HC Dynamo Moscow

History

The team was founded in 1946 and belonged the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Interior and the national security structures including the KGB. It won the first Soviet hockey championship in 1946–47, beating Spartak Moscow in the finals. Helmed by Arkady Chernyshev during the first decades of its history, Dynamo established itself as one of the top teams of the Soviet hockey league. Throughout the Soviet era, Dynamo was among the top three teams almost every season, winning five championships and three USSR Cups. The last years of the Soviet hockey championship and the beginning of the IHL period were marked with Dynamo winning four seasons in a row and ending decades of dominance by CSKA Moscow.

Merger with HC MVD

In 2010, Dynamo Moscow merged with HC MVD, a KHL team from Balashikha owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The team continued the history of the Dynamo club, with the majority of its roster and executives from HC MVD. The new club was officially called United Hockey Club (UHC) Dynamo Moscow, and for one season the new club was referred to as UHC Dynamo, then for a couple years as UHC Dynamo Moscow, but in 2012 the official name of the club was reverted to Hockey Club Dynamo Moscow.

In 2013 Dynamo Moscow had tried to recruit Alexander Ovechkin who played for them from 2001 to 2005, but switched to the Washington Capitals soon after.

Debt problems/KHL sanctions

Under the guidance of director and president, Andrei Safronov, HC Dynamo was reported to have amassed a debt of 2 billion rubles (US$33 million) following the 2016–17 season. With concerns from the governing body of the KHL, Dynamo were ordered to give a presentation as to how they would be funded in the following season on 24 May 2017.

As a branch of the Dynamo Moscow sporting club, the parent company board opted to remove Safronov, citing a breach of trust with sponsors and took control of the hockey club. Dynamo then refused to pay back the debt, citing it wasn't their responsibility, putting the onus on former CEO Safronov to repay the debt due to his mismanagement. With allegations of embezzlement, HC Dynamo's offices were raided by police in order to retrieve accounting documentation on 2 June 2017. With the players having not been paid in three months, former HC Dynamo board led by Safronov declared bankruptcy in order to escape the debt.

On 4 July 2017, at a KHL board meeting, the Disciplinary Committee took action with Dynamo's failure to meet contractual obligations by declaring all 42 players under contract with Dynamo as free agents.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Soviet League Championship (5): 1946–47, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92

USSR Cup (3): 1953, 1972, 1976

IHL Championship (2): 1992–93, 1994–95

IHL Cup (1): 1996

Russian Superleague (2): 1999–00, 2004–05

[[Kontinental Hockey League]]

Gagarin Cup (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

Continental Cup (2): 2013–14, 2023–24

Opening Cup (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

Europe

IIHF European Champions Cup (1): 2006

IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2004–05

Spengler Cup (2): 1983, 2008

Lugano Cup (1): 1991

Ahearne Cup (2): 1975, 1976

Tampere Cup (2): 1991, 1992

Season-by-season KHL record

Main article: List of HC Dynamo Moscow seasons

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Players

Current roster

IIHF Hall-of-Famers

Main article: List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame

Players

• Aleksandr Maltsev, LW, 1967–84, inducted 1999
• Vladimir Yurzinov, C, 1957–72, inducted 2002
• Valeri Vasiliev, D, 1967–84, inducted 1998 Builders
• Arkady Chernyshev, Coach, 1946–74, inducted 1999
• Vladimir Yurzinov, Coach, 1974–79, 1989–92 inducted 2002

Honoured members

Dynamo Moscow has honoured 25 players and one coach in its history.

Notes

• 1 Russian clubs tend to hang a banner of honour with a player's jersey number (sometimes multiple players per number), while still keeping the number in circulation.

Head coaches

• Arkady Chernyshev, 1946–74
• Vladimir Yurzinov, 1974–79
• Vitaly Davydov, 1979–81
• Vladimir Kiselev, 1981–83
• Igor Tuzik, 1983–84
• Yuri Moiseev, 1984–89
• Vladimir Yurzinov, 1989–92
• Petr Vorobiev, 1992–93
• Igor Tuzik, 1993–94
• Vladimir Golubović, 1994–96
• Yuri Ochnev, 1996–97
• Alexander Volchkov, 1996–98
• Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, 1997–00
• Vladimir Semenov, 2000–02
• Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, 2002–04
• Vladimir Krikunov, 2004–07
• Vladimir Vůjtek, 2007–09
• Sergei Kotov, 2009
• Andrei Khomutov, 2009–10
• Oleg Znarok, 2010–14
• Harijs Vītoliņš, 2014–15
• Sergei Oreshkin, 2015–17
• Vladimir Vorobiev, 2017–18
• Vladimir Krikunov, 2018–21
• Alexei Kudashov, 2021–

Franchise records

• Most championship titles: Igor Dorofeyev, 5
• Most games, career: Sergei Vyshedkevich, 657
• Most points, career: Alexander Maltsev, 633
• Most goals, career: Alexander Maltsev, 329
• Most assists, career: Alexander Maltsev, 304
• Most penalty minutes, career: Sergei Vyshedkevich, 745
• Most points, season: Nikita Gusev, 89
• Most goals, season: Alexander Maltsev, 36
• Most assists, season: Nikita Gusev, 66
• Most penalty minutes, season: Petr Čajánek, 123
• Most goals, game: Alexander Uvarov, 6
• Most assists, game: Sergey Yashin, 4
• Most penalty minutes, game: Alexander Zhurik, 34
• Fastest goal from start of a game: Alexei Kalyuzhny, 0:08

References

References

1. link. dynamo.ru
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4. link. Spirin, Dmitry. Sovetsky Sport. (2 June 2017)
5. (2 June 2017). "The office of Dynamo Moscow searched". [[Sovetsky Sport]].
6. link. Sovetsky Sport. (4 July 2017)
7. Wyshynski, Greg. (4 July 2017). "KHL team fails to honor contracts, all players free agents". [[Yahoo! Sports]].
8. (4 July 2017). "42 Dynamo players become free agents". [[Kontinental Hockey League]].