Avtomobilist Karaganda () was an ice hockey team in

Karaganda Karaganda (, ; ), also known as Karagandy (, ; ; ) (also sometimes romanized as Qaraghandy), is a major city in central Kazakhstan and the capital of the Karaganda Region. It is the fifth most populous city in the country, with a population o ...

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. They were active from 1966 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2000.

History

The club was founded in 1966 as Stroitel Karaganda () and played at first in the Vtoraya Liga, the third level of Soviet ice hockey. They won the Vtoraya Liga as Avtomobilist Karaganda in 1980, and were promoted to the

Pervaya Liga The All-Russian Hockey League B or VHL-B (, ''Pervenstvo Vserossiyskoy hokkeynoy ligi'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-tier of the Russian ice hockey pyramid, below the second-level VHL and the top-tier KHL. Histor ...

. From 1992 to 1996, Karaganda participated in the International Hockey League, which featured teams from the

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. In 1993, they took on their old name of Stroitel again, and dissolved due to financial difficulties in 1996. In 1998, the team was revived as Avtomobilist, but they were dissolved after only one season.

Notable players

* Vladimir Antipin * Oleg Bolyakin *

Sergei Mogilnikov Sergei Petrovich Mogilnikov (, born September 28, 1958) is a former Soviet and Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player and currently an ice hockey coach. He is the former head coach of Gornyak Rudny, Barys Astana, Kazakhmys Satpaev and Kazzi ...

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Notable Coaches

* Yuri Baulin

References

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External links

Avtomobilist Karaganda statistics
Defunct ice hockey teams in Kazakhstan Sport in Karaganda