HC CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow
ЦСКА Москва
Nickname Red Army, Horses
City Moscow, Russia
League

KHL 2008–present

Conference Western
Division Tarasov
Founded 22 December 1946 (1946-12-22)
as CDKA
Home arena CSKA Arena
(capacity: 12,100)
Colours          
Owner(s) Rosneft
General manager Igor Esmantovich
Head coach Igor Nikitin
Captain Sergey Andronov
Affiliate(s) Zvezda (VHL)
Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
Website www.cska-hockey.ru
Home colours
Away colours
Franchise history

HC CSKA Moscow 1960–present

  • CSK MO 1955–1959
  • CDSA 1952–1954
  • CDKA 1946–1951

HC CSKA Moscow (Russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow) is a Russian professional ice hockey club that plays in the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army. HC CSKA Moscow won more Soviet championships and European cups than any other team in history. It is owned by Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, which is in turn majority-owned by the Russian government.

History

The club was founded in 1946 as CDKA (Centralnyy Dom Krasnoy Armii – Central House of the Red Army, referring to the Army community centre in Moscow). It was known as CDSA (with Red Army changed to Soviet Army) from 1952 – 1954, as CSK MO (Central Sports Club of the Moscow Military District) from 1955 – 1959, and acquired its current name in 1960.

As a hockey powerhouse

CSKA won 32 Soviet regular season championships during the Soviet League's 46-year existence, far and away the most in the league's history; no other team won more than five. This included all but six from 1955 to 1989 and 13 in a row from 1977 to 1989. By comparison, no NHL team has won more than five Stanley Cups in a row since the NHL took de facto control of the trophy in 1926.

CSKA was just as dominant in the European Cup. They won all but two titles from 1969 to 1990, including 13 in a row from 1978 to 1990. The team's first coach was Anatoli Tarasov, who would later become famous as the coach of the Soviet national team. Tarasov coached the Red Army Team, either alone or with co-coaches, for most of the time from 1946 to 1975. The team's greatest run came under Viktor Tikhonov, who was coach from 1977 to 1996—serving for most of that time as coach of the national team.

The Red Army Team was able to pull off such a long run of dominance because during the Soviet era, the entire CSKA organization was a functioning division of the Red Army. Taking full advantage of the fact that all able-bodied Soviet males had to serve in the military, it was literally able to draft the best young hockey players in the Soviet Union onto the team. There was a substantial overlap between the rosters of the Red Army Team and the Soviet national team, which was one factor behind the Soviets' near-absolute dominance of international hockey from the 1950s through the early 1990s. By the late 1980s, however, the long run of Red Army dominance caused a significant dropoff in attendance throughout the league.[1]

One of the most feared lines in hockey history was the KLM Line of the 1980s. The name came from the last names of the three players, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, and Sergei Makarov. Together with defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov, they were known as the Green Unit because they wore green jerseys in practice. The five-man unit formed a dominant force in European hockey throughout the decade. All five players were later permitted to go to the NHL in 1989, with mixed results. Krutov had the shortest NHL career, lasting only one season in Vancouver; Makarov (who won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1990) and Kasatonov were out of the NHL by 1997; Fetisov and Larionov won the Stanley Cup twice together with Detroit before Fetisov retired in 1998; Larionov would win a third Cup with Detroit in 2002, before retiring from New Jersey in 2004.

Not surprisingly, discipline was quite strict, especially under Tikhonov. His players practiced for as many as 11 months a year, and were confined to training camp (an Army barracks) most of that time even if they were married. However, it became less restrictive after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[1]

At the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team, out of 6 players selected 4 players once played at CSKA Moscow.

CSKA and the NHL

CSKA played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties. 34 of these games were played in Super Series, including the tour of North America in 1975/1976. The Super Series also introduced eventual Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Vladislav Tretiak of the CSKA squad to North American ice hockey fans. On New Year's Eve 1975, CSKA played the Montreal Canadiens, widely regarded as the league's finest team (and that year's eventual Stanley Cup winners). The game ended with a 3–3 draw, but was widely hailed as one of the greatest games ever played.

Another memorable game was played on 11 January 1976 against the Philadelphia Flyers, who at the time were the defending Stanley Cup Champions and were known as the "Broad Street Bullies" for their highly physical play. The game was notable for an incident where, after a body check delivered by Philadelphia's Ed Van Impe, the CSKA's top player, Valeri Kharlamov (like Tretiak eventually a Hall of Famer), was left prone on the ice for a minute. CSKA coach Konstantin Loktev pulled his team off the ice in protest that no penalty was called. They were told by NHL president Clarence Campbell to return to the ice and finish the game, which was being broadcast to an international audience, or the Soviet Hockey Federation would not get paid the fee that they were entitled to. They eventually complied and lost the game 4–1.

CSKA Moscow alumni have made a large impact on the NHL; perhaps the largest impact came with the Detroit Red Wings of the mid-1990s. Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov, and Vyacheslav Kozlov had established themselves as key members of the Wings when they were joined by Fetisov and Larionov, forming the Russian Five. These five players would play an integral role in the Wings' consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1997 and 1998. Dmitri Mironov joined the 1998 squad, following Konstantinov's career-ending injury on 13 June 1997; since Konstantinov was kept on the roster despite his injury, the 1998 squad marks the largest contingent of CSKA veterans (six) to win the Stanley Cup.

Super Series game log: 25–3–8 (home: 2–0–0; road: 23–3–8)
Super Series '76: 2–1–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 2–1–1)
Super Series '80: 3–0–2 (home: 0–0–0; road: 3–0–2)
Super Series '86: 5–0–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 5–0–1)
Super Series '89: 6–1–1 (home: 1–0–0; road: 5–1–1)
Super Series '90: 5–0–1 (home: 1–0–0; road: 4–0–1)
Super Series '91: 5–1–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 5–1–1)

Post-Soviet history

During the late '80s and early '90s CSKA positions significantly weakened. After a conflict with Tikhonov, CSKA major stars including Fetisov, Larionov, Krutov and Kasatonov left the team to make their careers in the NHL. During the 90s they were followed by younger talents like Bure, Fedorov and Samsonov.

CSKA Moskow played a series of exhibitions games, and an all-star game with the American Hockey Association as part of the 1992–93 season.[2]

As For a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was briefly unofficially known as "the Russian Penguins" after the Pittsburgh Penguins bought an interest in the team.[1] The Russian Penguins played 13 games in the International Hockey League as part of the 1993–94 IHL season.

In 1996 after a conflict with management of the club, Tikhonov created his own separate team called HC CSKA that spent two seasons in the Russian Superleague and eventually reunited with the original CSKA in 2002.

Although CSKA has remained one of the strongest teams in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it did not win a title in the KHL or its predecessors until 2015, when the club finished first in the regular season and became Russian champion for the first time in a long time, but failed to win the Gagarin Cup. From 2008 to 2016, the team did not advance past the conference semifinals of the Gagarin Cup playoffs; they missed the playoffs altogether in 2011. In the 2015–16 season, the team advanced all the way to the Gagarin Cup final; however, they lost that series to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games.

Honours

Domestic competitions

1st, gold medalist(s) Soviet League Championship (32): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

1st, gold medalist(s) USSR Cup (12): 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1988

1st, gold medalist(s) Vysshaya Liga Championship (1): 1996-97

Kontinental Hockey League

2nd, silver medalist(s) Gagarin Cup (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

1st, gold medalist(s) Continental Cup (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

1st, gold medalist(s) Opening Cup (1): 2015-16

International

1st, gold medalist(s) Intercontinental Cup (1): 1971-72

1st, gold medalist(s) IIHF European Champions Cup (20): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

1st, gold medalist(s) Spengler Cup (1): 1991

1st, gold medalist(s) Pajulahti Cup (1): 2005

1st, gold medalist(s) Trojka Energy Trophy (1): 2010

1st, gold medalist(s) Moscow Mayor Cup (4): 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017

1st, gold medalist(s) Hockeyades (Vallé de Joux) (1): 2017, 2018

Season-by-season KHL record

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLOTLPtsGFGAFinishTop ScorerPlayoffs
2011–125419250701191294th, BobrovSergei Shirokov (47 points: 18 G, 29 A; 53 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2012–135223150961511091st, TarasovAlexander Radulov (68 points: 22 G, 46 A; 48 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2013–145425211911301185th, BobrovNikolai Prokhorkin (37 points: 19 G, 18 A; 52 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2014–15604992139207981st, TarasovAlexander Radulov (71 points: 24 G, 47 A; 46 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2015–166043314127163871st, TarasovAlexander Radulov (65 points: 23 G, 42 A; 53 GP) Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2016–176044881371831101st, TarasovKirill Petrov (37 points: 20 G, 17 A; 53 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2017–185644111124175891st, TarasovSergei Shumakov (40 points: 17 G, 23 A; 47 GP)
Maxim Shalunov (40 points: 20 G, 20 A; 46 GP)
Kirill Kaprizov (40 points: 15 G, 25 A; 46 GP) 		Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)

Head coaches

Players

Current roster

Updated July 7, 2018.[3][4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
11 Russia Sergei Andronov RW L 29 2014 Penza, Russian SFSR
88 Russia Artem Blazhiyevsky D L 24 2015 Moscow, Russia
4 Russia Artem Chmykhov D L 20 2016 Kostroma , Russia
– Sweden Klas Dahlbeck D L 27 2018 Katrineholm, Sweden
21 Russia Mikhail Grigorenko C L 24 2017 Khabarovsk, Russia
5 Russia Marsel Ibragimov D R 21 2017 Kazan, Russia
31 Sweden Lars Johansson G L 31 2017 Avesta, Sweden
21 Russia Sergey Kalinin C L 27 2018 Omsk, Soviet Union
97 Russia Kirill Kaprizov LW L 21 2017 Novokuznetsk, Russia
15 Russia Pavel Karnaukhov LW L 21 2016 Minsk, Belarus
– Russia Nikita Korostelev RW R 21 2018 Moscow, Russia
13 Russia Roman Lyubimov C R 26 2017 Tver, Russian SFSR
47 Russia Nikita Makeyev D R 20 2017 Moscow, Russia
53 Russia Alexey Marchenko D R 26 2017 Moscow, Russian SFSR
36 Russia Igor Myasishchev D L 21 2015 Moscow, Russia
38 Russia Mikhail Naumenkov (C) D L 25 2014 Moscow, Russia
89 Russia Nikita Nesterov D L 25 2017 Chelyabinsk, Russia
77 Russia Konstantin Okulov C/RW L 23 2017 Novosibirsk, Russia
33 Russia Mikhail Pashnin D L 29 2017 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
22 Russia Alexander Popov C/RW R 38 2016 Angarsk, Russian SFSR
8 Russia Nikita Popugayev RW R 19 2017 Moscow, Russia
37 Canada Mat Robinson D R 32 2017 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
41 Canada Greg Scott (A) RW R 30 2016 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
78 Russia Maxim Shalunov C L 25 2017 Chelyabinsk, Russia
70 Russia Sergei Shumakov F R 26 2017 Chelyabinsk, Russia
– Russia Anton Slepyshev RW R 24 2018 Penza, Russia
90 Russia Ilya Sorokin G L 23 2014 Mezhdurechensk, Russia
87 Russia Andrei Svetlakov C L 22 2015 Moscow, Russia
7 Russia Ivan Telegin W L 26 2014 Novokuznetsk, Russia
– Russia Sergey Tolchinsky LW R 23 2018 Moscow, Russia
– Canada Linden Vey C R 27 2018 Wakaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
– Russia Kirill Vorobyov D L 23 2018 Demikhovo, Russia
– Russia Andrei Yermakov D R 24 2018 Moscow, Russia

Retired numbers

The CSKA have retired four numbers in their history:

CSKA Moscow retired numbers
No Player Position Career
2Viacheslav FetisovD1978–89, 2009
17Valeri KharlamovLW1967–81
20Vladislav TretiakG1968–84
24Sergei MakarovRW1978–89

Hall-of-Famers

Players

Builders

IIHF Hall-of-Famers

Players

Builders

Triple Gold Club

Players

First round draft picks

  • 2009: Mikhail Pashnin (1st overall)
  • 2010: none
  • 2011: Alexander Timirev (3rd overall), Mikhail Grigorenko (8th overall)
  • 2012: Nikita Zadorov (4th overall), Vladislav Boiko (6th overall), Andrei Filonenko (18th overall), Sergei Tolchinsky (28th overall)
  • 2013: Maxim Tretiak (12th overall), Ivan Nikolishin (29th overall)

List of CSKA players selected in the NHL Amateur Draft

List of CSKA players selected in the NHL Entry Draft

Stanley Cup Winners

Players

Builders

Note: Only counts if the players or builders have played in the CSKA before the NHL.

Olympic Champions

Players

Builders

Canada Cup Winners

Players

Builders

NHL Awards

Hart Trophy (NHL MVP)

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

Ted Lindsay Award

Frank J. Selke Trophy

NHL Plus-Minus Award

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy

Note: Only counts if the players or builders played in the CSKA before the NHL.

All-Star game

NHL All-Star Game

Players

Note: Only counts if the players or builders has played in the CSKA before NHL.

KHL All-Star Game

Players

Builders

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten-point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed Soviet/CIS/IHL/RUS 2/RSL/KHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

Awards and trophies

Soviet / Russian MVP

Scoring Champion

Goal Scoring Champion

Soviet / Russian League First Team

Best Line

Best Rookie

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Merron, Jeff (14 February 2002). "Russians regroup on other side of the red line". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  2. ↑ Augustin, Mike (1993-01-30). "American Hockey Association Suspends Operations". Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Saint Paul, Minnesota. pp. 3C.
  3. ↑ "Team Roster / CSKA" (in Russian). cska-hockey.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  4. ↑ "CSKA Moscow roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
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