Metallurg Magnitogorsk
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| Full name | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
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| Nickname(s) | Magnitka, Foxes |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Based in | Magnitogorsk, Russia |
| Arena |
Arena Metallurg (capacity: 7,500) |
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Division | Kharlamov |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Uniform |
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| Owner(s) | Viktor Rashnikov |
| GM | Valery Postnikov |
| Head coach | Ilya Vorobyov |
| Captain | Sergei Mozyakin |
| Affiliates |
Yuzhny Ural Orsk (VHL) Steel Foxes (MHL) |
| Website | www.metallurg.ru |
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 (2008–09), losing the 2008–09 season championship round to the ZSC Lions of the Swiss ice hockey league National League A.
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.
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.[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. 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
| Season | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2008–09 | 56 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 104 | 174 | 148 | 2nd, Tarasov | Lost in Semifinals, 4–1 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) |
| 2009–10 | 56 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 167 | 111 | 1st, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2010–11 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 100 | 167 | 141 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Finals, 4–3 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) |
| 2011–12 | 54 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 94 | 150 | 137 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 4–1 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 93 | 167 | 121 | 3rd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) |
| 2013–14 | 54 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 166 | 113 | 1st, Kharlamov | Won Gagarin Cup, 4–3 (HC Lev Praha) |
| 2014–15 | 60 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 129 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 4–1 (HC Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 103 | 180 | 138 | 1st, Kharlamov | Won Gagarin Cup, 4–3 (HC CSKA Moscow) |
Players
Current roster
Updated January 1, 2016.[3][4]
Retired numbers
| No. | Player | Position | Career | Date of retirement |
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| 15 |  Jan Marek | C | 1997–2011 | 28 August 2012 |
| 34 |  Ravil Gusmanov | LW | 1989–2010 | 19 November 2012 |
NHL alumni
Alexei Kaigorodov (2001–07)
Evgeni Malkin (2003–06)
Nikolay Kulemin (2005–08)
Team and player honors
Winners (3): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2006–07
Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2003–04
3rd place (4): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08
Champions Hockey League (2008–09)
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
- Winners (1): 2005
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Winners (1): 2005, 2006, 2008
Franchise records
- Scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.[5]
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;
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Leaders
Team captains
- Vitaly Atyushov 2007–11
- Sergei Fedorov 2011–12
- Evgeni Malkin 2012–13
- Sergei Mozyakin 2013–present
Head coaches
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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
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Dave King 2005–06
- Fedor Kanareykin 2006–07
- Valery Postnikov 2007–08
- Valery Belousov 2008–10
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Kari Heikkilä 2010–11 - Aleksander Barkov 2011
- Fedor Kanareykin 2011–12
- Paul Maurice 2012–13
- Mike Keenan 2013–2015
- Ilya Vorobyov 2015–present
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Team: Metallurg Mg.". www.metallurg.ru. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ↑ "Metallurg Magnitogorsk team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ↑ "Franchise All-Time Stats for Metallurg Magnitogorsk". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
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