Golden Amur
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| Operated | 2004-05 |
| Home ice | Platinum Arena Platinum Arena Platinum Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Khabarovsk, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 7,100 and was built in 2003. It is the home arena of the Amur Khabarovsk ice hockey team of the Kontinental Hockey League, and former home of the Golden Amur hockey team of Asia League Ice Hockey.... |
| Based in | Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
| Colours | Yellow, Black, and White |
| League | Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan... |
| Head coach | Yury Kachalov |
| Manager | Arkady Vaysband |
The Golden Amur are a defunct professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team from Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Golden Amur played one season as a member of Asia League Ice Hockey
Asia League Ice Hockey
Asia League Ice Hockey is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan...
during the 2004-05 season. The Amur, a gold mining company which owned the team, suspended operations due to a financial difficulties. The team played at the Platinum Arena
Platinum Arena
Platinum Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Khabarovsk, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 7,100 and was built in 2003. It is the home arena of the Amur Khabarovsk ice hockey team of the Kontinental Hockey League, and former home of the Golden Amur hockey team of Asia League Ice Hockey....
, constructed in 2003 with 7,100 seats. The Amur finished third place of eight teams during the regular season, and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, losing three games to none to Kokudo
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