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Rubin Tyumen

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Rubin Tyumen
CityTyumen, Russia
LeagueVHL 2010–present
Founded1972
Home arenaSports Palace Tyumen (3,300 seats)
Colours     
Head coachMiskhat Fakhrutdinov
AffiliateTyumen Legion (MHL)
Websitehttp://www.hcrubin.ru/

Rubin Tyumen is a professional ice hockey team in Tyumen, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.

History

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The 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

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3rd place, bronze medalist(s) IHL Championship (1): 1996

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