About the 12th congress of hockey fans which was held from 30.06 - 03.07.2011. in Cherepovets. The opinion of the author is subjective and is not a contender for the truth)))))))))

1. About a week before the convention.
Every day the Chelyabinsk delegation gathers in various places where rehearsals are held for the presentation of our city, which claims to be the venue for the next 13th harsh congress. We - those who love our city, our tractor and hockey in general, regardless of personal time and the desires of our loved ones, were preparing for the upcoming congress. On the 26th of June we are holding the last "run" and with a calm soul we send part of our delegation (Dima, Beer Lover, Tatyankin and Vasya Kapitan, a fan of Avangard from our friendly Omsk, who joined them) by car to Cherepovets.

Taking into account the events planned at the congress on the 28th, we are transporting bulky items - my trunk with uniforms and clubs to the airport in advance.

2. June 29. Me, Oksya and Ronin are flying from Che to Moscow. As it should be, we are going to a joint lunch, where the mourners are pulled up: Ksenia, Vasek74, Kostya, Indicator and Uncle Pasha, who actually transported us to the airport by 15:30. At 17:30 a beautiful and small aircraft CRJ-200 (for 50 passengers) of the AkBarsAvia airline took off from its native Ural land and carried us to the capital of our vast Motherland. At 17:50 (Moscow time), he landed quite softly at Domodedovo Airport, where we got our luggage on the Aeroexpress and went to Paveletsky Station. There, our old admirer and fan of the Tractor, Sanya Tolsty, was already waiting for us. From the Paveletsky station on his SEAT he took us to the Yaroslavsky station, from where we had the train N126 Moscow - Cherepovets.

On the way from the station to the station, we had a normal "rolling out", under the guidance of a well-known head coach whose name is "Chivas Regal" 12+2 years old))))))))))))

Representatives of the delegations heading to the congress were already waiting for us at the Yaroslavsky railway station: Dynamo (Moscow), Metallurg (Novokuznetsk), South Ural (Orsk), Spartak (Moscow). At 21:05, our express started off gently towards Cherepovets. We must pay tribute to the fact that 11 representatives of various KHL clubs behaved very worthily in the 5th carriage. On the way, we introduced the newcomers and held a "warm-up" for hours that way until 3 am)))))))))

Morning June 30th. 08:30 Moscow time. We arrive in Cherepovets, where we are met by organizers and congressmen who arrived in Cherepovets earlier. However, we noticed that among those meeting there were no representatives of our delegation (for what reason I will tell later). A bunch of hugs and joyful cries and we are already on the bus, carrying us to the venue of the congress to the base in the village. Sosnovka Kaduysky district Vologda region(this is 30 km from Cherepovets).

On the way, we learn that our delegation "distinguished itself" - breaking the drain tank and flooding the neighbors from below)))))))))))) they break toilet bowls with a stream, and when they fart, drain tanks burst ")))))))))))))))))) Our guys + Vasya Kapitan, having arrived by car on the 28th, were settled in a rented apartment. After warming up, they went to bed...

And now the story of Vasya Kapitan, who turned out to be the most sane at an emergency moment:
At about 3 o'clock in the morning I sleep and have a dream where I am with a beautiful long-legged blonde, like a brave Captain, sailing across the ocean on a yacht, we had a romantic dinner with her, started making love ... and then through a dream I hear ... Vasya! !! Vasya!!! Vasya, get up, we have trouble! ... We are drowning !!! Like an experienced Captain, through a dream, Vasya shouted to the whole apartment: "Polundra! Whistle everyone upstairs!" From this scream in the next room, Dima and Pasha LP fell off the bed ... Finally opening my eyes, I saw in front of me, not at all a long-legged blonde, but Tatyankina pointing towards the bathroom. The dream vanished. Hearing once again: "Vasya! We are drowning!" The captain just turned off the water and lay down to watch the dream with the blonde...
This confusion arose due to design features Cherepovets bathrooms and toilets, which are not made of cast iron at all, but, as it turned out, of sanitary ware)))))))))))) ...

3. Actually the congress itself.
Arriving at a picturesque place - the recreation center "Sosnovka" located on the Petukh River, we settled. Dima, Pasha LP, Tyoma Tatyankin lived together. I'm with Ronin and Vask from Izhevsk, and Oksya is with Katya Percy from Dynamo (M). Then there was lunch and free time for communication and acquaintances (for beginners) and volleyball...

In the evening of the same day, the opening of the 12th congress took place. Each delegate of the congress was presented officially. I don't think it's worth explaining what an opening at a convention is. In the breaks there were dances-shmantsy-embracing, where the group "Mamulki Band" from Yaroslavl acted as the ringleaders. The congresses, as they say, burned with an hellish flamethrower until the very morning)))))))))) The aura of the congress was caught !!! Thus ended the first day of the convention...

4. July 1 (2nd day). Morning. 09:00. Congressmen who are with their eyes closed, who are in sunglasses who, on the shoulders of their comrades, were drawn to the dining room, where breakfast was served. After all, by lunchtime, some had to be in shape. After breakfast, almost all of us went to the beach to swim and play volleyball and the petanque game, which is still mysterious for me.

Then there was lunch, and after lunch a football match between representatives of the clubs of the East and West took place in the FOC. The match itself was preceded, of course, by traditional competitions. In the match itself, the West team won in a bitter struggle.

After football there was a bathhouseaaaaaaaaa located on the banks of the river. I'll tell you great to dive into the river after the steam room!!!
Then dinner and the traditional evening event of the 2nd day of the congress - tasting, semi-final. Many people sign up for the tasting, but not everyone survives to the end. This time everything went very positively and everyone was alive.

The tasting itself is preceded by a very interesting event, called a performance, for which, in fact, we were preparing. And I must say that we prepared not in vain, because we took the 1st place at the end of the first day!!! This has never happened before!!! With a performance that many of you, I think, have already seen on YouTube, we literally “broke” the congress ...

This was the second day of the convention...

5. July 2 (3rd day). Morning. Already traditionally 09:00. Breakfast. Aha! Here you can immediately see who is not friends with the liver))))))))))

Opening my eyes, I saw a breakfast tray in our room, which was intended for my neighbor, whose body clearly resisted the onset of morning ... I’m not a wimp (I thought) and put my feet into the slates and went for breakfast. The morning sun greeted me with pleasant warmth... Ooooooooooooo! This phrase was given out by every living person entering the dining room. And why? And because everyone who entered the dining room saw on the tables ... well, in general, I will not say who saw what)))))))))))) bag for at 10:00 was scheduled to leave for Cherepovets HOCKEY!!!

The traditional East-West match took place at the Almaz sports complex at 13:00. How cool it was from under the scorching sun to enter the cool ice stadium. Before the match, each participant received a game net and socks of his team. The match itself was preceded by several contests. And then GAME!!! Pucks from the field, from shootouts, one-to-nil exits, brawls and fights)))))))) It should be noted that the gates of the Western team were defended by former goalkeeper HC "Severstal" Victor Chistov. We were very pleased to play against him. And from the stands, the fans and the guest of honor, Vladimir Plushev, watched the ups and downs of the game. The match ended with the victory of the West team 11:6. And finally, as usual, a general photo ...
After the game we went on a tour and lunch in a new Ice Palace, where the HC "Severstal" is now playing ... Then there was a short tour of the city and arrival at the base, where the final tasting and presentation of the cities-applicants for the right to host the 13th Congress took place. The presentation of our city, like on the second day, was a great success!!! The tasting final was won by Voskresensk, and the right to host the 13th congress was entrusted to Chelyabinsk! Then, probably, the saddest part of any congress took place - the closing and transfer of the fire of the congress from the organizer of the current congress to the future owner of the congress, that is, our delegation ... Traditional shish kebab and dance could not brighten up the sadness of the outgoing congress. First, late at night, the Belarusian delegation of Dynamo left us...

After the official closing, each congress received a traditional congress T-shirt, a T-shirt from HC Severstal.

6. July 3 (4th unofficial day). Morning. 09:30. When I woke up in the morning for breakfast ... the base was almost empty, only our delegation, Togliatti, Novokuznechan, representatives of Omsk, Khabarovsk, Orsk, Magnitogorsk, Yaroslavl and part of the organizers remained. We saw everyone off in turn, knowing that at 16:45 a bus would come for us and the congresses would finally leave the hospitable recreation center "Sosnovka"...

But that was not all. Arriving in Cherepovets, for the rest, the organizers on the banks of the Sheksna River near the Vantovoy Bridge gathered dinner with traditional kebab and shalychka. Here we were joined by some of the congressmen who were on the morning excursion. We passed the time drinking vodka and heartfelt conversations about past congresses and trips we had ever attended, while saying goodbye and sending delegates of the completed 12th congress to different parts of our vast Russia ...

At 22:05, train 126 left the Cherepovets station to the cries of the mourners: "Finally, they saw off!" and the rounded eyes of the conductors (when a box of "her" dear was brought into the car) and, accompanied by gloomy faces, I don’t know what to call them now (whether policemen or policemen), quietly set off in the direction of Moscow, but 13 satisfied and tired congressmen in the 5th car they didn’t even think to be sad. We had a night before the capital!.. I was the last to fall asleep, around 03:30...

Morning. Moscow. Yaroslavl station. 08:30. We all unloaded. Some of the congressmen went home either on their own business, and Sasha Komendantka, she is the wife of Max Ovodov (both Dynamo patients) took us home, where Kirill Ronin and I had a little snack and rest, walked around Moscow and shops (while Oksya was resting). Then there was a homemade Moscow dinner, kindly prepared by the father of Max Ovodov and Oksey. Everything was very comfortable and homely. But the time was inexorably melting and at 22:00 (Moscow time) Gena Shved (Dynamo) took us to Vnukovo airport, and at 05:30 (people) we landed in our native Chelyabinsk...

This is how the congress went through my eyes ...

Py.sy. Special thanks to Irishka KaLirra for her help in organizing and preparing the presentation!

From June 11 to June 14, the 16th Annual Congress of Hockey Fans was held in the Kosmodrome rest house near Moscow. The event was attended by about 130 hockey fans representing 27 clubs from four countries. The youngest fan was Zlata from Orenburg - she is only two years old, but she already has the second congress behind her.

On the first day of the convention, fans gathered at the Balashikha Arena for the opening match between East and West teams (equivalent to conference division in the KHL) and

The youngest fan was Zlata from Orenburg - she is only two years old, but she already has the second congress behind her

cheer for friends in the stands. The game was preceded, following the example of the All-Star Game, with comic contests and entertainment events. The victory with a score of 6:5 (on shootouts) was won by the team of the East. Interestingly, in the course of the meeting, the representatives of the West confidently led - 4:0, but could not keep a significant advantage. During the end of the match, passions ran so high that the nerves of both teams could not stand it: there was a mass brawl in which even the judge suffered. The youngest goal scorer was 14-year-old Daniil, who played in goalkeeper ammunition.

After the game, the fans went together to the recreation center, where the official opening ceremony of the congress was held in the evening. As part of the ceremony, the cup was presented for the first time, which will be handed over to the cities hosting the congress. The famous Yaroslavl team "Mamulki Bend" was responsible for the musical accompaniment of the holiday. At the end of the ceremony, the fans solemnly lit the “congress bonfire”, symbolizing the friendship and unity of hockey fans.

The next day, the guests were invited to visit the Central Museum of the Russian Air Force in Monino, after which the fans went on an excursion to the brewery.

The third, last, day of the congress turned out to be very eventful - a lot of sports events and tournaments. So, the fans played the Hull Foot Cup in volleyball, where the East team won with a score of 5:2. Next was a tense Soccer game, whose intrigue persisted until last second meetings. But in this match, the East won victory over the West on penalties - 3:2.

In the evening of the same day, the solemn closing ceremony of the 16th Annual Congress of Hockey Fans took place. By voting, it was decided to hold the next congress in Togliatti. The newly formed cup and the fire of the congress were handed over to the Lada fans. During the ceremony, the fans were entertained by the famous Mango-Mango band.

The guests enjoyed talking and having fun. Despite the fact that representatives of principal rivals were present at the congress, good nature and mutual understanding reigned among the fans. Without a doubt, the glorious tradition that originated in Magnitogorsk in 2000 will be observed by hockey fans for many years to come.

Changes in the entire system of the army club by inertia also affected Zvezda. Due to the fact that CSKA moved to the "Park of Legends", the army farm in the VHL also changed its base, for which the home is now the LDS CSKA on Leningradsky Prospekt. Perturbations, by the way, have undergone and coaching staff all three teams of the CSKA system. After the final series with Ak Bars, Igor Nikitin changed assistants, and Vladimir Chebaturkin and Albert Leshchev were sent to Zvezda and Red Army, respectively.

These personnel reshuffles will definitely strengthen the vertical of the clubs in the system. Chebaturkin, for example, has been working in it for four seasons, during which, at the headquarters of Dmitry Kvartalnov and Igor Nikitin, the capital club became the bronze medalist of the KHL, reached the Gagarin Cup final twice, and also won the Continental Cup them. V.V. Tikhonov.

TWO CUP - TWO WINNERS, FIRST ROUND TO THREE WINS, NEW PARTICIPANTS AND CALENDAR

In the 2018/19 season, 29 clubs will compete for the title. Sputnik left the league, and Kunlun Red Star Heilongjiang will continue playing, changing its name to KRS-OERJI. VHL joined "Lada", "Ugra" and "Tambov".

Also in the league, two trophies will now be awarded to two different winners: the Silk Road Cup will go to the winning team of the regular season, and the Petrov Cup to the winner of the playoffs. The playoff format has changed a bit. In order to pass the first round, it is now enough to win three victories instead of four.

The long-awaited season will open on September 5 in St. Petersburg, where, according to the old Russian tradition, the final will be reconstructed: Dynamo will host SKA-Neva in Yubileiny. And the next day, fans are waiting for several interesting matches, including several other derbies, many of which will become premieres: Saryarka - Torpedo, Rubin - Yugra, CSK VVS - Lada, as well as the VHL classic - the confrontation between Buran and Ryazan.

CONGRESS OF HOCKEY FANS IN NOVOKUZNETSK

The 19th Congress of Hockey Fans was held in Novokuznetsk, where fans of clubs from three leagues gathered - KHL, VHL, MHL. These events have been held since 2000. As a sign of support for Metallurg, expelled from the KHL, it was decided to organize the current congress in Novokuznetsk.

The forum began near the Arena of Kuznetsk Metallurgists and continued outside Novokuznetsk. At the Yuzhnaya recreation center, fans not only communicated in a friendly atmosphere, but also competed in various competitions, such as a culinary battle and a hockey ditty contest.

CSK VVS: REBRANDING

Everything new is well-forgotten old, they think in the Samara club. CSK VVS decided to return to its roots, changed colors and returned the emblem used by the club from 1996 to 2017. The concept of the logo has not changed much. The jerseys of the “pilots” will continue to be decorated with a winged star striving upwards with the inscription “CSK VVS”, from now on it has acquired a more airy outline and a new white and blue color scheme. Sweaters have also changed colors. The primary colors of the jersey are white and blue, and the secondary colors are red and blue. As explained in the club, the colors of the Samara province were used in the design.

MUSATOV - IN "BURAN"

For the whole of August, Buran will receive a new striker for free. Igor Musatov will join the Voronezh camp in the Lipetsk region in order to get in shape and get match practice, having signed a trial contract with Dynamo Moscow, the Hurricane's parent club, for one month.

The 30-year-old forward missed the past season, and in last club- Slovan Bratislava in the 2016/17 season - scored 8 (6+2) points, 10 penalty minutes and a +10 efficiency indicator.

ON THE COACHING BRIDGE "ZENG TOU" - ANDREY KIRDYASHOV

Despite the first and immediately successful season, in which the Jilin team managed to get through to the playoffs, the club delayed the extension of the employment relationship with Sergei Berdnikov, and from March to July the team remained without a helmsman. On July 26, the Chinese club signed a one-year contract with Andrey Kirdyashov. Andrey Pavlovich is a real old-timer in the VHL, who has been working since the dawn of the League. His highest achievement is the Bratina Cup final

together with Saryarka, however, in the last Petrov Cup, Kirdyashov failed to bring Rubin to the playoffs, so Tseng Tou is a new challenge, a new motivation. Dmitry Andreev will help Kirdyashov.

Press service of the VHL

Decision of the week. Jokerit and SKA will play outdoors

The regular season match between Jokerit and SKA on December 2, 2017 will be held at outdoors. The initiative to hold the game in an unusual format belonged to Jokerit. The match will be timed to coincide with three anniversaries at once: the Finnish club will turn 50 next season, Finnish hockey will turn 100, and Continental hockey league celebrates its 10th anniversary. The game must take place on natural ice bay between the urban areas of Siltasaari and Kaisaniemi. It was there that the first Finnish hockey fans played more than 100 years ago.

As part of the event, which was called the Helsinki Ice Challenge, on December 5, 2017, a match of the Finnish regular championship will be held at the same place. Stands for 18,000 seats will be erected specifically for these games, which will set a league record for attendance. Almost all places are assumed to be standing. Sale of tickets for the match started on 8 June.

Number of the week. 12 clubs are indebted to players

Transfers of the week. Seven newcomers of Kunlun and Ivannikov in Lada

Clubs have been active in the transfer market over the past week. Goalkeeper SKA Evgeny Ivannikov moved to Lada.

Metallurg extended the contract with the Finnish striker Oscar Osala for one year. Osala previously played in Magnitogorsk, but at the end of the 2016/17 season, his contract with Metallurg expired, and he became an unrestricted free agent. In addition, Magnitogorsk has replenished with forwards Matt Allison, who played for Dynamo Minsk.

Kunlun Red Star was also active in the transfer market. The composition of the Beijing club replenished Jesse Blacker, Brandon Vaughn, Brandon Defazio, Vili Sopanen And Matthias Mutthunen. In addition, who previously played for Metallurg from Magnitogorsk, announced on his Twitter that he was moving to Chinese team. The striker signed a two-year contract. And another newcomer to Red Star was Arturs Kulda, who previously played for Jokerit.

Defender Konstantin Korneev and Salavat Yulaev terminated the contract by agreement of the parties. Korneev spent one season in Ufa.

Good deed of the week. Pupils of "Neftekhimik" visited the children's hospital

Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik pupils Nail Yakupov, Pavel Kulikov and Bogdan Yakimov went to the local children's hospital to give a holiday to children who are forced to spend summer days in a medical institution. Hockey players bought gifts for children and walked through the floors of the emergency room, getting to know little patients and handing out toys, movable and board games, balls, books and coloring books for the little ones. The children thanked the hockey players and asked to take a selfie together.

- No one warned us about this in advance. Everything is unexpected, and therefore doubly pleasant. Thank you so much for coming to us! The mood lifted after that. I guess now I'll get better faster, - the little patient Tanya shared her joy.

- We organized today's action with great desire, - said Bogdan Yakimov. - After such visits, I personally have a lot of positive emotions in my soul, it becomes somehow brighter. By the way, I would like to add that our native Neftekhimik began to organize such events more and more often. I hope that we will continue to give children joy and rejoice ourselves.

Finally, the players wished all the children a speedy recovery and invited them to Neftekhimik's matches next season.

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All-Russian Congress of Hockey Fans in Novokuznetsk

Today Novokuznetsk hosts the annual All-Russian Congress of hockey fans representing various clubs playing in professional leagues. This is the first time such an event has been held in our city.

At ice arena Kuznetsk metallurgists today was noisy and crowded! Novokuznetsk hosts the traditional All-Russian Congress of Fans! Hockey fans from various KHL and VHL clubs came to our city to be surprised again in person, to have a great conversation and just have a great time. Novokuznetsk meeting fans were very happy.

The geography of the fans who came to the annual convention, which Novokuznetsk was honored to host, is diverse. Here are representatives of KHL clubs, both Eastern and western conference, as well as major league. The composition of which, in particular, against their will, like Metallurg a year ago, has now been replenished by the Khanty-Mansiysk Yugra. Russian clubs in Continental League is getting smaller.

Asya BORODINEVSKAYA, a fan of the Yugra team (Khanty-Mansiysk): “It seems to me that, on the contrary, domestic clubs should leave, and not those foreign clubs. We must show our Russian hockey on the high level, not so that we are relegated to the lower leagues.

Novokuznetsk fans, who have been participants of the congress for several years, this time acted as organizers. By the way, one of the veterans of this movement, Aleksey Chernyadyev from Magnitogorsk, upon his arrival in our city, revealed a little secret of how the idea of ​​holding an All-Russian Congress was born. And Novokuznetsk in this story, as it turns out, occupies an important place!

Aleksey CHERNYADEV, a fan of the Metallurg team (Magnitogorsk): “It was 1999-2000, we came to the Steel Cup, there was such a tournament in Novokuznetsk, where “metallurgical” teams played. We have been coming here for 2 years. And when in 2000 we were driving home, returning, and one of the comrades said: Listen, let's arrange this topic: we will gather hockey fans once a year. Moreover, in Novokuznetsk we were so nicely greeted by local guys! And so we decided to arrange such a gathering of hockey Internet fans. Wrote - people supported. And now the 19th congress is taking place. But it all started in Novokuznetsk.”

Novokuznetsk fans have prepared an interesting and varied program for hockey fans from other cities. Starting from excursions and competitions to going out into nature, where all the necessary conditions for spiritual communication will be created.