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Zauralie Kurgan

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Zauralie Kurgan
CityKurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia
LeagueVHL
Founded1962
Home arenaParyshev Sports Palace
(capacity: 2,500)
Colours     
Owner(s)Kurgan Oblast,
Kurganstalmost
General managerAlexey Chechin[1]
Head coachMikhail Zvyagin[2]
AffiliateSibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
Websitehczaural.ru

Zauralie Kurgan (Хоккейный клуб «Зауралье» Курган) is an ice hockey team in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. They are affiliated to HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

History

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The club was founded in 1994 as a merger between clubs Mostovik (Bridge Worker) and Turbinka (Turbine) as Mostovik-Turbinka Kurgan later becoming a farm club of Rubin Tyumen. It got its current name Zauralie (Trans-Ural) since the 2003–04 season. They became affiliated with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008, Avangard Omsk in 2012 and Metallurg Novokuznetsk in 2014. With the demotion of Novokuznetsk, Kurgan then entered into an agreement to be the primary affiliate to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL in 2017.

The club had a junior farm-club Yunior Kurgan, who played in MHL-B, second level of junior ice hockey league in Russia through 2022.

Honors

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National

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  • Vysshaya Liga (RUS-2)
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2003/2004
  • Pervaya Liga (RUS-3)
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion (1): 2000/2001

Stadium

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  • Paryshev Sports Palace

Capacity: 2500

Team Colors

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Blue White

Front Office and Coaches

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Director

  • Viktor Prozorov

General manager

  • Alexey Chechin

Head coach

  • Mikhail Zvyagin

Assistant coach

  • Rashit Galimzhanov
  • Vyacheslav Sedov

References

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  1. ^ "Новым директором «Зауралья» стал его бывший игрок и тренер" (in Russian). 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Михаил Звягин возглавил "Зауралье"" (in Russian). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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