CSKA Moscow (ЦСКА Москва / Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии) play at the CSKA Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia -- CSKA is an acronym for Central Sports Club of the Army. The team joined the KHL during the inaugural season in 2008-09 having previously played in the Russian and Soviet League from 1946-2008. In English the team is nicknamed the Horses, or as they are much more famously known, the Red Army.
