HC Avtomobilist (russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional

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team based in

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. They replaced

Khimik Voskresensk Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobro ...

in the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

in 2009.

History

Founded in 2006, the team took its name from an older

ice hockey club called Avtomobilist that used to play in the Soviet championship and later the International Hockey League.

Season-by-season record

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

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team captains

Alexander Gulyavtsev Alexander Gulyavtsev (russian: Александр Вячеславович Гулявцев, born 3 May 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger who last competitively with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL ...

, 2009–11 * Sergei Gusev, 2012–14 * Alexei Simakov, 2014–16 * Petr Koukal, 2016–17 *

Alexei Mikhnov Oleksiy Pavlovych "Alexei" Mikhnov ( uk, Олексій Павлович Міхнов) (born August 31, 1982) is a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey left wing who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with the S ...

, 2017–18 *

Nikita Tryamkin Nikita Andreyevich Tryamkin (russian: Никита Андреевич Трямкин) (born 30 August 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey Leagu ...

, 2018 *

Nigel Dawes Nigel Alexander Dawes (born February 9, 1985) is a Canadian- Kazakhstani professional ice-hockey winger for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Phoenix ...

, 2018–20 *

Pavel Datsyuk Pavel Valerievich Datsyuk (, ; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. Datsyuk was nicknamed the "Magic Man" honoring his incredible stickhandling and creativity with the puck. From 2001 to 2016, he played for the ...

, 2020–21 * Nikita Tryamkin, 2021–

Head coaches

* Leonid Kiselyov, 2006 * Vitali Krayov, 2006–07 * Mikhail Malko, 2007 *

Sergei Shepelev Sergei Mikhailovich Shepelev (russian: Сергей Михайлович Шепелев); born October 13, 1955 in Nizhny Tagil, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played left wing for HC Sparta ...

, 2007–08 * Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, 2008–09 * Marek Sykora, 2009–10 * Evgeni Popikhin, 2010 * Evgeni Mukhin, 2010–11 * Ilya Byakin, 2011 * Andrei Martemyanov, 2011–12 *

Andrei Shayanov Andrei Viktorovich Shayanov (russian: Андрей Викторович Шая́нов, born June 1, 1968) is a Kazakhstani-Russian professional ice hockey coach. He currently serves as assistant coach at Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

, 2012 *

Igor Ulanov Igor Sergeevich Ulanov (russian: И́горь Серге́евич Ула́нов; born 1 October 1969) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Ulanov was drafted by the W ...

, 2012–13 *

Anatoly Emelin Anatoly Anatolevich Emelin (russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Емелин, ); (born October 3, 1964) is a former Russian ice hockey player. He played right winger and scored 229 goals in 596 official games. After 1997-98 season, Em ...

, 2013–15 * Andrei Razin, 2015–16 *

Vladimir Krikunov Vladimir Vasilievich Krikunov (russian: Владимир Васильевич Крикунов, born March 24, 1950) is retired Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and former head coach of team Russia. He is currently a coach of the KHL club Din ...

, 2016–18 * Andrei Martemyanov, 2018–20 * Bill Peters, 2020–2021 * Nikolai Zavarukhin, 2021–

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Avtomobilist Ice hockey teams in Russia Kontinental Hockey League teams Sports clubs in Yekaterinburg Ice hockey clubs established in 2006 2006 establishments in Russia