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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.
In the Soviet League, which his teams won seven times, Bobrov scored 254 goals in 130 games; he is one of three players who averaged more than a goal per game in the Soviet Championship (along with Alexei Guryshev and Viktor Shuvalov; the three were linemates). [8] During his career Bobrov was known for his "timing and vision."
It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace. The team used to play its home games at Konovalenko Sports Palace, named after Viktor Konovalenko – one of the most famous Soviet goaltenders, who played for the Torpedoes.
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 1946–47, beating Spartak Moscow in the finals.
They won the Soviet national basketball league championship in 1952, [1] as well as the Soviet national volleyball league championship in 1952, [2] and the Soviet national ice hockey league championship three times, in the years 1951, 1952, and 1953 [3] following the 1950 Sverdlovsk Air Disaster.
The Soviet Hockey Championship (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по хоккею) was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia , instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy .
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
The Cup of Russia acted as an independent league title awarded in the Russian Hockey League first in 1997–98, before being merged with the Russian Championship. The recipient team of the Cup is awarded an engraved trophy, whereas the top-3 finalists of the Russian Championship are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals.