Traktor Chelyabinsk
| Traktor Трактор |
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| Nickname | "Tractor drivers" |
| City | Chelyabinsk |
| League |
KHL 2008-present
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Kharlamov |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Home arena |
Traktor Ice Arena (capacity: 7,500) |
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| General manager |
 Evgeny Gubarev
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| Head coach |
Anvar Gatiyatulin (acting) |
| Captain |
 Vladimir Denisov
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| Affiliate(s) |
Chelmet Chelyabinsk (VHL) Belye Medvedi (MHL) |
| Website | eng.hctraktor.org/main |
| Franchise history | |
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Traktor Ice Hockey Club 1959-present
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KHL 2008-present
Traktor Ice Hockey Club 1959-present
The Traktor Ice Hockey Club, also known as HC Traktor (Russian: Трактор) commonly Traktor Chelyabinsk, is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Founded in 1947 as a team of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, Traktor have played for the Soviet and Russian championships since 1948. From 1948-1953 they were called Dzerzhinets and Avangard between 1954 and 1958. The current name was adopted starting with the 1958–59 season.
Traktor played its first game in the top league on December 12, 1948 against CDKA Moscow. Viktor Shuvalov, a future star of Moscow clubs VVS and CSKA, led the team in scores during its first season in the championship. In 1955 Chelyabinsk reached the fourth place for the first time (back then a medal table still was dominated by the Moscow teams).
Between 1965 and 1968, Traktor played in the second division of the Soviet hockey championships. The team returned to the first division in 1968.
In 1973, Traktor played in the USSR Cup finals against the CSKA. Although Traktor led 2-0, they lost the game with a score of 2-5. Valery Belousov and Gennadi Tsygurov, who subsequently went on to become head coaches of the team, were among the players of that roster.
Traktor's performance greatly improved after Anatoly Kostryukov became the team's head coach. In the 1976-77 season Traktor won bronze in the Soviet hockey championships, the team's highest achievement during the Soviet period of its history.
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