Kunlun Red Star-BSU Beijing (Chinese: 黑龙江昆仑鸿星) is a Chinese professional ice hockey club based in Beijing, China who compete in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). KRS-BSU Beijing is the affiliate of HC Kunlun Red Star, who are in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
| KRS-BSU Beijing | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Beijing, China |
| League | VHL |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Home arena | Beijin Sports University |
| Colours | |
| General manager | Nursultan Otorbaev |
| Head coach | Mark Kumpel |
| Affiliates | Kunlun Red Star (KHL) ORG Junior (MHL) |
| Website | RU: hcredstar |
| Franchise history | |
| 2017–2018 | KRS Heilongjiang |
| 2018–2019 | KRS-ORG Beijing |
| 2019– | KRS-BSU Beijing |
History
editKRS Heilongjiang
editIn May 2017 in Harbin, the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, Chinese Ice Hockey Association and government of Heilongjiang signed an agreement on the accession of a new club in the Supreme Hockey Leaque. In the Russian Ice Hockey Federation’s announcement of KRS Heilongjiang joining the VHL, it was reported that 15 Chinese players were at the event announcing the team and those players would make up the core of the KRS Heilongjiang roster. Later they were replaced by Russian and Canadian players who played for various clubs of the KHL and VHL. The team held their first match in August 2017 against Khimik Voskresensk and lost 0:6. KRS Heilongjiang played their first game in VHL season on September 10, 2017, in Jilin City against Tsen Tou and lost 4:5. The first goal in franchise history was scored by Mikhail Mokin. The first home game in Harbin was played on September 14, 2017. That game brought the team the first win in championship. Buran was beaten 4:2. The team ended the 2017/18 season in 24th place, with only 17 of the 52 games in the season being won.
KRS-ORG Beijing
editBefore the 2018–19 season, the club was relocated from Harbin to Beijing to facilitate player transfers between the KHL team and the second division team. A cooperation was concluded with the sports department ( AZ Sports ) of the packaging company ORG Packaging, whose ice rink Ao Zhong Ice Sports Center has been using the team since then.[1] In addition, the team was KRS-ORG Beijing renamed.[2]
KRS-BSU Beijing
editFor the season 2019–20, the team moved to the ice rink of the sports Peking University ( Beijing Sport University) and rebranded the team name as KRS-BSU Beijing. At the same time, Kunlun Red Star founded another farm team in cooperation with ORG Packaging, which has also been participating in the VHL as ORG Beijing since 2019.
Season-by-season record
editNote: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 58 | 135 | 176 | 24th | – |
| 2018–19 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 129 | 247 | 29th | – |
| 2019–20 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 42 | 126 | 173 | 31st | – |
References
edit- ^ "Kunlun Red Star sets up new ice hockey team". ytsports.com. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "New league, new vision for honing home grown talent". China Daily. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.