HC Dynamo Moscow

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Dynamo Moscow

Founded	1946
Home ice	Olimpiyski Sport Complex "Luzhniki"
Based in	Moscow, Russia
Colours	Blue, white
League	Russian Hockey Super League
Head coach	Vladimir Krikunov

HC Dynamo Moscow (ru: Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow competing in the Russian Super League. It was founded in 1946 and plays in the smaller arena of the Olimpiyski Sport Complex (capacity 8,400).

1 Achievements
2 History
3 Current squad
4 Head Coaches
5 Notable former players
6 See also
7 External links

Russian/Soviet Championships won: 9 (1947, 1954, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005)

USSR Cups won: 3 (1953, 1972, 1976)

IIHF European Champions Cups won: 1 (2006)

Spengler Cups won: 1 (1984)

Ahearne Cups won: 2 (1975, 1976)

Part of the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society, the team was founded in 1946 and in its early days was sponsored by the KGB. It is among Russia's most successful clubs, winning the Soviet Championship in 1947, 1954, 1990, and 1991, the Russian Championship in 1992, 1993, 1995, and 2000, and the Russian Superleague in 1999-2000 and 2005. It also won the Spengler Cup in 1983-84 and the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2006.
This is the only club which never left the USSR/Russia elite ice-hockey division since first national championships was introduced in 1946.

According to HC Dynamo Moscow official website, as of 10 August 2007

Russian clubs have no tradition of retiring numbers. Instead of that they usually raise a banner of honor with the player's number but at the same time this number stays in usage. That's why banners of honour sometimes have duplicated numbers.