HC Sochi
Hockey Club Sochi is a professional ice hockey team based in Sochi, Russia. The team joined the Kontinental Hockey League in 2014–15 season.
History
On May 23, 2014, it was reported that Detroit Red Wings' pending restricted free agent centre Cory Emmerton had signed with HC Sochi to begin play in the Kontinental Hockey League with the 2014–15 season, becoming the first import player signed in franchise history.In the club's inaugural season, Sochi were able to qualify for the play-off to compete for the Gagarin Cup, finishing in 13th place overall of the KHL. In its debut playoff series, Sochi were swept in the first round by HC CSKA Moscow in four games. In the following 2015–16 season, Sochi climbed to 4th place in the Western Conference, but again dropped out in the first round of play-off, suffering another sweep at the hands of HC Dynamo Moscow.
Alexander Andrievsky became the new head coach on October 28 of the 2019–20 season.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstSeason | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Top Scorer | Playoffs |
2014–15 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 88 | 164 | 170 | 5th, Tarasov | Ilya Krikunov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 |
2015–16 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 108 | 175 | 149 | 3rd, Tarasov | André Petersson | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 |
2016–17 | 60 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 88 | 139 | 145 | 5th, Tarasov | Ilya Krikunov | Did not qualify |
2017–18 | 56 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 87 | 130 | 138 | 4rd, Tarasov | Eric O'Dell | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 |
2018–19 | 62 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 66 | 145 | 155 | 3rd, Tarasov | Robert Rosén | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 |
2019–20 | 62 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 59 | 124 | 164 | 5th, Tarasov | Malte Strömwall | Did not qualify |
Players
Current roster
Franchise records and leaders
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 Sochi player
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
Ilya Krikunov | LW | 194 | 44 | 77 | 121 | 0.62 |
André Petersson | RW | 138 | 56 | 55 | 111 | 0.80 |
Andrei Kostitsyn | RW | 133 | 47 | 57 | 104 | 0.78 |
Eric O'Dell | C | 158 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 0.60 |
Igor Ignatushkin | C | 164 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 0.46 |
Sean Collins | C | 164 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 0.43 |
Robert Rosén | C | 119 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 0.54 |
Sergei Shmelyov | LW | 157 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 0.38 |
Nikita Shchitov | D | 163 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 0.35 |
Evgeny Lapenkov | RW | 102 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 0.54 |
Player | Pos | G |
André Petersson | RW | 56 |
Andrei Kostitsyn | RW | 47 |
Eric O'Dell | C | 47 |
Ilya Krikunov | LW | 44 |
Sean Collins | C | 30 |
Igor Ignatushkin | C | 27 |
Sergei Shmelyov | LW | 25 |
Robert Rosén | C | 23 |
Evgeny Lapenkov | RW | 23 |
Mikhail Anisin | RW | 22 |
Player | Pos | A |
Ilya Krikunov | LW | 77 |
Andrei Kostitsyn | RW | 57 |
André Petersson | RW | 55 |
Igor Ignatushkin | C | 49 |
Eric O'Dell | C | 48 |
Nikita Shchitov | D | 41 |
Sean Collins | C | 41 |
Robert Rosén | C | 41 |
Clay Wilson | D | 36 |
Sergei Shmelyov | LW | 34 |