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The first player to score a goal was defenceman Andre Lakos.Д«efore the 2009вЂ“10 season the team had to face budget cuts and lose its biggest stars including Oleg Kvasha and Evgenii Dadonov. The first game in the new arena, played against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, was won by 3-2. 2009 was also notable for the club's move to the Arena Traktor. Kvasha was named the team's MVP of the season.

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Despite a good start Chelyabinsk finished the regular season with disappointing results and eventually failed to advance in the playoffs further than the first round losing the series to Atlant Moscow Oblast with an overall score 13-2.

Although he succeeded at securing Traktor's place in the top league, Nazarov's coaching style led Traktor to a new world record in overall penalty minutes in a single game that was set after the mass brawl versus Ak Bars Kazan in January 2008.ДЇirst seasons in the KHL (2008вЂ“2010) Дuring 2008вЂ“09 KHL season Traktor was reinforced by its alumni Ravil Gusmanov and NHL star Oleg Kvasha. He was replaced by Andrei Nazarov, a native of Chelyabinsk who had spent 13 seasons in the NHL as an enforcer. Coached by Gennady Tsygurov they won the second division championship earning promotion to the Russian Superleague.ДЄfter the 2006-07 season, Tsygurov resigned. The team found its way back to the elite only in 2006. In 1998 Traktor was relegated to the Vysshaya Liga and was replaced in its role as the major hockey team of Chelyabinsk by Mechel. A group of Traktor players, including Sergei Gomolyako, Valeri Karpov, Igor Varitsky, Ravil Gusmanov and others, appeared on Team Russia at several world championships.Дuring the late 1990s ice hockey in Chelyabinsk entered a period of decline. In the early 1990s, Traktor twice finished third in the International Hockey League under head coach Valery Belousov. International League and Russian Superleague years (1992вЂ“2008) Starikov and Makarov each won over 10 international tournaments with Team USSR. Along his teammate, defenseman Sergei Starikov, he regularly played on the Soviet national team from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. One of the best Soviet forwards of all times, Sergei Makarov, was born in Chelyabinsk and began his career in Traktor. ДЄt that time, Traktor produced several players who achieved international prominence. In the 1976-77 season Traktor won bronze in the Soviet hockey championships, the team's highest achievement during the Soviet period of its history. Although Traktor led 2-0, they lost the game with a score of 2-5. In 1973, Traktor played in the USSR Cup finals against the CSKA. The team returned to the first division in 1968. In 1965 - 1968, Traktor played in the second division of the Soviet hockey championships. In 1955 Chelyabinsk reached the fourth place for the first time (back then a medal table still was dominated by the Moscow teams). Viktor Shuvalov, a future star of Moscow clubs VVS and CSKA, led the team in scores during its first season in the championship. Traktor played its first game in the top league on Decemagainst CDKA Moscow. The current name was adopted starting with the 1958вЂ“59 season. In 1948-1953 the team was called Dzerzhinets and Avangard in 1954 - 1958.

History Soviet Championship (1948вЂ“1992) ДЇounded in 1947 as a team of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, Traktor have played for the Soviet and Russian championships since 1948.

1.2 International League and Russian Superleague years (1992вЂ“2008).

In 2009 the team moved to the arena now called Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Belousov, their present home arena in Chelyabinsk. From 1967 to 2009 the team played their home games at the Yunost Sport Palace. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor ( Russian: РўСЂР°РєС‚РѕСЂ), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Ice hockey team in Chelyabinsk, Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk