Rubin Tyumen is a professional
ice hockey
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team in
Tyumen
Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura ( ...
,
Russia
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. They play in the
VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.
History
The club's direct predecessor was a team called Vodnik Tyumen. It participated in lower levels of the
Soviet hockey championship representing a Tyumen shipbuilding plant. In 1972, its place was taken by a team called Rubin ("Ruby") that began to represent a Tyumen automobile plant. It participated in the second group of the USSR championship "A". In 1995, it was reestablished as Gazovik Tyumen and changed its name back to Rubin Tyumen in 2010. In 2011, Rubin became the first
VHL champions.
Achievements
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VHL Bratina Cup: 2011
IHL Championship ''(1)'': 1996
External links
Official site
Ice hockey teams in Russia
Sport in Tyumen
Ice hockey clubs established in 1995
1995 establishments in Russia
Ice hockey clubs established in 1972
1972 establishments in the Soviet Union
Kontinental Hockey League expansion teams
Tyumen
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