Metallurg Magnitogorsk (russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional
ice hockey
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team based in
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk ( rus, Магнитого́рск, p=məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk, ) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its population ...
,
Chelyabinsk Oblast,
Russia
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. They are members of the
Kharlamov Division
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of 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 ...
. They also competed in the
Champions Hockey League
The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe.
Backgrou ...
, losing the
2008–09 season championship round to Swiss club, the
ZSC Lions
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.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the
Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup (russian: Кубок Гагарина, Kubok Gagarina) is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was ...
in the
2013–14 KHL season and the
2015–16 KHL season
The 2015–16 KHL season was the eighth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the Opening Cup between defending champions SKA Saint Petersburg and last year's Continental Cup winners CSKA Moscow, r ...
.
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
The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...
finals six times becoming a three-time champion of Russia.
Victoria Cup
On 1 October 2008, Metallurg Magnitogorsk played against
NHL
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's
New York Rangers
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in the inaugural
Victoria Cup at the
PostFinance-Arena
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in
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
with an attendance of 13,794. Metallurg Magnitogorsk led most of the game, 3–0 at one point, but ultimately lost 4–3 by the Rangers'
Ryan Callahan
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breakaway goal with 20 seconds remaining in the game. Denis Platonov,
Vladimir Malenkikh and Nikolai Zavarukhin scored for Metallurg, and
Dan Fritsche
Daniel J. Fritsche (born July 13, 1985) is a Swiss- American former professional ice hockey forward. He played for Genève-Servette HC, HC Lugano and the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL) and in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Colum ...
scored and
Chris Drury
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scored twice for the Rangers. As a sign of respect, Russian
Dmitri Kalinin
Dmitri Vladimirovich Kalinin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Калинин; born July 22, 1980) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Traktor Che ...
and Ukrainian
Nikolay Zherdev
Mykola Olehovych "Nikolay" Zherdev ( uk, Микола Олегович Жердев; born November 5, 1984) is a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for the HC Merano of the Alps Hockey League.
He pr ...
accepted the Victoria Cup trophy on behalf of the New York Rangers.
2022
After the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
,
Juho Olkinuora
Juho "Jussi" Olkinuora (born 4 November 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Undrafted, Olkinuora played junior hockey in North America before ...
elected to leave the team.
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''
Players
Current roster
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
Valeri Yevgenievich Karpov (russian: Валерий Евгеньевич Карпов, 5 August 1971 – 10 October 2014) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He competed for Traktor Chelyabi ...
2003–05
*
Evgeny Varlamov
Evgeny Viktorovich Varlamov (born December 7, 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Varlamov began his career in Estonia with Tallinna JSK and represented the country in junior level before making six senior international ...
2005–06
*
Ravil Gusmanov 2006–08
*
Vitaly Atyushov 2008–11
*
Sergei Fedorov
Sergei Viktorovich Fyodorov (; born December 13, 1969) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). During his playing career, for which he is best known fo ...
2011–12
*
Denis Platonov 2012
*
Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( rus, Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmaɫkʲɪn; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of ...
2012–13
*
Sergei Mozyakin 2013–21
*
Egor Yakovlev
Egor Konstantinovich Yakovlev (russian: Егор Константинович Яковлев; born 17 September 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previousl ...
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
Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (russian: Валерий Константинович Белоусов; December 17, 1948 – April 16, 2015) was a Russian professional ice hockey coach and player.
Playing career
Belousov began playing hockey on ...
1996–2003
*
Marek Sykora 2003–05
*
Dave King 2005–06
*
Fedor Kanareykin 2006–07
*
Valery Postnikov 2007–08
*
Valery Belousov
Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (russian: Валерий Константинович Белоусов; December 17, 1948 – April 16, 2015) was a Russian professional ice hockey coach and player.
Playing career
Belousov began playing hockey on ...
2008–10
*
Kari Heikkilä 2010–11
*
Aleksander Barkov
Aleksander Aleksandrovich "Sasha" Barkov (russian: Александр Александрович Барков; born 2 September 1995) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ...
2011
*
Fedor Kanareykin 2011–12
*
Paul Maurice
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2012–13
*
Mike Keenan
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2013–15
*
Ilya Vorobiev 2015–17
*
Viktor Kozlov
Viktor Nikolayevich Kozlov (russian: Виктор Николаевич Козлов; born 14 February 1975) is a Russian former professional ice hockey center and coach. He is the current head coach of the Kontinental Hockey League's Salavat Yul ...
2017–18
*
Josef Jandač 2018–19
*
Ilya Vorobiev 2019–present
Retired numbers
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 Metallurg player'';
Awards and trophies
Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup (russian: Кубок Гагарина, Kubok Gagarina) is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was ...
* Winners (2):
2014,
2016
* Runners-up (1):
2017
Opening Cup
The Opening Cup (russian: Кубок Открытия, Kubok Otkrytiya), is the trophy awarded to the winner of the first game of every regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This match is played between the previous season's playo ...
* Winners (2):
2014–15,
2016–17
Russian Superleague
The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...
* Winners (4):
1997–98,
1998–99,
2000–01,
2006–07
* Runners-up (1):
2003–04
* 3rd place (3):
1999–2000,
2001–02,
2005–06
Silver Stone Trophy The Silver Stone Trophy was originally designed and produced for the now defunct European Hockey League (1997-2000) by Italian artist Enzo Bosi. It weighs seven kilograms in silver chisel, equivalent to one British stone, hence the name ''The Silve ...
* Winners (3):
1999,
2000
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,
2008
IIHF Super Cup The IIHF Super Cup was an ice hockey event played between each winner of the two main European club tournaments of the previous season.
In 1997 it was played between the champion of the European Hockey League and the champion of the IIHF European ...
* Winners (1):
2000
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* Runners-up (1):
1999
Champions Hockey League
The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe.
Backgrou ...
* Runners-up (1):
2008–09
Spengler Cup
The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss tea ...
* Winners (1):
2005
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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
External links
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Ice hockey teams in Russia
Sport in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Kontinental Hockey League teams
Sport in Magnitogorsk