Moscow State University (hockey club)

In December 1951, a group of hockey players from Moscow State University , who played at the Moscow Championship among universities in ball hockey , organized the first university ice hockey competitions.

Since the mid-1950s, the MSU team began to take part in the second group of the championship of the Moscow city council DSO "Petrel" , in 1974 entered the first group, and since 1985 became one of the three best student teams in the capital.

Since 1994, the formation of the MSU team as a hockey club of a good sports level began. The new coach, Alexei Strelkov, attracted both university hockey veterans and young players. Preparations for participation in the Russian Championship continued for three seasons, and in 1997 MSU hockey players made their debut in the Russian championship in the second league (the Center region). The team played and trained at the CSKA Ice Palace (with the assistance of Viktor Tikhonov ).

In January 1998, the Hockey Club of students and employees of Moscow State University was registered. MV Lomonosov, and the team, having received the support of the Moscow Government , began to train and play in the Luzhniki Ice Palace. Having taken fifth place in the 1997/1998 season, the next club became the third and received the right to enter the first league of the championship of Russia.

In the 1999/2000 season, the MSU HC began as a first league team and took second place, only a point behind Severstal-2 in Cherepovets , but the club performed unsuccessfully in the transition tournament for the right to play in the major leagues in Penza and Saratov , skipping forward the home team - “Dieselist” and “Crystal” .

In the 2000/2001 season, the team became the leader of the league and took first place. HC MSU began to train and conduct home games at the Hockey and Figure Skating Center in Odintsovo , but already in October 2002 the team was disbanded due to financial problems.

Currently HC MSU them. Lomonosov again plays in the student championships of the capital ^[1] , including the tournament of the Moscow student hockey league .

In its history, MSU HC has met in official matches with Super League and Major League clubs. So, in April 2001, the club within the framework of the Moscow Open Championship showed the following results: Vityaz (Podolsk) / Moscow State University 4: 4, Moscow State University / CSKA 2: 4, Moscow State University / Dynamo (Moscow) 2: 3, Moscow State University / Spartak (Moscow) 2: 2 (Spartak 3: 2 won on shoot-outs).

In August 2001, as part of the Moscow Region Governor's prize tournament, HC MSU won against the future winner of the tournament - the Khimik team (Voskresensk) 4: 1.

• Historical background (rus.) . HC Moscow State University website.