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Torpedo Yaroslavl
Founded: 1959
Arena: Sports Palace Avtodizel
Capacity: 4,300
National Title: 1997
Bronze Medal: 1998
Best Goalies: Sergei Kostyukhin
Best Defencemen: Vladimir Koltsov, Sergei Lukichev, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Dmitri Krasotkin, Dmitri Yushkevich
Best Forwards: Sergei Zaitsev, Alexander Zybin, Mikhail Vasiljev, Alexei Gorshkov, Igor Maslennikov, Anatoli Lvov, Andrei Tarasenko
Best Coaches: Sergei Nikolayev

Lada Togliatti
Founded: 1976
Previous Name: Torpedo Togliatti
Arena: Sports Palace Volgar
Capacity: 3,500
National Title: 1994, 1996
Silver Medal: 1993, 1995, 1997
European Cup Title: 1996-97
Best Goalies: Sergei Nikolayev
Best Defencemen: Oleg Davydov, Igor Nikitin, Vladimir Tarasov
Best Forwards: Sergei Vostrikov, Igor Maslennikov, Anatoli Yemelin, Ivan Svintsitsky, Yuri Zlov, Vyacheslav Bezukladnikov,
Best Coaches: Gennady Tsygurov

Dynamo Moscow
Founded: 1946
Arena: Sports Palace Luzhniki
Capacity: 11,000
National Title: 1947, 1954, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995
Silver Medal: 1950, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996
Bronze Medal: 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988
Best Goalies: Vladimir Chinov, Boris Zaitsev, Alexander Pashkov, Vladimir Myshkin, Mikhail Shtalenkov, Andrei Trefilov
Best Defencemen: Pavel Zhiburtovich, Vitali Davydov, Valeri Vasiljev, Vasili Pervukhin, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Darius Kasparaitis, Sergei Gonchar, Alexander Karpovtsev
Best Forwards:
Valentin Kuzin, Alexabder Uvarov, Yuri Krylov, Vladimir Yurzinov, Alexander Maltsev, Alexander Golikov, Vladimir Golikov, Sergei Svetlov, Sergei Yashin, Anatoli Semenov, Alexei Zhamnov, Alexei Kovalev, Alexei Yashin
Best Coaches: Arkadi Chernyshev, Yuri Moiseyev, Vladimir Yurzinov

Krylja Sovetov Moscow (Soviet Wings)
Founded: 1947
Arena: Sports Palace Krylja Sovetov
Capacity: 5,800
National Title: 1957, 1974
Silver Medal: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1975
Bronze Medal: 1950, 1951, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1973, 1978, 1989, 1991, 1993
European Cup Title: 1974-75
Best Goalies: Boris Zapryagayev, Yevgeny Yerkin, Alexander pashkov, Alexander Sidelnikov, Vladimir Myshkin, Oleg Bratash
Best Defencemen: Alfred Kuchevsky, Sergei Babinov, Yuri Shatalov, Dmitri Mironov, Oleg Tverdovsky
Best Forwards: Alexei Guryshev, Mikhail Bychkov, Nikolai Khlystov, Igor Dmitriyev, Vyacheslav Anisin, Yuri Lebedev, Alexander Bodunov, Sergei Kapustin, Viktor Tyumenev, Sergei Nemchinov, Yuri Khmylev, Sergei Priakin
Best Coaches: Vladimir Yegorov, Boris Kulagin, Igor Tuzik, Igor Dmitriyev

Khimik Voskresensk
Founded: 1953
Previous Name: Khimik Moscow
Arena: Sports Palace Khimik
Capacity: 4,500
Silver Medal: 1989
Bronze Medal: 1965, 1970, 1984, 1990
Best Goalies: Valeri Zubarev, Alexander Pashkov
Best Defencemen: Alexander Ragulin, Yuri Lyapkin, Alexander Smirnov, Sergei Selyanin, Igor Ulanov
Best Forwards: Yuri Morozov, Valeri Nikitin, Valentin Kozin, Alexander Golikov, Vladimir Golikov, Vladimir Lavrentjev, Igor Larionov, Alexander Chernykh, Valeri Kamensky, Dmitri Kvartalnov, German Titov, Valeri Bragin, Leonid Trukhno, Valeri Zelepukin, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Sergei Berezin,
Best Coaches: Nikolai Epshtein, Yuri Morozov, Vladimir Vasiljev

CSKA Moscow
Founded: 1946
Previous Names: CDKA Moscow, CDSA Moscow, CSK MO Moscow
Arena: Sports Palace CSKA
Capacity: 6,000
National Title: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Silver Medal: 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1990, 1992
Bronze Medal: 1962
European Cup Title: 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90
Best Goalies: Grigory Mkrtychan, Nikolai Puchkov, Vladislav Tretiak, Yevgeny Belosheikin, Nikolai Khabibulin
Best Defencemen: Alexander Vinogradov, Dmitri Ukolov, Genrikh Sidorenkov, Nikolai Sologubov, Ivan Tregubov, Alexander Ragulin, Eduard Ivanov, Viktor Kuzkin, Igor Romishevsky, Vladimir Lutchenko, Gennady Tsygankov, Alexander Gusev, Sergei Babinov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov, Sergei Starikov, Igor Stelnov, Igor Kravchuk, Alexei Gusarov, Vladimir Malakhov, Sergei Zubov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Boris Mironov
Best Forwards: Vsevolod Bobrov, Viktor Shuvalov, Yevgeny Babich, Konstantin Loktev, Veniamin Alexandrov, Alexander Almetov, Anatoli Firsov, Vladimir Vikulov, Viktor Polupanov, Yevgeny Mishakov, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Viktor Zhluktov, Boris Alexandrov, Helmut Balderis, Sergei Kapustin, Sergei Makarov, Nikolai Drozdetsky, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Andrei Khomutov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Valeri Kamensky, Sergei Fedorov, Pavel Bure, Alexander Mogilny, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Andrei Kovalenko
Best Coaches: Anatoli Tarasov, Viktor Tikhonov

Spartak Moscow
Founded: 1946
Arena: Sports Palace Sokolniki
Capacity: 4,710
National Title: 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976
Silver Medal: 1948, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991
Bronze Medal: 1947, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992
Best Goalies: Viktor Zinger, Viktor Krivolapov, Viktor Doroschenko
Best Defencemen: Valeri Kuzmin, Alexei Makarov, Viktor Blinov, Dmitri Kitayev, Yevgeny Paladjev, Yuri Lyapkin, Sergei Korotkov, Vladimir Tyurikov, Ilja Byakin
Best Forwards: Vyacheslav Starshinov, Boris Mayorov, Yevgeny Mayorov, Viktor Yaroslavtsev, Yevgeny Zimin, Alexander martynyuk, Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Shadrin, Viktor Shalimov, Sergei Shepelev, Sergei Kapustin, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Viktor Tyumenev, Igor Boldin, Nikolai Borschevsky, Vitali Prokhorov, Alexander Selivanov
Best Coaches: Alexander Igumnov, Alexander Novokreschenov, Vsevolod Bobrov, Boris Mayorov, Boris Kulagin

SKA St.Petersburg
Founded: 1946
Previous Names: ODO Leningrad, LDO Leningrad, SKVO Leningrad, SKA Leningrad
Arena: Sports Palace Yubileiny
Capacity: 6,500
Bronze Medal: 1971, 1987
Best Goalies: Vladimir Shepovalov
Best Defencemen: Valeri Yegorov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Yevdokimov, Svyatoslav Khalizov, Marat Davydov
Best Forwards: Belyai Bekyashev, Igor Grigorjev, Valentin Panyukhin, Yuri Glazov, Sergei Solodukhin, Vyacheslav Solodukhin, Alexander Andreyev, Nikolai Drozdetsky, Vyacheslav Lavrov
Best Coaches: Nikolai Puchkov, Valeri Shilov, Boris Mikhailov

Kristall Elektrostal
Founded: 1949
Previous Names: Khimik Elektrostal, DK imeni Karla Marksa Elektrostal, SK Elektrostal
Arena: Sports Palace Kristall
Capacity: 4,000
Best Goalies: Yevgeny Yerkin
Best Defencemen: Valeri Nazarov
Best Forwards: Vladimir Grebennikov, Viktor Pryazhnikov, Yuri Paramoshkin, Anatoli Ionov
Best Coaches: Vladimir Marinichev

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Founded: 1946
Previous Name: Torpedo Gorky
Arena: Sports Palace GAZ
Capacity: 4,300
Silver Medal: 1961
Best Goalies: Viktor Konovalenko, Sergei Fadeyev
Best Defencemen: Vladimir Solodov, Vyacheslav Zhidkov, Vladimir Astafjev, Yuri Fedorov, Alexander Kulikov
Best Forwards: Lev Khalaichev, Robert Sakharovsky, Igor Chistovsky, Alexei Mishin, Vladimir Kovin, Mikhail Varnakov, Alexander Skvortsov
Best Coaches: Dmitri Boginov, Alexander Prilepsky, Nikolai Karpov, Yuri Morozov


Salavat Yulayev Ufa
Founded: 1961
Arena: Ice Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,200
Bronze Medal: 1995, 1996, 1997
Best Goalies: Viktor Cherednik, Vladimir Tikhomirov
Best Defencemen: Anatoli Shalayev, Irek Gimayev, Sergei Gimayev, Andrei Yakhanov, Andrei Zyuzin
Best Forwards: Mikahil Anferov, Nikolai Zavarukhin Sr., Vladimir Bykov, Robert Murduskin, Ramil Yuldashev, Dmitri Denisov, Boris Timofeyev, Rail Muftiyev, Denis Afinogenov
Best Coaches: Valeri Nikitoin, Marat Azamatov, Rafail Ishmatov

Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Founded: 1950
Arena: Ice Sports Palace imeni I.H.Romazana
Capacity: 3,000
Silver Medal: 1998
Bronze Medal: 1995
Best Goalies: Albert Shirgaziyev
Best Defencemen: Igor Zemlyanoi, Sergei Tertyshny, Yevgeny Shalygin, Valeri Nikulin
Best Forwards: Sergei Gomolyako, Sergei Devyatkov, Sergei Osipov, Igor Varitsky
Best Coaches: Valeri Postnikov

Ak Bars Kazan
Founded: 1955
Previous Names: SK imeni Uritskogo Kazan, Itil Kazan
Arena: Sports Palace
Capacity: 3,600
National Title: 1998
Best Goalies: Sergei Abramov
Best Defencemen: Rafik Yakubov, Vladislav Makarov
Best Forwards: Mikhail Sarmatin, Eduard Kudermetov, Almaz Garifullin, Alexei Chupin, Sergei Zolotov, Andrei Makarov
Best Coaches: Yuri Moiseyev


Avangard Omsk
Founded: 1950
Previous Names: Spartak Omsk, Aeroflot Omsk, Kauchuk Omsk, Khimik Omsk, Shinnik Omsk
Arena: Sports Complex Irtysh
Capacity: 5,200
Bronze Medal: 1996
Best Goalies: Sergei Kharmtsov
Best Defencemen: Viktor Blinov, Sergei Korobkin, Konstantin Maslyukov
Best Forwards: Sergei Berdnikov, Nikolai Marinenko, Sergei Yelakov, Igor Belyaevsky
Best Coaches: Leonid Kiselev

Traktor Chelyabinsk
Founded: 1947
Previous Names: Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk, Avangard Chelyabinsk
Arena: Sports palace Yunost
Capacity: 3,500
Bronze Medal: 1977, 1993, 1994
Best Goalies: Leonid Gerasimov, Sergei Mylnikov, Andrei Zuyev
Best Defencemen: Nikolai Makarov, Sergei Babinov, Sergei Starikov, Oleg Davydov, Andrei Sapozhnikov
Best Forwards: Viktor Shuvalov, Anatoli Kartayev, Nikolai Shorin, Valeri Belousov, Petr Prorodin, Valeri Yevstifeyev, Sergei Makarov, Sergei Khrischev, Anatoli Chistyakov, Valeri Karpov, Igor Varitsky
Best Coaches: Anatoli Kostryukov, Gennady Tsygurov, Valeri Belousov

Kristall Saratov
Founded: 1960
Previous Names: Avangard Saratov, Energetik Saratov
Arena: Sports Palace Kristall
Capacity: 5,010
Best Goalies: Vladimir Myshkin, Alexander Kulikov, Sergei Babariko
Best Defencemen: Sergei Borisov, Vladimir Kuplinov, Viktor Shevelev, Vladimir Krikunov
Best Forwards: Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Golubovich, Alexander Barinev, Vadimir Semenov, Valeri Chekalkin, Nikolai Stakanov, Petr Malkov, Andrei Korolev, Sergei Zhebrovsky
Best Coaches: Robert Cherenkov

Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Founded: 1949
Arena: Sports Palace Metallurg
Capacity: 8,050
Best Goalies: Vladimir Shepovalov
Best Defencemen: Yuri Zuyev
Best Forwards: Oleg Korolenko, Yuri Moiseyev, Anatoli Motovilov, Igor Samochernov, Vladislav Morozov

Sibir Novosibirsk
Founded: 1949
Previous Name: Dynamo Novosibirsk
Arena: Sports Ice Palace Sibir
Capacity: 8,300
Best Goalies: Viktor Doroschenko
Best Defencemen: Alexei Volchenkov, Alexander Fatkullin, Arkadi Bagayev, sergei Selyanin
Best Forwards: Vitali Stain, Vladimir Kungurtsev, Viktor Zhuchok, Georgy Uglov, Gennady Kapkaikin, Boris Barabanov, Vladimir Melenchuk, Yuri Klemeshov
Best Coaches: Vitali Stain

Dynamo-Energiya Yekaterinburg
Founded: 1948
Previous Names: Spartak Sverdlovsk, Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Sparak Yekaterinburg
Arena: Sports Ice Palace
Capacity: 3,800
Best Goalies: Valeri Zubarev, Viktor Puchkov, Alexander Semenov
Best Defencemen: Alexander Kartsev, Alexander Baldin, Yuri Glotov, Allexander Astashev, Viktor Kuznetsov, Ilja Byakin, Andrei Martemjanov, Pavel Velizhanin
Best Forwards: Rem Mendubayev, Valeri Chekalkin, Viktor Kutergin, Vitali Krayev, Arkadi Rudakov, Sergei Shepelev, Nikolai Narimanov, Mikhail Malko, Oleg Starkov, Leonid Trukhno, Vladimir Yeremin, Dmitri Popov
Best Coaches: Sergei Mitin

Molot-Prikamje Perm
Founded: 1948
Previous Names: Perm, SK imeni Sverdlova Perm, Molot Perm
Arena: Universal Sports Palace Molot
Capacity: 6,000
Best Goalies: Valeri Yerokhin
Best Defencemen: Yuri Pepelyaev, Vasili Spiridonov, Igor Ulanov
Best Forwards: Sergei Shitkovsky, Alexander Gulyavtsev, Dmitri Romanov

Severstal Cherepovets
Founded: 1956
Previous Name: Metallurg Cherepovets
Arena: Sports Palace Almaz
Capacity: 3,500
Best Defencemen: Andrei Kozyrev
Best Forwards: Igor Starkovsky, Igor Nikulin, Igor Petrov, Vladimir Kochin, Mikhail Ivanov
Best Coaches: Vladimir Golev

Rubin Tymen
Founded: 1959
Arena: Sports Palace Rubin
Capacity: 4,000
Best Goalies: Andrei Vasilevsky
Best Defencemen: Vladimir Kapulovsky, Viktor Arkhipov
Best Forwards: Nikolai babenko, Eduard Valiullin, Igor Latyshev
Best Coaches: Alexander Kuzmin

CSK VVS Samara
Founded: 1992
Arena: Sports Palace CSK VVS
Capacity: 3,000
Best Goalies: Alexei Sharnin
Best Defencemen: Oleg Yushin
Best Forwards: Aidar Musakayev, Alexei Klimantov, Zakhar Gataulin, Vladimir Yelovikov
Best Coaches: Alexander Astashev

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