Cosa (chi) è Saint-Pétersbourg - definizione

The Hockey Club SKA (Russian: Спортивный клуб СКА), often referred to as SKA Saint Petersburg and literally as the Sports Club of the Army, is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Saint Petersburg. They are members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club never competed in a league final until the 2014–15 KHL season, where they defeated Ak Bars Kazan winning the Gagarin Cup. They won their second Gagarin Cup in 2017, defeating Metallurg Magnitogorsk. In 2012, with an average of 10,126 spectators, the SKA became the first Russian club ever to average a five-digit attendance.

SKA is owned by Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom. The club used its immense wealth to gather almost all elite Russian KHL players under its umbrella to prepare them for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The success of Russian team in winning gold at the first Olympics since 1994 that did not feature any active NHL players were attributed to players' chemistry developed in SKA.

In 2023, Roman Rotenberg, the General Manager of the Russian team, thanked Russian state-owned Gazprom for their contribution to Russia's victory at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Separately, it should be noted the contribution of Gazprom and Alexei Borisovich Miller to our victory at the Olympics in 2018. We were able to bring back many players from the NHL and create a strong team. All this was done at the expense of the Gazprom budget. The national team had a coaching staff, staff, managers - all from SKA. 15 SKA players in the national team is a world record. Never before has there been 15 players from one club in a team that has won Olympic gold. Without Gazprom's investments, that victory would have been impossible. We have to thank the company for this. We will always do our best to respond with victories to such trust.