Lada Togliatti

Togliatti Arena ready in May

Finally Togliatti Arena should be inaugurated in late May: "the major works has been completed, it is expected that the facility will be completed by the end of May this year", said Director General of Stroykontrol Renal Myazitov. "We have adopted a hard schedule of works"
The project "Lada-Arena" is included in the comprehensive investment Togliatti modernization plan for 2010-2020.
Early last year, the contractor - the company "Avtozavodstroy" which began its work in February 2011 - stated that the facility will be put into operation in December 2012. However, in June, the date was postponed to March 2013.

Medvedev: Zagreb and Milan, the next step

KHL president Alexander Medvedev spoke briefly about future KHL expansion teams: "The next step: Zagreb and Milan. They fully comply schedule and prepare to join the League already in season 2013/14. And hopefully Togliatti: Lada is a team with a rich history that should not disappear from the map of Russian Hockey"

SKA St. Petersburg and Toros Neftekamsk win pre-season tournaments

The President of Kazakhstan Cup came at the right time for KHL participants SKA St. Petersburg. With four wins in four games they dominated the tournament. Other KHL teams that played in the cup were Barys Astana and Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk along with the most traditional Kazakh team Kazzinc-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and a "B" version of the Kazakh national team.

Already yesterday the Lada Cup ended. In a tournament of four VHL teams Toros Neftekamsk won the final 2-1 against HC Sarov. The other two participants were Lada Togliatti and Dizel Penza. Lada won the game for the 3rd place 3-0 against Dizel. A detailed overview you can find here.

Lada Arena will open in December

During a meeting at the Ministry of Sports, Samara Region Governor Vladimir Artyakov announces the new Ice Palace "Lada Arena" will be opened in Togliatti in December. The new home of Lada Togliatti costed 1 billion 300 million rubles.

Igor Zhilinsky named new Lada Togliatti GM

Former player Igor Zhilinsky was named new General Manager at Lada Togliatti. Zhilinsky, 49, worked as assistant coach at Avangard Omsk and Sibir Novosibirsk and recently as Omsk Hawks headcoach in MHL
"We will give to Zhilinsky full powers for interacting with the coaching staff as well as the hockey club's management." said General Director Andrei Galayda
In same press conference, coach Gennady Tsygurov reveals Lada won't sign a farm agreement for next season: "I am totally against this system. We had an offer from Severstal. They would send us the players paying their wages, but they could "pull off" at any time. We aren't an appendage, Lada is Lada!"