Kazakh ice hockey championship
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| Full name | Чемпионат Казахстана по Хоккею |
| Current season | 2016/17 |
| sport | ice Hockey |
| Association | Kazakh Ice Hockey Federation |
| League foundation | 1992 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Country countries |
 Kazakhstan
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| Title holder | HK Arlan Kökschetau (1) |
| Record champions |
 Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (13)
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| Website | www.icehockey.kz |
The Kazakh ice hockey championship ( Russian Чемпионат Казахстана по Хоккею ) has been played between the ice hockey clubs of Kazakhstan since Kazakhstan gained independence from the Soviet Union . The first edition took place in the 1992/93 season . The record champion is Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk with a total of 13 titles.
history
Until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the ice hockey clubs of the Kazakh SSR played in the Soviet Vysschaya League and Pervaya League . The last time the Kazakh teams took part in the game operations in the Soviet Union in the 1991/92 season . The flagship of the Kazakh SSR at that time was Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk , who tried to keep up with the top clubs from Moscow in the upper midfield of the league .
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan's declaration of independence and the merger to form the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Vysschaya League as the top ice hockey division was also discontinued. It was replaced by the International Hockey League for the next four years in the 1992/93 season . At the same time, the Kazakh Ice Hockey Association decided to set up its own championship and the Kazakh Ice Hockey Championship was held for the first time in the 1992/93 season. However, in order to remain competitive, Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Awtomobilist Karaganda (later as Stroitel Karaganda and Bulat Karaganda ) continued to register for the International Hockey League parallel to the Kazakh Championship. After the International Hockey League was dissolved in the summer of 1996 and replaced by the Russian Super League , it was no longer possible for the Kazakh teams to be represented in the top Russian league. Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk played in the course of the 1995/96 season, therefore, in parallel in the second-rate Russian Wysschaja League. Despite a second rank in the main round, the team was not entitled to participate in the relegation round to the Super League. Other Kazakh teams had already played in the third-class Pervaya League in previous years.
The Kazakh championship developed sluggishly in the first few years. Four to five teams registered for the competition per season, but sometimes with up to four teams - up to the U17 juniors - from the top club Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. He was able to confidently secure the championship in the first six years. In the 1998/99 season, HK Bulat Temirtau broke through the Ust-Kamenogorsk winning streak and secured the championship title for the first time. However, the record champions had not reported a team for this year's competition. In the following six years Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (from 2001 as Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk ) won the undisputed title again and the average number of participants rose to seven to eight teams. The record up until then was recorded in the 1999/2000 season , when nine teams registered.
With the 2005/06 season the dominance of Kaszink Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk slowly began to wane. Kasachmys Karaganda won his first national championship in a direct duel with the series champion. Kaszink Torpedo won its last title in the 2006/07 game year .
During this time, more and more Kazakh teams migrated to the Russian leagues in order to play there permanently at a high level. For the 2007/08 season , the Kazakh Association decided to divide the league into a preliminary and a final round because, with ten teams, a new record of participants was set. In addition to the later KHL participant Barys Astana and Kazzinc-Torpedo in 2007/08 were the Kazakhmys Satpaev and in the 2008/09 season, the saryarka karagandy set for the final round. The championship title was secured in each case by Barys Astana, who became the new flagship of Kazakh ice hockey through his participation in the Continental Hockey League.
Before the 2009/10 season , five of the six teams active in the Russian leagues withdrew from the game. The Kazakh association, which until then had paid the teams' travel expenses to Russian opponents, announced in January 2009 that a separate league would be launched with one game operation throughout the season. In their game operation all teams took part with the exception of Barys Astana and Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, which remained in the Continental Hockey League and the Wysschaya League respectively. The title was won for the first time by HK Saryarka Karaganda, who prevailed in both the main round and the playoffs. In the following season , last year's finalist HK Beibarys Atyrau was able to prevail and also won the Kazakh championship title for the first time.
Previous masters
| season | Attendees | master | Runner-up |
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| 1992/93 | 4th | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Awtomobilist Karaganda |
| 1993/94 | 5 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | HK Bulat Temirtau |
| 1994/95 | 4th | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | HK Bulat Temirtau |
| 1995/96 | 4th | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Stroitel Karaganda |
| 1996/97 | 5 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk II |
| 1997/98 | 4th | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | HK Bulat Temirtau |
| 1998/99 | 4th | HK Bulat Temirtau | Awtomobilist Karaganda |
| 1999/00 | 9 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Barys Astana |
| 2000/01 | 7th | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Barys Astana |
| 2001/02 | 8th | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Barys Astana |
| 2002/03 | 7th | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Kasachmys Karaganda |
| 2003/04 | 7th | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Gornjak Rudny |
| 2004/05 | 8th | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | Kasachmys Karaganda |
| 2005/06 | 6th | Kasachmys Karaganda | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| 2006/07 | 7th | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | HK Kasachmys Satpaev |
| 2007/08 | 10 | Barys Astana | Gornjak Rudny |
| 2008/09 | 8th | Barys Astana | Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| 2009/10 | 8th | HK Saryarka Karaganda | HK Beibarys Atyrau |
| 2010/11 | 10 | HK Beibarys Atyrau | Barys Astana II |
| 2011/12 | 10 | HK Beibarys Atyrau | HK Ertis Pavlodar |
| 2012/13 | 10 | HK Ertis Pavlodar | HK Beibarys Atyrau |
| 2013/14 | 10 | HK Ertis Pavlodar | HK Arlan Kökschetau |
| 2014/15 | 10 | HK Ertis Pavlodar | HK Arlan Kökschetau |
| 2015/16 | 10 | HK Beibarys Atyrau | HK Arlan Kökschetau |
| 2016/17 | 10 | Nomad Astana | HK Arystan Temirtau |
| 2017/18 | 10 | HK Arlan Kökschetau | Nomad Astana |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kazakh teams stay at home. In: iihf.com. January 29, 2009, accessed October 10, 2017 .