Zauralie Kurgan Explained

Team:Zauralie Kurgan
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City:Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia
League:VHL
Founded:1962
Arena:Paryshev Sports Palace
(capacity: 2,500)
Coach:Mikhail Zvyagin[1]
Gm:Alexey Chechin[2]
Affiliates:Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
Website:hczaural.ru
Owner:Kurgan Oblast,
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Zauralie Kurgan (Хоккейный клуб «Зауралье» Курган) is an ice hockey team in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. They are affiliated to HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

History

The club was founded in 1994 as a merger between clubs Mostovik (Bridge Worker) and Turbinka (Turbine) as Mostovik-Turbinka Kurgan later becoming a farm club of Rubin Tyumen. It got its current name Zauralie (Trans-Ural) since the 2003–04 season. They became affiliated with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008, Avangard Omsk in 2012 and Metallurg Novokuznetsk in 2014. With the demotion of Novokuznetsk, Kurgan then entered into an agreement to be the primary affiliate to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL in 2017.

The club had a junior farm-club Yunior Kurgan, who played in MHL-B, second level of junior ice hockey league in Russia through 2022.

Honors

National

Stadium

Capacity: 2500

Team Colors

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Front Office and Coaches

Director

General manager

Head coach

Assistant coach

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Михаил Звягин возглавил "Зауралье". ru. 2021-05-14. 2022-12-21.
  2. Web site: Новым директором «Зауралья» стал его бывший игрок и тренер. ru. 2022-12-31.