HC Lada Togliatti

Lada Togliatti ( _ru. ХК «Лада» Тольятти) is a professional ice hockey team based in Togliatti, Russia. From the 2008/2009 season, the team will play in the Kontinental Hockey League.

:Founded: 1976:Home arena: Volgar Sports Palace (capacity 2,900):Russian Championships won: 2 (1994, 1996):European Cups won: 1 (1996):Continental Cups won: 1 (2006)

Milestones

July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti;

August 31, 1976 - first(friendly) game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)

1990 - Gennadiy Tsigurov is hired as team coach;

1991 - Lada enters the "Highest division" of the Soviet ice hockey league;

1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award;

April 1994 - Lada wins Russian Championship becoming a first ever team with non-Moscow origin to achieve such thing;

December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won;

April 1995 - Lada wins silver awards of Russian Championship;

December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team;

April 1996 - Lada becomes a Champion of Russia for its second time;

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April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl;

June 2001 - Petr Vorobiev substitutes Valeriy Postnikov for coach position(1999-2001);

April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk in third place series, receiving a bronze award of Russian Superleague;

April 2004 - Lada wins bronze medals;

April 2005 - playoff finals loss to Dynamo Moscow, Lada receives silver medals.

November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team;

January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup;

May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin signs as a new Lada coach

Notable former players

* Ilya Bryzgalov
* Andrei Kovalenko
* Alexei Kovalev
* Viktor Kozlov
* Alexander Semin
* Dainius Zubrus
* Zenon Konopka
* Jussi Markkanen

ee also

*HC Lada Togliatti songs and anthems
*FC Lada Togliatti

External links

* [http://www.hclada.ru Lada Togliatti official website]
* [http://www.hclada.ru/pr/?pr=06-01-17 Continental cup 2006]