HC Dynamo Moscow

HC Dynamo Moscow
City	Moscow, Russia
League	KHL 2008–present RSL 1996–2008 IHL 1992–1996 Soviet League Class A 1946–1992
Conference	Western
Division	Tarasov
Founded	22 December 1946; 74 years ago (1946-12-22)
Home arena	VTB Arena (capacity: 12,000)
Colours
General manager	Alexei Sopin
Head coach	Alexei Kudashov
Captain	Vadim Shipachyov
Affiliate(s)	(VHL) MHC Dynamo (MHL)
Website	www.dynamo.ru
Franchise history
HC Dynamo Moscow 1946–present
Current season

HC Dynamo Moscow (Russian: ХК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won the regular season championship once, in 2013–14, winning the Continental Cup.

The club is one of the most successful teams in Russia, as well as the former Soviet Union.

History[]

The team was founded in 1946 and belonged the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Interior and the national security structures including the KGB. It won the first Soviet hockey championship in 1946–47, beating Spartak Moscow in the finals. Helmed by Arkady Chernyshev during the first decades of its history, Dynamo established itself as one of the top teams of the Soviet hockey league. Throughout the Soviet era, Dynamo was among the top three teams almost every season, winning five championships and three USSR Cups. The last years of the Soviet hockey championship and the beginning of the IHL period were marked with Dynamo winning fours seasons in a row and ending CSKA Moscow's dominance that had lasted for decades.

Merger with HC MVD[]

In 2010, Dynamo Moscow merged with HC MVD, a KHL team from Balashikha owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The team continued the history of the Dynamo club, with the majority of its roster and executives from HC MVD. The new club was officially called United Hockey Club (UHC) Dynamo Moscow, and for one season the new club was referred to as UHC Dynamo, then for a couple years as UHC Dynamo Moscow, but in 2012 the official name of the club was reverted to Hockey Club Dynamo Moscow.^[1]

In 2013 Dynamo Moscow had tried to recruit Alexander Ovechkin who played for them from 2001 to 2005, but switched to Washington Capitals soon after.^[2]

Debt problems/KHL sanctions[]

Under the guidance of director and president, Andrei Safronov, HC Dynamo was reported to have amassed a debt of 2 billion rubles (US$33 million) following the 2016–17 season.^[3] With concerns from the governing body of the KHL, Dynamo were ordered to give a presentation as to how they would be funded in the following season on 24 May 2017.^[4]

As a branch of the Dynamo Moscow sporting club, the parent company board opted to remove Safronov, citing a breach of trust with sponsors and took control of the hockey club.^[3] Dynamo then refused to pay back the debt, citing it wasn't their responsibility, putting the onus on former CEO Safronov to repay the debt due to his mismanagement. With allegations of embezzlement, HC Dynamo's offices were raided by police in order to retrieve accounting documentation on 2 June 2017.^[5] With the players having not been paid in three months, former HC Dynamo board led by Safronov declared bankruptcy in order to escape the debt.^[6]

On 4 July 2017, at a KHL board meeting, the Disciplinary Committee took action with Dynamo's failure to meet contractual obligations by declaring all 42 players under contract with Dynamo as free agents.^[7][8]

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

Soviet League Championship (5): 1946–47, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92

USSR Cup (3): 1953, 1972, 1976

IHL Championship (3): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96

IHL Cup (3): 1993, 1995, 1996

Russian Superleague (2): 1999–00, 2004–05

Kontinental Hockey League[]

Gagarin Cup (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

Continental Cup (1): 2013–14

Opening Cup (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

Europe[]

IIHF European Champions Cup (1): 2006

IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2004–05

Spengler Cup (2): 1983, 2008

Lugano Cup (1): 1991

Ahearne Cup (2): 1975, 1976

Tampere Cup (2): 1991, 1992

Season-by-season KHL record[]

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

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Top Scorer	Playoffs
2008–09	56	27	17	2	100	184	143	2nd, Chernyshev	Dmitry Afanasenkov (35 points: 19 G, 16 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Semifinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2009–10	56	28	16	3	101	166	151	2nd, Bobrov	Mattias Weinhandl (60 points: 26 G, 34 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–3 (Spartak Moscow)
2010–11	54	28	16	4	96	149	131	1st, Bobrov	Konstantin Gorovikov (38 points: 11 G, 27 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dinamo Riga)
2011–12	54	35	15	4	105	144	115	2nd, Bobrov	Marek Kvapil (29 points: 12 G, 17 A; 53 GP)	Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2012–13	52	36	14	2	101	150	115	2nd, Bobrov	Alexander Ovechkin (40 points: 19 G, 21 A; 31 GP)	Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–2 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2013–14	54	38	11	5	115	171	113	1st, Tarasov	Maksim Karpov (34 points: 11 G, 23 A; 48 GP) Leo Komarov (34 points: 12 G, 22 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2014–15	60	41	13	6	123	172	120	2nd, Tarasov	Kaspars Daugaviņš (37 points: 22 G, 15 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2015–16	60	35	17	8	105	167	126	4th, Tarasov	Alexei Tsvetkov (39 points: 7 G, 32 A; 58 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2016–17	60	39	16	5	112	164	111	2nd, Tarasov	Mārtiņš Karsums (34 points: 16 G, 18 A; 52 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2017–18	56	28	23	5	80	134	139	6th, Tarasov	Ilya Nikulin (27 points: 12 G, 15 A; 56 GP)	Did not qualify
2018–19	62	33	23	6	72	153	139	3rd, Bobrov	Vadim Shipachyov (68 points: 20 G, 48 A; 61 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2019–20	62	37	17	8	82	182	144	3rd, Bobrov	Vadim Shipachyov (65 points: 17 G, 48 A; 61 GP)	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Spartak Moscow) Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21	60	39	15	6	84	195	137	2nd, Tarasov	Vadim Shipachyov (67 points: 20 G, 47 A; 57 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated 27 August 2021.^[9][10]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
21			D	L	20	2019	Rotenburg, Germany
60		Ivan Bocharov	G	L	26	2016	Moscow, Russia
55		Sergei Boikov	D	L	25	2019	Khabarovsk, Russia
43			C	L	20	2020	Kirov, Russia
67		Michal Čajkovský	D	L	29	2019	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
10		Mikhail Fisenko	C	L	31	2021	Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
97			LW	R	28	2021	Elektrostal, Russia
22		Stanislav Galiev	RW	R	29	2021	Moscow, Russia
56			C	L	25	2015	Moscow, Russia
12		Rob Klinkhammer	LW	L	35	2021	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
57			F	L	21	2018	Mytischi, Russia
95		Vyacheslav Kulyomin (A)	LW	L	31	2018	Noginsk, Russian SFSR
98			G	L	23	2019	Moscow, Russia
24		Oscar Lindberg	C	L	29	2020	Skellefteå, Sweden
94		Andrei Mironov (A)	D	L	27	2018	Moscow, Russia
71			LW	L	21	2018	Moscow, Russia
19		Eric O'Dell	C	R	31	2021	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
37		Andrey Pedan	D	L	28	2021	Kaunas, Lithuania
31			C	L	24	2021	Yekaterinburg, Russia
82			D	R	20	2018	Moscow, Russia
96			RW	L	21	2020	Saint Petersburg, Russia
99		Andrei Sergeyev	D	R	30	2020	Simferopol , Ukrainian SSR
87		Vadim Shipachyov (C)	C	L	34	2018	Cherepovets, Russian SFSR
49			D	L	24	2015	Tver, Russia
27		Vyacheslav Voynov	D	R	31	2021	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
65			F	L	26	2017	Novy Rozdol, Russia
1		Alexander Yeremenko	G	L	41	2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR
86			D	L	23	2016	Moscow, Russia
25			C	L	20	2020	Moscow, Russia

IIHF Hall-of-Famers[]

Players

Builders

Honoured members[]

Dynamo Moscow has honoured 25 players and one coach in its history.

HC Dynamo Moscow honoured members
# 1	Player	Position	Career
Coach	Arkady Chernyshev	N/A	1946–74
1	Boris Zaitsev	G	1957–70
1	Vladimir Myshkin	G	1980–90
2	Oleg Tolmachev	D	1987–04
2	Pavel Zhiburtovich	D	1955–62
3	Vitaly Davydov	RW	1957–73
5	Stanislav Petukhov	RW	1956–68
5	Vasily Pervukhin	D	1976–89
6	Valery Vasiliev	D	1967–84
6	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	1987–94
8	Valentin Kuzin	LW	1950–61
8	Aleksandr Golikov	F	1976–83
9	Nikolay Postavnin	F	1946–51
9	Alexander Uvarov	C	1948–60
9	Anatoli Semenov	C	1979–90
10	Yuri Krylov	RW	1951–65
10	Vladimir Golikov	C	1977–85
11	Yuri Volkov	LW	1996–99
11	Alexander Maltsev	C	1967–84
12	Igor Korolev	C	1988–92
14	Sergei Svetlov	F	1978–89
17	Vladimir Yurzinov	C	1957–72
17	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	D	1973–88
26	Alexei Zhamnov	C	1988–92
29	Mikhail Shtalenkov	G	1986–92
30	Sergei Yashin	F	1980–90

Notes

• ¹ Russian clubs tend to hang a banner of honour with a player's jersey number (sometimes multiple players per number), while still keeping the number in circulation.^{[citation needed]}

Head coaches[]

Franchise records[]

See also[]

• Dynamo Sports Club
• HC Dynamo Facebook Moscow (Fan Page)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Russian)
• History of HC Dynamo Moscow (in Russian)