HC Sochi
| HC Sochi ХК Сочи |
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| Nickname | Sochi Leopards |
| City | Sochi, Russia |
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Tarasov |
| Founded | 2014 |
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Bolshoy Ice Dome (capacity: 12,000) |
| Owner(s) | Gazprom |
| Head coach | Vyacheslav Butsayev |
| Captain | Andrei Kostitsyn |
| Website | www.hcsochi.ru |
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Hockey Club Sochi (Russian: Хоккейный клуб Сочи) is a professional ice hockey team based in Sochi, Russia. The team joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in 2014–15 season. The head coach is a former NHL player and former coach of CSKA Moscow Vyacheslav Butsayev.
On May 23, 2014, it was reported that Detroit Red Wings' pending restricted free agent centre Cory Emmerton had signed with HC Sochi to begin play in the Kontinental Hockey League with the 2014–15 season, becoming the first import player signed in franchise history.
In the club's inaugural season, Soch were able to qualify for the post-season to compete for the Gagarin Cup, finishing in 13th place overall of the KHL. In its debut playoff series, Sochi were swpet in the first round by HC CSKA Moscow in four games. In the following 2015–16 season, Sochi climbed to 4th place in the Western Conference, but again dropped out in the first round, suffering another sweep to the hand of HC Dynamo Moscow.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Updated August 23, 2016.
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