HC CSKA Moscow
HC CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club
Moscow,
Russian:
ХК ЦСКА Москва) is a
Russian ice hockey club, often referred to as "
Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army.
Founded: 1946:
Home arena: CSKA Sport Palace (capacity 6,500):
Russian/Soviet Championships won: 32 (1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989):
European Cups won: 20 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990):
Spengler Cups won: 1 (1991)
History
CSKA was one of the most dominant sports teams in history, winning the Soviet championship for 13 consecutive years between 1977 and 1989, and experiencing similar dominance in the
European Cup.
On
January 11,
1976, the team played the
NHL's
Philadelphia Flyers, who at the time were the defending
Stanley Cup Champions in a famous game in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the
Spectrum. That game was notable for an incident where, after an extremely hard body check delivered by
Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, Philadelphia's enforcer, a CSKA player was left prone on the ice for a minute. Coach
Konstantin Loktev pulled his team off the ice in protest that no penalty was called. They were told by NHL president
Clarence Campbell to return to the ice and finish the game, which was being broadcast to an international audience, or the Soviet Hockey Federation would not get paid the fee that they were entitled to, a demand which they complied with, and they eventually lost that game 4-1. In total, the club played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties, cementing the status of the teams of that era as among the greatest in sport's history.
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Helmuts Balderis*
Pavel Bure *
Valeri Bure *
Sergei Fedorov*
Viacheslav Fetisov*
Alexander Frolov*
Alexei Gusarov*
Valeri Kamensky*
Alexei Kasatonov*
Nikolai Khabibulin*
Valery Kharlamov*
Andrei Khomutov*
Vladimir Konstantinov*
Andrei Kovalenko*
Igor Kravchuk*
Vladimir Krutov*
Igor Larionov*
Vladimir Malakhov*
Sergei Makatov*
Boris Mikhailov*
Boris Mironov*
Dmitri Mironov*
Alexander Mogilny*
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov*
Alexander Ragulin*
Gennadiy Tsygankov*
Vladimir Tsyplakov*
Nikolai Zherdev*
Sergei Zubov*
CSKA Moscow
