Metallurg Magnitogorsk
CityMagnitogorsk, Russia
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionKharlamov
Founded1955
Home arenaArena Metallurg
(capacity: 7,704)
Colours       
Owner(s)Viktor Rashnikov
General managerSergei Laskov
Head coachAndrei Razin
CaptainEgor Yakovlev
AffiliatesZauralie Kurgan (VHL)
Yermak Angarsk (VHL)
Steel Foxes (MHL)
Websitewww.metallurg.ru
Jerseys for 2013/2014 season
Current season

Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) 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 (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.

Variant of team logo used 1999-2013

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

2022

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Juho Olkinuora elected to leave the team.[4][5]

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 (HC Dynamo Moscow)
1998–9942342--74180801st, all leagueChampions of Russia, 4–2 (HC Dynamo Moscow)
1999–2000382491178132963rd, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 2–3 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2000–01542496287153961st, Group AChampions of Russia, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk)
2001–0251281533951521255th, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2002–0351231424851211016th, all leagueLost in Quarterfinals, 0–3 (Severstal Cherepovets)
2003–04603518211141761291st, all leagueLost in Finals, 2–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2004–05603415241151931243rd, all leagueLost in Quarterfinals, 2–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2005–065138444127175751st, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2006–0754301421102146994th, all leagueChampions of Russia, 3–2 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2007–08573112431151751132nd, all leagueLost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2008–095625151331041741482nd, TarasovLost in Semifinals, 1–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2009–10563415611151671111st, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2010–11542714671001671412nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2011–1254292034941501372nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2012–13522713012931671213rd, KharlamovLost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2013–14543511021081661131st, KharlamovGagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (Lev Praha)
2014–15603215851171741292nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Sibir Novosibirsk)
2015–166025201321031801381st, KharlamovGagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (CSKA Moscow)
2016–17603613561241971351st, KharlamovLost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2017–1856241787951501354th, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2018–1962351962841821322nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2019–2062202589651381454th, KharlamovLost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Barys Nur-Sultan)
2020–2160311667811651382nd, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2021–2248261183711641201st, KharlamovLost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2022–23683020513831891753rd, KharlamovLost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Avangard Omsk)

Players

Current roster

Updated 24 September 2023.[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
18 Kazakhstan Pavel Akolzin RW L 33 2021 Moscow, Russian SFSR
39 Canada Jean-Sébastien Dea C R 29 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada
2 Russia Grigori Dronov (A) D L 25 2016 Magnitogorsk, Russia
71 Russia Nikita Grebyonkin LW L 20 2021 Serov, Russia
47 United States Luke Johnson C R 29 2023 Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
91 Russia Maxim Karpov (A) RW L 32 2020 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
8 Russia Roman Kantserov F L 19 2023 Magnitogorsk, Russia
56 Russia Makar Khabarov D L 24 2023 Cherepovets, Russia
94 Russia Yegor Korobkin F L 25 2017 Magnitogorsk, Russia
21 Russia Semyon Koshelyov LW L 27 2020 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
25 Russia Danila Kvartalnov LW L 26 2023 Voskresensk, Russia
85 Kazakhstan Alexei Maklyukov (A) D L 27 2021 Voskresensk, Russia
11 Kazakhstan Nikita Mikhailis LW R 28 2023 Karaganda, Kazakhstan
72 Russia Artyom Minulin D R 25 2019 Tyumen, Russia
23 Kazakhstan Maxim Mukhametov C L 24 2023 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
12 Russia Arkhip Nekolenko RW R 27 2018 Maryino, Russia
9 Kazakhstan Valeri Orekhov D R 24 2022 Satpaev, Kazakhstan
87 Belarus Danila Palivko D L 22 2023 Novopolotsk, Belarus
31 Russia Alexander Petunin C L 26 2023 Yekaterinburg, Russia
19 Sweden Robin Press (A) D R 29 2023 Uppsala, Sweden
14 Russia Dmitri Silantyev F L 23 2023 Moscow, Russia
20 Russia Alexander Sudnitsin G L 36 2023 Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR
44 Russia Egor Yakovlev (C) D L 32 2019 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
88 Belarus Vladislav Yeryomenko D R 24 2022 Mishutki, Belarus
22 Russia Danila Yurov F L 20 2020 Chelyabinsk, Russia
55 Russia Artyom Zagidulin G L 28 2023 Magnitogorsk, Russia
16 Russia Denis Zernov C L 27 2021 Chelyabinsk, Russia

Team captains

Head coaches

Retired numbers

Metallurg Magnitogorsk retired numbers
No. Player Position Career Date of retirement
15Czech Republic Jan MarekC1997–201128 August 2012
34Russia Ravil GusmanovLW1989–201019 November 2012

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.[8]

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

Opening Cup

Russian Superleague

Silver Stone Trophy

IIHF Super Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2000
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 1999

Champions Hockey League

Spengler Cup

Victoria Cup

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2008

Tampere Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (3): 2005, 2006, 2008

Hockeyades (Vallé de Joux)

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2009

Davos Hockey Summit

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2018

References

  1. ↑ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 167, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
  2. ↑ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 173, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
  3. ↑ "NY Rangers victorious, 4-3". www.iihf.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "NHL Suspends Dealings with KHL as Russia's Ukraine Invasion Impacts Hockey World". Forbes.
  5. ↑ "Snapshots: KHL Departures, AHL Signings, NHL Trade Market".
  6. ↑ "Team: Metallurg Mg". www.metallurg.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  7. ↑ "Metallurg Magnitogorsk team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. ↑ "Franchise All-Time Stats for Metallurg Magnitogorsk". quanthockey.com. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
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