kazakhstan Hockey Championship 1992–2000
Gegründet	1966
Operated	2000
Home arena	Akzholtay Sport Palace
Colors
Franchise history
Stroitel Karaganda	1966-1980
Avtomobilist Karaganda	1980-1993
Stroitel Karaganda	1993-1995
Bulat Karaganda	1995-1996
Avtomobilist Karaganda	1998-2000

Avtomobilist Karaganda ([Автомобилист Қарағанды] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) was an ice hockey team in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. They were active from 1966–1996 and from 1998–2000.

History

The club was founded in 1966 as Stroitel Karaganda ([Строитель Караганда] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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 1992-1996, 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.

Name history

1966-1980 Stroitel Karaganda

1980-1993 Avtomobilist Karaganda

1993-1995 Stroitel Karaganda

1995-1996 Bulat Karaganda

1998-2000 Avtomobilist Karaganda

Notable Players

• Vladimir Antipin
• Oleg Bolyakin
• Alexander Genze
• Alexei Mursin
• Sergei Mogilnikov
• Waldemar Quapp
• Yerlan Sagymbayev

Notable Coaches

• Yuri Baulin

External links

• Avtomobilist Karaganda statistics