Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
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
Affiliates	Magnitka Magnitogorsk (VHL); Stalnye Lisy (MHL)
Website	metallurg.ru
	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.

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 22 August 2024.^[6]^[7]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
18	Pavel Akolzin	RW	L	34	2021	Moscow, Russian SFSR
71	Danil Bashkirov	F	L	23	2024	Tyumen, Russia
89	Igor Geraskin	LW	L	26	2023	Klin, Russia
27	Danil Gololobov	D	R	22	2023	Magnitogorsk, Russia
15	Mikhail Grass	C	L	20	2023	Chelyabinsk, Russia
47	Luke Johnson	C	R	30	2023	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
8	Roman Kantserov	F	L	20	2023	Magnitogorsk, Russia
56	Makar Khabarov	D	L	25	2023	Cherepovets, Russia
94	Yegor Korobkin	F	L	26	2017	Magnitogorsk, Russia
85	Alexei Maklyukov (A)	D	L	28	2021	Voskresensk, Russia
11	Nikita Mikhailis	LW	R	29	2023	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
72	Artyom Minulin	D	R	26	2019	Tyumen, Russia
30	Ilya Nabokov	G	L	21	2022	Kasli, Russia
9	Valeri Orekhov	D	R	25	2022	Satpaev, Kazakhstan
87	Danila Palivko	D	L	23	2023	Novopolotsk, Belarus
31	Alexander Petunin	C	L	27	2023	Yekaterinburg, Russia
75	Nikita Podskrebalin	G	L	26	2023	Chelyabinsk, Russia
19	Robin Press (A)	D	R	29	2023	Uppsala, Sweden
34	Mikhail Shalagin	LW	L	25	2024	Moscow, Russia
14	Dmitri Silantyev	F	L	24	2023	Moscow, Russia
20	Alexander Smolin	G	L	21	2023	Chebarkul, Russia
29	Daniil Vovchenko	RW	R	28	2023	Cherepovets, Russia
23	Scott Wilson	C	L	32	2024	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
44	Egor Yakovlev (C)	D	L	33	2019	Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
88	Vladislav Yeryomenko	D	R	25	2022	Mishutki, Belarus
22	Danila Yurov	F	L	20	2020	Chelyabinsk, Russia
16	Denis Zernov	C	L	28	2021	Chelyabinsk, Russia

Team captains

Sergei Mogilnikov 1991–94
Sergei Starkovski 1994–95
Mikhail Borodulin 1995–96
Evgeny Koreshkov 1996–97
Mikhail Borodulin 1997–99
Sergei Gomolyako 1999–2000
Evgeny Koreshkov 2000–03
Valeri Karpov 2003–05
Evgeny Varlamov 2005–06
Ravil Gusmanov 2006–08
Vitaly Atyushov 2008–11
Sergei Fedorov 2011–12
Denis Platonov 2012
Evgeni Malkin 2012–13
Sergei Mozyakin 2013–21
Egor Yakovlev 2021–

Head coaches

Felix Mirsky 1955–57
Georgy Mordukhovich 1957–58
Georgy Mordukhovich 1969–71
Valery Postnikov 1971–76
Khalim Mingaleev 1976–79
Valery Postnikov 1979–96
Valery Belousov 1996–2003
Marek Sykora 2003–05
Dave King 2005–06
Fedor Kanareykin 2006–07
Valery Postnikov 2007–08
Valery Belousov 2008–10
Kari Heikkilä 2010–11
Aleksander Barkov 2011
Fedor Kanareykin 2011–12
Paul Maurice 2012–13
Mike Keenan 2013–15
Ilya Vorobiev 2015–17
Viktor Kozlov 2017–18
Josef Jandač 2018–19
Ilya Vorobiev 2019–23
Andrei Razin 2023–present

Retired numbers

Metallurg Magnitogorsk retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	Date of retirement
15	Jan Marek	C	1997–2011	28 August 2012
34	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;

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Sergei Mozyakin	LW	519	263	290	553	1.06
Jan Kovář	C	285	97	189	286	1.01
Danis Zaripov	LW	229	87	140	227	.99
Chris Lee	D	253	45	144	189	.75
Denis Platonov	RW	493	85	84	169	.34
Viktor Antipin	D	381	52	92	144	.38
Andrei Chibisov	LW	245	65	69	134	.55
Tomáš Rolinek	LW	215	68	57	125	.58
Alexei Kaigorodov	C	231	30	90	120	.52
Egor Yakovlev	D	298	32	85	117	.39

Goals
Player	Pos	G
Sergei Mozyakin	LW	263
Jan Kovář	C	97
Danis Zaripov	LW	87
Denis Platonov	RW	85
Tomáš Rolinek	LW	68
Andrei Chibisov	LW	65
Oskar Osala	LW	56
Viktor Antipin	D	52
Nikolay Kulemin	LW	48
Yevgeny Timkin	RW	47

Assists
Player	Pos	A
Sergei Mozyakin	LW	290
Jan Kovář	C	189
Chris Lee	D	144
Danis Zaripov	LW	140
Viktor Antipin	D	92
Alexei Kaigorodov	C	90
Egor Yakovlev	D	85
Yevgeny Biryukov	D	84
Denis Platonov	RW	84
Maxim Karpov	RW	78