Metallurg Magnitogorsk

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
CityMagnitogorsk, Russia
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionKharlamov
Founded1955
Home arenaArena Metallurg
(capacity: 7,704)
Colours       
Owner(s)Viktor Rashnikov
General managerSergei Laskov
Head coachAndrei Razin
CaptainEgor Yakovlev
AffiliatesMagnitka Magnitogorsk (VHL)
Stalnye Lisy (MHL)
Websitemetallurg.ru
Jerseys for 2013/2014 season
Current season

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

History

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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.

 
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

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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

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

Season-by-season record

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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

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Current roster

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Updated 22 August 2024.[6][7]

No. Nat 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 27 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 22 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

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Head coaches

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Retired numbers

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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

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All-time KHL scoring leaders

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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

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Gagarin Cup

Opening Cup

Russian Superleague

Silver Stone Trophy

IIHF Super Cup

  •   Winners (1): 2000
  •   Runners-up (1): 1999

Champions Hockey League

Spengler Cup

  •   Winners (1): 2005

Victoria Cup

  •   Runners-up (1): 2008

Tampere Cup

  •   Winners (3): 2005, 2006, 2008

Hockeyades (Vallé de Joux)

  •   Winners (1): 2009

Davos Hockey Summit

  •   Runners-up (1): 2018

References

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  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.
  3. ^ "NY Rangers victorious, 4-3". www.iihf.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. ^ "NHL Suspends Dealings with KHL as Russia's Ukraine Invasion Impacts Hockey World". Forbes.
  5. ^ "Snapshots: KHL Departures, AHL Signings, NHL Trade Market".
  6. ^ "Team: Metallurg Mg". www.metallurg.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  7. ^ "Metallurg Magnitogorsk team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  8. ^ "Franchise All-Time Stats for Metallurg Magnitogorsk". quanthockey.com. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
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