12 best hockey teams in the world right now

the site presents a subjective ranking of the best hockey teams in the world during the lockout.

Jyväskylä is not among the richest teams in its league (the UP budget is about 7 million euros) and is a typical coaching team, and its coach, Jyrki Aho, is considered one of the most promising in the country. In charge of the attack in Jyväskylä are Eric Perren and Ramzi Abid, whom we know, which only emphasizes the meaning of the word “coaching”, as well as Rich Peverly from Boston, who decided to wait out the lockout in Finland. It is worth mentioning the presence of Tuomas Tarkka, Petr Gubachek and Yurka Vyalivaara, well-known to Russian fans. In general, this Finnish club is in many ways similar to Bryunes, about which a little later.

11. , AHL

Inclusion in the Oklahoma rankings is more of an advance than a reflection of the real picture. After all, the season in the AHL has just begun. But it would be blasphemy not to include the Barons here, given the presence of the youth super trio Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle, as well as Magnus Päjärvi, Teemu Hartikainen and Justin Schulz, who started well, for whom Edmonton had to fight literally with the entire league . Last season, Oklahoma reached the conference finals, but this season, if the lockout drags on, it may well aim at the Calder Cup.

Current Championship Place: 9th in Conference

10. , NLA (Switzerland)

The oldest and, by the way, not the richest NLA club (the budget is about 12 million euros), which almost flew out to the B League last season, started the season victoriously and unconditionally leads the championship, which sheltered the vast majority of North American NHL players during the lockout. Geneva itself limited itself to inviting Yannick Weber (Montreal) and Logan Couture (San Jose), and these moves have so far fully justified themselves.

It is worth noting that Servette has enough players who are known, so to speak, in narrow circles. Here are Brian Pottier, and naturalized Dan Fritsch, and Rico Fata, and Alexander Picard, as well as Tobias Stefan, who is spending just an enchanting season. If Stefan continues in the same spirit, Chris McSorley, who has been working with the team for 12 years, is in danger of reaching the final with it for the third time.

Current Championship Place: 1st

9. , Elitserien (Sweden)

Bryunäs goalkeeper Johan Holmqvist. Photo: brynas.se

The reigning champion and part-time one of the poorest (budget - about 7 million euros) Elitserien teams are second in the standings, despite the departure top scorer the team of Jakob Silfverberg and the promising Johan Larsson, Sebastian Vennstrom and Matthias Ekholm, who went overseas, as well as Niklas Andersen, who moved to Severstal.

But the squad did not seem to notice the losses, which must first of all be associated with the figure of Tommy Jonsson, one of the most promising coaches in Sweden, the best coach of the Elitserien last season, which was his debut as a head coach. You can, of course, recall some strengthening in the offseason (hello to our old friend Johan Harju and Cody Franson from Toronto), note Johan Holmqvist having a great season, Zetterberg’s “heir” Kalle Jernkrok and rising superstar Elias Linholm, who has already scored at the age of 17 10 (4 + 6) points in 14 matches, but the main creator of the success of Brunäs is Jonsson. This team plays in such a way that, according to impressions, the conditional “Detroit” would have problems with them.

Current Championship Place: 2nd

8. , KHL

The finalist of the Gagarin Cup-2012 in the off-season lost Raimo Summanen, who could start the team with just the sight of a planchette, and the "hawks" somehow got lost right away. But lately they have picked up a good pace, showing a quite digestible game and good results.

While Tomasz Zaborski is getting accustomed, and Nikita Nikitin does not spoil the mass, the leadership of Avangard made a knight's move, inviting Sergey Kostitsyn for the duration of the lockout, with whom, by the way, the team's recent successes can be quite associated. However, even without him, Avangard remains a serious force in European hockey.

Current Championship Place: 5th in Conference

7. , AHL

As you know, in the off-season, Tampa exchanged farm clubs with Anaheim, so the Norfolk team, which had a record streak of 28 wins in the 2011/12 AHL regular season and eventually won the Calder Cup, almost completely moved to Syracuse, including coach John Cooper, who won cup championships with every club he worked for. One must think that in Syracuse he will also pass this trick, since the wards with a pretty and extremely effective game system are mostly familiar.

Of the truly significant losses, it is worth noting that Trevor Smith, who moved to the Pittsburgh farm club, Alexander Picard, who signed a contract with Geneva, and Yaroslav Janusz, who now plays in the KHL for Slovan. However, the completion is also good: best goalkeeper SM-league Riku Helenius, selected in the first round by Vladislav Namestnikov, well known to us Dmitry Korobov. Plus Brett Connolly, all last season spent in the NHL, J.T. Wyman, also registered in the Bolts, and a recent student J.T. Brown, who even managed to drive to the 2012 World Cup as part of the US team.

6. , KHL

The two-time KHL champion has a chic squad and could well lead the standings, but, in his usual manner, is in no hurry to score points. However, there is no doubt that this is one of the strongest clubs in Europe. Even with one hostage of the lockout, who spent only 3 matches, and a new coach, who, in general, is not entirely new.

Current Championship Place: 4th in Conference

5. , KHL

In the ranking the best teams world, there simply cannot be a team that has the objectively best player in the world, even if he is not yet in optimal shape. But it's clearly getting closer. I remember that at the World Championships no one could find justice for Evgeni Malkin, they are unlikely to find it in the KHL either. Nikolai Kulemin and Sergey Gonchar, who also joined Magnitogorsk during the lockout, came in handy in an already very serious team, and Paul Maurice, apparently, is one of those coaches who draw conclusions from local and not very failures.

4. , KHL

Despite the lack of teamwork among hockey players, the revived team started the season quite cheerfully. Yes, and replenishment in the person of Semyon Varlamov, Dmitry Kulikov, Artem Anisimov only added touches to the game picture of Yaroslavl. European championships subject to competent coaching, which so far seems to be just that.

Current place in the championship: 2nd in the conference.

3. , KHL

The semi-finalist of the Gagarin Cup-2012 managed to do without serious personnel losses in the off-season, and in September he signed a full-fledged contract with Andrey Kostitsyn, who has an ambiguous reputation, but certainly strengthened the attack of the Chelyabinsk team. Plus, Evgeny Kuznetsov is getting closer to his design capacity, and Valery Belousov, whose rollback is still in vogue and very effective, is not particularly something to be sad about.

Current Championship Place: 1st in Conference

2. , KHL

The current holder of the Gagarin Cup at least did not lose in quality in the new season and, in addition, strengthened during the lockout by Alexander Ovechkin, who will soon be joined by one of the best center forwards in the world, Niklas Backstrom, who is perfectly able to find Ovi with passes. Well, Oleg Znark's game system, which is not conducive to entertainment, has long proved its worth at the KHL level, where Dynamo is now in first place in terms of points.

Current Championship Place: 1st in Conference

1. , KHL

The leader of our rating concurrently is the leader standings KHL regular season by lost points. Ilya Kovalchuk, Vladimir Tarasenko and Sergei Bobrovsky, plus Viktor Tikhonov in Once again returned to Russia, and the main, according to many, favorite of the 2012/13 season looks like the main favorite should look like, easily cracking down on most opponents due to the class of players alone.

Current Championship Place: 3rd in Conference

And his assistants, club managers, doctors and other attendants. The main team itself consists of twenty or more players.

One club can own several teams playing in different leagues, youth team, sports schools, stadium and training base.

In Russia

In Russia, the activities of any sports clubs are regulated by the federal law "On physical culture and sports in Russian Federation". Sports clubs can be created by legal entities and individuals. At the same time, executive authorities of any level can provide assistance to clubs through:

1. construction, reconstruction, repair sports facilities and other sports facilities;
2. transfer for gratuitous use or long-term lease on preferential terms of premises, buildings, structures that are the property of the Russian Federation or constituent entities of the Russian Federation or municipal property;
3. provision of sports facilities and equipment;
4. providing other support in the manner and in cases established by the regulatory legal acts of the federal executive authorities, the regulatory legal acts of the state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation or municipal legal acts.

Sports clubs carry out their activities at their own expense and other sources not prohibited by law. In Russia, funds for the maintenance of hockey clubs usually come from two sources - the budget of the region and the money of private companies (primarily the owner company). Since 2012, budget financing of Russian clubs is likely to be banned. Particularly wealthy clubs can afford the construction of stadiums.

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HC "Dynamo Minsk"(Dinamo Minsk) - nicknames: "Bison", "Bison", "Bulls", "Minsk", "Dynamo", "Minsk".

Minsk "Dinamo" is currently the only representative of Belarus in the Continental Hockey League. Club "Dinamo-Minsk" was founded in 1948, and for the first few years the team played in amateur leagues BSSR. In 1980, Dynamo made it to the Higher League of the USSR, but the team could not gain a foothold there, flying out to class "A". Eight years later, in 1988, the club again entered the Premier League. In the early 1990s, due to lack of funds, the Dynamo sports society abandoned the hockey club. In 1993, the team received financial support from private individuals and passed into their hands. The club was renamed "Tivali". After the 1999/2000 season, the team was disbanded. The revival of the team took place in 2003. "Dynamo" received financial support from the enterprises of the Minsk region, and the law enforcement agencies of Belarus acted as the founders of the club. In 2008, the team joined the newborn hockey league - the KHL. Despite the fact that quite interesting options "Partizan" and "Minsk Bison" were proposed as the name for the team, the leadership of the FHRB nevertheless decided to keep the traditional Dynamo brand. True, the name of the city in which it is based was added to the name of the team - Minsk. Nicknames "Bizony" and "Bison" at "Dinamo-Minsk" appeared in 2009, when the management decided to change the logo of the club in order not to pay for the use of the brand, the rights to which belong to the BFSO "Dynamo". Instead of the traditional letter "D", a bison appeared on the team's logo, which is sometimes confused with a bison. Fans affectionately call the team “Bychki”, and the nicknames “Dynamo” and “Minsk” are quite logical, and do not require additional explanations.

HC "Dinamo Riga"(Dinamo Riga) - nicknames: "Riga", "Latvians", "Riga", "Dynamo".

Club "Dinamo", based in the capital of Latvia - Riga, was founded in 2008. Dinamo Riga is the sole representative of their country in the Kontinental Hockey League. The predecessor of the current "Dinamo Riga" is considered to be the eponymous club of masters, formed back in 1946 to participate in the first USSR championship. The team changed its name very often, but for most of its existence it was called Dynamo. In addition, under this name the club has achieved the greatest success. In 1995, the Dynamo team was disbanded, and the club ceased to exist. In 2008, a new hockey league, the KHL, was formed, so it was decided to revive the club. In the same year, the team spent its debut season in the newly formed league. Nicknames "Rizane" and "Riga" are associated with the city where the team is based. "Latvians" call the team as a representative of Latvia. The nickname "Dynamo" is derived from "Dynamo".

HC "Jokerit"(Helsingin Jokerit) - nicknames: "Jokers", "Helsinian Jokers", "Clowns", "Jesters", "Jokers".

Club "Jokerit" was founded in 1967. Based in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. He is currently the only representative of the "Country of a Thousand Lakes" in the KHL. In 2013, an agreement was signed to move the club to the Kontinental Hockey League, and in 2014 it was officially announced that the Jokers would join the KHL from the 2014/2015 season. Prior to being accepted into the KHL, Jokerit played in the Finnish SM League, which became the champion six times. The nickname "Jokers" is a translation of the word "Jokerit". In addition, the club's emblem depicts a winking joker (joker). Sometimes the team is called "Clowns", but this is not true. The correct nickname for "Jokerita" is "Jokers", the nicknames "Jesters" and "Jokers" are also acceptable.

HC "Medvescak"(Klub hokeja na ledu Medveščak) - nicknames: "Bears", "Bears", "Zagreb Bears", "Bears".

Hockey team "Medvescak" appeared in the capital of Croatia, the city of Zagreb in 1961, where it is based now. From 1961 to 1991 the club played in the UHL (Yugoslav Hockey League). In 1991, due to the fact that Croatia separated from Yugoslavia, the team began to play in the HHL (Croatian Hockey League). During one season (2008/2009), the club played in the Slohockey League. After a year in the Slohockey League, the team was accepted into the AHL (Austrian Hockey League) and played there until the end of the 2012/2013 season. In 2013, the club received the go-ahead from the leadership of the KHL to represent their country in the strongest league of the Eurasian continent. In the same year, “Medvescak” made his debut in the KHL with a home match against Moscow “CSKA”, in which he defeated the “army” with a score of 7:1. The Medvescak team is named after the Zagreb district of the same name (Gorni Grad - Medvescak), one of the seventeen districts of the Croatian capital. The emblem of "Medvescak" depicts a grinning bear. The nickname of the team "Medvescak" is "Bears", which is quite logical, as well as all the derivatives of this word.

SKA"(SKA) - nicknames: "Army men", "St. Petersburg", "Peter's army men", "Club from the banks of the Neva", "Purses", "Moneybags".

Hockey club "SKA" was born in 1946 in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) under the name "House of Officers named after S.M. Kirov". Two years later the club was renamed "LDO" (Leningrad House of Officers) and carried this name until the end of the 1952/1953 season. In 1953, the current "SKA" became known as "ODO" (District House of Officers). In the 1957/1958 and 1958/1959 seasons, the team played under the name "SKVO" (Sports Club of the Military District). And only in 1959 the club was renamed into the usual for us "SKA" (Army Sports Club). From 1994 to 2006, the city where the team is based was added to the name - SKA St. Petersburg, however, from the 2013/2014 season, the club's name was again shortened to SKA. Actually the names sports teams, which are an abbreviation (SKA, CSKA, etc.), according to the rules, are not quoted, but many still enclose SKA in quotation marks. In fact, it is not so important. With the nickname "Army Men" everything is clear - the Army Sports Club. The team is sometimes called "Purses" and "Moneybags", because "SKA" is one of the richest teams in the Continental Hockey League.

HC "Slovan"(HC Slovan Bratislava) - nicknames: "Eagles", "Eagles", "Proud Eagles", "Slovaks", "Bratislava".

Hockey club "Slovan" is based in the capital of Slovakia, the city of Bratislava. The club was founded in 1921 under the name "CSK Bratislava". In 1939 the club's name was changed to Slovan. Since 1949, the club began to be called Sokol NV, but already in 1952 it was decided to return the team to its former name - Slovan. Before joining the KHL, the team from Bratislava played in the CHL (Czechoslovak Hockey League), and later in the SHL (Slovak Hockey League) and the Slovak Extraliga. In 2012, the club applied to join the KHL, which was approved by the league leadership. Slovan began playing in the KHL from the 2012/2013 season. The emblem of Slovan features a proud eagle in profile, hence the nicknames Orlans, Eagles and Proud Eagles. The nicknames "Slovaks" and "Bratislava" refer to the country and city that the team represents.

HC "Spartak"(Spartak Moscow) - nicknames: "Red-White", "Spartacus", "Spartacus", "Gladiators".

The Moscow hockey club "Spartak" was founded in 1946. Throughout its history, the club has been based in the capital of Russia. Spartak is one of the oldest hockey clubs and is one of the four Russian teams that took part in the first USSR ice hockey championship. The Red-Whites have been playing in the Kontinental Hockey League since its birth - since 2008. Starting from the 2011/2012 season, the team could not get into the playoffs of the Gagarin Cup for three years in a row. In the 2013/2014 season, the Red-Whites experienced serious financial difficulties. The Central Bank revoked the license from the general sponsor of Spartak - Investbank, as a result of which the hockey club was actually left without funding, and was declared bankrupt, and the team was dissolved. Having failed to find sponsorship in the off-season, the club's management and the Kontinental Hockey League agreed that HC Spartak would miss the 2014/2015 season. At the same time, the leadership of the league assured the team and fans that they would not allow the great club to disappear, and would provide it with all possible assistance so that in a year Spartak would return to the KHL again. The promise was kept, and in the 2015/2016 season the club again became part of the Kontinental Hockey League. The colors of "Spartak" historically are red and white, the nickname "red-white" is associated precisely with the club's colors. The club is also called "Spartacus", "Spartacus" - these nicknames are derived from "Spartak". The nickname "Gladiators" is a reference to the gladiator slave Spartacus, whose name the hockey club bears.

HC "Vityaz"(Vityaz") - nicknames: "Knights", "War", "Heroes", "Vitka".

The hockey team appeared in Podolsk back in the 1960s. It was called "Torpedo" and existed until 1990, after which it was disbanded. For six years there was no professional hockey. big hockey came to the region again, when in 1996 on the basis of two cities - Podolsk and Chekhov, was created sport Club"Knight". The club spent the 1996/1997 season in the championship of the Moscow region, and was based in the Venyukovo microdistrict of the city of Chekhov, which is 52 kilometers from the capital. In the 1997/1998 and 1998/1999 seasons, the team played in the RHL. In 1999, the team made its debut in the Major League, and following the results of the tournament won a ticket to the Super League. In 2000, the club changed its place of residence, moving to the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region, where the construction of a new hockey palace was just completed. The debut in the elite turned out to be unsuccessful, and the team again went to the Major League, in which they spent the next four years. After the 2003/2004 season, the team returned to Chekhov, and in 2005 Vityaz managed to return to the elite of Russian hockey. In 2008, the club became a member of the KHL. At the end of the 2012/2013 season, the Vityaz hockey club, after ten years in Chekhov, returned to the city of Podolsk, where it is currently based. The main reason for the next move was the lack of capacity ice arena in Chekhov. All the nicknames of HC "Vityaz" are directly related to the name of the team ("Wars," Bogatyrs "). The nickname "Vitka" was invented by the fans, and is derived from "Vityaz" - "Vitya" - "Vitya" - "Vitya".

HC Dynamo Moscow(Dinamo Moscow) - nicknames: "Dynamo", "White-blue", "Cops", "Garbage".

Hockey club "Dynamo" was founded in 1946 in the capital of Russia, Moscow. Dynamo Moscow is the first Canadian hockey team in Russian history. Back in 1932, the football players of the sports society, who played "Russian" hockey in the winter, participated first in friendly, and later in official ice hockey matches against the German team "Fichte". "Russian" bandy, which is also called bandy, was different from ice hockey, but "Dynamo" took over the German team in the first official game, defeating "Fichte" with a score of 17:3. HC "Dynamo" is a team that is the owner of a unique achievement: the champion titles of the USSR, MHL, CIS, European Champions Cup, Russia and KHL (Gagarin Cup). No other club has ever achieved this. The "White-Blues" have been playing in the Kontinental Hockey League since its inception (2008). In 2010, due to financial problems at Dynamo Moscow, the team's management decided to merge the two clubs of HC MVD and HC Dynamo into one. Thus, on April 30, 2010, new team OHC "Dynamo" (United Hockey Club), which became the assignee of the hockey club "Dynamo". In the summer of 2012, it was decided to abandon the prefix "United". The patrons of the Dynamo sports society, including the hockey team, were law enforcement agencies, in particular, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministry of Internal Affairs). That is why the nicknames "Garbage" and "Cops" stuck to the team. The nickname "Dynamo" is derived from "Dynamo". The nickname "White and Blue" is a reference to the team's club colors.

HC Lokomotiv"(Lokomotiv) - nicknames: "Railroad workers", "Loco", "Locomotives", "Steam locomotives".

The history of the Lokomotiv hockey club was divided into "before" and "after" on September 7, 2011, when the entire staff of the Yaroslavl club, as well as the team's coaching staff, died in a plane crash. But first things first. The hockey club "Lokomotiv" was founded in 1959, but the club was then called "YaMZ" (Yaroslavl Motor Plant). In the 1959/1960 season, the YaMZ team had the honor of representing the Yaroslavl Region at the championship of the RSFSR. However, YaMZ was not the first club in the region. Before him, the honor of the glorious city of Yaroslavl was defended by: the Lokomotiv railway team, which was disbanded in 1951 and has nothing to do with the current Loko, as well as Spartak and the team of the Yaroslavl tire plant Khimik. Before the 1963/1964 season, YaMZ was renamed Trud, and a year later the team received the name Motor. In the 1965/1966 season, the team was given a new name - "Torpedo", under which the Yaroslavl team played in the Second, First, and then in Major League USSR Championship. From 1992 to 1996, Torpedo played in the MHL (International Hockey League). In 1996, the MHL was disbanded, and Torpedo took the gold of the Russian championship this season. In 2000, the team from the city of Yaroslavl was taken under its wing by Russian Railways, and the club changed its name to Lokomotiv. In the 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 seasons, Lokomotiv became the Champion of Russia, and in the last Superleague championship in history, the railroad reached the final, but lost in the decisive series to Ufa Salavat Yulaev. In 2008, Lokomotiv became part of the newborn Continental Hockey League, which replaced the Russian Super League. On September 7, 2011, near Yaroslavl, immediately after takeoff from the Tunoshna airport, a Yak-42D plane crashed, on which the local hockey team Lokomotiv went to the capital of Belarus, the city of Minsk, where it was supposed to fight with the Dynamo club. There were 45 people on board the aircraft: 37 passengers and 8 crew members. At the crash site, 43 people died, the attacker of the "railroad workers" Alexander Galimov died on the morning of September 12 at the Institute of Surgery. Vinshevsky. Only one person managed to survive the crash - flight attendant Alexander Sizov. Already on September 10, 2011, the team's management decided that HC Lokomotiv would skip the 2011/2012 Kontinental Hockey League season, and spend it in the VHL (High Hockey League) with a youth team, and in the 2012/2013 season will return to the KHL. In 2012, Lokomotiv returned to the KHL. League leadership said that the “railroad” will receive a guaranteed place in the playoffs, regardless of what place the team takes at the end of the regular season. However, the club refused such privileges. In the first season after returning, Lokomotiv reached the playoffs of the Gagarin Cup, but lost in the first round series to Cherepovets Severstal. Hockey club "Lokomotiv" has the nicknames "Loco", "Lokomoty", "Railroad workers", "Steam locomotives", and it is quite clear why.

HC "Severstal"(Severstal) - nicknames: "Cherepovites", "Miners", "Steelworkers", "Seva", "Metallurgists", "Industrialists".

The birthday of Cherepovets hockey is considered to be December 18, 1955, when the first match took place on the newly built hockey rink, in which the team of the city of Cherepovets and "Torpedo" from the Hero City of Volgograd fought. In 1956, the Stroitel team was founded in Cherepovets. She performed in the championship of the Volgograd region, where she became the champion in the first year. Since 1957, "Stroitel" began to perform in republican competitions. Since 1959, the team began to play in the championship of the RSFSR under the name Metallurg, and was called that until 1994, until it finally became Severstal. The team played in the Super League from 1992 until 2008, when the Continental Hockey League was formed. The Severstal team is named after the eponymous steel and mining company PAO Severstal, which is the main sponsor of the club. The nickname "Cherepovchane" refers to the region where the team is based. Nicknames "Miners", "Industrialists", "Steelworkers", and sometimes the team is called "Metallurgists", refer to the history of the name and the activities of the main sponsor of the team.

HC "Sochi"(Sochi) - nicknames: "Southerners", "Leopards", "Predators", "Cats", "Sochi".

The hockey club in the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, appeared in 2014, when the KHL leadership decided to expand the league. Earlier in town for Winter Olympic Games In 2014, a large-scale sports infrastructure was built, including the future home arena of the Sochi hockey club - the Bolshoi Ice Palace (12,000 seats). HC Sochi has been playing in the Kontinental Hockey League since the 2014/2015 season. In the very first season for themselves in the KHL, the Sochi team reached the playoffs of the Gagarin Cup, but lost dry to the Moscow “CSKA” in the first round series (4:0). The Sochi hockey club is the only representative of the southern region of Russia in the KHL, so it is rather symbolic that the team from the city of Sochi received the same name. Nicknames "Leopards", "Cats" and "Predators" HC "Sochi" received because the symbol of the club is a leopard, the image of which is presented on the team's logo.

HC "Torpedo"(Torpedo) - nicknames: "Torpedo", "Deer", "Avtozavodtsy".

Nizhny Novgorod "Torpedo" was born in 1946 in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), and began playing in the USSR championships from the 1947/1948 season. The creation of a hockey team in Gorky is mainly associated with the popularization of "Canadian" hockey in the USSR. The All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports decided to hold the national ice hockey championship in the 1946/1947 season. The city of Gorky, which was represented by the team of the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ), joined the number of cities participating in the tournament in the 1947/1948 season. At the beginning of 1947, the first official hockey tournament was held in Gorky - the City Cup, in which the Gorky team won, and at the end of the year, the Torpedo team took part in the USSR championship. In 1961, "Torpedo" won silver medals in the national ice hockey championship. Before the team became part of the Continental Hockey League in 2008, Torpedo played in the championships of the MHL, RHL and Russia. The club did not achieve serious success in any league, however, “Torpedo” has always been famous for its fighting spirit and character, was known as a fighter club. In 1983 and 1985, the team was awarded the "Thunderstorm of Authorities" prize, which was awarded to the team that took the most points from the winning teams of the championship. The owner of the Torpedo hockey club is the GAZ Group, a Russian automotive company headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod. The logo of the hockey club depicts a deer, the same as on the GAZ logo. Hence the nickname of HC "Torpedo" - "Deers". Another nickname for the team is "Avtozavodtsy", from the same opera.