Ak Bars Kazan
ice hockey club in Kazan, Russia
Hockey Club Ak Bars (Russian and Tatar: Ак Барс, lit. 'Snow Leopard'), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Kazan, Tatarstan. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club was founded in 1956 as Mashstroy Kazan and adopted its current name in 1996. It won the Russian Superleague in 1998 and 2006.
History
Founded as Mashstroy Kazan in 1956, the name was later changed to SC Uritskogo Kazan when it entered the Soviet Class B league in 1958. It was promoted to Soviet Class A2, where it gained promotion to the top tier of Soviet hockey. Kazan's performance was respectable, starting the season by winning 6 out of 19 games against the best of the Soviet teams before falling away in the second half of the season and was demoted. Twice they won the USSR League (lower tiers), being named Champion of Russia in 1962 and 1976.
SC Uritskogo Kazan's most successful period occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Uritskogo Kazan became Itil Kazan in 1990 and participated in the IHL. Itil was only mildly successful, narrowly avoiding relegation to the Vysshaya Liga in 1991 and 1992.
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