- Amur Khabarovsk
Hockey team
team = Amur Khabarovsk
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city = flagicon|RussiaKhabarovsk ,Russia
league =Kontinental Hockey League
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founded =1966
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arena =Platinum Arena
colours = Blue, white, yellow
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farmclub =|Amur Khabarovsk ( _ru. Амур Хабаровск) is a Russian
ice hockey team playing in theKontinental Hockey League . They are based inKhabarovsk and named after theAmur river. The location in theRussian Far East gives the team a distance of over 3000 km to its nearest neighbour in the league,Metallurg Novokuznetsk .Despite being a perennial cellar-dweller in the Russian Super League, Amur Khabarovsk enjoys one of the best attendances of clubs playing in European leagues. In the 2006-2007
IIHF ranking of fan attendances, Amur was the 13th team on the list (third in the Russian league) with an average home crowd of 7,100 – which means that thePlatinum Arena is sold out for every league game. [citation
title = SC Bern is still the attendance king of European hockey clubs
publisher =International Ice Hockey Federation
date =2007-03-07
year = 2007
url = http://www.iihf.com/news/iihfpr9406.htm
accessdate = 2007-05-14]Facts
:Founded:
1966 :Home arena:Platinum Arena (capacity 7,100):Uniform colors: Blue, white and yellow:Logo design: :Main rivals: :Russian Championships won: 0:Famous players:Peter Nylander ,Jan Platil ,Tyler Moss External links
* [http://www.hcamur.ru/ Official HC Amur website]
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