Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (VHL)

Lokomotiv
City Yaroslavl, Russia
League VHL
Founded 2011
Home arena Arena 2000 (9,070 seats)
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Head coach Petr Vorobiev
Affiliate(s) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)

Lokomotiv is an ice hockey team in Yaroslavl, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. It is a farm club of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. It was founded in 2011 after the entire KHL team along with its coaching staff died in a plane crash and consisted of MHL players of Loko Yaroslavl. When the franchise rejoined the Kontinental Hockey League in its 2012–13 season it was decided to keep a minor team in the VHL structure.

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