Bratina Cup
A Bratina may refer to a trophy awarded to the winner of the play-off of the Major League and also a ritual vessel used in neo Slavic and nei Germanic pagan ritualism.
Hockey
The Bratina Cup (Russian: Кубок "Братина", Kubok "Bratina") was the trophy awarded to the winner of the play-off of the Major League (Vysshaya Liga) until 2010 and is one of the two trophies[1] awarded to the winner of the play-off of the Major Hockey League (VHL) since the 2010–11 season.[2] The names of winning clubs inscribed on the trophy are from the 1999–00 season onward.[2] The trophy weights almost 19 kg.[3][4]
The current 2012 holders of the trophy, and the last holders of the trophy as part of the Vysshaya Liga, is Toros Neftekamsk, who defeated Rubin Tyumen in the Best-of-seven final series 4 games to 1.[5]
The winners of the Major Hockey League will be awarded the Major Hockey League Champions' Cup by the Major Hockey League and the Bratina Cup by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia.[1]
Paganism
Bratina (братина) is a ritual drinking / offering vessel, used especially in Rodnovery and Odinism rituals.
See also
- Gagarin Cup, KHL main trophy
- Kharlamov Cup, MHL main trophy
References
- 1 2 Press Service of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (9 April 2010). Валерий Фесюк избран Председателем Правления НП "Высшая хоккейная лига" (in Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- 1 2 Sovetsky Sport (7 May 2010). Николай Урюпин: По дороге никого не растеряли (in Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ Победитель Высшей лиги получит "Братину" (in Russian). Championat.ru. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ ФХР представила Кубок высшей лиги (in Russian). Sports.ru. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ http://www.vhlru.ru/lenta/19972/
External links
- An article on Sports.ru with the photo of the trophy
- Bratina Cup displayed on the front page of the VHL website