Kunlun Red Star

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Kunlun Red Star
Club information
history Kunlun Red Star (since 2016)
Location Beijing , People's Republic of China
Club colors Red Yellow
league Continental hockey league
Venue Shougang Ice Hockey Arena
Universiade Sports Center
capacity 3,000
14,000 seats
executive Director Raitis Pilsetnieks
Head coach Curtis Fraser
Season 2018/19 11th place (east), no playoff qualification

The HC Kunlun Red Star is a Chinese ice hockey team from Beijing , who in June 2016, the Continental Hockey League belongs and in the season 2016/17 for the first time took part in the game operation of the league. The club's home base is the Cadillac Arena with a capacity of 18,000, which was the venue for the 2008 Olympic basketball tournament. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the club announced on July 15, 2020 that it would play its home games for the 2020/21 season in the Mytishchi Arena .

history

Game of Kunlun Red Star against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (2016)

On June 25, 2016, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, an agreement was signed between the KHL and Kunlun Red Star, which enabled the club to join the Russian league. This made the team from Beijing the first Chinese representative in the KHL, which from then on consisted of clubs from eight countries. A corresponding letter of intent had previously been signed between the Russian Ice Hockey Federation , the KHL and Red Star Kunlun in March 2016 .

The first head coach was the Russian Vladimir Jursinov junior , the post of sports director was taken over by his compatriot Vladimir Kretschin. Kunlun played the first competitive game in the Continental Hockey League on September 1, 2016 (2-1 win over Amur Khabarovsk ), while Canadian Sean Collins scored the first goal in the club's history. The KHL home premiere took place five days later, and this game was also won by "Red Star" (6: 3 against Admiral Vladivostok ).

After the 2016/17 season, Mike Keenan was introduced as the new head coach. In May 2017 Richard Gynge was signed by Kunlun Red Star. Due to this obligation, among other things, General Manager Wladimir Kretschin was dismissed a few weeks later and Mike Keenan also took over his post. In November 2017, a new manager was introduced with Raitis Pilsetnieks , while Keenan remained head coach. In the 2017/18 season and at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, the team played their home games in Shanghai at the Feiyang Skating Center . The team was originally scheduled to return to the Cadillac Arena in Beijing in January 2019 . However, the new venues were the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena with 3,000 seats in Beijing and the Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen with a maximum of 14,000 seats.

Squad for the 2019/20 season

Status: August 2020

No. Nat. player Item Date of birth in the team since place of birth
30th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Šimon Hrubec G June 30, 1991 2019 Vimperk , Czechoslovakia
40 United StatesUnited States Jeremy Smith G April 13, 1989 2019 Dearborn , Michigan , USA
88 CanadaCanada Victor Bartley D. 17th February 1988 2018 Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
7th United StatesUnited States Jake Chelios D. 0March 8, 1991 2019 Chicago , Illinois , USA
55 CanadaCanada Jason Fram D. April 23, 1995 2019 Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
8th CanadaCanada Brayden Jaw D. April 24, 1992 2017 Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
22nd CanadaCanada Trevor Murphy D. July 17, 1995 2019 Windsor , Ontario , Canada
60 RussiaRussia Denis Osipov D. 0May 9, 1987 2019 Magnitogorsk , Russian SFSR
23 CanadaCanada Griffin Reinhart D. January 24, 1994 2019 West Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
5 CanadaCanada Ryan Sproul D. January 13, 1993 2019 Mississauga , Ontario , Canada
62 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrej Šustr D. November 23, 1990 2019 Pilsen , Czechoslovakia
77 CanadaCanada Mikaël Tam D. April 26, 1991 2019 Québec City , Québec , Canada
12 SlovakiaSlovakia Dávid Bondra RW August 26, 1992 2019 Annapolis , Maryland , USA
17th CanadaCanada Gilbert Brulé C. 0January 1, 1987 2019 Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
27 CanadaCanada Adam Cracknell RW July 15, 1985 2019 Prince Albert , Saskatchewan , Canada
24 CanadaCanada Brandon DeFazio LW September 13, 1988 2019 Oakville , Ontario , Canada
15th CanadaCanada Spencer Foo RW 0January 1, 1994 2019 Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
42 CanadaCanada Garet Hunt LW October 14, 1987 2019 Maple Ridge , British Columbia , Canada
47 United StatesUnited States Cory Kane -  A. C. September 15, 1990 2017 Irvine , California , USA
United StatesUnited States Danny Kristo RW June 18, 1990 2020 Eden Prairie , Minnesota , USA
20th CanadaCanada Luke Lockhart RW 0November 1, 1992 2019 Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada
71 United StatesUnited States Andrew Miller C. September 18, 1988 2019 Bloomfield Hills , Michigan , USA
CanadaCanada Devante Smith-Pelly RW June 14, 1992 2019 Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
61 CanadaCanada Ethan Werek C. 0June 7, 1991 2019 Markham , Ontario , Canada
91 CanadaCanada Tyler Wong RW February 28, 1996 2019 Airdrie , Alberta , Canada
18th CanadaCanada Brandon Yip RW April 25, 1985 2017 Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada


Women team

Since the season 2017/18 , the women's team of the Kunlun Red Star is one of the Canadian Women Hockey League Canadian Women's Hockey League to. The team plays in Shenzhen and has been playing under the name of Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays since 2018 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Kunlun Red Star to base in Mytishchi for 2020-2021. In: KHL. July 15, 2020, accessed July 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ It's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Chinese team to join Continental Hockey League. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
  5. ↑ KHL and RIHF Sign a Protocol of Intentions with a Chinese club. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
  6. ^ Kunlun Red Star: First Press Conference. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Red Star shines bright on debut. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Happy homecoming for Kunlun. September 5 round-up. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Keenan takes total control to Kunlun - The Sherbrooke Times. (No longer available online.) In: sherbrooktimes.com. August 27, 2017, archived from the original on September 13, 2017 ; accessed on September 13, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sherbrooktimes.com
  10. ↑ Rogers Digital Media: Mike Keenan removed as GM of KHL's Red Star team, will remain coach. In: sportsnet.ca. November 28, 2017, accessed November 30, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Patrick Conway: Kunlun Red Star Beijing in 2018-19. In: conwaysrussianhockey.wordpress.com. August 20, 2018, accessed September 28, 2018 .
  12. ↑ «Куньлунь Ред Стар» с 3 января 2019 года будет проводить домашние матчи на "Кадиллак Арене» в. Пекине »в. In: khl.ru. September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Jandac leaves Metallurg ... Kunlun Red Star brought the league to a new venue in the south of China. In: en.khl.ru. September 9, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019 .
  14. ↑ http://www.hockeyweb.de/nhl/chinesisches-team-spielt-in-kanadischer-frauen-liga-89056
  15. ↑ Michael Drapack: China's Kunlun Red Star officially joins CWHL. In: cbc.ca. May 19, 2017, accessed April 25, 2018 .