Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (VHL)
Lokomotiv | |
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City | Yaroslavl, Russia |
League | VHL |
Conference | Western |
Founded | 2011 |
Folded | 2013 |
Home arena | Arena 2000 (9,070 seats) |
Colours | |
Head coach | Petr Vorobiev |
Affiliate(s) | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) |
Lokomotiv was an ice hockey team in Yaroslavl, Russia. They played in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. It was a farm club of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was founded in 2011 after the entire KHL team along with its coaching staff died in a plane crash and consisted of MHL players of Loko Yaroslavl. When the franchise rejoined the KHL in its 2012–13 season, it was decided to keep a minor team in the VHL structure.
In 2013, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl decided not to allow its team to participate in the VHL for the 2013–14 season. Therefore, Lokomotiv's VHL club was disbanded.
External links[]
- Official site
- Team profile on eurohockey.com
Categories:
- Ice hockey teams in Russia
- Sport in Yaroslavl
- Ice hockey clubs established in 2011
- 2011 establishments in Russia
- Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2013
- European ice hockey team stubs