# HC MVD

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{{Infobox ice hockey team
| team        = HC MVD
| bg_colour   = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#1E2E69 5px solid; border-bottom:#0093DD 5px solid;
| text_colour = #000000
| logo        = HC MVD Logo.png
| name2       = '''HK MVD'''
* '''THK Tver''' 1999–2004
* '''SKA MVO''' 1961–1999
* '''SKA Kalinin''' 1952–1961
* '''Spartak Kalinin''' 1949–1952
| nickname    = "Militiamen"
| founded     = {{Start date and age|1949}}
| folded      = {{End date and age|2010}}
| city        = [Balashikha](/source/Balashikha), [Moscow Oblast](/source/Moscow_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia)
| arena       = [Balashikha Arena](/source/Balashikha_Arena)
| capacity    = 6000
| league      = '''[KHL](/source/Kontinental_Hockey_League)''' 2008–''2010''
* '''[RSL](/source/Russian_Superleague)''' <br/>2005–2008
* '''[Supreme League](/source/Vysshaya_Liga_(1992%E2%80%932010))''' <br/>1996–2005
* '''[IHL](/source/International_Hockey_League_(1992%E2%80%9396))''' <br/>1992–1996
* '''[CIS Champ.](/source/Soviet_Championship_League)''' <br/>1991–1992
* '''[USSR Champ.](/source/Soviet_Championship_League)''' <br/>1949–1991
| division    = [Tarasov Division](/source/Tarasov_Division)
| conference  = [Western](/source/Western_Conference_(KHL))
| colours     = {{color box|#1E2E69}} {{color box|#0093DD}} {{color box|#F3AE45}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| owner       = {{flagicon|RUS}} [MVD](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Russia))
| website     = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504084829/http://hcmvd.dynamo.ru/ www.hcmvd.dynamo.ru]
}}
'''HC MVD''' ({{langx|ru|ХК МВД}}) was a professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) club based in [Balashikha](/source/Balashikha), [Moscow Oblast](/source/Moscow_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia). They were members of the Tarasov Division of the [Kontinental Hockey League](/source/Kontinental_Hockey_League). They are best known for winning the silver medal in the KHL backstopped by all star goaltender [Michael Garnett](/source/Michael_Garnett) in 2010. The team merged with [Dynamo Moscow](/source/HC_Dynamo_Moscow) to form [UHC Dynamo](/source/HC_Dynamo_Moscow) after the [2009–10 season](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_KHL_season).

==History==
MVD Moscow Oblast was founded in 1949 as Spartak [Kalinin](/source/Tver), and adopted its last name, MVD, in 2004 as part of the [Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Russia)) and their move to [Podolsk](/source/Podolsk). In the same year, they qualified for the [Russian Superleague](/source/Russian_Superleague) play-off for the first time, losing to [Ak Bars Kazan](/source/Ak_Bars_Kazan) in a hard-fought series. In 2007, they moved again (this time to [Balashikha](/source/Balashikha)) for the KHL size arena.

Since the [season 2009–10](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_MHL_season) was formed the new team Sheriff Balashikha as a farm team of [HC Dynamo Moscow](/source/HC_Dynamo_Moscow) in the newly created [JHL](/source/Junior_Hockey_League_(Russia)).

In the season 2010/2011, after the unification of the basic commands HC MVD and [HC Dynamo Moscow](/source/HC_Dynamo_Moscow) into the [United Hockey Club "Dynamo" (Moscow)](/source/HC_Dynamo_Moscow), farm clubs of the same teams were also united and made their debut in the restructured Higher Hockey League [VHL](/source/Supreme_Hockey_League) as part of the newly formed "Dinamo" (Tver), and the youth team, dubbed Sheriff Balashikha [JHL](/source/Junior_Hockey_League_(Russia)), was moved to Tver to home arena the Ice Palace of sports "Jubilee".

In the season 2011/2012, both farm teams, the youth — renamed [Dynamo Balashikha](/source/Dynamo_Balashikha) (in the [VHL](/source/Supreme_Hockey_League)), and the junior hockey team, renamed HC MVD-junior (playing in the [JHL](/source/Junior_Hockey_League_(Russia))), returned to the town [Balashikha](/source/Balashikha) near [Moscow](/source/Moscow) with home ice Palace "Balashikha-arena". At this time in the Junior League, the team plays on the name of HC MVD.

==Farm clubs==
*2007–2009 HC MVD Balashikha [First League](/source/Supreme_Hockey_League_Championship)
*2009–2010 Sheriff Balashikha [JHL](/source/Junior_Hockey_League_(Russia))

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504084829/http://hcmvd.dynamo.ru/ HC MVD official website (UHC Dynamo's MHL team)]

{{Kontinental Hockey League}}

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