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| Founded | 1976 (as Torpedo Togliatti) |
| Home ice | Volgar Sports Palace |
| Based in | Togliatti, Russia |
| Colours | Blue, white, red |
| League | Russian Hockey Super League |
| Head coach | Yury Novikov |
Lada AvtoVaz Togliatti (Russian: ХК «Лада» Тольятти) is a professional ice hockey team based in Togliatti, Russia.
- Founded: 1976
- Home arena: Volgar Sports Palace (capacity 2,900)
- Russian Championships won: 2 (1994, 1996)
- European Cups won: 1 (1996)
- Continental Cups won: 1 (2006)
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Milestones
July 1976 - team was 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 Soviet hockey league; 1993 - Lada loses in the playoffs final and gets its first ever Russian Championships award; April 1994 - Lada wins Russian Championship becoming a first ever team with non-Moscow origin to achieve such thing; December 1994 - European Cup debut; silver medals won; April 1995 - Lada wins silver awards of Russian Championship; December 1995 - Lada becomes a vice-champion of Spengler Cup after a loss in Final game to Canadian national team; April 1996 - Lada becomes a Champion of Russia for its second time;
December 30th, 1996 - Lada wins European Cup;
April 1997 - after the regular season win, Lada lost playoff final series to Torpedo Yaroslavl; June 2001 - Petr Vorobiev substitutes Valeriy Postnikov for coach position(1999-2001); April 2003 - Lada beats Avangard Omsk in third place series, receiving a bronze award of 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 regular season, Lada management uses the players from reserve team; January 2006 - Lada becomes first ever Russian team to win Continental Cup; May 2006 - Anatoly Emelin signs as a new Lada coach
