Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)

Dizel Penza appoints new coach

Alexander Sokolov is the new Dizel Penza coach. He will be assisted by Vladislav Bulin as player/assistant coach and Valery Kukushkin. In last three seasons Sokolov, 56, coached Reactor Nizhnekamsk of the MHL

(06 May 2012)

New coach at Dynamo-Shinnik and Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk

Aleksandrs Belavskis is new Dynamo-Shinnik (MHL) head coach. He spent last two season at Vännäs HC bench, in Swedish third league. He will be assisted by Aleksandr Makritsky, last year assistant coach at Dinamo Minsk, Shinnik's mother club.

Former player Sergei Mogilnikov is new Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk coach. He lead Gornyak Rudny in last two seasons

(02 May 2012)

Kazzinc-Torpedo changes coach

Oleg Bolyakin won't be on Kazzinc-Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk bench next season. Team decided not to extend 47-years-old coach for next season and is searching for a replacement. Bolyakin arrived at Torpedo in 2010-2011 season

(16 Apr 2012)

Set for VHL finals

The 2011 champion Rubin beat Dizel 5-2 yesterday to win the semi final series 4-2 and qualify for the VHL finals against Toros. Toros beat Donbass 4-0 in the other series. The finals start April 17.

(12 Apr 2012)

Mechel Chelyabinsk will be disbanded

According to "Soviet sport" VHL club Mechel Chelyabinsk will be disbanded.
Steel group "Mechel" managers have taken this decision during a recent company meeting.
This means that from next season the team will cease to exist. The Mechel group will now partially funded Izhstal Izhevsk team

The sports school, based at the Ice Palace "Mechel" will continue to operate as well the MHL-B team Steel Lions

(10 Apr 2012)

Donbass is preparing application to join KHL

Donbas Donets'k President Boris Kolesnikov confirmed the club is preparing all documents to apply for KHL membership for season 2012/13. Team recently lost in VHL semifinals against Toros Neftekamsk

(10 Apr 2012)

Lada Arena will open in December

During a meeting at the Ministry of Sports, Samara Region Governor Vladimir Artyakov announces the new Ice Palace "Lada Arena" will be opened in Togliatti in December. The new home of Lada Togliatti costed 1 billion 300 million rubles.

(09 Apr 2012)

Igor Zhilinsky named new Lada Togliatti GM

Former player Igor Zhilinsky was named new General Manager at Lada Togliatti. Zhilinsky, 49, worked as assistant coach at Avangard Omsk and Sibir Novosibirsk and recently as Omsk Hawks headcoach in MHL
"We will give to Zhilinsky full powers for interacting with the coaching staff as well as the hockey club's management." said General Director Andrei Galayda
In same press conference, coach Gennady Tsygurov reveals Lada won't sign a farm agreement for next season: "I am totally against this system. We had an offer from Severstal. They would send us the players paying their wages, but they could "pull off" at any time. We aren't an appendage, Lada is Lada!"

(04 Apr 2012)

Krasnodar will have a team next season

The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Aleksandr Tkachev confirmes that in the near future an hockey team will be activated in Krasnodar
"Soon we will have a team called Kuban In April will begin training and next season will compete in VHL" said Tkachev

(22 Mar 2012)

Sokol Krasnoyarsk changes coach

Six consecutive defeats cost the job for Aleksandr Glazkov, replaced on Sokol Krasnoyarsk (VHL) bench by Byelorussian Vyacheslav Dolishnya

(24 Jan 2012)