HC Spartak Moscow

HC Spartak (, ) is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2013–14 season. However, the team did not participate in the KHL league the 2014–15 season because of financial issues but rejoined the league prior to the 2015–16 season as members of the Bobrov Division.
==History==
One of the sections of the Spartak Moscow sports club, HC Spartak Moscow was established in 1946. They have won the Soviet Championship four times, and have also had European-level success in the Spengler Cup, which they have won five times.
Unfortunately for its fans, the financial state of the team was becoming worse and worse since the beginning of 2006. After the season, a Russian businessman and huge Spartak fan, Vadim Melkov, volunteered to find suitable sponsorship for his favorite team. After negotiations, the Government of Moscow agreed to cover all of team debts. Some preliminary agreements about team sale were achieved as well. However, Melkov died during the S7 Airlines plane crash of July 9, 2006. All the deal proposals were cancelled. After a month of struggling to improve the financial situation, it was decided by Spartak management to disband the team for a year. "Sovetski Sport" newspaper, August 11th, 2006.
==Honors==
===Champions===
 Soviet League Championship (4): 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976
 USSR Cup (2): 1970, 1971
 Vysshaya Liga Championship (1): 2001
 Spengler Cup (5): 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1990
 Ahearne Cup (3): 1971, 1972, 1973
 Mountfield Cup (1): 2019
===Runners-up===
 Soviet League Championship (11): 1948, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991
 Soviet League Championship (9): 1947, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992
 USSR Cup (2): 1967, 1977
 European Cup (2): 1970, 1977
 Spengler Cup (1): 1982
 Spengler Cup (1): 1978
 Ahearne Cup (1): 1970
==Season-by-season KHL record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OTL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Top Scorer 	Playoffs
2008–09	56 	26 	21 	1 	93 	173 	158 	3rd Bobrov 	Branko Radivojevič 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-0 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2009–10	56 	24 	20 	0 	92 	178 	168 	3rd, Bobrov 	Branko Radivojevič 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2010–11	54 	24 	22 	3 	82 	129 	142 	3rd, Bobrov 	Štefan Ružička 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2011–12	54 	17 	27 	2 	64 	124 	163 	5th, Bobrov 	Štefan Ružička 	Did not qualify
2012–13	52 	11 	28 	2 	52 	106 	151 	7th, Tarasov 	Branko Radivojevič 	Did not qualify
2013–14	54 	12 	28 	2 	58 	105 	147 	7th, Tarasov 	Vyacheslav Kozlov 	Did not qualify
2014–15	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate 	Did not participate
2015–16	60 	25 	33 	2 	77 	139 	172 	6th, Bobrov 	Lukáš Radil 	Did not qualify
2016–17	60 	21 	33 	6 	66 	125 	168 	6th, Bobrov 	Matt Gilroy 	Did not qualify
2017–18	56 	29 	23 	4 	85 	153 	146 	3rd, Bobrov 	Alexander Khokhlachev	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2018–19	62 	28 	26 	8 	64 	156 	158 	4th, Bobrov 	Alexander Khokhlachev	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2019–20	62 	34 	19 	9 	77 	173 	143 	4th, Bobrov 	Artyom Fyodorov 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2020–21	60 	28 	25 	7 	63 	157 	173 	4th, Bobrov 	Sergei Shirokov 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2021–22	48 	26 	18 	4 	56 	122 	118 	3rd, Bobrov 	Jori Lehterä 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2022–23	68 	28 	32 	8 	64 	154 	192 	4th, Bobrov 	Alexander Khokhlachev	Did not qualify
2023–24	68 	40 	20 	8 	88 	233 	189 	2nd, Bobrov 	Nikolay Goldobin 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
==References==
==External links==
* HC Spartak Moscow official website
Category:Ice hockey teams in Russia