# 2008–09 Barys Astana season

The 2008–09 Barys Astana season was the Kontinental Hockey League franchise's 1st season and the last season of play at the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, in parallel.
In 2008, Barys applied to join the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League. The league's authorities allowed Barys in, making it the first Kazakh team into the new league. The team won its first game in the KHL on September 3, 2008 abroad, defeating Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2-1 in the shootouts. They registered their first home game eleven days later by beating defending Russian champions Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3-2, this time again in shootout. The team finished its first season with a 15th place overall in the league (5th out of 6 in the highly competitive Chernyshev division). The team made the playoffs and faced Ak Bars Kazan in the first round (2nd overall in the league); Kazan swept Astana three games to nothing to advance to the second round. Kevin Dallman finished the season as the league's fifth best scorer with a 28 goals and 30 assists (58 points) record; he also finished as the league's leader for shots on goal with 217. Konstantin Glazachev finished 9th overall in the league in scoring with 52 points (28 goals and 24 assists). Meanwhile, the team secured a second straight Kazakhstan Hockey Championship title.

## Standings
### Kontinental Hockey League
#### Divisional standings

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| | Chernyshev Division | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Ak Bars Kazan | 56 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 189 | 123 | 122 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 56 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 184 | 143 | 100 |
| 2 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 56 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 162 | 162 | 84 |
| 4 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 56 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 146 | 140 | 79 |
| 5 | Barys Astana | 56 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 174 | 191 | 78 |
| 6 | Vityaz Chekhov | 56 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 134 | 225 | 40 |

### Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
#### Final round

| | | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Barys Astana | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Kazzinc-Torpedo | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Kazakhmys Satpaev | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 9 |
| 4 | Saryarka Karagandy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | Gornyak Rudny | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 3 |
| 6 | Yertis Pavlodar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 0 |

## Schedule and results
### Kontinental Hockey League
#### Regular season

2008–09 Game Log :
September: 3–6–3–0 (Home: 0–4–2–0; Road: 3–2–1–0) Pts. 15
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1September 3Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk2-1 (SO)Denis FranskevichNeftekhimik Ice Palace5,5000-0-1-02
2September 5Lada Togliatti1-2Denis FranskevichVolgar Sports Palace2,9000-1-1-02
3September 7Ak Bars Kazan2-3Marc LamotheTatNeft Arena4,6000-2-1-02
4September 11Traktor Chelyabinsk3-4Denis FranskevichKazakhstan Sports Palace4,2000-3-1-02
5September 12Metallurg Magnitogorsk3-4Marc LamotheKazakhstan Sports Palace3,9000-4-1-02
6September 14Salavat Yulaev Ufa3-2 (SO)Marc LamotheKazakhstan Sports Palace4,5000-4-2-04
7September 16Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk3-2 (OT)Marc LamotheKazakhstan Sports Palace3,5000-4-3-06
8September 17Ak Bars Kazan2-7Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,2000-5-3-06
9September 21Amur Khabarovsk2-1Denis FranskevichPlatinum Arena7,1001-5-3-09
10September 23Sibir Novosibirsk4-2Denis FranskevichIce Sports Palace Sibir5,5002-5-3-012
11September 26Metallurg Novokuznetsk4-3Denis FranskevichKuznetsk Metallurgists Arena5,2003-5-3-015
12September 29Atlant Moscow Oblast3-4Denis FranskevichKazakhstan Sports Palace5,0003-6-3-015 :
October: 6–3–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1–0; Road: 2–3–1–1) Pts. 23
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
13October 1HC MVD4-2Marc LamotheKazakhstan Sports Palace4,2004-6-3-018
14October 2Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod3-0Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace3,5005-6-3-021
15October 8CSKA Moscow3-4 (OT)Alexei KuznetsovCSKA Ice Palace4,1005-6-3-122
16October 10Vityaz Chekhov5-4 (OT)Denis FranskevichIce Hockey Center 20042,0005-6-4-124
17October 12Spartak Moscow3-4Alexei KuznetsovLuzhniki Minor Arena2,9005-7-4-124
18October 14Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk2-4Denis FranskevichNeftekhimik Ice Palace4,5005-8-4-124
19October 18Dinamo Minsk5-2Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,0006-8-4-127
20October 20Dinamo Riga3-0Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,0007-8-4-130
21October 22Dynamo Moscow5-4 (SO)Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,5007-8-5-132
22October 26Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod3-2Alexei KuznetsovTrade Union Sport Palace5,4008-8-5-135
23October 28Severstal Cherepovets6-2Alexei KuznetsovIce Palace Cherepovets2,7009-8-5-138
24October 30Lokomotiv Yaroslavl1-7Alexei KuznetsovArena 20009,0469-9-5-138 :
November: 3–2–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0–0; Road: 1–2–0–0) Pts. 9
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
25November 1SKA Saint Petersburg2-4Denis FranskevichIce Palace Saint Petersburg3,0009-10-5-138
26November 15Avangard Omsk4-2Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00010-10-5-141
27November 19Khimik Voskresensk6-3Alexei KuznetsovPodmoskovie Sports Palace3,10011-10-5-144
28November 21Ak Bars Kazan0-7Alexei KuznetsovTatNeft Arena5,10011-11-5-144
29November 25Khimik Voskresensk4-2Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00012-11-5-147 :
December: 2–6–1–0 (Home: 0–4–0–0; Road: 2–2–1–0) Pts. 8
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
30December 1Avangard Omsk5-2Alexei KuznetsovOmsk Arena8,00013-11-5-150
31December 6SKA Saint Petersburg1-4Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00013-12-5-150
32December 8Severstal Cherepovets1-4Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00013-13-5-150
33December 10Lokomotiv Yaroslavl3-6Marc LamotheKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00013-14-5-150
34December 13Dynamo Moscow2-7Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00013-15-5-150
35December 22Dinamo Minsk3-2Alexei KuznetsovMinsk Sports Palace3,20014-15-5-153
36December 24Dynamo Moscow6-7Alexei KuznetsovLuzhniki Minor Arena4,50014-16-5-153
37December 26Vityaz Chekhov3-2 (OT)Marc LamotheIce Hockey Center 20042,70014-16-6-155
38December 28Dinamo Riga0-1Marc LamotheArena Riga8,50014-17-6-155 :
January: 3–5–1–1 (Home: 2–2–1–1; Road: 1–3–0–0) Pts. 15
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
39January 4Vityaz Chekhov11-6Marc LamotheKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00015-17-6-158
40January 5Spartak Moscow3-5Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00015-18-6-158
41January 7CSKA Moscow2-5Denis FranskevichKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00015-19-6-158
42January 15Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod1-6Alexei KuznetsovKuznetsk Metallurgists Arena5,40015-20-6-158
43January 17Dynamo Moscow3-4Alexei KuznetsovLuzhniki Minor Arena3,30015-21-6-158
44January 19Atlant Moscow Oblast1-5Alexei KuznetsovMytishchi Arena5,50015-22-6-158
45January 21HC MVD3-0Alexei KuznetsovBalashikha Arena4,30016-22-6-161
46January 26Amur Khabarovsk5-4 (SO)Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00016-22-7-163
47January 28Metallurg Novokuznetsk3-1Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00017-22-7-166
48January 30Sibir Novosibirsk3-4 (SO)Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00017-22-7-267 :
February: 3–3–0–2 (Home: 3–1–0–1; Road: 0–2–0–1) Pts. 11
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
49February 12Traktor Chelyabinsk1-3Alexei KuznetsovTraktor Ice Arena5,00017-23-7-267
50February 14Metallurg Magnitogorsk2-5Alexei KuznetsovArena Metallurg7,21517-24-7-267
51February 16Salavat Yulaev Ufa1-2 (OT)Alexei KuznetsovUfa Arena8,40017-24-7-368
52February 20Ak Bars Kazan0-3Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00017-25-7-368
53February 22Lada Togliatti3-4 (SO)Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00017-25-7-469
54February 24Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk6-5Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00018-25-7-472
55February 25Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod5-2Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00019-25-7-475
56February 25Vityaz Chekhov6-4Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,00020-25-7-478 :
Win (3 points)
  Overtime/shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Loss (0 points) :

#### Playoffs

2009 Gagarin Cup Playoffs :
Preliminary Round - #15 Barys vs. #2 Ak Bars – Ak Bars won series 3–0
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceSeriesRecap
1March 2Ak Bars Kazan2–4Alexei KuznetsovTatNeft Arena5,4000-1
2March 3Ak Bars Kazan2–4Alexei KuznetsovTatNeft Arena4,3900-2
3March 5Ak Bars Kazan1–2 (SO)Alexei KuznetsovKazakhstan Sports Palace5,0000-3 :
Win
  Loss :

### Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
#### Final Round

2009 Final Round :
Result: 4–0–1–0 Pts. 14 - Barys won the championship
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
1March 26Yertis Pavlodar5-1Denis FranskevichAstana Ice Palace, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan1-0-0-03
2March 27Gornyak Rudny8-0Alexei KuznetsovAstana Ice Palace, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan2-0-0-06
3March 28Kazakhmys Satpaev9-3Alexei KuznetsovAstana Ice Palace, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan3-0-0-09
4March 30Saryarka Karagandy3-1Alexei KuznetsovAstana Ice Palace, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan4-0-0-012
5March 31Kazzinc-Torpedo4-3 (SO)Alexei KuznetsovAstana Ice Palace, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan4-0-1-014 :
Win (3 points)
  Overtime/shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Loss (0 points) :

## Final roster

Updated March 14, 2010.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 1 | Denis Franskevich | G | L | 43 | 2008 | Karaganda, Kazakh SSR |
| 35 | Marc Lamothe | G | L | 50 | 2008 | New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada |
| 20 | Alexei Kuznetsov | G | L | 41 | 2007 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 7 | Artemi Lakiza | D | L | 37 | 2007 | Barnaul, Russian SFSR |
| 44 | Alexander Titov | D | L | 49 | 2008 | Lipetsk, Russian SFSR |
| 37 | Evgeni Fadeyev | D | L | 42 | 2007 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 36 | Vladimir Antipin | D | L | 54 | 2008 | Temirtau, Kazakh SSR |
| 24 | Branislav Mezei | D | L | 44 | 2008 | Nitra, Slovakia |
| 59 | Sergei Gimayev | D | L | 40 | 2008 | Cherepovets, Russian SFSR |
| 22 | Tomas Kloucek | D | L | 44 | 2008 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 24 | Anton Kazantsev | D | L | 38 | 2008 | Rudny, Kazakh SSR |
| 38 | Kevin Dallman (C) | D | R | 43 | 2008 | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
| 2 | Roman Savchenko | D | L | 36 | 2008 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 29 | Alexei Vasilchenko | D | L | 43 | 2008 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 79 | Maksim Belyayev | F | L | 45 | 2008 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 8 | Talgat Zhailauov | C | R | 39 | 2007 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 15 | Jozef Stümpel (A) | C | R | 52 | 2008 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| 23 | Andrei Spiridonov | C | L | 42 | 2008 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 48 | Roman Starchenko | C | L | 38 | 2008 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 25 | Ilya Solaryov | C | L | 42 | 2007 | Perm, Russian SFSR |
| 62 | Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev | LW | L | 41 | 2008 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 18 | Konstantin Glazachev | LW | R | 39 | 2008 | Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR |
| 17 | Alexander Koreshkov | LW | L | 61 | 2007 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR |
| 10 | Maxim Spiridonov (A) | RW | L | 46 | 2008 | Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| 33 | Andrei Gavrilin | RW | L | 46 | 2007 | Karaganda, Kazakh SSR |
| 9 | Trevor Letowski | RW | R | 47 | 2008 | Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |