Rostov (hockey club)

Lovers (2004–2013)

In 2004, the history of the main hockey club of the Rostov region begins. That winter, several comrades, including the first and current president of the club, Robertas Kucinskas , decided to play hockey on a frozen lake. Passion grew into a club project.

So there was a hockey team, which began to be called "Condor". Since 2007, the hockey club changed its name to HC Rostov.

In 2010, Rostov entered the championship of the Krasnodar Territory .

RHL (2013—2015)

In July 2013, it was decided to create a professional hockey team.

In August, the first gatherings of the club were held in Yeysk, to which players from all over Russia were invited: the cities of Chelyabinsk, Salavat, Tolyatti, Magnitogorsk, Novosibirsk and others. The guys came to watch, and so the first professional hockey club was born in Rostov-on-Don. ^[one]

In September, Rostov made its debut in the Russian Hockey League . In the first match, the Rostov team on the road to Novocheboksarsk defeated the local Sokol with a score of 8: 3. At the end of the season, Condors took 4th place in the West division, reached the semi-finals of the division in the playoffs, where in a series of matches they lost to Smolensk Slavutich . Thus, the team completed its performance in the playoffs, losing to the future league champion.

The next season of 2014/2015 , the Rostov “Condor” won their first ever title. In the third match of the final series, the Rostov team beat the Air Force CSK with a score of 1: 0, thereby winning the entire series - 3: 0. The decisive puck into the goal of the “pilots” scored Dmitry Kuzmenko. This match was the last in the history of the RHL, and “Rostov” was its last champion, in the summer of 2015 the league was reorganized into the Championship of the Higher Hockey League .

VHL Championship (2015—2019)

In the first season of the 2015/2016 formed Championship of the Higher Hockey League, the Rostov team took first place in the regular season and reached the final of the playoffs, where they lost in the series to four wins of 1-4 Tambov HCs . Thus, “Rostov” in the first season identified himself as one of the leaders of the league. And already in the next season of 2016/2017 , “Rostov” became the owner of the Federation Cup, beating the long-standing offenders in the final series - Smolensk “Slavutich” 4-1. In the 2018/19 season, the Rostov second became the owners of the Federation Cup, beating the Saransk Mordovia 4-0 in the final series of their main competitors

VHL Championship (since 2019)

Starting from the 2019/20 season, the Rostov Hockey Club has been participating in the Major Hockey League Championship.

ICC Ice Arena

Ice Arena is a sports and entertainment complex in Rostov-on-Don, the opening took place in December 2014.

Ice Arena is the training base and reserve arena of HC Rostov. The Rostovites played their first official game on March 7, 2015, in the 1/4 finals of the playoffs of the RHL Champions Cup, Rostov defeated the Novocheboksarsky Sokol 10-0.

Starting from the 2017/2018 season, HC Rostov has been holding home matches at the Ice Arena.

Sports Palace

ZSK "Sport-Don" - a spectacular sports complex in Rostov-on-Don, often simply called the "Sports Palace", built in 1967. Capacity is 4000 spectators (version with ice) and for 5000 spectators (sports and concert options). Since the 2013/2014 season, HC “Rostov” has been holding their home matches here. In the summer of 2017, the regional Ministry of Sports reported that the Sports Palace is in disrepair. In this regard, HC “Rostov” from the season 2017/2018 stopped playing in this arena.

Team

Major Hockey League Championship

•   Champion (2): 2016/17 , 2018/19
•   Silver medalist (1): 2015/2016

Russian Hockey League

•   Champion (1): 2014/2015

Personal

Ranks

In regular seasons.

In the playoffs.

And - the number of games played, B - winnings in regular time, VO - winnings in overtime, PO - losses in overtime, P - losses in regular time, O - number of points scored, W - ratio of goals scored and goals conceded, RS - place in regular season results

* - The RHL did not keep statistics of won and lost matches on shootouts.

• The biggest victory in all competitions: 19: 0 - against Dragoons Mozhaisk (August 22, 2014, friendly match)
• The biggest victory in the RHL Championship: “Rostov” Rostov-on-Don - “Union” Zarechny - 15: 1 ( 2014/2015 )
• The biggest victory in the VHL Championship: Rostov Rostov-on-Don - Crystal Junior Saratov - 8: 1 ( 2016/2017 ), Altai Barnaul - Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 1: 8 ( 2018/2019 )
• The largest defeat: “Slavutich” Smolensk - “Rostov” Rostov-on-Don - 9: 1 ( 2013/2014 )
• Biggest winning streak: 21 matches ( 2015/2016 )
• Largest winning streak in regular time: 13 matches ( 2018/2019 )
• Largest win-win streak in regular time: 21 matches ( 2015/2016 )
• The biggest losing streak: 3 matches ( 2013/2014 , 2015/2016 , 2017/2018 )
• Largest losing streak in regular time: 3 matches ( 2013/2014 )

VHL, VHL-B, RHL

• Most points for a season: 70 - Alexey Prokhorov ( 2018/2019 )
• Most goals scored for a season: 36 - Alexey Prokhorov ( 2018/2019 )
• The greatest number of assists for the season: 42 - Andrey Martynov ( 2018/2019 )
• Most penalties for the season: 84 - Konstantin Oreshkin ( 2016/2017 )
• The greatest number of points scored by a defender in one season: 26 - Alexei Tsarev ( VHL Championship in the season 2018/2019 )
• Most points per game: 6 - Zakhar Oshchinsky ( 2014/2015 ), Evgeny Tunik ( 2014/2015 )
• Most goals scored per game: no one scored more than three goals per game
• The greatest number of assists per game: 5 - Zakhar Oshchinsky ( 2014/2015 )

Players with the best stats

In regular seasons.

Pos - player position; And - Games; G - Goals; P - Passes; O - Points; O / I - Points per game; * - current player of HC "Rostov"

In the playoffs.

- data as of May 1, 2019

• The president -   Robertas Justinas-Richardasovic Kuchinskas
• Vice President -   Yakov Karpovich Tyshlangov
• CEO -   Natalya Fedorovna Kull

Current Coaching Staff

• Main coach -    Grigory Vladimirovich Panteleev
• assistant coach -   Sergey Nikolaevich Sukharev
• assistant coach -   Toomas Leovich Kull

List of Head Coaches

Captain and assistants

• (K) Vasily Myakinin
• (A) Andrey Leonov
• (A) Arthur Toporkov

List of All Captains

According to information on the official website of HC Rostov http://hc-rostov.ru/roster.asp

• Official site of HC "Rostov" Rostov-on-Don
• Official group VKontakte HC "Rostov"
• HC "Rostov" on the VHL website
• HC "Rostov" on the site r-hockey.ru
• Sports and Entertainment Center "Ice Arena"