# Metallurg Magnitogorsk

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, 2015–16 KHL season, and the 2023–24 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.
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.

### 2022

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Juho Olkinuora elected to leave the team.

## 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 |
| 1997–98 | 46 | 31 | 5 | - | - | 72 | 173 | 82 | 2nd, all league | Russian Cup Champions, 3–1 (HC Dynamo Moscow) |
| 1998–99 | 42 | 34 | 2 | - | - | 74 | 180 | 80 | 1st, all league | Champions of Russia, 4–2 (HC Dynamo Moscow) |
| 1999–2000 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 132 | 96 | 3rd, all league | Lost in Semifinals, 2–3 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2000–01 | 54 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 87 | 153 | 96 | 1st, Group A | Champions of Russia, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2001–02 | 51 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 152 | 125 | 5th, all league | Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) |
| 2002–03 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 121 | 101 | 6th, all league | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–3 (Severstal Cherepovets) |
| 2003–04 | 60 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 114 | 176 | 129 | 1st, all league | Lost in Finals, 2–3 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2004–05 | 60 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 115 | 193 | 124 | 3rd, all league | Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–3 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2005–06 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 127 | 175 | 75 | 1st, all league | Lost in Semifinals, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2006–07 | 54 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 146 | 99 | 4th, all league | Champions of Russia, 3–2 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2007–08 | 57 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 115 | 175 | 113 | 2nd, all league | Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) |
| 2008–09 | 56 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 104 | 174 | 148 | 2nd, Tarasov | Lost in Semifinals, 1–4 (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, 3–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) |
| 2011–12 | 54 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 94 | 150 | 137 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (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 | Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (Lev Praha) |
| 2014–15 | 60 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 117 | 174 | 129 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 103 | 180 | 138 | 1st, Kharlamov | Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–3 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2016–17 | 60 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 124 | 197 | 135 | 1st, Kharlamov | Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 95 | 150 | 135 | 4th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 182 | 132 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 138 | 145 | 4th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Barys Nur-Sultan) |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 165 | 138 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 164 | 120 | 1st, Kharlamov | Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 83 | 189 | 175 | 3rd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 95 | 212 | 167 | 1st, Kharlamov | Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–0 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) |

## Players
### Current roster

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Updated 22 August 2024.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 18 | Pavel Akolzin | RW | L | 34 | 2021 | Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| 71 | Danil Bashkirov | F | L | 23 | 2024 | Tyumen, Russia |
| 89 | Igor Geraskin | LW | L | 26 | 2023 | Klin, Russia |
| 27 | Danil Gololobov | D | R | 22 | 2023 | Magnitogorsk, Russia |
| 15 | Mikhail Grass | C | L | 20 | 2023 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 47 | Luke Johnson | C | R | 30 | 2023 | Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States |
| 8 | Roman Kantserov | F | L | 20 | 2023 | Magnitogorsk, Russia |
| 56 | Makar Khabarov | D | L | 25 | 2023 | Cherepovets, Russia |
| 94 | Yegor Korobkin | F | L | 26 | 2017 | Magnitogorsk, Russia |
| 85 | Alexei Maklyukov (A) | D | L | 27 | 2021 | Voskresensk, Russia |
| 11 | Nikita Mikhailis | LW | R | 29 | 2023 | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
| 72 | Artyom Minulin | D | R | 26 | 2019 | Tyumen, Russia |
| 30 | Ilya Nabokov | G | L | 21 | 2022 | Kasli, Russia |
| 9 | Valeri Orekhov | D | R | 25 | 2022 | Satpaev, Kazakhstan |
| 87 | Danila Palivko | D | L | 22 | 2023 | Novopolotsk, Belarus |
| 31 | Alexander Petunin | C | L | 27 | 2023 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| 75 | Nikita Podskrebalin | G | L | 26 | 2023 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 19 | Robin Press (A) | D | R | 29 | 2023 | Uppsala, Sweden |
| 34 | Mikhail Shalagin | LW | L | 25 | 2024 | Moscow, Russia |
| 14 | Dmitri Silantyev | F | L | 24 | 2023 | Moscow, Russia |
| 20 | Alexander Smolin | G | L | 21 | 2023 | Chebarkul, Russia |
| 29 | Daniil Vovchenko | RW | R | 28 | 2023 | Cherepovets, Russia |
| 23 | Scott Wilson | C | L | 32 | 2024 | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
| 44 | Egor Yakovlev (C) | D | L | 33 | 2019 | Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR |
| 88 | Vladislav Yeryomenko | D | R | 25 | 2022 | Mishutki, Belarus |
| 22 | Danila Yurov | F | L | 20 | 2020 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 16 | Denis Zernov | C | L | 28 | 2021 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |

### 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 2013–21
* Egor Yakovlev 2021–

### 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 2019–23
* Andrei Razin 2023–present

### Retired numbers

Metallurg Magnitogorsk retired numbers :
| No. | Player | Position | Career | Date of retirement |
| 15 | Jan Marek | C | 1997–2011 | 28 August 2012 |
| 34 | Ravil Gusmanov | LW | 1989–2010 | 19 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.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Metallurg player;
Points :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
| Sergei Mozyakin | LW | 519 | 263 | 290 | 553 | 1.06 |
| Jan Kovář | C | 285 | 97 | 189 | 286 | 1.01 |
| Danis Zaripov | LW | 229 | 87 | 140 | 227 | .99 |
| Chris Lee | D | 253 | 45 | 144 | 189 | .75 |
| Denis Platonov | RW | 493 | 85 | 84 | 169 | .34 |
| Viktor Antipin | D | 381 | 52 | 92 | 144 | .38 |
| Andrei Chibisov | LW | 245 | 65 | 69 | 134 | .55 |
| Tomáš Rolinek | LW | 215 | 68 | 57 | 125 | .58 |
| Alexei Kaigorodov | C | 231 | 30 | 90 | 120 | .52 |
| Egor Yakovlev | D | 298 | 32 | 85 | 117 | .39 |
Goals :
| Player | Pos | G |
| Sergei Mozyakin | LW | 263 |
| Jan Kovář | C | 97 |
| Danis Zaripov | LW | 87 |
| Denis Platonov | RW | 85 |
| Tomáš Rolinek | LW | 68 |
| Andrei Chibisov | LW | 65 |
| Oskar Osala | LW | 56 |
| Viktor Antipin | D | 52 |
| Nikolay Kulemin | LW | 48 |
| Yevgeny Timkin | RW | 47 |
Assists :
| Player | Pos | A |
| Sergei Mozyakin | LW | 290 |
| Jan Kovář | C | 189 |
| Chris Lee | D | 144 |
| Danis Zaripov | LW | 140 |
| Viktor Antipin | D | 92 |
| Alexei Kaigorodov | C | 90 |
| Egor Yakovlev | D | 85 |
| Yevgeny Biryukov | D | 84 |
| Denis Platonov | RW | 84 |
| Maxim Karpov | RW | 78 |

## Awards and trophies

Gagarin Cup
* Winners (3): 2014, 2016, 2024
* Runners-up (1): 2017
Opening Cup
* Winners (2): 2014–15, 2016–17
Russian Superleague
* Winners (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2006–07
* Runners-up (1): 2003–04
* 3rd place (3): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06
Silver Stone Trophy
* Winners (3): 1999, 2000, 2008
IIHF Super Cup
* Winners (1): 2000
* Runners-up (1): 1999
Champions Hockey League
* Runners-up (1): 2008–09
Spengler Cup
* Winners (1): 2005
Victoria Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2008
Tampere Cup
* Winners (3): 2005, 2006, 2008
Hockeyades (Vallé de Joux)
* Winners (1): 2009
Davos Hockey Summit
* Runners-up (1): 2018