Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey club based in Magnitogorsk, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club also competed in the Champions Hockey League, losing the 2008–09 season championship round to Swiss club, the ZSC Lions.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk
City	Magnitogorsk, Russia
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	Kharlamov
Founded	1955
Home arena	Arena Metallurg (capacity: 7,704)
Colours
Owner(s)	Viktor Rashnikov
General manager	Sergei Laskov
Head coach	Andrei Razin
Captain	Egor Yakovlev
Affiliates	Magnitka Magnitogorsk (VHL) Stalnye Lisy (MHL)
Website	metallurg.ru
Current season

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.

Variant of team logo used 1999-2013

Magnitogorsk advanced to the Russian Superleague finals six times becoming a three-time champion of Russia.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

2022

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Juho Olkinuora elected to leave the team.^[4][5]

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)
2024–25	68	30	21	13	4	90	197	154	2nd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk)

Players

Current roster

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Updated 5 April 2025.^[6][7]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
89		Igor Geraskin	LW	L	26	2023	Klin, Russia
27		Danil Gololobov	D	R	22	2023	Magnitogorsk, Russia
15		Mikhail Grass	C	L	21	2023	Chelyabinsk, Russia
43		Ruslan Iskhakov	C	L	25	2025	Moscow, Russia
47		Luke Johnson	C	R	30	2023	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
12		Nikita Kamalov	D	L	30	2024	Novokuznetsk, Russia
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	28	2021	Voskresensk, Russia
11		Nikita Mikhailis	LW	R	30	2023	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
72		Artyom Minulin	D	R	26	2019	Tyumen, Russia
30		Ilya Nabokov	G	L	22	2022	Kasli, Russia
9		Valeri Orekhov	D	R	26	2022	Satpaev, Kazakhstan
87		Danila Palivko	D	L	23	2023	Novopolotsk, Belarus
31		Alexander Petunin	C	L	28	2023	Yekaterinburg, Russia
75		Nikita Podskrebalin	G	L	27	2023	Chelyabinsk, Russia
19		Robin Press (A)	D	R	30	2023	Uppsala, Sweden
17		Borna Rendulic	RW	R	33	2024	Zagreb, Croatia
14		Dmitri Silantyev	F	L	25	2023	Moscow, Russia
20		Alexander Smolin	G	L	21	2023	Chebarkul, Russia
29		Daniil Vovchenko	RW	R	29	2023	Cherepovets, Russia
44		Egor Yakovlev (C)	D	L	33	2019	Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
22		Danila Yurov	F	L	21	2020	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.^[8]

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 Egor Yakovlev D 353 32 92 124 .35 Alexei Kaigorodov C 231 30 90 120 .52

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 Denis Zernov C 54 Viktor Antipin D 52 Nikolay Kulemin LW 48

Assists Player Pos A Sergei Mozyakin LW 290 Jan Kovář C 189 Chris Lee D 144 Danis Zaripov LW 140 Viktor Antipin D 92 Egor Yakovlev D 92 Alexei Kaigorodov C 90 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