Key facts
- Nickname
- Snow Leopards
- City
- Astana , Kazakhstan
- League
- KHL
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Chernyshev
- Founded
- 26 November 1999 ; , 26 years ago ( 1999-11-26 )
- Home arena
- Barys Arena , ( capacity : 11,578)
- Owners
- Kazakhstan Temir Zholy , ( Askar Mamin , chairman)
- President
- Nurlan Orazbayev
- General manager
- Oleg Bolyakin
- Head coach
- Mikhail Kravets
- Captain
- Kirill Savitski
- Affiliates
- Nomad Astana ( KAZ ), Snezhnye Barsy ( MHL )
- Website
- hcbarys .kz
- 1999 present
- HC Barys
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Official website
- hcbarys.kz
- Image
- Barys Astana vs SKA Saint Petersburg 2012-08-12.jpg
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- Commons category
- Barys Astana
- topic's main category
- Category:Barys Astana
- inception
- 1999-00-00
- social media followers
- 33600
- category for members of a team
- Category:Barys Astana players
- home venue
- Barys Arena
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Encyclopedic overview
Hockey Club Barys (Kazakh: Барыс хоккей клубы, romanized: Barys hokkei kluby; Russian: Хоккейный клуб Барыс, romanized: Khokkeynyy klub Barys), also referred to as Barys Astana or HC Barys, is a professional ice hockey club based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
It is one of the founding members of the KHL. The club's home arena is the Barys Arena, where it have played since the 2015–16 KHL season. Prior to 2015, the team played home games at the Kazakhstan Sports Palace for 14 seasons, beginning in 2001. The head coach is Galym Mambetaliyev and the president is Nurlan Orazbayev. The team serves as a base club for the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barys Astana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.