HK MVD Balashikha

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HK MVD Balashikha is a professional ice hockey club based in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

[edit] History

MVD Moscow Oblast was founded in 1949 as Spartak Kalinin, and adopted its current name, MVD, in 2004 as part of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and their move to Podolsk. In the same year, they qualified for the Russian Hockey Super League play-off for the first time, losing to Ak Bars Kazan in a hard-fought series. In 2007 they moved again (this time to Balashikha) for the KHL size arena.

[edit] League History

• Kontinental Hockey League
  2008-Present
• Russian Superleague
  2005-2008
• Russian Supreme League
  1996-2005
• Intl. Hockey League
  1992-1996
• CIS Championship
  1991-1992
• USSR Championship
  1949-1991

[edit] External links

• HC MVD official website

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