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Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; ba, «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey team based in Ufa in the
Republic of Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the
Chernyshev Division The KHL's Chernyshev Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration. It is one of 4 divisions and part of the Eastern conference since the second season of KHL when the conferences were established. It is named in honor of Arkad ...
of the Kontinental Hockey League. Established in 1961, Salavat Yulaev spent the Soviet era mainly in the lower divisions, only appearing in the top league for five seasons, though since the dissolution of the Soviet Union they have been in the top league in Russia. They have won the Gagarin Cup as the KHL champion once, in
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, and have won the regular season championship twice, in
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and
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, winning the inaugural Continental Cup for the latter. They also won the final Russian Superleague title, in
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.


History


Soviet era

Founded in 1961, the club is named after Salavat Yulaev, a national hero of Bashkortostan. After years of competing in the low-level divisions the team was invited to the second level of the Soviet League "Class A" in 1964, subsequently getting promotion to the elite group for the 1978-1979, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 seasons.


Post-Soviet era

Salavat Yulaev was one of the founding clubs of the International Hockey League and later the Russian Superleague, and normally advanced to the playoffs at that time. The club reached its first Russian championship semifinals in 1996-97 and eventually won its first Championship title in 2007-08, beating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl by three matches to two.


KHL era

On July 11, 2008, Salavat signed
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rising star
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. On June 9, 2009, a press release was issued, stating that Viktor Kozlov had signed a three-year contract to return to Russia. The club has also signed Norwegian forward Patrick Thoresen for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. Salavat Yulaev marked its first year in the KHL by winning its first two regular season titles and becoming the first club to be awarded the Continental Cup. The following season, the team advanced to the final against Atlant and won their first Gagarin Cup as champions. They remained a powerful club in the KHL over the following seasons, reaching the playoffs each year, though did not advance past the conference finals in any year. In March 2022, all four Finnish players, including the all-time scoring leader
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, and
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and
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left the team due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.


Season-by-season KHL record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Penalty Shootout Wins, SOL = Penalty Shootout Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points''


Players


Current roster


Franchise records and leaders


Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in KHL history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders , QuantHockey.com
Retrieved April 7, 2019 ''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; '' = current Salavat Yulaev Ufa player''


Honours


Champions

Gagarin Cup ''(1)'': 2011
KHL Regular Season / Continental Cup ''(2)'': 2009, 2010
Opening Cup ''(2)'': 2008–09, 2011-12
Russian Superleague ''(1)'': 2008
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''(1)'': 1995
Soviet League Class A2 ''(5)'': 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992
Pajulahti Cup Pajulahti Cup was an annual ice hockey tournament held in Pajulahti Sports Institute, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders ...
''(1)'': 2003
Clas Ohlson Cup ''(1)'': 2009


Runners-up

KHL 2013–14, 2015–16
Continental Cup ''(1)'': 1997
Spengler Cup ''(2)'': 2007, 2014
Russian Superleague ''(1)'': 1997
IHL Championship ''(1)'': 1995


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salavat Yulaev Ufa Ice hockey teams in Russia Sport in Ufa Kontinental Hockey League teams Chernyshev Division (KHL) Ice hockey clubs established in 1961 1961 establishments in Russia