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The KHL's Bobrov Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration and is part of the Western conference since the second season of KHL when the conferences were established. It is one of 4 divisions. It is named in honor of Vsevolod Bobrov; storied ice hockey gold medalist for the Soviet Union and former CSKA and VVS player.
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov (Russian: Все́волод Миха́йлович Бобро́в, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələd bɐˈbrof]; 1 December 1922 – 1 July 1979) was a Soviet athlete, who excelled in football, bandy and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Soviets ever in each of those sports.
This is a category categorizing various articles pertaining to the Bobrov Division of the Western Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League. Pages in category "Bobrov Division" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
1947–48 Vsevolod Bobrov - CDKA Moscow; 1948–49 Alexei Guryshev - Krylya Sovetov Moscow; 1951–52 Vsevolod Bobrov - VVS Moscow; 1950–51 Vsevolod Bobrov - VVS Moscow; 1951–52 Vsevolod Bobrov - VVS Moscow; 1952–53 Viktor Shuvalov - VVS Moscow; 1953–54 Belyaev Bekyashev - ODO Leningrad; 1954–55 Alexei Guryshev - Krylya Sovetov Moscow
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород) is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace.
The club returned to the Soviet Class A in 1950–51 and remained in the top division of the Soviet league until 1991. The highest achievements of the club during that time were the 1968 and 1971 Soviet Cup Finals (the former was lost to CSKA Moscow 7–1, the latter to Spartak Moscow 5–1) as well as the bronze medals of the 1970–71 and ...
Vsevolod Bobrov during the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Soviet Union's first appearance at the Olympics. Ice hockey was not properly introduced into the Soviet Union until the 1940s, though bandy, a similar game played on a larger ice field, had long been popular in the
The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete. [2] The countries that benefited most were the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, where top athletes were state-sponsored while retaining their status as amateurs.