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| Founded | 1976 (as Torpedo Togliatti) |
| Home ice | Volgar Sports Palace |
| Based in | Tolyatti, Russia |
| Colours | Blue, white, red |
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Head coach | Yury Novikov |
Lada Togliatti is a professional ice hockey team based in Tolyatti, Russia. From the 2008/2009 season, the team plays in the Kontinental Hockey League.
July 1976 - Founded as Torpedo Togliatti;
August 31, 1976 - first(friendly) game against Dizelist Penza (final score was 3:3)
1990 - Gennadiy Tsigurov is hired as team coach;
1991 - Lada enters the Highest division of the Soviet ice hockey league;
1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award;
April 1994 - Lada wins Russian Championship becoming the first ever team outside of Moscow to achieve this;
December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won;
April 1995 - Lada wins Russian Championship silver medal;
December 1995 - Lada becomes the vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in the Final game to the Canadian national team;
April 1996 - Lada becomes a Champion of Russia for the second time;
April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost the playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl;
June 2001 - Petr Vorobiev substitutes Valeriy Postnikov as the coach (1999-2001);
April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk in third place series, receiving the bronze award of the Russian Superleague;
April 2004 - Lada wins bronze medals;
April 2005 - playoff finals loss to Dynamo Moscow, Lada receives silver medals.
November 2005 - due to financial troubles, 16 players leave the team. To continue the regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team;
January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win the IIHF Continental Cup;
May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin signs as a new Lada coach
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