KHL - Tarasov Division Teams

Severstal Cherepovets - Founded in 1956, the club was originally known as Stroitel (Builder) Cherepovets. The name was changed to Metallurg (Metallurgist) Cherepovets in 1959. During the Soviet times Metallurg played in the low- and mid-level divisions of the ice hockey championship. But since the 1990s not without the financial support of its parent Severstal company the club joined the ranks of the major professional teams starting with the first season of the newly established International Hockey League. The club eventually changed its name after the owner in 1994. The biggest success of Severstal to date is the 2002-2003 Superleague season when they advanced to the final with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

Arena: Ice Palace 6,064 Stalevarov st. 43, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, Russia, 162626
Nickname: Steelers

HC Sochi - Хоккейный клуб Сочи On May 23, 2014, it was reported that Detroit Red Wings' pending restricted free agent center Cory Emmerton had signed with HC Sochi to begin play in the Kontinental Hockey League with the 2014–15 season, becoming the first import player signed in Franchise history. The head coach is a former NHL player and former coach of CSKA Moscow Vyacheslav Butsayev. The team is owned by Gazprom.

Arena: Bolshoy Ice Dome 12,000 Olympic Park, Adler District, Sochi, Krasnodarsky Krai, Russia, 354349

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod - (Торпедо Нижний Новгород) The first official ice hockey tournament in Gorky (the Communist era name of Zizhny Novgorod) took place in early 1947, when the team was the winner of the first Cup of Avtozavodtsev. In the 1947–48 season, the team was in the national championships.
The 1960–61 season was the most significant in the history of Torpedo, with the team winning the Avtozavodtsev cup and the Soviet Sport Cup, reaching the final of the Cup of the Soviet Union, and finally winning the silver medal in the national championship. Torpedo was the first provincial team to place in the USSR championship in 1961. Gorkovchan's success that year is attributed, primarily, to head coach of Dmitry Boginova, who managed to create a strong and cohesive team in just a few years. Goalie Konovalenko Victor was later a two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion.
Twice the team fell just short of the bronze in 1982 and 1985. In the 1980s Gorky twice won the Thunderstorm Authority prize. The Torpedoes players in those years were constantly being called to different teams, with some seasons including the loss of up to ten players to other teams.
In the championships of the MHL, RHL and Russia, which have been held since the Soviet collapse, the Torpedoes have not achieved significant success, with the best year in 1995, when the team placed fourth in the playoffs of the MHL championship.They used to play their home games at Konovalenko Sports Palace, named after Viktor Konovalenko - one of the most famous Soviet goalkeepers, who played for Torpedo. They now play at Trade Union Sport Palace. The team is owned by the GAZ group.

Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500 Nagorny Arena Gagarina prosp. 29, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 603950