HC Dynamo Moscow () is a professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011âÂÂ12 and 2012âÂÂ13 seasons, and won the regular season championship once, in 2013âÂÂ14, winning the Continental Cup.
The club is one of the most successful teams in Russia.
The team was founded in 1946 and belonged the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society sponsored by the Soviet Ministry of Interior and the national security structures including the KGB. It won the first Soviet hockey championship in 1946âÂÂ47, beating Spartak Moscow in the finals. Helmed by Arkady Chernyshev during the first decades of its history, Dynamo established itself as one of the top teams of the Soviet hockey league. Throughout the Soviet era, Dynamo was among the top three teams almost every season, winning five championships and three USSR Cups. The last years of the Soviet hockey championship and the beginning of the IHL period were marked with Dynamo winning four seasons in a row and ending decades of dominance by CSKA Moscow.
In 2010, Dynamo Moscow merged with HC MVD, a KHL team from Balashikha owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The team continued the history of the Dynamo club, with the majority of its roster and executives from HC MVD. The new club was officially called United Hockey Club (UHC) Dynamo Moscow, and for one season the new club was referred to as UHC Dynamo, then for a couple years as UHC Dynamo Moscow, but in 2012 the official name of the club was reverted to Hockey Club Dynamo Moscow.
In 2013 Dynamo Moscow had tried to recruit Alexander Ovechkin who played for them from 2001 to 2005, but switched to the Washington Capitals soon after.
Under the guidance of director and president, Andrei Safronov, HC Dynamo was reported to have amassed a debt of 2 billion rubles (US$33 million) following the 2016âÂÂ17 season. With concerns from the governing body of the KHL, Dynamo were ordered to give a presentation as to how they would be funded in the following season on 24 May 2017.
As a branch of the Dynamo Moscow sporting club, the parent company board opted to remove Safronov, citing a breach of trust with sponsors and took control of the hockey club. Dynamo then refused to pay back the debt, citing it wasn't their responsibility, putting the onus on former CEO Safronov to repay the debt due to his mismanagement. With allegations of embezzlement, HC Dynamo's offices were raided by police in order to retrieve accounting documentation on 2 June 2017. With the players having not been paid in three months, former HC Dynamo board led by Safronov declared bankruptcy in order to escape the debt.
On 4 July 2017, at a KHL board meeting, the Disciplinary Committee took action with Dynamo's failure to meet contractual obligations by declaring all 42 players under contract with Dynamo as free agents.
Soviet League Championship (5): 1946âÂÂ47, 1953âÂÂ54, 1989âÂÂ90, 1990âÂÂ91, 1991âÂÂ92
USSR Cup (3): 1953, 1972, 1976
IHL Championship (2): 1992âÂÂ93, 1994âÂÂ95
IHL Cup (1): 1996
Russian Superleague (2): 1999âÂÂ00, 2004âÂÂ05
Gagarin Cup (2): 2011âÂÂ12, 2012âÂÂ13
Continental Cup (2): 2013âÂÂ14, 2023âÂÂ24
Opening Cup (3): 2010âÂÂ11, 2012âÂÂ13, 2013âÂÂ14
IIHF European Champions Cup (1): 2006
IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2004âÂÂ05
Spengler Cup (2): 1983, 2008
Lugano Cup (1): 1991
Ahearne Cup (2): 1975, 1976
Tampere Cup (2): 1991, 1992
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
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Dynamo Moscow has honoured 25 players and one coach in its history.
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