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Avangard Omsk (Авангард Омск)
Division	Kharlamov
Founded	1950
Home Arena	Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Ledova
City	Omsk
Colors	black, red and white
Head Coach	Igor Nikitin (interim)

Avangard Omsk (in Russian: Авангард Омск, Omsk Vanguard) (founded in 1950 in Omsk, Russia) is a professional ice hockey team of the Kontinental Hockey League. They play their home games at the Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova.

The team won the Russian Superleague Championship once (2004) and the IIHF European Champions Cup once (2005).

History

The club has changed names several times, with previous names including Spartak Omsk, Aeroflot Omsk, Kauchuk Omsk, Khimik Omsk, and Shinnik Omsk.

In 2004, the team won its first and to date only RSL championship, thus qualifying for the inaugural edition of the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2005. They became the first winners of the Cup, after defeating Kärpät Oulu in the Finals.

On July 2008, Avangard stunned the hockey world by signing superstar forward Jaromir Jagr to a two years contract worth the equivalent of $5 million US per season. The signing of the Czech player was among the biggest done by teams of the upstart Continental Hockey League. However, the team had a disappointing start of season. Six games into it, Avangard laid 21st out of 24 in the standings with a mere six points; head coach Sergei Gersonsky was fired on September 16th. They appointed Calgary Flames' assistant coach Wayne Fleming a few days later.

On October 13, 2008, forward and New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov collapsed and was rushed to an intensive care unit. The ambulance that is normally at all games had already departed and had to be called back, taking approximately 15-20 minutes to get him to a hospital. He died later that day.

Current squad

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
45	RUS	Fomichev, AlexanderAlexander Fomichev	1.0 G		30

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
47	USA	Graham, JohnJohn Graham	1.0 G		34	2008

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
2	RUS	Lyubushin, MikhailMikhail Lyubushin	2.0 D	L	26

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
3	RUS	Nikitin, NikitaNikita Nikitin	2.0 D	L	23

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
8	RUS	Kurbatov, EvgeniEvgeni Kurbatov	2.0 D	L	21

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
11	RUS	Ryabykin, DmitriDmitri Ryabykin	2.0 D	R	33

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
22	RUS	Ezhov, DenisDenis Ezhov	2.0 D	L	24

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
27	RUS	Belov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Belov	2.0 D		26

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
30	RUS	Poleschuk, AntonAnton Poleschuk	2.0 D	L	22

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
58	RUS	Bondarev, AlexeiAlexei Bondarev	2.0 D		27

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
77	RUS	Belov, AntonAnton Belov	2.0 D	L	23

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
12	RUS	Pestukov, DmitriDmitri Pestukov	3.0 F		25	2005

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
14	RUS	Khasanshin, RuslanRuslan Khasanshin	3.0 F		24	2004

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
15	RUS	Svitov, AlexanderAlexander Svitov	3.0 F		27

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
17	RUS	Pervushin, VladimirVladimir Pervushin	3.0 F		23

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
19	RUS	Kuryanov, AntonAnton Kuryanov	3.0 F		26

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
20	CZE	Klepis, JakubJakub Klepis	3.0 F		25

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
23	KAZ	Alexandrov, ViktorViktor Alexandrov	3.0 F		24

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
24	RUS	Popov, AlexanderAlexander Popov	3.0 F		29

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
25	RUS	Kopeykin, AlexeiAlexei Kopeykin	3.0 F		26

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
28	RUS	Yakutsenya, MaximMaxim Yakutsenya	3.0 F		28

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
29	RUS	Averin, EgorEgor Averin	3.0 F		20

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
33	RUS	Gladskikh, EvgeniEvgeni Gladskikh	3.0 F		27

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
35	RUS	Malyshev, AntonAnton Malyshev	3.0 F		24

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
39	CZE	Rosa, PavelPavel Rosa	3.0 F		32

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
51	RUS	Volkov, IgorIgor Volkov	3.0 F		27

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
68	CZE	Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	3.0 F		37

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Place of Birth
79	RUS	Golovin, AlexanderAlexander Golovin	3.0 F		26

Last updated September 18, 2008

Avangard Greats

Jaromír Jágr

External Links

• Avangard's official site
• Avangard's informal site (RUS/ENG versions)

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