Avtomobilist Karagandy Explained

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Team:Avtomobilist Karagandy
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City:Karaganda, Kazakhstan
League:International Hockey League
1992–1996
Kazakhstan Championship
1992–2000
Founded:1966
Operated:2000
Arena:Akzholtay Sports Palace
Name1:Stroitel Karaganda
Dates1:1966–1980
Name2:Avtomobilist Karaganda
Dates2:1980–1993
Name3:Stroitel Karagandy
Dates3:1993–1995
Name4:Bulat Karagandy
Dates4:1995–1996
Name5:Avtomobilist Karagandy
Dates5:1998–2000

Avtomobilist Karaganda (Kazakh: Автомобилист Қарағанды) was an ice hockey team in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. They were active from 1966–1996 and from 1998–2000.

History

The club was founded in 1966 as Stroitel Karaganda (Russian: Строитель Караганда) and played at first in the Vtoraya Liga, the third level of Soviet ice hockey. They won the Vtoraya Liga as Avtomobilist Karaganda in 1980, and were promoted to the Pervaya Liga. From 1992–1996, Karaganda participated in the International Hockey League, which featured teams from the Commonwealth of Independent States. In 1993, they took on their old name of Stroitel again, and dissolved due to financial difficulties in 1996. In 1998, the team was revived as Avtomobilist, but they were dissolved after only one season.

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