Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk () 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 (2008–09), losing the 2008–09 season championship round to ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A.
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.
During the 1990s the team worked up a reputation as one of the top Russian teams of the new era. 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.IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 167, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, . 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.IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 173, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, . 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.
==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
2008–09	56	25	15	13 	3 	104	174	148	2nd, Tarasov 	Lost in Semifinals, 4–1 (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, 4–3 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2011–12	54	29	20	3 	4 	94 	150	137	2nd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 4–1 (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	Won Gagarin Cup, 4–3 (HC 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)
==Team honors==
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
==External links==
*Official website of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Category:Ice hockey teams in Russia