HC Lada Togliatti

Lada Togliatti
Nickname“The Mobsters”
CityTolyatti
League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionKharlamov
Founded1976
Home arenaLada Arena
(capacity: 6,000)
Colours     
General managerAlexander Chebotaryov
Head coachOleg Bratash
CaptainMikhail Fisenko
AffiliatesCSK VVS Samara (VHL)
Ladya Togliatti (MHL)
Websitehclada.ru
Franchise history
HC Torpedo
1976–1989
HC Lada Togliatti
1989–present
Current season

HC Lada Togliatti (Russian: ХК Лада) is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Tolyatti, Russia. They play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Togliatti were participants in the inaugural season of the KHL in 2008–09. Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena, the KHL expelled the team and the team dropped one level to the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season. They were allowed to rejoin the KHL for the 2014–15 season after the opening of the Lada Arena. However, the team was expelled again following the end of the 2017–18 season, and returned to the VHL. The team once again rejoined the KHL for the 2023–24 season.[1][2]

  1. ^ "HC "Lada" is included in the list of Fonbet participants of the KHL Championship season 2023-2024" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Returning to the KHL, Lada will play the first test match" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.