Unified Hockey Club Dynamo , or simply Dynamo Moscow, is a Russia

Russia

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n professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 club based in Moscow

Moscow

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. They are members of 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....

. The team was created in 2010 after the merger of HC Dynamo

HC Dynamo Moscow

HC Dynamo Moscow was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League...

 and HC MVD. It assumed the history of the historical Dynamo club, and the roster and ownership from MVD.

History

Part of the Dynamo Moscow sports club, a part of Dynamo sports society, the team was founded in 1946 and in its early days was sponsored by the KGB

KGB

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. It was among Russia's most successful clubs, winning the Soviet Championship in 1947, 1954, 1990, and 1991, the Russian Championship in 1992, 1993, 1995, and 2000, and the Russian Superleague in 1999-2000 and 2005. It also won the Spengler Cup

Spengler Cup

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 in 1983 and 2008 and the IIHF European Champions Cup

IIHF European Champions Cup

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 in 2006.

As HC Dynamo Moscow

• Russian League
  Russian Superleague
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   Championship (4): 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005
• Soviet League
  Soviet Hockey League
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   Championship (5): 1947, 1954, 1990, 1991, 1992
• Spengler Cup
  Spengler Cup
  The Spengler Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, between...
  
  (2): 1983, 2008
• European Champions Cup
  IIHF European Champions Cup
  The IIHF European Champions Cup was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation , which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF...
  
  (1): 2006
• Ahearne Cup
  Ahearne Cup
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  (2): 1975, 1976
• USSR Cup (3): 1953, 1972, 1976

Honored members

Dynamo Moscow Honored members
No.	Player
Coach	Arkady Chernyshev Arkady Chernyshev Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev was a Soviet ice hockey and soccer player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League, also a coach for «Dynamo» Moscow club and a distinguished coach for Soviet Union national ice hockey team....
1	Boris Zaitsev
1	Vladimir Myshkin Vladimir Myshkin Vladimir Semenovich Myshkin is a former ice hockey goaltender. He was a goaltender for HC Dynamo Moscow and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team in the 1970s and 1980s....
2	Oleg Tolmachev Oleg Tolmachev Oleg Vasilyevich Tolmachev was a Soviet ice hockey player and coach.-Early life:Tolmachev was born in Novosibirsk . He served in the Red Army from 1939 to 1946, and saw action in World War II during 1942-44. He was decorated twice.-References:* from Gazeta.ru...
2	Pavel Zhiburtovich
3	Vitaly Davydov Vitaly Davydov Vitaly Semenovich Davydov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in Moscow, and played his entire club career for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.-External links:...
5	Stanislav Petukhov Stanislav Petukhov Stanislav Afanasievich Petukhov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.-External links:*...
5	Vasily Pervukhin
6	Valery Vasiliev
8	Valentin Kuzin Valentin Kuzin Valentin Egorevich Kuzin was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1954.-External links:*...
9	Nikolay Postavnin
9	Alexander Uvarov
10	Yuri Krylov Yuri Krylov Yuri Nikolaevich Krylov was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1954.-External links:*...
11	Yuri Volkov Yuri Volkov Yuri Volkov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow and HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963....
11	Alexander Maltsev
17	Vladimir Yurzinov Vladimir Yurzinov Vladimir Yurzinov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963....
17	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Zinetula "Bill" Khaidarovich Bilyaletdinov is a former Russian ice hockey player of Tatar roots, who competed for the USSR. In 1973-1988 he competed for HC Dynamo Moscow...

Russian clubs tend to hang a banner of honor with a player's jersey number (sometimes multiple players per number), while still keeping it active.

External links

Official website