HC Spartak Moscow (russian: ХК Спартак Москва, en, Spartak Moskva) is a professional

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team based in

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. They played in the Tarasov Division of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

during the 2013–14 season. However, the team did not participate in the KHL league for the 2014–15 season because of financial issues, but rejoined the league prior to the 2015–16 season as members of the Bobrov Division.

History

One of the sections of the Spartak Moscow

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, HC Spartak Moscow was established in 1946. They have won the Soviet Championship four times, and have also had European-level success in the Spengler Cup, which they have won five times. The financial state of the team became worse and worse since the beginning of 2006. After the season, a Russian businessman and huge Spartak fan, Vadim Melkov, volunteered to find suitable sponsorship for his favorite team. After negotiations, the Government of

agreed to cover all of team debts. Some preliminary agreements about team sale were achieved as well. However, Melkov died during the S7 Airlines plane crash of July 9, 2006. All the deal proposals were cancelled. After a month of struggling to improve the financial situation, it was decided by Spartak management to disband the team for a year.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Soviet League Championship ''(4)'': 1961–62, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1975–76 USSR Cup ''(2)'': 1970, 1971 Vysshaya Liga Championship ''(1)'': 2001

Europe

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''(2)'': 1969–70, 1976–77 Spengler Cup ''(5)'': 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1990

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''(3)'': 1971, 1972, 1973 Mountfield Cup ''(1)'': 2019

Season-by-season
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record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

Players

Current roster

NHL alumni

Nikolai Borschevsky Nikolai Konstantinovich Borschevsky (russian: Николай Константинович Борщевский; born January 12, 1965) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of the Atlant Moscow Oblast of th ...

(1989–92, 1994–95, 1996–98) *

Vitali Prokhorov Vitali Vladimirovich Prokhorov (russian: Биталий Владимирович Прохоров); born December 25, 1966, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a retired professional hockey player who played briefly with the St. Louis Blues in the NHL. ...

(1983–92, 1994–95, 1997–98) * Alexander Selivanov (1988–94) *

Danny Markov Daniil Yevgenyevich Markov (russian: Даниил Евгеньевич Марков; born 30 July 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played a nine-year career in the National Hockey League. He also played 11 seasons ...

(1993–97) *

Pavel Bure Pavel Vladimirovich Bure (russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Буре́, ; born March 31, 1971) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played the right wing position. Nicknamed "the Russian Rocket" for his speed, Bu ...

(1994–95) *

Ilya Kovalchuk Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montre ...

(1999–2001) *

Oleg Petrov Oleg Viktorovich Petrov (''Олег Викторович Петров''; born April 18, 1971) is a Russian former ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1992 and 2003. Professional career Petrov was drafte ...

(2012–13) * Vyacheslav Kozlov (2012–14) *

Martin Cibák Martin Cibák (born 17 May 1980) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Biography Cibák was born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team ...

(2009–11) * Štefan Ružička (2008–13) * Branko Radivojevič (2008–11, 2012–13) *

Tom Wandell Tom Wandell (born January 29, 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Wandell was drafted whil ...

(2013–14) * Deron Quint (2013–14) * Matt Anderson (2013–14) *

Dominik Hašek Dominik Hašek (, ; born January 29, 1965) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender who mostly played for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Widely regarded as one of the best goaltenders of all time, Hašek also played for ...

(2010–11)

Franchise KHL scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.HC Spartak Moscow KHL Scoring Leaders , QuantHockey.com
Retrieved March 26, 2022 ''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game''; '' = current Spartak player''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spartak Moscow Ice hockey teams in Russia Ice hockey clubs established in 1946 Kontinental Hockey League teams Spartak Moscow Bobrov Division (KHL)