Metallurg Magnitogorsk


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

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 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.
During the 1990s, the team worked up a reputation as one of the top Russian teams of the new era. Magnitogorsk advanced to the Russian Superleague finals six times becoming a three-time champion of Russia.

Victoria Cup

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. 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. 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. American analysts and broadcasters reported a rumor that team management was to reward all 22 the Metallurg Magnitogorsk players $100,000 USD for victory.

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
SeasonGPWLOTWOTLPtsGFGAFinishPlayoffs
1997–9846315--72173822nd, all leagueRussian Cup Champions, 3–1 '
1998–9942342--74180801st, all leagueChampions of Russia, 4–2 '
1999–2000382491178132963rd, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 2–3
2000–01542496287153961st, Group AChampions of Russia, 4–2 '
2001–0251281533951521255th, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 0–3
2002–0351231424851211016th, all leagueLost in Quarterfinals, 0–3
2003–04603518211141761291st, all leagueLost in Finals, 2–3
2004–05603415241151931243rd, all leagueLost in Quarterfinals, 2–3
2005–065138444127175751st, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 1–3
2006–0754301421102146994th, all leagueChampions of Russia, 3–2 '
2007–08573112431151751132nd, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 0–3
2008–095625151331041741482nd, TarasovLost in Semifinals, 1–4
2009–10563415611151671111st, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4
2010–11542714671001671412nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Finals, 3–4
2011–1254292034941501372nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4
2012–13522713012931671213rd, KharlamovLost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4
2013–14543511021081661131st, KharlamovGagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 '
2014–15603215851171741292nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4
2015–166025201321031801381st, KharlamovGagarin Cup Champions, 4–3
2016–17603613561241971351st, KharlamovLost in Gagarin Cup Finals', 1–4
2017–1856241787951501354th, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4
2018–1962351962841821322nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4
2019–2062202589651381454th, KharlamovLost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4

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 2003–05
  • Evgeny Varlamov 2005–06
  • Ravil Gusmanov 2006–08
  • Vitaly Atyushov 2008–11
  • Sergei Fedorov 2011–12
  • Denis Platonov 2012
  • Evgeni Malkin 2012–13
  • Sergei Mozyakin 2013–

    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 1996–2003
  • Marek Sykora 2003–05
  • Dave King 2005–06
  • Fedor Kanareykin 2006–07
  • Valery Postnikov 2007–08
  • Valery Belousov 2008–10
  • Kari Heikkilä 2010–11
  • Aleksander Barkov 2011
  • Fedor Kanareykin 2011–12
  • Paul Maurice 2012–13
  • Mike Keenan 2013–15
  • Ilya Vorobiev 2015–17
  • Viktor Kozlov 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'';
PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Sergei MozyakinLW4812532795321.11
Jan KovářC285971892861.01
Danis ZaripovLW22987140227.99
Chris LeeD25345144189.75
Denis PlatonovRW4938584169.34
Viktor AntipinD3815292144.38
Tomáš RolinekLW2156857125.58
Alexei KaigorodovC2313090120.52
Oskar OsalaLW2495648104.42
Yevgeny BiryukovD6272084104.17

PlayerPosG
Sergei MozyakinLW253
Jan KovářC97
Danis ZaripovLW87
Denis PlatonovRW85
Tomáš RolinekLW68
Oskar OsalaLW56
Viktor AntipinD52
Yevgeny TimkinRW47
Chris LeeD45
Denis KhlystovC43

PlayerPosA
Sergei MozyakinLW279
Jan KovářC189
Chris LeeD144
Danis ZaripovLW140
Viktor AntipinD92
Alexei KaigorodovC90
Yevgeny BiryukovD84
Denis PlatonovRW84
Matt EllisonRW60
Tomáš RolinekLW57

Awards and trophies

Gagarin Cup
Opening Cup
  • Winners : 2014–15, 2016–17
Russian Superleague
  • Winners : 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2006–07
  • Runners-up : 2003–04
  • 3rd place : 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06
Silver Stone Trophy
IIHF Super Cup
  • Winners : 2000
  • Runners-up : 1999
Champions Hockey League
  • Runners-up : 2008–09
Spengler Cup
Victoria Cup
  • Runners-up : 2008
Tampere Cup
  • Winners : 2005, 2006, 2008
Davos Hockey Summit
  • Runners-up : 2018
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