HC Lada Togliatti

Russian professional ice hockey team based in Togliatti, Russia
Lada Togliatti
Nickname“The Mobsters”
CityTolyatti
League
  • VHL
    2010–2014,
    2018–2023
  • KHL
    2008–2010,
    2014–2018,
    2023–
  • 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
ConferenceEastern
DivisionKharlamov
Founded1976
Home arenaLada Arena
(capacity: 6,000)
Colours     
General managerAlexander Chebotaryov
Head coachOleg Bratash
CaptainMikhail Fisenko
AffiliatesCSK VVS Samara (VHL)
Ladya Togliatti (MHL)
Websitehclada.ru
Franchise history
HC Torpedo
1976–1989
HC Lada Togliatti
1989–present
Current season

HC Lada Togliatti (Russian: ХК Лада) is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Tolyatti, Russia. They play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Togliatti were participants in the inaugural season of the KHL in 2008–09. Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena, the KHL expelled the team and 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. However, the team was expelled again following the end of the 2017–18 season, and returned to the VHL. The team once again rejoined the KHL for the 2023–24 season.[1][2]

History

  • July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti.
  • August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
  • 1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet Championship League.
  • 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.
  • December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team.
"Lada is European Cup Champion" poster
  • December 30, 1996 - Lada wins European Cup.
  • July 18, 2001 - Valeriy Postnikov quits team after having "attacks aimed at me by the media."[3]
  • 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.[4]

Honors

Champions

1st place, gold medalist(s) IHL Championship (2): 1994, 1996
1st place, gold medalist(s) IHL Cup (1): 1994
1st place, gold medalist(s) IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2006
1st place, gold medalist(s) European Cup (1): 1996

Runners-up

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russian Superleague (2): 1997, 2005
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russian Superleague (2): 2003, 2004
2nd place, silver medalist(s) IHL Championship (2): 1993, 1995
2nd place, silver medalist(s) IHL Cup (2): 1993, 1995
2nd place, silver medalist(s) European Cup (1): 1994
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spengler Cup (1): 1995

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2008–09 56 21 22 5 84 120 116 3rd, Kharlamov Lost in preliminary round, 2–3 (CSKA Moscow)
2009–10 56 14 31 9 55 115 173 6th, Kharlamov Did not qualify
2010–11 56 15 36 2 53 130 184 10th, Western Did not qualify
2011–12 53 18 22 8 72 160 152 7th, Western Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–3 (Dizel Penza)
2012–13 52 24 17 6 88 149 130 9th, VHL Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Toros Neftekamsk)
2013–14 50 19 15 7 82 130 113 11th, VHL Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 (HC Kuban)
2014–15 60 16 32 4 68 130 158 6th, Kharlamov Did not qualify
2015–16 60 22 30 8 69 120 153 7th, Kharlamov Did not qualify
2016–17 60 21 32 7 65 146 180 7th, Kharlamov Did not qualify
2017–18 56 16 34 6 50 105 149 6th, Kharlamov Did not qualify

Players

Current roster

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Updated 30 March 2024.[5][6][7]
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
84 Russia Andrei Altybarmakyan (A) RW L 25 2023 St. Petersburg, Russia
97 Russia Yegor Babenko RW L 27 2023 Tyumen, Russia
55 Russia Maxim Berezin (A) D L 33 2023 Izhevsk, Russian SFSR
47 Russia Artyom Borodkin D L 32 2023 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
92 Russia Gleb Bulychyov D L 20 2023 Zarechny, Russia
23 Russia Vladislav Chervonenko RW L 25 2021 Khabarovsk, Russia
2 Russia Nikolai Demidov D L 28 2023 Golitsyno, Russia
12 Russia Mikhail Fisenko (C) C L 33 2023 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
88 Russia Artyom Ivanyuzhenkov LW L 26 2023 New York, New York, United States
16 Canada Troy Josephs C L 29 2023 Whitby, Ontario, Canada
15 Russia Yevgeni Kalabushkin D L 24 2023 Stupino, Russia
27 Russia Pavel Koltygin C L 25 2023 Moscow, Russia
18 Russia Dmitri Kugryshev LW R 34 2023 Balakovo, Russian SFSR
72 Russia Pavel Kulikov C L 32 2023 Nizhnekamsk, Russia
66 Russia Nikita Mikhailov C R 25 2023 Togliatti, Russia
51 Russia Maxim Mineyev D L 26 2023 Omsk, Russia
58 Russia Danila Moiseyev LW L 25 2023 Chelyabinsk, Russia
43 Russia Alexei Ozhgikhin F L 26 2023 Chelyabinsk, Russia
59 Russia Vladislav Podyapolsky G L 28 2023 Novokuznetsk, Russia
81 Russia Nikita Popugayev LW R 25 2023 Moscow, Russia
25 Russia Ivan Romanov LW L 26 2021 Penza, Russia
71 Czech Republic Ostap Safin RW L 25 2023 Prague, Czech Republic
7 Russia Sergei Shumakov LW R 31 2023 Chelyabinsk, Russia
62 Russia Georgi Solyannikov D L 28 2023 St. Petersburg, Russia
89 Russia Donat Stalnov C L 24 2023 Yaroslavl, Russia
42 Russia Vladislav Syomin D L 26 2023 Nizhny Tagil, Russia
1 Russia Alexander Trushkov G L 27 2021 Moscow, Russia
4 Russia Alexei Volgin D L 33 2023 Samara, Russian SFSR

See also

References

  1. ^ "HC "Lada" is included in the list of Fonbet participants of the KHL Championship season 2023-2024" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Returning to the KHL, Lada will play the first test match" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Media Attacks Force Lada Coach To Quit". russianhockey.us. 2001-07-18. Retrieved 2001-07-18.
  4. ^ "Continental cup 2006" (in Russian). HC Lada Togliatti. January 6, 2010. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  5. ^ "Lada Togliatti Team Roster" (in Russian). HC Lada Togliatti. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  6. ^ "Lada Togliatti team roster". Kontinental Hockey League. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  7. ^ "Lada Togliatti roster". eliteprospects.com. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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