HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

For the soccer (football) team, see FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Nickname	"Petrochemists"
League	KHL 2008-present RSL 1996–2008 IHL 1995–1996 Vysshaya Liga 1992-1995 Soviet League Class A3 1990-1992 Soviet League Class B 1979-1990
Conference	Eastern
Division	Kharlamov
Founded	1968
Home arena	SCC Arena (capacity: 5,500)
Owner(s)	NKNH
General manager	Rafik Yakubov
Captain	Martin Cibak
Affiliate(s)	Izhstal Izhevsk (VHL) Reaktor (MHL)
Website	www.hcneftekhimik.ru

HC Neftekhimik (Russian: Нефтехимик Нижнекамск, English: Nizhnekamsk Petrochemist) is a professional ice hockey team based in Nizhnekamsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

History

Neftekhimik was founded October 23, 1968 by workers of the Nizhnekamsk Petrochemical plant to represent Nizhnekamsk in the Tatar ASSR ice hockey championship. After winning champion title in regional competitions the team was promoted to the national level. It reached the top division of Russian hockey in 1995.

Honors

Champions

Vysshaya Liga Championship (1): 1995
Tampere Cup (1): 2002

Season-by-season KHL record

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; P = Playoff

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Top Scorer	Playoffs
2008–09	56	22	24	2	79	146	140	4th, Chernyshev	Konstantin Makarov (36 points: 16 G, 20 A; 44 GP)	Lost in preliminary round, 3-1 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2009–10	56	27	21	0	93	176	166	3rd, Kharlamov	Niklas Persson (38 points: 13 G, 25 A; 55 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2010–11	54	22	26	2	75	159	162	4th, Kharlamov	Sergei Konkov (39 points: 18 G, 21 A; 53 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Avangard Omsk)
2011–12	54	20	25	1	74	142	165	5th, Kharlamov	Maxim Pestushko (39 points: 24 G, 15 A; 51 GP)	Did not qualify
2012–13	52	17	19	2	77	144	150	4th, Kharlamov	Renat Mamashev (42 points: 10 G, 32 A; 52 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Ak Bars Kazan)

Players

Current roster

Updated July 27, 2015.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
		Eduard Ageyev	F	L	31	2015	Perm, Russia
5		Maxim Berezin	D	L	33	2010	Izhevsk, Russian SFSR
22		Alexander Bryntsev	D	L	33	2015	Seversk, Russia
38		Evgeny Grigorenko	RW	L	32	2008	Magnitogorsk, Russia
		Evgeny Katichev	D	L	38	2015	Chelyabinsk, Russia
		Alexander Kitarov	F	L	37	2015	Novopolotsk,Belarusian SSR, USSR
31		Ville Kolppanen	G	R	32	2014	Vaasa, Finland
17		Pavel Kulikov	C	L	32	2009	Nizhnekamsk, Russia
		Denis Kuzmin	D	L	35	2015	Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR
		Evgeny Lapenkov	F	L	40	2015	Moscow, Russian SFSR
		Kirill Lyamin	D	L	39	2015	Moscow, Russian SFSR
70		Egor Milovzorov (A)	F	L	37	2011	Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR
		Dmitri Ogurtsov	D	L	30	2015	Moscow, Russia
71		Igor Polygalov (A)	C	L	38	2008	Perm, Russian SFSR
63		Georgijs Pujacs	D	L	43	2015	Riga, Soviet Union
57		Evgeny Ryasensky	D	L	37	2015	Tver, Russia
39		Maxim Rybin (C)	LW	R	43	2013	Zhukovsky, Russian SFSR
4		Andrei Sergeev	D	R	33	2013	Simferopol , Ukrainian SSR
42		Dan Sexton	RW	R	40	2015	Apple Valley, MN, USA
36		Ildar Shiksatdarov	RW	L	30	2015	Moscow, Russia
60		Alexander Sudnitsin	G	L	37	2013	Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR
		Andrei Stas	C	L	36	2015	Minsk, Belorussian SSR
		Jeff Taffe	C/LW	L	43	2015	Hastings, Minnesota, USA
50		Igor Volkov	LW	L	41	2015	Ufa, Russian SFSR
77		Alexander Yevseyenkov	D	L	39	2013	Malakhovka, Russian SFSR
42		Pavel Zdunov	F	L	33	2009	Kremenki, Russian SFSR
35		Mikhail Zhukov	C	L	40	2015	Leningrad, Russian SFSR,

NHL alumni

• Mikhail Grabovski (2003–05)
• Maxim Galanov (2003–06)
• Ladislav Kohn (2008–09)
• Oleg Kvasha (2011-current)
• Nail Yakupov (2012-2013)

External links

• (Russian) Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk official website