Yuzhny Ural Orsk

Yuzhny Ural Orsk Южный Урал Орск
Club information
history	SKJu (1958–1961) Trud Orsk (1961–1962) Juschny Ural Orsk (since 1962)
Location	Orsk , Russia
Club colors	blue, white, gray
league	Vysschaya Hockey League
Venue	Palace of Sports "Jubileyny" ("Anniversary")
capacity	4,500 seats
executive Director	Oleg Piwunov
Head coach	Andrei Kudryashov
captain	Denis Ignashin
Season 2018/19	16th place, playoff round of 16

The HK Juschny Ural Orsk ( Russian Хоккейныӣ клуб Южный Урал Орск , German hockey club Südural Orsk ) is an ice hockey club founded in 1958 in the Russian city ​​of Orsk . The team plays in the second-rate Vysschaya hockey league .

history

The association was founded in 1958 as Komanda Orska . Initially, the team played in lower-class Soviet leagues. In the 1970/71 season he was promoted to the third class Wtoraja League . Due to the success in the preliminary round, the team tried to move up to the second division in 1989 through the promotion round , but failed as the last place.

From 1992 to 2010 the team was based in the second-rate Wysschaja Liga . In 2010 it was included in their successor league , the Wysschaja Hockey League .

Yuzhny Ural Orsk is the farm team of KHL participant Metallurg Magnitogorsk .

Web links

• Official website (russian)