Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Not to be confused with FC Torpedo NN Nizhny Novgorod.

For the women's ice hockey team, see Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (women).

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород) is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
City	Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod
League	KHL 2008–present RSL 1996–1998, 1999–2001, 2003–2004, 2007–2008 Vysshaya Liga 1998–1999, 2002–2003, 2004–2007 IHL 1992–1996 Soviet League Class A 1954–1992 Soviet League Class B 1947–1954
Conference	Western
Division	Bobrov
Founded	1946
Home arena	Trade Union Sport Palace (capacity: 5,500)
Colours
Owner(s)	GAZ Group
General manager	Yevgeni Zabuga
Head coach	Alexei Isakov
Captain	Alexei Kruchinin
Affiliates	Torpedo-Gorky NN (VHL) Chaika (MHL)
Website	hctorpedo.ru
Franchise history
1946–1991	Torpedo Gorky
1991–present	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Current season

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 the Torpedoes.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 (50 points: 35 G, 15 A; 56 GP)	Lost in preliminary round, 0-3 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2009–10	56	22	27	4	75	154	163	4th, Tarasov	Pavel Brendl (37 points: 27 G, 10 A; 51 GP)	Did not qualify
2010–11	54	18	25	2	73	144	151	5th, Tarasov	Matt Ellison (50 points: 21 G, 29 A; 53 GP)	Did not qualify
2011–12	54	24	17	2	91	157	132	1st, Tarasov	Martin Thörnberg (39 points: 20 G, 19 A; 49 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2012–13	52	19	23	4	69	142	146	6th, Tarasov	Dmitri Makarov (43 points: 13 G, 30 A; 52 GP)	Did not qualify
2013–14	54	32	17	5	91	153	121	3rd, Kharlamov	Sakari Salminen (48 points: 18 G, 30 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2014–15	60	30	22	8	90	153	144	4th, Tarasov	Sakari Salminen (47 points: 18 G, 29 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (SKA St. Petersburg)
2015–16	60	33	16	11	100	163	137	5th, Tarasov	Kaspars Daugaviņš (35 points: 14 G, 21 A; 44 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (CSKA Moscow)
2016–17	60	32	18	7	104	145	124	4th, Tarasov	Dmitri Semin (32 points: 14 G, 18 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2017–18	56	29	19	8	89	116	127	3rd, Tarasov	Egor Dugin (29 points: 12 G, 17 A; 52 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2018–19	62	27	25	10	64	176	193	4th, Kharlamov	Andrew Calof (41 points: 22 G, 19 A; 58 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Barys Astana)
2019–20	62	29	27	6	64	165	167	4th, Tarasov	Jordan Schroeder (41 points: 19 G, 22 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (CSKA Moscow)
2020–21	60	29	22	9	67	170	168	5th, Kharlamov	Damir Zhafyarov (61 points: 21 G, 40 A; 58 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2021–22	47	21	19	7	49	117	113	4th, Kharlamov	Damir Zhafyarov (45 points: 18 G, 27 A; 47 GP)	Did not qualify
2022–23	68	42	20	6	90	204	172	2nd, Bobrov	Nikolai Kovalenko (54 points: 21 G, 33 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (SKA St. Petersburg)
2023–24	68	34	27	7	75	189	180	3rd, Bobrov	Maxim Letunov (48 points: 25 G, 23 A; 66 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (SKA St. Petersburg)
2024–25	68	31	28	9	71	204	196	3rd, Bobrov	Nikita Artamonov (39 points: 22 G, 17 A; 63 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)

Players

Current roster

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Updated 13 August 2025.^[2][3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
9		Mikhail Abramov	C	L	24	2024	Moscow, Russia
17		Denis Alexandrov	D	L	30	2025	Zarechye, Russia
79		Nikita Artamonov	RW	L	19	2022	Nizhnekamsk, Russia
16		Vasili Atanasov	C	L	22	2022	Nizhny Tagil, Russia
93		Andrei Belevich	C	L	27	2019	Grodno, Belarus
96		Sergei Boikov	D	L	29	2025	Khabarovsk, Russia
90		Ilya Chefanov	RW	L	23	2024	Yaroslavl, Russia
10		Vladislav Firstov	LW	L	24	2024	Yaroslavl, Russia
27		Sergei Goncharuk	F	L	26	2019	Tolyatti, Russia
6		Bogdan Konyushkov	D	R	22	2022	Penza, Russia
72		Denis Kostin	G	L	30	2025	Omsk, Russia
78		Alexei Kruchinin (C)	LW	R	34	2025	Kostomuksha, Russian SFSR
35		Ivan Kulbakov	G	L	28	2022	Gomel, Belarus
7		Maxim Letunov	C	L	29	2022	Moscow, Russia
66		Artyom Misnikov	LW	R	22	2024	Mogilev, Belarus
77		Bobby Nardella	D	L	29	2025	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
33		Mikhail Naumenkov	D	L	32	2025	Moscow, Russia
59		Yegor Nikitin	D	R	21	2025	Nizhnekamsk, Russia
71		Nikita Rozhkov	RW	L	25	2025	Orenburg, Russia
67		Danil Savunov	LW	L	24	2023	Sarov, Russia
80		Nikita Shavin	F	L	23	2021	Knyaginino, Russia
50		Alexander Shchemerov	D	R	28	2025	Yekaterinburg, Russia
95		Dmitri Shevchenko	C	L	29	2025	Voskresensk, Russia
21		Anton Silayev	D	L	19	2022	Sarov, Russia
36		Anton Sizov	D	L	30	2025	Mozhaisk, Russia
13		Egor Sokolov	RW	R	25	2025	Yekaterinburg, Russia
3		Kirill Steklov	D	L	23	2024	Tallinn, Estonia
55		Ilya Sushko	D	R	27	2025	Drogichin, Belarus
38		Nikita Tertyshny	F	R	27	2024	Chelyabinsk, Russia
81		Arseni Varlakov	D	L	22	2023	Miass, Russia
92		Yegor Vinogradov	C	L	22	2021	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
41		Kirill Voronin	RW	L	31	2022	Yaroslavl, Russia

NHL alumni

Yuri Butsayev, formerly of Torpedo

• 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)
• Sergei Rozin (2010-12)
• Wojtek Wolski (2013–2015)
• Chris Wideman (2020–2021)

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