Rubin Tyumen is a professional ice hockey team in Tyumen, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.
| Rubin Tyumen | |
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| City | Tyumen, Russia |
| League | VHL 2010–present
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| Founded | 1972 |
| Home arena | Sports Palace Tyumen (3,300 seats) |
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| Head coach | Miskhat Fakhrutdinov |
| Affiliate | Tyumen Legion (MHL) |
| Website | http://www.hcrubin.ru/ |
History
editThe 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
edit- VHL Bratina Cup: 2011
IHL Championship (1): 1996
External links
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