HC Almaty
The HK Almaty (Russian ХК Алматы ) is an ice hockey team from the Kazakh Almaty. The club was founded in 1967 and participates in the Kazakh Cup.
History
The club was founded in 1967 as Awtomobilist Alma -Ata and played in the lower leagues Soviet. In 1975, the team was first dissolved. In 1980 the Jenbek Alma-Ata newly established part in the third-highest league. 1982, the club went on and, after relegation from the Perwaja league in the 1983/84 season again in 1985 disbanded. The club was founded for the third time in 1999 and since then plays in the first division of Kazakhstan. Only in the 1999/2000 season, the team made it into the final round of the championship. Finally, it was one of the weaker teams in the league. 2010, the club was renamed to HK Almaty.
Known coach
- Yuri Baulin