# HC Lada Togliatti

HC Lada Togliatti (Russian: ХК Лада) is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Tolyatti, Russia. They play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Togliatti were participants in the inaugural season of the KHL in 2008–09. Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena, the KHL expelled the team and the team dropped one level to the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season. They were allowed to rejoin the KHL for the 2014–15 season after the opening of the Lada Arena. However, the team was expelled again following the end of the 2017–18 season, and returned to the VHL. The team once again rejoined the KHL for the 2023–24 season.

## History

* July 1976 - team was founded as Torpedo Togliatti.
* August 31, 1976 - first exhibition game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
* 1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet Championship League.
* April 1994 - Lada wins the International Hockey League's Russian Championship, becoming the first-ever team with non-Moscow origin to win the then-IHL Cup
* December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won.
* December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team.
* December 30, 1996 - Lada wins European Cup.
* July 18, 2001 - Valeriy Postnikov quits team after having "attacks aimed at me by the media."
* November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team.
* January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup.

## Honors
### Champions

IHL Championship (2): 1994, 1996 IHL Cup (1): 1994 IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2006 European Cup (1): 1996

### Runners-up

Russian Superleague (2): 1997, 2005 Russian Superleague (2): 2003, 2004 IHL Championship (2): 1993, 1995 IHL Cup (2): 1993, 1995 European Cup (1): 1994 Spengler Cup (1): 1995

## Season-by-season record
### 2008-2017 Seasons

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2008–09 | 56 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 84 | 120 | 116 | 3rd, Kharlamov | Lost in preliminary round, 2–3 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2009–10 | 56 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 55 | 115 | 173 | 6th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2010–11 | 56 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 53 | 130 | 184 | 10th, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2011–12 | 53 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 72 | 160 | 152 | 7th, Western | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–3 (Dizel Penza) |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 88 | 149 | 130 | 9th, VHL | Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Toros Neftekamsk) |
| 2013–14 | 50 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 82 | 130 | 113 | 11th, VHL | Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 (HC Kuban) |
| 2014–15 | 60 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 68 | 130 | 158 | 6th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 69 | 120 | 153 | 7th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2016–17 | 60 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 65 | 146 | 180 | 7th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 16 | 34 | 6 | 50 | 105 | 149 | 6th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |

### 2023-Present Seasons

Note: GP = Games played, RW = Regulation wins, OW = Overtime/Shootout wins, OL = Overtime/shootout losses, RL= Regulation losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference
| Season | GP | RW | OW | OL | RL | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 78 | 165 | 170 | -5 | 7th West(12th Continental Cup) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals,1-4(Avangard Omsk) |

## Players
### Current roster

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| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 84 | Andrei Altybarmakyan (A) | RW | L | 26 | 2023 | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 8 | Denis Barantsev | D | L | 32 | 2024 | Togliatti, Russian SFSR |
| 55 | Maxim Berezin (A) | D | L | 33 | 2023 | Izhevsk, Russian SFSR |
| 24 | Rafael Bikmullin | LW | R | 27 | 2024 | Nizhnekamsk, Russia |
| 19 | Yegor Chernikov | C | L | 22 | 2024 | Nizhnevartovsk, Russia |
| 23 | Vladislav Chervonenko | RW | L | 25 | 2021 | Khabarovsk, Russia |
| 2 | Nikolai Demidov | D | L | 29 | 2023 | Golitsyno, Russia |
| 10 | Mikhail Fisenko (C) | C | L | 34 | 2023 | Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR |
| 28 | Anthony Greco | RW | R | 31 | 2024 | Queens, New York, United States |
| 63 | Yevgeni Groshev | LW | L | 24 | 2021 | Samara, Russia |
| 88 | Artyom Ivanyuzhenkov | LW | L | 26 | 2023 | New York, New York, United States |
| 16 | Troy Josephs | C | L | 30 | 2023 | Whitby, Ontario, Canada |
| 15 | Yevgeni Kalabushkin | D | L | 25 | 2023 | Stupino, Russia |
| 27 | Pavel Koltygin | C | L | 25 | 2023 | Moscow, Russia |
| 48 | Arseni Koromyslov | D | L | 21 | 2024 | Moscow, Russia |
| 18 | Dmitri Kugryshev | LW | R | 34 | 2023 | Balakovo, Russian SFSR |
| 66 | Nikita Mikhailov | C | R | 26 | 2023 | Togliatti, Russia |
| 51 | Maxim Mineyev | D | L | 27 | 2023 | Omsk, Russia |
| 93 | Danila Moiseyev | LW | L | 26 | 2023 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 47 | Yegor Morozov | D | L | 22 | 2024 | Perm, Russia |
| 12 | Arkhip Nekolenko | RW | R | 28 | 2024 | Maryino, Russia |
| 43 | Alexei Ozhgikhin | F | L | 26 | 2023 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 75 | Ziyat Paigin | D | L | 29 | 2024 | Tolyatti, Russia |
| 59 | Vladislav Podyapolsky | G | L | 29 | 2023 | Novokuznetsk, Russia |
| 81 | Nikita Popugayev | LW | R | 26 | 2023 | Moscow, Russia |
| 25 | Ivan Romanov | LW | L | 26 | 2021 | Penza, Russia |
| 71 | Ostap Safin | RW | L | 25 | 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 98 | Gleb Semyonov | D | L | 26 | 2024 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
| 92 | Magomed Sharakanov | D | L | 20 | 2024 | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 42 | Vladislav Syomin | D | L | 26 | 2023 | Nizhny Tagil, Russia |
| 20 | Maxim Tretiak | G | L | 28 | 2024 | Moscow, Russia |
| 1 | Alexander Trushkov | G | L | 28 | 2021 | Moscow, Russia |
| 61 | Karim Vafin | D | L | 20 | 2023 | Kazan, Russia |
| 45 | Nikolai Vladimirov | RW | L | 30 | 2023 | Togliatti, Russia |