Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (VHL)

Lokomotiv

City	Yaroslavl, Russia
League	VHL
Founded	2011
Home arena	Arena 2000 (9,070 seats)
Colours
Head coach	Petr Vorobiev
Affiliate(s)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)

Lokomotiv is an ice hockey team in Yaroslavl, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. It is a farm club of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. It was founded in 2011 after the entire KHL team along with its coaching staff died in a plane crash and consisted of MHL players of Loko Yaroslavl. When the franchise rejoined the KHL in its 2012-13 season it was decided to keep a minor team in the VHL structure.

External links

Official site

Supreme Hockey League

2012–13 teams	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk Buran Voronezh Chelmet Chelyabinsk Dizel Penza Dynamo Balashikha Yermak Angarsk Izhstal Izhevsk Kazzinc-Torpedo Kristall Saratov Kuban Krasnodar Lada Togliatti Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Molot-Prikamye Perm Neftyanik Almetyevsk Rubin Tyumen HC Ryazan HC Sarov Saryarka Karagandy Sokol Krasnoyarsk Sputnik Nizhny Tagil THK Tver Titan Klin Toros Neftekamsk HC VMF Yunost Minsk Yuzhny Ural Orsk Zauralie Kurgan

VL seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

VHL seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Related articles	Russian Superleague (top-level, 1996–2008) Kontinental Hockey League (top-level, from 2008) Bratina Cup

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