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team based in

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. Originally a member of the Uzbekistan Ice Hockey League, Humo joined the

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for the 2022–23 Season. Humo play their games at the

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. both the team and arena derive their names from the mythical

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, a symbol of happiness and freedom. They formerly play in the

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from 2019 to 2020.

History

Humo Tashkent was a member of the reformed Uzbekistan Ice Hockey League which began play in February 2019. The UIHL consisted of three other teams Binokor Tashkent,

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, & Semurg Tashkent, with all of the teams playing out of the

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. Humo would finish in first place at the end of the regular season, with Forward Pavel Sedov scoring the most points throughout the season. In the play-offs however, Humo were upset by the 4th seeded Semurg Tashkent. Semurg would then go on to defeat Binokor in the final. On 31 May 2019 it was announced that Humo would be joining the VHL for the 2019–20 season. Alongside Humo, Dynamo Tver, Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod and Kazakhstan's

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would also be joining the league. Rumours of an Uzbek team in the VHL had been circulating for months, after

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Vice-President Vitali Prokhorov announced that an Uzbek team could join the KHL in 2022, after having gained experience in the VHL. It was subsequently announced that a further two teams would be joining the VHL;

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and China's Shougang Beijing. A Humo

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playing in the

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was also proposed. Initially, Binokor Tashkent was earmarked for this role, however on July 17, 2019, the

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announced that a new team from

Samarkand Samarkand ( ; Uzbek language, Uzbek and Tajik language, Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand, ) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central As ...

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, would be taking Binokor's place in the league. A week later it was announced that the Samarkand rink would not be completed in time, and as a result 'Humo Tashkent 2' would act as the feeder club for the VHL side. Following the completion of the 2019-20 VHL Season, and the cancellation of the playoffs as a result of the

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Humo announced that they would not be fielding a team in either the VHL or the

, citing "the absence of an unambiguous understanding of the timing of the start of pre-season preparation and the VHL itself, as well as the format in which it will be held" due to the ongoing pandemic.

Current roster

As of 17 February 2025.

Season-by-season record

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

References

External links

Official site
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