Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Автомобилист Екатеринбург |
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Nickname | "Drivers" |
City | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
League |
Kontinental Hockey League (2009–present) |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | Kharlamov |
Founded | 2006 |
Home arena |
KRK Uralets (capacity: 5,570) |
Colours | |
Captain | Alexei Simakov |
Affiliate(s) |
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil (VHL) JHC Avto (MHL) |
Website | www.hc-avto.ru |
Franchise history | |
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (Russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009.
Founded in 2006 the team took its name from an older Yekaterinburg ice hockey club called Avtomobilist that used to play in the Soviet championship and later the International Hockey League.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTW = Overtime/Shootout Wins, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Updated March 5, 2016.