Traktor Chelyabinsk

Traktor Chelyabinsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Трактор Челябинск
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Full name

Traktor Chelyabinsk 1959-present

  • Avangard Chelyabinsk 1954-58
  • Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk 1948-1953
Founded 1947
Based In Chelyabinsk
Arena Traktor Sport Palace
(Capacity: 7500)
League KHL 2008-present
Division Kharlamov
Conference Eastern
GM Russia Evgeny Tsybuk
Head Coach Russia Valery Belousov
Captain Russia Vladimir Antipov
Affiliates Belye Medvedi (MHL)
Website www.hctraktor.org

Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russian: Трактор Челябинск, English: Tractor (agrimotor)) is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.


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History

Founded in 1947, Traktor have played for the Soviet and Russian championships since 1948. From 1948-1953 they were called Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk and between 1954 to 1958 they were known as Avangard Chelyabinsk, after which they took their current name.

Between 1965 and 1968, Traktor played in the second division of the Soviet hockey championships. Thanks to coaches Viktor Stolyarov and Viktor Sokolov, the team returned to the first division in 1968.

In 1973, Traktor played in the national cup finals against the CSKA. Although Traktor led 2-0, they lost the game with a score of 2-5.

Traktor's performance greatly improved after Anatoly Kostryukov became the team's head coach. In the 1976-77 season, Traktor won bronze in the Soviet hockey championships - the team's highest achievement during the Soviet period of its history.

At this time, Traktor produced several players who achieved international prominence. One of the best Soviet forwards of all times, Sergei Makarov, was born in Chelyabinsk and began his career in Traktor. Along his teammate, defenseman Sergei Starikov, he regularly played on the Soviet national team from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Starikov and Makarov each won over 10 international tournaments with Team USSR. Makarov's older brother Nikolai was also one of the best Soviet defensemen and played several times in various international competitions. Vyacheslav Bykov, a long-time member of the Soviet national team and currently the head coach of Team Russia, also played for Traktor for several years before he was acquired by CSKA. Traktor's goaltender, Sergei Mylnikov, was twice named the best goaltender of the Soviet championship. He was the Soviet team starting goalie at the 1987 Canada Cup and participated in two Olympics and five world championships. His son is currently playing for Traktor, also as a goaltender.

In the early 1990s, Traktor twice finished third in the International Hockey League. A group of Traktor players, including Sergei Gomolyako, Valeri Karpov, Igor Varitsky, Ravil Gusmanov and others, appeared on Team Russia at several world championships.

In the late 1990s, ice hockey in Chelyabinsk entered a period of decline and Traktor was relegated in 1998 to playing in the Vysshaya Liga. In the 2005-06 season, the team won the second division championship and was transferred back to the first division.

After the 2006-07 season, Traktor head coach Gennady Tsygurov resigned. He was replaced by Andrei Nazarov, a native of Chelyabinsk who had spent 13 seasons in the NHL as an enforcer.


Players

Current roster

view · # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 57 Russia Antipov, VladimirVladimir Antipov (C) LW L 33 2011 Apatity, Russian SFSR 38 Czech Republic Bulis, JanJan Bulis LW L 33 2011 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia 71 Russia Burdasov, AntonAnton Burdasov RW L 20 2007 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 50 Russia Buturlin, AlexanderAlexander Buturlin RW L 30 2010 Moscow, Russian SFSR 23 Russia Chistov, StanislavStanislav Chistov LW R 28 2011 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 1 Russia Fokin, VladislavVladislav Fokin G L 25 2008 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 34 Canada Garnett, MichaelMichael Garnett G L 28 2011 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 22 Canada Giroux, RayRay Giroux D L 35 2010 North Bay, Ontario, Canada 15 Russia Glinkin, AntonAnton Glinkin F R 23 2005 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 25 Russia Katichev, EvgenyEvgeny Katichev D L 25 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 45 Russia Konev, AndreiAndrei Konev D L 22 2005 Miass, Russian SFSR 27 Finland Kontiola, PetriPetri Kontiola C R 27 2011 Seinäjoki, Finland 92 Russia Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov RW L 19 2007 Chelyabinsk, Russia 44 Russia Panov, KonstantinKonstantin Panov (A) RW L 31 2011 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 59 Russia Payor, SergeiSergei Payor F L 27 2011 Omsk, Russian SFSR 9 Russia Popov, AndreiAndrei Popov RW L 23 2003 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 73 Russia Proskuryakov, IlyaIlya Proskuryakov G L 24 2011 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR 2 United States Quint, DeronDeron Quint D L 35 2010 Durham, New Hampshire, USA 51 Ukraine Razin, GennadyGennady Razin (A) D L 33 2010 Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR 81 Russia Riazantsev, AlexAlex Riazantsev D R 31 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR 17 Russia Sayustov, DmitriDmitri Sayustov C L 23 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 36 Russia Shinin, AlexanderAlexander Shinin D L 27 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR 29 Kazakhstan Vasilchenko, AlexeiAlexei Vasilchenko D L 30 2011 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR 28 Russia Yakutsenya, MaximMaxim Yakutsenya F L 30 2011 Serov, Russian SFSR


References

  1. ^ "Traktor Roster" (in Russian). www.hctraktor.org. http://hctraktor.org/team/set/. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
  2. ^ "Traktor Chelyabinsk team roster". khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/traktor. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 


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