Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

City:	Yaroslavl, Russia
League:	Russian Super League
Founded:	1959
Home Arena:	Lokomotiv Arena 2000
Colors:	Red, white, blue
Head Coach:	Kari Heikkilä
Previous franchise history
1955-1956:	Spartak Yaroslavl
1956-1957:	Khimik Yaroslavl
1959-1963:	HC YMZ
1963-1964:	Trud Yaroslavl
1964-1965:	Motor Yaroslavl
1965-2000:	Torpedo Yaroslavl

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian: Локомотив Яросла́вль) is a professional ice hockey team from Russia, playing in the Russian Super League.

1 Facts
2 History
- 2.1 Current squad (2007-2008)
3 External links

Founded: 1959

Formerly known as: Spartak Yaroslavl, Khimik Yaroslavl, HC YMZ, Trud Yaroslavl, Motor Yaroslavl, Torpedo Yaroslavl

Home arena: Lokomotiv Arena 2000 (capacity 9,046)

Former home arena: Avtodizel Arena (1959-2001)

Uniform colors: Red, white and blue

Russian Championships won: 3 (1997, 2002, 2003)

The team has been known previously by several different names, with the current name being the original, re-adopted in 2000:

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (1949-1955)
Spartak Yaroslavl (1955-1956)
Khimik Yaroslavl (1956-1957)
HC YMZ (1959-1963)
Trud Yaroslavl (1963-1964)
Motor Yaroslavl (1964-1965)
Torpedo Yaroslavl (1965-2000)

The team played generally in the Second League of the Class "A" group during the Soviet era, being promoted to the First League of Class "A" for the 1983-1984 season. Known as Torpedo Yaroslavl at that time, the team enjoyed moderate success under head coach Sergei Alekseyevich Nikolaev. Never a powerful club during the Soviet era, the team became a consistent winner during the 1990s, and won their first league championship in 1997 under coach Petr Vorobev. The club moved from Avtodizel Arena to the new Arena 2000 early in the 2001-2002 season, and won consecutive league championships in 2002 and 2003 under Czech head coach Vladimir Vujtek, Sr. Vujtek left the club after the 2002-03 season for a lucrative contract offer from rival Ak Bars Kazan. Lokomotiv have not been able to replicate their success since that time, but remain a perennial contender in the Russian Super League.

On July 20, 2007, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl signed former NHL star Alexei Yashin.

As of November 13, 2007. [1]

Goaltenders
#	Player	Date of Birth
1	Semen Varlamov	April 27, 1988
31	Yegor Podomatsky	November 22, 1976

Goaltenders
#	Player	Date of Birth
3	Ari Vallin	March 21, 1978
7	Alexander Guskov	November 26, 1976
12	Denis Sokolov	January 27, 1977
27	Sergei Zhukov	November 23, 1975
41	Alexei Vasiliev	September 1, 1977
55	Igor Ulanov	October 1, 1969
77	Ilja Gorokhov – A	August 23, 1977
92	Daniel Tjarnqvist	October 14, 1976

Forwards
#	Player	Date of Birth
8	Alexei Mikhnov	August 31, 1982
11	Alexander Galimov	May 2, 1985
13	Ivan Nepriayev – A	February 4, 1982
14	Alexander Ryabev	August 24, 1988
17	Ivan Tkachenko	November 11, 1979
19	Alexei Yashin	November 5, 1973
21	Gennady Churilov	May 5, 1987
22	Zbynek Irgl	November 29, 1980
24	Alexander Vasyunov	April 22, 1988
32	Alexei Kudashov – C	July 21, 1971
34	Konstantin Rudenko	July 23, 1981
42	Dmitry Semin	August 14, 1983
67	Tony Salmelainen	August 8, 1981
72	Sergei Konkov	May 30, 1982