Zauralie Kurgan

Zauralie Kurgan (Хоккейный клуб «Зауралье» Курган) is an ice hockey team in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.

Zauralie
Хоккейный клуб «Зауралье»
CityKurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia
LeagueVHL
Founded1962
Home arenaParyshev Sports Palace
(capacity: 2,500)
Colours     
Owner(s)Kurgan Oblast,
Kurganstalmost
General managerAlexey Chechin[1]
Head coachMikhail Zvyagin[2]
CaptainIlya Bochkov[3]
AffiliatesMetallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
Yunior Kurgan (MHL-B)
Websitehczaural.ru

History

The club was founded in 1994 as a merger between clubs Mostovik (Bridge Worker) and Turbinka (Turbine) as Mostovik-Turbinka Kurgan later becoming a farm club of Rubin Tyumen. It got its current name Zauralie (Trans-Ural) since the 2003–04 season. They became affiliated with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008, Avangard Omsk in 2012 and Metallurg Novokuznetsk in 2014. With the demotion of Novokuznetsk, Kurgan then entered into an agreement to be the primary affiliate to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL in 2017.

The club have junior farm-club Yunior Kurgan, are played in MHL-B, second level of junior ice hockey league in Russia.

Honors

National
  • Vysshaya Liga (RUS-2)
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2003/2004
  • Pervaya Liga (RUS-3)
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion (1): 2000/2001

Stadium
  • Paryshev Sports Palace

Capacity: 2500

Team Colors
Blue White

Front Office and Coaches

Director

  • Viktor Prozorov

General manager

  • Alexey Chechin

Head coach

  • Mikhail Zvyagin

Assistant coach

  • Rashit Galimzhanov
  • Vyacheslav Sedov

Roster
No. Player Country Age Last team
Goaltenders
60 Sergei Ageyev Russia 32 Russia Ariada Volzhsk
72 Ilyas Gafiullin Russia 23 Russia Slavutych Smolensk
Defenders
3 Yevgeni Nesterov Russia 29 Russia Dizel Penza
4 Nikita Krotikov Russia 25 Russia Dizel Penza
5 Alexander Brit Russia 22 Russia Bars Kazan
7 Maxim Semyonov Russia 19 Russia Yunior Kurgan
8 Valeri Zhukov Russia 28 Russia HC Sarov
9 Yevgeni Shakurov Russia 24 Russia THK Tver
30 Yuri Maslov Russia 28 Russia Izhstal Izhevsk
35 Yevgeni Sulimov Russia 23 Russia Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk
76 Alexei Chechin Russia 35 Russia Buran Voronezh
91 Kamil Mingazov Russia 20 Russia Tymensky Legion
Forwards
11 Alexander Remov Russia 22 Russia Khimik Voskresensk
15 Maxim Pervukhin Russia 27 Russia Ermak Angarsk
17 Vyacheslav Mushtayev Russia 31 Russia Izhstal Izhevsk
19 Denis Tsyganov Russia 23 Russia Dizel Penza
23 Vladislav Sokolov Russia 27 Russia HC Sarov
25 Matvei Tymchenko Russia 21 Russia Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk
34 Artur Abmyotka Belarus 24 Russia Neftyanik Almetyevsk
37 Oleg Pridannikov Russia 32 Russia Ermak Angarsk
40 Dmitri Kolgotin Russia 22 Russia Dizel Penza
45 Anton Rekhtin Russia 27 Russia Izhstal Izhevsk
57 Alexander Petrov Russia 23 Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
73 Nikita Sirotkin Russia 23 Russia Belye Tigry Orenburg
77 Albert Zagidullin Russia 27 Russia Rubin Tyumen

Head coaches

Sergei Gersonsky (2001-2002)

Mikhail Malko (2002-2006)

Oleg Gushchin (2006-2008)

Igor Zhilinsky (2008-2010)

Vladimir Shikhanov (2010-2013)

Igor Velker (2013)

Sergei Dushkin (2013-2015)

Albert Loginov (2015-2016)

Mikhail Zvyagin (since 2016)

References
  1. "Новым директором «Зауралья» стал его бывший игрок и тренер" (in Russian). 31 December 2022.
  2. "Михаил Звягин возглавил "Зауралье"" (in Russian). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. "ИЛЬЯ БОЧКОВ – НОВЫЙ КАПИТАН «ЗАУРАЛЬЯ»" (in Russian). Retrieved 21 December 2022.


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