HC Lada Togliatti

Lada Togliatti
City	Tolyatti
League	KHL 2008-2010, 2014-present VHL 2010-2014 RSL 1996-2008 IHL 1992-1996 Soviet League Class A 1991-1992 Soviet League Class A2 1979-1980, 1982-1991 Soviet League Class A3 1976-1979, 1980-1982
Founded	1976
Home arena	Lada Arena (Capacity: 5,903)
Colours
Owner(s)	Samara Oblast
Head coach	Artis Ābols
Affiliate(s)	Ladya Tolyatti (MHL)
Website	www.hclada.ru
Franchise history
Hockey Club Lada HC Torpedo 1976-1989

HC Lada (Russian: ХК Лада) is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Tolyatti, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena the KHL expelled the team. The team dropped one level to the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season. They were allowed to rejoin the KHL for the 2014-15 season after the opening of the Lada Arena.

History

• July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti.
• August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
• 1990 - Gennady Tsygurov is hired as team coach.
• 1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet Championship League.
• 1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award;
• April 1994 - Lada wins the International Hockey League's Russian Championship, becoming the first-ever team with non-Moscow origin to win the then-IHL Cup
• December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won;
• April 1995 - Lada wins silver awards of Russian Championship.
• December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team;
• April 1996 - Lada becomes a Russian Championship winner for its second time.

"Lada is European Cup Champion" poster

• December 30, 1996 - Lada wins European Cup;
• April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl;
• 1999 - Valeriy Postnikov relieves Gennady Tsygurov.
• July 18, 2001 - Valeriy Postnikov quits team after having "attacks aimed at me by the media."^[1] As a result of Postnikov's departure, Peter Vorobiev assumes head coaching role.
• April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk in third place series, receiving a bronze award of Russian Superleague;
• April 2004 - Lada wins bronze medals;
• April 2005 - playoff finals loss to Dynamo Moscow, Lada receives silver medals.
• November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team;
• January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup;
• May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin signs as a new Lada coach
• 2011 - Gennady Tsygurov rejoins the team as Head Coach, remaining with the team until 2013.

Honors

Champions

IHL Championship (2): 1994, 1996
IHL Cup (1): 1994
IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2006
European Cup (1): 1996

Runners-up

Russian Super League (2): 1997, 2005
Russian Super League (2): 2003, 2004
IHL Championship (2): 1993, 1995
IHL Cup (2): 1993, 1995
European Cup (1): 1994
Spengler Cup (1): 1995

Players

Current roster

Updated August 15, 2016 .^[2][3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
14		Akhmetov, RafaelRafael Akhmetov	F	L	27	2016	Leninogorsk, Russia
4		Aronson, TaylorTaylor Aronson	D	R	24	2016	Placentia, CA, USA
18		Belousov, GeorgyGeorgy Belousov	LW	R	25	2014	Korkino, Russian SFSR
57		Belokhvostikov, EvgenyEvgeny Belokhvostikov	D	L	24	2016	Zavolzhie, Russia
57		Bolshakov, AlexanderAlexander Bolshakov	D	R	24	2015	Mytischi, Russia
71		Bocharov, StanislavStanislav Bocharov	LW	L	25	2014	Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR
29		Bumagin, AlexanderAlexander Bumagin	LW	L	29	2015	Belgorod, Russian SFSR
59		Demagin, SergeiSergei Demagin	LW	L	30	2016	Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, URS
33		Ezhov, IlyaIlya Ezhov	G	L	29	2016	Krasnodar, Russian SFSR
28		Filatov, NikitaNikita Filatov	LW	R	26	2016	Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
13		Gurkin, YefimYefim Gurkin	D	L	24	2015	Ufa, Russia
85		Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson	C/LW	L	31	2016	Arvika, Sweden
-		Klochkov, AlexanderAlexander Klochkov	D	L	25	2016	Voronezh, Russia
22		Komarov, ViktorViktor Komarov	C	R	22	2016	Chelyabinsk, Russia
70		Koryagin, GlebGleb Koryagin	D	L	22	2016	Moscow, Russian SFSR
21		Krysanov, AntonAnton Krysanov	C	L	29	2016	Togliatti, Russian SFSR
31		Masaļskis, EdgarsEdgars Masaļskis	G	L	36	2016	Riga, Soviet Union
24		Malenkikh, VladimirVladimir Malenkikh	D	L	36	2015	Togliatti, Russian SFSR
36		Mastryukov, AlexeiAlexei Mastryukov	LW	L	24	2010	Togliatti, Russia
77		Semyonov, AlexeiAlexei Semyonov	G	L	29	2014	Zhigulevsk, Russian SFSR
12		Shenfeld, AntonAnton Shenfeld	W	L	23	2014	Magnitogorsk, Russia
44		Sinitsyn, DmitryDmitry Sinitsyn	D	R	22	2016	Moscow, Russia
23		Streltsov, AlexanderAlexander Streltsov	F	L	26	2014	Nizhnevartovsk, Russian SFSR
32		Streltsov, VasilyVasily Streltsov	C	L	26	2014	Nizhnevartovsk, Russian SFSR
-		Sukhikh, IvanIvan Sukhikh	D	R	22	2016	Izhevsk, Russia
42		Suleimanov, RamilRamil Suleimanov	LW	R	20	2016	Togliatti, Russia
19		Valuysky, SemyonSemyon Valuysky	LW	R	25	2014	Togliatti, Russian SFSR
-		Vasilyev, ValeriValeri Vasilyev	D	L	26	2016	Togliatti, Russia
63		Volgin, AlexeiAlexei Volgin	D	L	26	2015	Samara, Russia
91		Yumangulov, RinatRinat Yumangulov	C/RW	R	20	2016	Togliatti, Russia
96		Zernov, DenisDenis Zernov	F	L	20	2016	Chelyabinsk, Russia

References

1. http://www.russianhockey.us/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000764 Media Attacks Force Lada Coach To Quit, July 18, 2001
2. "The Team of Lada". Lada Togliatti. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
3. "Lada Togliatti roster". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 2014-07-27.

External links

• Lada Togliatti official website
• Continental cup 2006 (Russian)

See also

• HC Lada Togliatti songs and anthems
• FC Lada Togliatti