Avangard Omsk
| Avangard Авангард (Омская область) |
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| Nickname | "Hawks" |
| City | Omsk, Omsk Oblast |
| League |
KHL 2008–present
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Chernyshev |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Home arena |
Omsk Arena (Capacity: 10,318) |
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| Owner(s) |
 Gazprom Neft
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| General manager |
Victor Shalaev
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| Head coach |
Fyodor Kanareikin |
| Captain |
Denis Kulyash
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| Affiliate(s) |
Saryarka Karagandy (VHL) Omskie Yastreby (MHL) Yastreby Omsk (MHL-B) |
| Website | www.hawk.ru |
| Franchise history | |
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Avangard 1981–present
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KHL 2008–present
Avangard 1981–present
Hockey Club Avangard (Russian: ХК Авангард, Vanguard), a.k.a. Avangard Omsk Region, are a Russian professional ice hockey team from Siberia, based in the city of Omsk. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
The first amateur ice hockey teams in Omsk began to appear in 1950, formed by local bandy players. One of them was a hockey section of the Omsk Spartak sports society. Spartak Omsk was chosen to be the first Omsk hockey team in the 1950–51 RSFSR championship. In the 1955–56 season, the team had a chance to represent the city in the Soviet Championship, joining its then-second level Class B league and recruiting the best hockey players from Omsk. Four seasons later, the team finally won promotion to the top division.
Its first game in the major Soviet championship Spartak played on November 29, 1959, against Spartak (later Avtomobilist) Sverdlovsk. The first goal for Avangard was scored by Viktor Shevelev. In 1962, the team was assigned with a trade union of the Omsk airport and renamed as Aeroflot Omsk. Playing under its new name, the Omsk team reached the 13th place overall, its highest success during the original four-season run in the top level of Soviet hockey. However, it was still not enough to secure their position in the Class A after the subsequent reform of the championship—starting with the 1963–64 season, Aeroflot joined a newly established A2 league. The first stars of that early period were defenseman Viktor Blinov and forward Viktor Shevelev.
Further realignment in 1966 drove Aeroflot out to the third level competition (the third group of the Class A). The next season, 1967–68, the team was renamed once again as Kauchuk (Rubber) reflecting the change of the team's assignment to the Sibirsky Kauchuk combine. Shortly after, for the 1969–70 season, the team was taken over by Yevgeny Babich, who finished his coaching career in Omsk.
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