Keramin Minsk
Encyclopedia
Keramin Minsk is an ice hockey
team from Minsk
in Belarus
. It plays in the Ekstraliga
.
, they signed an affiliation to be a feeder club for Dinamo Minsk, who play in the Kontinental Hockey League
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team from Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. It plays in the Ekstraliga
Belarusian Extraliga
The Belarusian Extraleague , officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus...
.
History
The club was created in 1998 under the name HC Minsk. In 2001, the club changed name to Keramin Minsk. In 2008, they joined the EkstraligaBelarusian Extraliga
The Belarusian Extraleague , officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus...
, they signed an affiliation to be a feeder club for Dinamo Minsk, who play in the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
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Honours
- Winner of Belarusian ExtraligaBelarusian ExtraligaThe Belarusian Extraleague , officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus...
: 2002, 2008. - Winner of the Eastern European Hockey LeagueEastern European Hockey LeagueEastern European Hockey League was a regional ice hockey league which existed from 1995 to 2005.The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those countries. In some years, the league also included teams from Poland...
: 2003, 2004. - Winner of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Cup: 2002.