HC Dynamo Moscow explained

Team:Dynamo Moscow
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Name2:HC Dynamo Moscow 1946–present
Nickname:White and Blues, Wolves
City:Moscow, Russia
Arena:VTB Arena
Capacity:10,523
League:KHL 2008–present
Division:Tarasov
Conference:Western
Gm:Alexei Sopin
Coach:Alexei Kudashov
Affiliates:Dynamo St. Petersburg (VHL)
MHC Dynamo (MHL)
Current:2024–25 KHL season

HC Dynamo Moscow (Russian: ХК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won the regular season championship once, in 2013–14, winning the Continental Cup.

The club is one of the most successful teams in Russia.

History

The team was founded in 1946 and belonged the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Interior and the national security structures including the KGB. It won the first Soviet hockey championship in 1946–47, beating Spartak Moscow in the finals. Helmed by Arkady Chernyshev during the first decades of its history, Dynamo established itself as one of the top teams of the Soviet hockey league. Throughout the Soviet era, Dynamo was among the top three teams almost every season, winning five championships and three USSR Cups. The last years of the Soviet hockey championship and the beginning of the IHL period were marked with Dynamo winning fours seasons in a row and ending CSKA Moscow's dominance that had lasted for decades.

Merger with HC MVD

In 2010, Dynamo Moscow merged with HC MVD, a KHL team from Balashikha owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The team continued the history of the Dynamo club, with the majority of its roster and executives from HC MVD. The new club was officially called United Hockey Club (UHC) Dynamo Moscow, and for one season the new club was referred to as UHC Dynamo, then for a couple years as UHC Dynamo Moscow, but in 2012 the official name of the club was reverted to Hockey Club Dynamo Moscow.[1]

In 2013 Dynamo Moscow had tried to recruit Alexander Ovechkin who played for them from 2001 to 2005, but switched to the Washington Capitals soon after.[2]

Debt problems/KHL sanctions

Under the guidance of director and president, Andrei Safronov, HC Dynamo was reported to have amassed a debt of 2 billion rubles (US$33 million) following the 2016–17 season.[3] With concerns from the governing body of the KHL, Dynamo were ordered to give a presentation as to how they would be funded in the following season on 24 May 2017.[4]

As a branch of the Dynamo Moscow sporting club, the parent company board opted to remove Safronov, citing a breach of trust with sponsors and took control of the hockey club.[3] Dynamo then refused to pay back the debt, citing it wasn't their responsibility, putting the onus on former CEO Safronov to repay the debt due to his mismanagement. With allegations of embezzlement, HC Dynamo's offices were raided by police in order to retrieve accounting documentation on 2 June 2017.[5] With the players having not been paid in three months, former HC Dynamo board led by Safronov declared bankruptcy in order to escape the debt.[6]

On 4 July 2017, at a KHL board meeting, the Disciplinary Committee took action with Dynamo's failure to meet contractual obligations by declaring all 42 players under contract with Dynamo as free agents.[7] [8]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Soviet League Championship (5): 1946–47, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92

USSR Cup (3): 1953, 1972, 1976

IHL Championship (2): 1992–93, 1994–95

IHL Cup (1): 1996

Russian Superleague (2): 1999–00, 2004–05

Kontinental Hockey League

Gagarin Cup (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

Continental Cup (2): 2013–14,2023–24

Opening Cup (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

Europe

IIHF European Champions Cup (1): 2006

IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2004–05

Spengler Cup (2): 1983, 2008

Lugano Cup (1): 1991

Ahearne Cup (2): 1975, 1976

Tampere Cup (2): 1991, 1992

Season-by-season KHL record

See main article: List of HC Dynamo Moscow seasons. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLOTLPtsGFGAFinishTop ScorerPlayoffs
2008–0956271721001841432nd, ChernyshevDmitry Afanasenkov (35 points: 19 G, 16 A; 56 GP)Lost in Semifinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2009–1056281631011661512nd, BobrovMattias Weinhandl (60 points: 26 G, 34 A; 56 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–3 (Spartak Moscow)
2010–115428164961491311st, BobrovKonstantin Gorovikov (38 points: 11 G, 27 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dinamo Riga)
2011–1254351541051441152nd, BobrovMarek Kvapil (29 points: 12 G, 17 A; 53 GP)Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2012–1352361421011501152nd, Bobrov Alexander Ovechkin (40 points: 19 G, 21 A; 31 GP)Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–2 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2013–1454381151151711131st, TarasovMaksim Karpov (34 points: 11 G, 23 A; 48 GP)
Leo Komarov (34 points: 12 G, 22 A; 54 GP)
Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2014–1560411361231721202nd, TarasovKaspars Daugaviņš (37 points: 22 G, 15 A; 56 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2015–1660351781051671264th, TarasovAlexei Tsvetkov (39 points: 7 G, 32 A; 58 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2016–1760391651121641112nd, TarasovMārtiņš Karsums (34 points: 16 G, 18 A; 52 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2017–185628235801341396th, TarasovIlya Nikulin (27 points: 12 G, 15 A; 56 GP)did not qualify
2018–196233236721531393rd, BobrovVadim Shipachyov (68 points: 20 G, 48 A; 61 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2019–206237178821821443rd, BobrovVadim Shipachyov (65 points: 17 G, 48 A; 61 GP)Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Spartak Moscow)
Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–216039156841951372nd, TarasovVadim Shipachyov (67 points: 20 G, 47 A; 57 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2021–224830144641591192nd, TarasovVadim Shipachyov (67 points: 24 G, 43 A; 48 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2022–2368381911871741473rd, TarasovJordan Weal (43 points: 14 G, 29 A; 62 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
2023–246846166982151601st, TarasovNikita Gusev (89 points: 23 G, 66 A; 68 GP)Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Players

IIHF Hall-of-Famers

See main article: List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Players

Builders

Honoured members

Dynamo Moscow has honoured 25 players and one coach in its history.

HC Dynamo Moscow honoured members
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PlayerPositionCareer
CoachArkady ChernyshevN/A1946–74
1Boris ZaitsevG1957–70
1Vladimir MyshkinG1980–90
2Oleg TolmachevD1987–04
2Pavel ZhiburtovichD1955–62
3Vitaly DavydovRW1957–73
5Stanislav PetukhovRW1956–68
5Vasily PervukhinD1976–89
6Valery VasilievD1967–84
6Alexander KarpovtsevD1987–94
8Valentin KuzinLW1950–61
8Aleksandr GolikovF1976–83
9Nikolay PostavninF1946–51
9Alexander UvarovC1948–60
9Anatoli SemenovC1979–90
10Yuri KrylovRW1951–65
10Vladimir GolikovC1977–85
11Yuri VolkovLW1996–99
11Alexander MaltsevC1967–84
12Igor KorolevC1988–92
14Sergei SvetlovF1978–89
17Vladimir YurzinovC1957–72
17Zinetula BilyaletdinovD1973–88
26Alexei ZhamnovC1988–92
29Mikhail ShtalenkovG1986–92
30Sergei YashinF1980–90
Notes

Head coaches

Franchise records

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.dynamo.ru/club/contacts/. ru:Контактная информация. dynamo.ru. ru. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920051237/http://www.dynamo.ru/club/contacts/. 20 September 2012.
  2. News: Руководство "Динамо" намерено обсудить с Александром Овечкиным возможность возвращения в команду. TASS. 30 August 2013. 11 May 2018.
  3. News: Dynamo Moscow and a really bizarre KHL controversy. Wyshynski, Greg. Sovetsky Sport. 29 June 2017. 11 May 2018. ru.
  4. News: https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/news/983374-khl-liga-vesma-obespokoena-sobytijami-proishodjaschimi-v-hk-dinamo. Spirin, Dmitry. ru:КХЛ: Лига весьма обеспокоена событиями, происходящими в ХК «Динамо». The league is very concerned about events with HC Dynamo. Sovetsky Sport. 2 June 2017. 11 May 2018. ru.
  5. News: The office of Dynamo Moscow searched. Sovetsky Sport. 2 June 2017. 11 May 2018.
  6. News: https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/articles/988281-dinamo-na-rasputie-kto-iz-igrokov-belo-golubyh-ostanetsja-v-rodnom-klube. ru:«Динамо» на распутье. Кто из игроков бело-голубых останется в родном клубе. Dinamo at a crossroads. Sovetsky Sport. 4 July 2017. 11 May 2018.
  7. News: KHL team fails to honor contracts, all players free agents. Wyshynski, Greg. Yahoo! Sports. 4 July 2017. 11 May 2018.
  8. News: 42 Dynamo players become free agents. Kontinental Hockey League. 4 July 2017. 11 May 2018.