Rubin Tyumen

Rubin Tyumen
Rubin Tyumen
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City	Tyumen, Russia
League	VHL 2010–present; Vysshaya Liga; 1992–1994, 1999–2010; RSL; 1996–1999; IHL; 1994–1996; Soviet League Class A3; 1972–1979, 1983–1992;
Founded	1972
Home arena	Sports Palace Tyumen (3,300 seats)
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Head coach	Miskhat Fakhrutdinov
Affiliate(s)	Tyumen Legion (MHL)
Website	http://www.hcrubin.ru/

Rubin Tyumen is an ice hockey team in Tyumen, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.

History

The club's direct predecessor was a team called Vodnik Tyumen. It participated in lower levels of the Soviet hockey championship representing a Tyumen shipbuilding plant. In 1972, its place was taken by a team called Rubin ("Ruby") that began to represent a Tyumen automobile plant. It participated in the second group of the USSR championship "A". In 1995, it was reestablished as Gazovik Tyumen and changed its name back to Rubin Tyumen in 2010. In 2011, Rubin became the first VHL champions.