Hockey Club Ak Bars Kazan (Ак Барс Казань) play at TatNeft Arena in Kazan, Russia. They joined the Kontinental League in 2008/09 but the team was originally founded in 1956, the team took on the current name during their time in the Russian Superleague in 1996. The name translates to Snow Leopards in English, named for the official symbol of Tatarstan the region in Russia in which the team plays.
