Mechel Chelyabinsk

Chelmet fire coach

Chelmet Chelyabinsk announced the club fire coach Alexander Rozhkov due the poor results in VHL, replacing him with current assistant coach Igor Znarok. Chelmet is currently 16th in the standings

Valeri Karpov passed away

Former Russian player Valeri Karpov died at 44 for the consequences of a domestic incident (a bad fall down the stairs) suffered last July. After two months in coma, Karpov suffered three operations, but was never able to recover. In September was transported from Chelyabinsk to Berezovsky, to follow specific rehabilitation in a hospital.
Drafted by Anaheim, Karpov played 76 games in NHL and 523 in Soviet/Russian League with a title in 1999 with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He won a World Championship in 1993 and a silver in 2002 with Russia. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993. Before the accident, Karpov signed as Chelmet Chelyabinsk assistant coach

Chelmet and Neftyanik announce new coach

Former assistant coach Alexei Tertyshny is the new headcoach of Chelmet Chelyabinsk. He replaced Evgeny Galkin, moved on Sputnik Nizhny Tagil bench. Oleg Davydov and Valery Karpov will work as assistants.
Yuri Mordvintsev, last two seasons on CSK VVS Samara bench, is the new coach of Neftyanik Almetyevsk

Sergei Paramonov died at 54

Former Traktor Chelyabinsk player and coach Sergei Paramonov died yesterday when his heart stopped during a friendly match in Troitsk (Chelyabinsk region) with the team Traktor Veterans
Paramonov felt sick in the locker room, ambulance arrives but could not help. He was 54 years old.

Paramonov coached Traktor in 2001. In 2002/03 season and from 2008 to 2011 he was the head coach of Mechel Chelyabinsk

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