Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod () is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.
The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace. The team used to play its home games at Konovalenko Sports Palace, named after Viktor Konovalenko – one of the most famous Soviet goaltenders, who played for Torpedo.
==History==
The first official ice hockey tournament in Gorky (the Communist-era name of Nizhny Novgorod) took place in early 1947, when the team was the winner of the first Avtozavodtsev Cup. In the 1947–48 season, the team was in the national championship. It was the official sports club of the submarine service of the Soviet Navy. 
The 1960–61 season was the most significant in the history of Torpedo, with the team winning the Avtozavodtsev Cup and the Soviet Sport Cup, reaching the final of the Cup of the Soviet Union, and finally winning the silver medal in the national championship. Torpedo was the first provincial team to place in the USSR championship in 1961. Gorkovchan's success that year is attributed, primarily, to head coach Dmitry Boginova, who managed to create a strong and cohesive team in just a few years. Goalie Konovalenko was later a two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion.
Twice the team fell just short of the bronze in 1982 and 1985. In the 1980s, Gorky twice won the Thunderstorm Authority prize. The Torpedo players in those years were constantly being called to different teams, with some seasons including the loss of up to ten players to other teams.
In the championships of the MHL, RHL and Russia, which have been held since the Soviet collapse, Torpedo has not achieved significant success, with the best year in 1995, when the team placed fourth in the playoffs of the MHL championship.
==Season-by-season KHL record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOW = Shootout Wins, SOL = Shootout Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Top Scorer 	Playoffs
2008–09	56	24	24	1 	84 	162	162	3rd, Chernyshev	Pavel Brendl 	Lost in preliminary round, 0-3 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2009–10	56	22	27	4 	75 	154	163	4th, Tarasov 	Pavel Brendl 	Did not qualify
2010–11	54	18	25	2 	73 	144	151	5th, Tarasov 	Matt Ellison 	Did not qualify
2011–12	54	24	17	2 	91 	157	132	1st, Tarasov 	Martin Thörnberg 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2012–13	52	19	23	4 	69 	142	146	6th, Tarasov 	Dmitri Makarov 	Did not qualify
2013–14	54	32	17	5 	91 	153	121	3rd, Kharlamov 	Sakari Salminen 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2014–15	60	30	22	8 	90 	153	144	4th, Tarasov 	Sakari Salminen 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (SKA St. Petersburg)
2015–16	60	33	16	11 	100	163	137	5th, Tarasov 	Kaspars Daugaviņš	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (CSKA Moscow)
2016–17	60	32	18	7 	104	145	124	4th, Tarasov 	Dmitri Semin 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2017–18	56	29	19	8 	89 	116	127	3rd, Tarasov 	Egor Dugin 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2018–19	62	27	25	10 	64 	176	193	4th, Kharlamov 	Andrew Calof 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Barys Astana)
2019–20	62	29	27	6 	64 	165	167	4th, Tarasov 	Jordan Schroeder 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (CSKA Moscow)
==Players==
===Current roster===
===NHL alumni===
* Evgeny Namestnikov (1988–91)
* Pavel Torgaev (1995–96, 1999–2000)
* Alexei Tezikov (1998–2000, 2001–02)
* Artem Chubarov (1999–2004)
* Yuri Butsayev (2007–09)
* Matt Ellison (2010–2013)
* Ryan Vesce (2010–2012)
* Wojtek Wolski (2013–2015)
===All-time records===
*RSL/KHL Games – Anatoli Vodopianov – 653 games
*Games – Oleg Namestnikov, 720 games
*RSL/KHL Goals – Alexander Skvortsov, 244
*RSL/KHL Assists – Alexander Skvortsov, 204
*RSL/KHL Points – Alexander Skvortsov, 448
*PIM – Vladimir Kovin – 570 minutes
==Honours==
===Champions===
 Vysshaya Liga (2): 2003, 2007
 Steel Cup (1): 2015
 Dukla Cup (1): 2016
 Bodense Cup (1): 2017
===Runners-up===
 Soviet League Championship (1): 1961
 USSR Cup (1): 1961
 Spengler Cup (1): 1972
==References==
==External links==
*HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod official website 
 
Category:Ice hockey teams in Russia
Category:Kontinental Hockey League teams
Category:Established in 1946