Sarmaty Orenburzhya

Sarmaty Orenburg
Сарматы Оренбург
CityOrenburg, Russia
LeagueMHL
ConferenceEastern
Founded2015
Home arenaZvezdny Ice Palace
Colours     
Head coachSergei Lopushansky
AffiliateYuzhny Ural Orsk (VHL)
WebsiteOfficial website

Sarmaty Orenburg (Russian: Сарматы Оренбург) is a junior ice hockey team based in Orenburg, Russia.

Founded in 2015, they play in the Eastern Conference of the Russian under-20 Junior Hockey League (MHL).[1]

Players

[edit]
Player Name[2] Number Position
Alexei Golubev 1 Goalkeeper
Timothy Shirgaziev 20 Goalkeeper
Nikita Chentsov 50 Goalkeeper
Sergey Mazhaev 68 Defender
Kirill Gorbunov 54 Defender
Paul Babenko 28 Defender
Dmitriy Fetisov 17 Defender
Kirill Vetrov 7 Defender
Sabir Baykov 8 Defender
Egor Leushin 2 Defender
Danil Novikov 5 Defender
Artem Zhomov 63 Defender
Sergey Bragin 92 Forward
Egor Razumniak 9 Forward
Gleb Kosivanov 11 Forward
Vladislav Rvachev 72 Forward
Michael Pavlenko 18 Forward
Michael Ivanov 13 Forward
Ilya Mayorov 25 Forward
Zakhar Zakharov 33 Forward
Alexander Volokhov 31 Forward
Ilya Sviridenko 15 Forward
Danis Vagapov 47 Forward
Ilya Bobryashov 88 Forward
Egor Ivanov 12 Forward
Paul Meshkov 21 Forward
Ivan Evdokimov 74 Forward
Artem Starovoitov 65 Forward
Danil Borodim 70 Forward
Ivan Znamenshchikov 35 Forward

Controversy

[edit]

In early 2023, the doctor for the team, Alexander Zhukov, died under suspicious circumstances. While no official cause of death has been published,[3] some suspect that his death may be related to his practices of protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In January of 2023, the former head coach for the team, Vladimir Gromilin, was fired by the team's management for physically abusing a player, Yegor Razumnyak. This comes after a long string of coaches being fired for abuse of the team's young and often underage players. Former head coach Artur Ruslanov was fired in 2019 for allegedly being in a homosexual relationship with then-underage player Samuil Danilov. Ruslanov has not yet faced trial as his trial date was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Changes Coming in Russian Junior Hockey". May 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Сарматы – ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЙ САЙТ ХК «САРМАТЫ»" (in Russian). Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Урал56.Ру. "Сегодня в Орске умер врач ХК «Сарматы»". Урал56.Ру. Retrieved February 5, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ https://translate.yandex.ru/?from=tabbar&source_lang=fi&target_lang=en&text=sormat
[edit]