Traktor Chelyabinsk | |
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City | Chelyabinsk |
League | KHL 2008–present
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Conference | Eastern |
Division | Kharlamov |
Founded | 1947 |
Home arena | Traktor Ice Arena (capacity: 7,500) |
Colours | |
General manager | Ivan Savin |
Head coach | Benoit Groulx |
Captain | Sergey Kalinin |
Affiliates | Chelmet Chelyabinsk (VHL) Belye Medvedi (MHL) |
Website | hctraktor |
Franchise history | |
1948–1953 | Dzerzhinets |
1954–58 | Avangard |
1958–present | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
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Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor, or HC Traktor Chelyabinsk, (Russian: ХК Трактор Челябинск; Трактор is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). From 1967 to 2009 the team played their home games at the Yunost Sport Palace. In 2009 the team moved to the arena now called Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Belousov, their present home arena in Chelyabinsk.