| Dynamo Moscow | |
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| Nickname | White and Blues, Wolves |
| City | Moscow,Russia |
| League | KHL 2008–present
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| Conference | Western |
| Division | Tarasov |
| Founded | 22 December 1946; 78 years ago (1946-12-22) |
| Home arena | VTB Arena (capacity: 10,523) |
| Colours | Blue, white |
| General manager | Alexei Sopin |
| Head coach | Alexei Kudashov |
| Affiliates | Dynamo St. Petersburg (VHL) MHC Dynamo (MHL) |
| Website | dynamo |
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| Franchise history | |
| HC Dynamo Moscow 1946–present | |
 Current season | |
HC Dynamo Moscow (Russian:ХК Динамо Москва) is a professionalice hockey club based inMoscow, Russia. It is a member of theTarasov Division in theKontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Dynamo has won theGagarin Cup twice, in2011–12 and2012–13 seasons, and won the regular season championship once, in2013–14, winning theContinental Cup.
The club is one of the most successful teams in Russia.
The team was founded in 1946 and belonged theDynamo Moscow sports club, a part ofDynamo sports society sponsored by the SovietMinistry of Interior and the national security structures including theKGB. It won the first Soviet hockey championship in1946–47, beatingSpartak Moscow in the finals. Helmed byArkady Chernyshev during the first decades of its history, Dynamo established itself as one of the top teams of theSoviet hockey league. Throughout the Soviet era, Dynamo was among the top three teams almost every season, winning five championships and threeUSSR Cups. The last years of the Soviet hockey championship and the beginning of theIHL period were marked with Dynamo winning four seasons in a row and ending decades of dominance byCSKA Moscow.[citation needed]
In 2010, Dynamo Moscow merged withHC MVD, a KHL team fromBalashikha owned by theMinistry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The team continued the history of the Dynamo club, with the majority of its roster and executives from HC MVD. The new club was officially calledUnited Hockey Club (UHC) Dynamo Moscow, and for one season the new club was referred to asUHC Dynamo, then for a couple years asUHC Dynamo Moscow, but in 2012 the official name of the club was reverted toHockey Club Dynamo Moscow.[1]
In 2013 Dynamo Moscow had tried to recruitAlexander Ovechkin who played for them from 2001 to 2005, but switched to theWashington Capitals soon after.[2]
Under the guidance of director and president, Andrei Safronov, HC Dynamo was reported to have amassed a debt of 2 billion rubles (US$33 million) following the2016–17 season.[3] With concerns from the governing body of the KHL, Dynamo were ordered to give a presentation as to how they would be funded in the following season on 24 May 2017.[4]
As a branch of the Dynamo Moscow sporting club, the parent company board opted to remove Safronov, citing a breach of trust with sponsors and took control of the hockey club.[3] Dynamo then refused to pay back the debt, citing it wasn't their responsibility, putting the onus on former CEO Safronov to repay the debt due to his mismanagement. With allegations of embezzlement, HC Dynamo's offices were raided by police in order to retrieve accounting documentation on 2 June 2017.[5] With the players having not been paid in three months, former HC Dynamo board led by Safronov declared bankruptcy in order to escape the debt.[6]
On 4 July 2017, at a KHL board meeting, the Disciplinary Committee took action with Dynamo's failure to meet contractual obligations by declaring all 42 players under contract with Dynamo as free agents.[7][8]
Soviet League Championship(5):1946–47,1953–54,1989–90,1990–91,1991–92
USSR Cup(3): 1953, 1972, 1976
IHL Championship(2):1992–93,1994–95
IHL Cup(1): 1996
Russian Superleague(2):1999–00,2004–05
Gagarin Cup(2):2011–12,2012–13
Continental Cup(2):2013–14,2023–24
Opening Cup(3):2010–11,2012–13,2013–14
IIHF European Champions Cup(1):2006
IIHF Continental Cup(1):2004–05
Spengler Cup(2): 1983, 2008
Lugano Cup(1): 1991
Ahearne Cup(2): 1975, 1976
Tampere Cup(2): 1991, 1992
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Top Scorer | Playoffs |
| 2008–09 | 56 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 100 | 184 | 143 | 2nd, Chernyshev | Dmitry Afanasenkov(35 points: 19 G, 16 A; 56 GP) | Lost in Semifinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2009–10 | 56 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 101 | 166 | 151 | 2nd, Bobrov | Mattias Weinhandl(60 points: 26 G, 34 A; 56 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–3 (Spartak Moscow) |
| 2010–11 | 54 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 96 | 149 | 131 | 1st, Bobrov | Konstantin Gorovikov(38 points: 11 G, 27 A; 54 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dinamo Riga) |
| 2011–12 | 54 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 105 | 144 | 115 | 2nd, Bobrov | Marek Kvapil(29 points: 12 G, 17 A; 53 GP) | Gagarin Cup Champions,4–3(Avangard Omsk) |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 101 | 150 | 115 | 2nd, Bobrov | Alexander Ovechkin(40 points: 19 G, 21 A; 31 GP) | Gagarin Cup Champions,4–2(Traktor Chelyabinsk) |
| 2013–14 | 54 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 115 | 171 | 113 | 1st, Tarasov | Maksim Karpov(34 points: 11 G, 23 A; 48 GP) Leo Komarov(34 points: 12 G, 22 A; 54 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) |
| 2014–15 | 60 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 123 | 172 | 120 | 2nd, Tarasov | Kaspars Daugaviņš(37 points: 22 G, 15 A; 56 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 105 | 167 | 126 | 4th, Tarasov | Alexei Tsvetkov(39 points: 7 G, 32 A; 58 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2016–17 | 60 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 112 | 164 | 111 | 2nd, Tarasov | Mārtiņš Karsums(34 points: 16 G, 18 A; 52 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 80 | 134 | 139 | 6th, Tarasov | Ilya Nikulin(27 points: 12 G, 15 A; 56 GP) | did not qualify |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 72 | 153 | 139 | 3rd, Bobrov | Vadim Shipachyov(68 points: 20 G, 48 A; 61 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 82 | 182 | 144 | 3rd, Bobrov | Vadim Shipachyov(65 points: 17 G, 48 A; 61 GP) | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Spartak Moscow) Playoffs cancelled due toCOVID-19 |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 84 | 195 | 137 | 2nd, Tarasov | Vadim Shipachyov(67 points: 20 G, 47 A; 57 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 159 | 119 | 2nd, Tarasov | Vadim Shipachyov(67 points: 24 G, 43 A; 48 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 87 | 174 | 147 | 3rd, Tarasov | Jordan Weal(43 points: 14 G, 29 A; 62 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 98 | 215 | 160 | 1st, Tarasov | Nikita Gusev(89 points: 23 G, 66 A; 68 GP) | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk) |
| 2024–25 | 68 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 89 | 204 | 167 | 2nd, Tarasov | Nikita Gusev(69 points: 29 G, 40 A; 68 GP) | Lost in Semifinals, 1–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk) |
Updated 15 August 2025.[9][10]
Players
Builders
Dynamo Moscow has honoured 25 players and one coach in its history.
| HC Dynamo Moscow honoured members | ||||
| #1 | Player | Position | Career | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Arkady Chernyshev | N/A | 1946–74 | |
| 1 | Boris Zaitsev | G | 1957–70 | |
| 1 | Vladimir Myshkin | G | 1980–90 | |
| 2 | Oleg Tolmachev | D | 1987–04 | |
| 2 | Pavel Zhiburtovich | D | 1955–62 | |
| 3 | Vitaly Davydov | RW | 1957–73 | |
| 5 | Stanislav Petukhov | RW | 1956–68 | |
| 5 | Vasily Pervukhin | D | 1976–89 | |
| 6 | Valery Vasiliev | D | 1967–84 | |
| 6 | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 1987–94 | |
| 8 | Valentin Kuzin | LW | 1950–61 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Golikov | F | 1976–83 | |
| 9 | Nikolay Postavnin | F | 1946–51 | |
| 9 | Alexander Uvarov | C | 1948–60 | |
| 9 | Anatoli Semenov | C | 1979–90 | |
| 10 | Yuri Krylov | RW | 1951–65 | |
| 10 | Vladimir Golikov | C | 1977–85 | |
| 11 | Yuri Volkov | LW | 1996–99 | |
| 11 | Alexander Maltsev | C | 1967–84 | |
| 12 | Igor Korolev | C | 1988–92 | |
| 14 | Sergei Svetlov | F | 1978–89 | |
| 17 | Vladimir Yurzinov | C | 1957–72 | |
| 17 | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov | D | 1973–88 | |
| 26 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 1988–92 | |
| 29 | Mikhail Shtalenkov | G | 1986–92 | |
| 30 | Sergei Yashin | F | 1980–90 | |
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