Metallurg Novokuznetsk ( ) is a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. They are currently members of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL).
History The team was founded in 1949 in Novokuznetsk (then Stalinsk) to compete in the lower divisions of the Soviet ice hockey championship. During the 1960s, Metallurg managed to advance to the elite group for several seasons, but did not establish itself as a major club until the 1990s when the International Hockey League was formed.
During the first years of the post-Soviet era, Novokuznetsk significantly improved its roster with players from the Ust-Kamenogorsk school.
The team's downfall began in 2004 when its managerial staff moved to SKA Saint Petersburg signing the best players from Novokuznetsk. Despite that the team was able to rebuild itself and years later joined the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008.
Following the 2016–17 season, with the KHL in need to regulate debts amongst clubs through contraction and with Novokuznetsk in financial trouble pertaining to a lack of success on the ice, they were excluded from participating in the KHL on May 24, 2017. Novokuznetsk will continue to operate their junior club program and also participate in the secondary tier of the VHL.
On 21 May 2020, Metallurg ended their affiliation with HC Sibir Novosibirsk, opting to be the farm team for Avangard Omsk of the KHL for the 2020–21 season.
Honors
Winners
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan's Cup (1): 2016
Runners-up Russian Superleague Championship (1): 2000
Season-by-season KHL record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs2008–09 56 12 3 2 5 3 31 54 127 157 5th, Bobrov Did not qualify2009–10 56 13 1 2 2 5 33 52 105 159 6th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2010–11 54 8 1 3 4 5 33 41 105 186 6th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2011–12 54 18 2 4 9 0 21 75 108 130 5th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2012–13 52 15 3 1 3 2 28 58 132 177 5th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2013–14 54 12 1 1 4 6 30 50 115 170 6th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2014–15 60 10 3 7 1 2 37 53 115 190 6th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2015–16 60 13 1 0 10 4 32 55 128 191 7th, Chernyshev Did not qualify2016–17 60 8 1 5 2 2 42 40 97 194 8th, Chernyshev Did not qualify
Franchise records and leaders
KHL scoring leaders
These were the top-ten KHL point-scorers in franchise history.Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL Points Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved March 26, 2011
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game
Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G Alexander Golovin LW 155 32 39 71 .46 Alexander Bumagin LW 129 26 37 63 .49 Dmitri Kagarlitsky LW 94 20 39 59 .63 Randy Robitaille C 91 22 35 57 .63 Alexander Komaristy C 167 25 31 56 .33 Alexei Kosourov F 178 28 26 54 .30 Ryan Stoa LW 93 30 23 53 .57 Fedor Polishchuk LW 159 17 35 52 .33 Dmitri Dudarev RW 163 25 25 50 .31 Ansel Galimov RW 105 22 19 41 .39
Goals Player Pos G Alexander Golovin LW 32 Ryan Stoa LW 30 Alexei Kosourov F 28 Alexander Bumagin LW 26 Alexander Komaristy C 25 Dmitri Dudarev RW 25 Ansel Galimov RW 22 Randy Robitaille C 22 Dmitri Kagarlitsky LW 20 Nikita Vyglazov RW 18
Assists Player Pos A Alexander Golovin LW 39 Dmitri Kagarlitsky LW 39 Alexander Bumagin LW 37 Fedor Polishchuk LW 35 Randy Robitaille C 35 Mikhail Kuklev D 31 Alexander Komaristy C 31 Cade Fairchild D 28 Alexei Kosourov F 26 Dmitri Dudarev RW 25
References
External links Metallurg Novokuznetsk official website