Metallurg Magnitogorsk

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Metallurg Magnitogorsk
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City Magnitogorsk, Russia
League Kontinental Hockey League
Conference Eastern
Division Kharlamov
Founded 1955
Home arena Arena Metallurg
(capacity: 7,704)
Colours                    
Owner(s) Viktor Rashnikov
General manager Sergei Laskov
Head coach Andrei Razin
Captain Egor Yakovlev
Affiliate(s) Zauralie Kurgan (VHL)
Yuzhny Ural Orsk (VHL)
Steel Foxes (MHL) Magnitka Magnitogorsk (VHL)
Website metallurg.ru
Jerseys for 2013/2014 season
Current season

Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. They also competed in the Champions Hockey League, losing the 2008–09 season championship round to Swiss club, the ZSC Lions.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Gagarin Cup in the 2013–14 KHL season, 2015–16 KHL season, and the 2023–24 KHL season.

History

Metallurg was founded in 1955 by the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works as a Class B team that competed in the Chelyabinsk Oblast and the RSFSR championships. Since the 80s it joined the Second League (third by importance) of the Soviet Class A and won its championships twice, in 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons. After two more seasons in the second level of the USSR hockey Magnitogorsk club became one of the founders of the International Hockey League, the first Post-Soviet major pro hockey association.

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Variant of team logo used 1999-2013

Magnitogorsk advanced to the Russian Superleague finals six times becoming a three-time champion of Russia.[citation needed]

Victoria Cup

On 1 October 2008, Metallurg Magnitogorsk played against NHL's New York Rangers in the inaugural Victoria Cup at the PostFinance-Arena in Bern with an attendance of 13,794.[1] Metallurg Magnitogorsk led most of the game, 3–0 at one point, but ultimately lost 4–3 by the Rangers' Ryan Callahan breakaway goal with 20 seconds remaining in the game.[2] Denis Platonov, Vladimir Malenkikh and Nikolai Zavarukhin scored for Metallurg, and Dan Fritsche scored and Chris Drury scored twice for the Rangers. As a sign of respect, Russian Dmitri Kalinin and Ukrainian Nikolay Zherdev accepted the Victoria Cup trophy on behalf of the New York Rangers.[3]

2022

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Juho Olkinuora elected to leave the team.[4][5]

Season-by-season record

For the full season-by-season history, see List of Metallurg Magnitogorsk seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L OTW OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
1997–98 46 31 5 - - 72 173 82 2nd, all league Russian Cup Champions, 3–1 (HC Dynamo Moscow)
1998–99 42 34 2 - - 74 180 80 1st, all league Champions of Russia, 4–2 (HC Dynamo Moscow)
1999–2000 38 24 9 1 1 78 132 96 3rd, all league Lost in Semifinals, 2–3 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2000–01 54 24 9 6 2 87 153 96 1st, Group A Champions of Russia, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk)
2001–02 51 28 15 3 3 95 152 125 5th, all league Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2002–03 51 23 14 2 4 85 121 101 6th, all league Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–3 (Severstal Cherepovets)
2003–04 60 35 18 2 1 114 176 129 1st, all league Lost in Finals, 2–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2004–05 60 34 15 2 4 115 193 124 3rd, all league Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2005–06 51 38 4 4 4 127 175 75 1st, all league Lost in Semifinals, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2006–07 54 30 14 2 1 102 146 99 4th, all league Champions of Russia, 3–2 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2007–08 57 31 12 4 3 115 175 113 2nd, all league Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2008–09 56 25 15 13 3 104 174 148 2nd, Tarasov Lost in Semifinals, 1–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2009–10 56 34 15 6 1 115 167 111 1st, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2010–11 54 27 14 6 7 100 167 141 2nd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2011–12 54 29 20 3 4 94 150 137 2nd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2012–13 52 27 13 0 12 93 167 121 3rd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2013–14 54 35 11 0 2 108 166 113 1st, Kharlamov Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (Lev Praha)
2014–15 60 32 15 8 5 117 174 129 2nd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Sibir Novosibirsk)
2015–16 60 25 20 13 2 103 180 138 1st, Kharlamov Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (CSKA Moscow)
2016–17 60 36 13 5 6 124 197 135 1st, Kharlamov Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2017–18 56 24 17 8 7 95 150 135 4th, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2018–19 62 35 19 6 2 84 182 132 2nd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2019–20 62 20 25 8 9 65 138 145 4th, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Barys Nur-Sultan)
2020–21 60 31 16 6 7 81 165 138 2nd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2021–22 48 26 11 8 3 71 164 120 1st, Kharlamov Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2022–23 68 30 20 5 13 83 189 175 3rd, Kharlamov Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2023–24 68 35 17 9 7 95 212 167 1st, Kharlamov Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–0 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)

Players

Current roster

Updated January 1, 2016.[6][7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
9 Russia Viktor Antipin D L 31 2009 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
17 Russia Dmitri Arsenyuk C L 29 2014 Magnitogorsk, Russia
32 Russia Rafael Batyrshin D L 38 2014 Moscow, Russian SFSR
51 Russia Alexei Bereglazov D L 30 2014 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
48 Russia Yevgeny Biryukov (A) D L 38 2005 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
41 Czech Republic Tomáš Filippi W L 32 2015 Rychnov nad Kneznou, Czechoslovakia
50 Russia Alexei Kaigorodov C L 41 2015 Magnitogorsk, Russia
13 Russia Vladislav Kaletnik F L 31 2014 Angarsk, Russia
78 Russia Yaroslav Khabarov D L 35 2005 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
33 Russia Sergei Kharytinsky C L 27 2015 Surgut , Russia
83 Russia Vasily Koshechkin G L 41 2013 Togliatti, Russian SFSR
68 Russia Yaroslav Kosov RW L 31 2010 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
43 Czech Republic Jan Kovář C R 34 2013 Písek, Czechoslovakia
4 Canada Chris Lee D L 44 2013 MacTier, Ontario, Canada
70 Russia Pavel Medvedev D R 29 2015 Magnitogorsk, Russia
10 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (C) LW R 43 2011 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR
62 Finland Oskar Osala LW L 36 2013 Vaasa, Finland
39 Russia Denis Platonov C L 43 2012 Saratov, Russian SFSR
92 Russia Bogdan Potekhin F L 32 2009 Magnitogorsk, Russia
Russia Viktor Postnikov D L 32 2015 Magnitogorsk, Russia
30 Russia Ilya Samsonov G L 27 2014 Magnitogorsk, Russia
28 Russia Alexander Semin RW R 40 2015 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
52 Russia Sergei Tereshchenko D R 32 2013 Magnitogorsk, Russia
23 Russia Yevgeny Timkin RW L 34 2013 Murmansk, Russian SFSR
8 Canada Wojtek Wolski LW L 38 2015 Zabrze, Poland
40 Russia Vladilen Zakharov F R 30 2014 Voskresensk, Russian SFSR
25 Russia Danis Zaripov (A) LW L 43 2013 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
47 Russia Nikita Zhloba D L 29 2014 Magnitogorsk, Russia


Team captains

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Head coaches

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Retired numbers

Metallurg Magnitogorsk retired numbers
No. Player Position Career Date of retirement
15 Czech Republic Jan Marek C 1997–2011 28 August 2012
34 Russia Ravil Gusmanov LW 1989–2010 19 November 2012

Franchise leaders

All-time KHL scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.[8]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;      = current Metallurg player;

Awards and trophies

Gagarin Cup

Opening Cup

Russian Superleague

Silver Stone Trophy

IIHF Super Cup

  • 1st Winners (1): 2000
  • 2nd Runners-up (1): 1999

Champions Hockey League

Spengler Cup

Victoria Cup

  • 2nd Runners-up (1): 2008

Tampere Cup

  • 1st Winners (3): 2005, 2006, 2008

Hockeyades (Vallé de Joux)

  • 1st Winners (1): 2009

Davos Hockey Summit

  • 2nd Runners-up (1): 2018

References

  1. IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 167, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
  2. IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 173, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
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