Arlan Kokshetau

Arlan Kokshetau (in Kazakh: Арлан Көкшетау) is a professional ice hockey team that plays in the Kazakhstan Championship. Arlan is based in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan and was founded in 2009 as an expansion team to the league, along with Beybarys Atyrau.

History
Arlan Kokshetau joined the Kazakhstan Championship in 2009-10 as an expansion team, along with Beybarys Atyrau. The team's original roster comprised for the most part the players of Metallurg Serov, a former Russian team that had folded not so long before. The team began with several difficulties. Although the results on the ice were not bad, with the team being in a respectable fourth place after eight games played. However, the team found itself unable to play a true home game at their new home, Ice Palace Burabai, due to construction delays, meaning extra expenses for the team (which the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation partially helped cover).