# Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

HC Avtomobilist (Russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009.

## History

Founded in 2006, the team took its name from an older Yekaterinburg ice hockey club called Avtomobilist that used to play in the Soviet championship and later the International Hockey League.

## Season-by-season record

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 |
| 2009–10 | 56 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 127 | 139 | 5th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) |
| 2010–11 | 54 | 10 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 134 | 184 | 6th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2011–12 | 54 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 105 | 165 | 6th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 12 | 35 | 104 | 180 | 6th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2013–14 | 54 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 86 | 134 | 125 | 4th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Barys Astana) |
| 2014–15 | 60 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 81 | 134 | 147 | 4th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 92 | 145 | 158 | 3rd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |
| 2016–17 | 60 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 79 | 139 | 165 | 5th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 95 | 165 | 137 | 4th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 95 | 191 | 125 | 1st, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 78 | 168 | 151 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Sibir Novosibirsk) |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 68 | 152 | 154 | 4th, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Avangard Omsk) |
| 2021–22 | 45 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 127 | 129 | 5th, Kharlamov | Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 83 | 188 | 172 | 2nd, Kharlamov | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 163 | 157 | 3rd, Kharlamov | Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |

## Players and personnel
### Current roster

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Updated 18 August 2024.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 70 | Yegor Alexeyev | C | L | 24 | 2023 | Togliatti, Russia |
| 18 | Evgeny Alikin | G | L | 30 | 2023 | Perm, Russia |
| 9 | Jesse Blacker | D | R | 33 | 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 28 | Alexei Byvaltsev | C | L | 31 | 2023 | Magnitogorsk, Russia |
| 77 | Stephane Da Costa | C | R | 35 | 2021 | Paris, France |
| 24 | Maxim Denezhkin | C | L | 24 | 2022 | Yaroslavl, Russia |
| 74 | Nick Ebert | D | R | 30 | 2022 | Livingston, New Jersey, United States |
| 10 | Vasili Filyayev | C | L | 26 | 2021 | Zhlobin, Belarus |
| 1 | Vladimir Galkin | G | L | 24 | 2019 | Kopeysk, Russia |
| 15 | Anatolii Golyshev (C) | LW | L | 30 | 2021 | Perm, Russia |
| – | Yevgeni Kashnikov | D | L | 22 | 2024 | Kursk, Russia |
| 76 | Artyom Kashtanov | C | L | 20 | 2023 | Rezh, Russia |
| 31 | Stepan Khripunov | C | L | 29 | 2017 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| 97 | Semyon Kizimov | RW | L | 25 | 2021 | Tolyatti, Russia |
| 11 | Vladimir Kuznetsov | LW | L | 27 | 2017 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| – | Brendan Leipsic | LW | L | 30 | 2024 | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| 17 | Brooks Macek | RW | R | 32 | 2019 | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| – | Nick Merkley | RW | R | 27 | 2024 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 58 | Andrei Obidin | RW | L | 27 | 2022 | Krasnokamsk, Russia |
| 21 | Maxim Osipov | D | R | 31 | 2023 | Yaroslavl, Russia |
| 56 | Ilya Ovchinnikov | F | L | 23 | 2019 | Chaykovsky, Russia |
| 81 | Danil Romantsev | C | L | 31 | 2021 | Yaroslavl, Russia |
| 57 | Alexander Sevostyanov | D | R | 27 | 2017 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| 72 | Yaroslav Trofimov | D | L | 21 | 2022 | Tobolsk, Russia |
| 88 | Nikita Tryamkin (A) | D | L | 30 | 2017 | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| 14 | Curtis Valk | C | L | 32 | 2022 | Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| 55 | Kirill Vorobyov | D | L | 30 | 2023 | Demikhovo, Russia |
| 2 | Sergei Zborovsky | D | R | 28 | 2020 | Moscow, Russia |
| 85 | Yuri Zhuravlyov | D | L | 24 | 2020 | Kurgan, Russia |

### Team captains

* Alexander Gulyavtsev, 2009–11
* Sergei Gusev, 2012–14
* Alexei Simakov, 2014–16
* Petr Koukal, 2016–17
* Alexei Mikhnov, 2017–18
* Nikita Tryamkin, 2018
* Nigel Dawes, 2018–20
* Pavel Datsyuk, 2020–21
* Nikita Tryamkin, 2021–22
* Sergei Shirokov, 2022–24
* Anatolii Golyshev, 2024–

### Head coaches

* Leonid Kiselyov, 2006
* Vitali Krayov, 2006–07
* Mikhail Malko, 2007
* Sergei Shepelev, 2007–08
* Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, 2008–09
* Marek Sykora, 2009–10
* Evgeni Popikhin, 2010
* Evgeni Mukhin, 2010–11
* Ilya Byakin, 2011
* Andrei Martemyanov, 2011–12
* Andrei Shayanov, 2012
* Igor Ulanov, 2012–13
* Anatoly Emelin, 2013–15
* Andrei Razin, 2015–16
* Vladimir Krikunov, 2016–18
* Andrei Martemyanov, 2018–20
* Bill Peters, 2020–2021
* Nikolai Zavarukhin, 2021–

## 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 Avtomobilist player
Points :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
| Anatoly Golyshev | RW | 490 | 130 | 153 | 283 | 0.58 |
| Brooks Macek | RW | 287 | 115 | 91 | 206 | 0.72 |
| Stephane Da Costa | C | 212 | 74 | 114 | 188 | 0.88 |
| Alexei Simakov | RW | 325 | 43 | 124 | 167 | 0.51 |
| Nikita Tryamkin | D | 574 | 31 | 93 | 124 | 0.21 |
| Nigel Dawes | LW | 119 | 48 | 71 | 119 | 1.00 |
| Alexei Vasilevsky | D | 415 | 42 | 76 | 118 | 0.28 |
| Dan Sexton | RW | 157 | 47 | 65 | 112 | 0.71 |
| Alexei Makeyev | LW | 216 | 58 | 51 | 109 | 0.50 |
| Artyom Gareyev | RW | 258 | 51 | 58 | 109 | 0.42 |
Goals :
| Player | Pos | G |
| Anatoly Golyshev | RW | 130 |
| Brooks Macek | RW | 115 |
| Stephane Da Costa | C | 74 |
| Alexei Makeyev | LW | 58 |
| Artyom Gareyev | RW | 51 |
| Nigel Dawes | LW | 48 |
| Dan Sexton | RW | 47 |
| Alexei Simakov | RW | 43 |
| Alexei Vasilevsky | D | 42 |
| Nikolai Bushuev | C | 38 |
Assists :
| Player | Pos | A |
| Anatoly Golyshev | RW | 153 |
| Alexei Simakov | RW | 124 |
| Stephane Da Costa | C | 114 |
| Nikita Tryamkin | D | 93 |
| Brooks Macek | RW | 91 |
| Alexei Vasilevsky | D | 76 |
| Nigel Dawes | LW | 71 |
| Dan Sexton | RW | 65 |
| Andrei Subbotin | LW | 61 |
| Artyom Gareyev | RW | 58 |