Barys Astana

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Barys Astana
Barys Astana Logo.png
Founded November 26, 1999
Based In Astana, Kazakhstan
Arena Barys Arena
(Capacity: 11,578)
League Kontinental Hockey League
Division Chernyshev
Conference Eastern
Team Colors               
Jerseys for 2014/2015 season
Owner(s) Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
Affiliates Nomad Astana (KAZ)
Snezhnye Barsy (MHL)
Website www.hcbarys.kz

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Hockey Club Barys (Kazakh: «Барыс» хоккей клуб}), commonly referred to as Barys Astana[1][2] or simply Barys,[3] is a professional ice hockey team based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is one of the founding members of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). They play in the league's Chernyshev Division of the Eastern Conference. Their home arena is the Barys Arena, where they have played since the 2015–16 KHL season. Prior to 2015, the team played home games at the Kazakhstan Sports Palace for 14 seasons, beginning in 2001. The head coach is David Nemirovski and the president is Boris Ivanishchev. The team serves as a base club for the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team.[4]

The club was founded in 1999 as a member of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. In 10 seasons of national competition, Barys has won two Championships in 2007–08 and 2008–09. In 2004, Barys was admitted into the Russian ice hockey system, joining its third tier the Pervaya Liga. Their win in Ural-Western Siberia Zone in 2007, led to promotion to the Vysshaya Liga. After a single season of play in the Vysshaya Liga, Barys joined the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League in 2008.

History

1999–2008: Early years

Barys was founded on 26 November 1999.[5] The team's name, Barys, is derived from the national symbol of Kazakhstan, translated as snow leopard.[6][7] The team's inaugural season was 1999–2000, where they played in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship.[8] Barys would stay there until 2009.[8] During the 2003–04 season, Barys squaded by junior players to serve as a base club for the Kazakhstan national junior ice hockey team.[8] In 2004, Barys was admitted into the Russian ice hockey system. They made their debut in the Pervaya Liga; in parallel, Barys kept a second team in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship.[8] Barys' debut in Russia was interesting, with the team doing fairly well.[8] They played three seasons in the Pervaya Liga, where they finished respectively 3rd, 2nd and 1st of the Ural-Western Siberia Zone where they played. With this first place in 2007, Barys was allowed into the Vysshaya Liga.[8]

Barys played a single season in the Vysshaya Liga, a good one, where they finished second out of 14 in the Eastern Сonference.[8] They reached the playoffs, where they began by sweeping HC Belgorod in three straight games in the first round, before falling to Khimik Voskresensk in four games. Barys however won the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship that year.[8] Barys' main team did not participate in the regular season of the league (however, its affiliate, Barys-2, did), but the league's format was so that the three best team of the league after the regular season would play the three best Kazakh teams (Barys' main team, Kazzinc-Torpedo and Kazakhmys Satpaev, all three were playing in the Vysshaya Liga) in the final round. Barys won the tournament, dethroning defending champions Kazzinc-Torpedo, en route to their first Kazakhstan Hockey Championship title.

2008–present: Kontinental Hockey League

2008–2011: First round loses to Ak Bars

In 2008, Barys applied to join the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League. The league's authorities allowed Barys in, making it the first Kazakh team into the new league. The team won its first game in the KHL on 3 September 2008, abroad, defeating Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2–1 in the shootouts.[9] They registered their first home game eleven days later by beating defending Russian champions Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3–2, this time again in shootout.[10] The team finished its first season with a 15th place overall in the league. Barys secured a spot in the playoffs on 26 February 2009, defeating 6-4 Vityaz Chekhov in the last day of the regular season.[11] In the first round of Gagarin Cup playoffs, Barys faced Ak Bars Kazan. Kazan swept Astana three games to nothing to advance to the second round. Kevin Dallman finished the season as the league's fifth best scorer with 28 goals and 30 assists (58 points) record; he also finished as the league's leader for shots on goal with 217.[12] Konstantin Glazachev finished 9th overall in the league in scoring with 52 points. Meanwhile, the team secured a second straight Kazakhstan Hockey Championship title.

The 2009–10 season saw Barys have a very similar season than the previous. Veteran Jozef Stümpel finished top scorer of the team, with 52 points, two better than Maxim Spiridonov, who was the best goal scorer of the team with 24. Fan favorite Kevin Dallman also was a major contributor, with 14 goals and 27 assists. Newcomer Jeff Glass did a fine job between the pipes, with 19 wins and a 2.87 goals against average, helping the team finish fourteenth overall of the KHL, a one place improvement from 2008–09. Barys was however once again swept in three games by Ak Bars Kazan in the first round of the playoffs.[13] Barys opened 2010–11 season with Andrei Khomutov as the new head coach.[14] However, the team's previous manager Andrei Shayanov remained in the team as an assistant coach. The team compiled a 20–21–4–9 regular season record with 77 points. As the 7th seed of the Eastern Conference, Barys faced Ak Bars Kazan in the first round of playoffs, again. Ak Bars won series without losing a game 4-0.

2011–2017: BBD line era

In the 2011 off-season, Barys announced the signing of Dustin Boyd and Nigel Dawes, who later formed BBD line along with Brandon Bochenski. In the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Barys fired Andrei Khomutov after seven losses in eight games. Andrei Shayanov replaced him and led the team to 6th place in the Eastern Conference. Barys fell in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals to the 3rd seeded Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games.

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Barys strengthened by signing Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman and Nik Antropov. Vladimir Krikunov appointed as a new head coach. Barys finished the season with a 23–18–5–6 record for 85 points. In the first round of the 2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Barys defeated by Traktor Chelyabinsk 3-4 in series. After the season, Krikunov decided to leave the team, because he refused to coach the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team in parallel with Barys.

In the 2013 off-season, Barys appointed Ari-Pekka Selin as a new head coach.[15] On 4 July 2013, Barys officially joined to newly created Astana Presidential Sports Club, the organization supported by Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna to combine the main sports teams in Astana.[16] Having resigned most of their free agents, the club wouldn't much change in the 2013 off-season, with the exception of losing UFAs Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev, Vitali Novopashin and Mikhail Grigoriev. On 19 June 2013, the team signed goalie Ari Ahonen for one year.[17] Barys strengthened defense, signing Mike Lundin, Maxim Semyonov and Evgeni Blokhin.[18][19] On 8 August 2013, unrestricted free agent Nik Antropov signed with the Barys a two-year deal.[20] In its season opening game on 8 September 2013, Barys defeated Severstal Cherepovets 10-1.[21] During the season, Barys signed a season long contracts with Cam Barker and Zach Hamill.[22][23] Barys's Brandon Bochenski and Talgat Zhailauov selected to play in the 2014 KHL All-Star Game, as the result of fans and journalists voting.[24] Barys finished as the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. Recording 26 wins, 18 losses, 6 overtime/shootout wins and 4 overtime/shootout losses, they finished with 94 points for the regular season. In the first round of the 2014 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Barys defeated Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 4–0 in series to overcome the first round for the first time in its KHL history. Barys lost to Salavat Yulaev Ufa in Eastern Conference semifinals 2–4 in series.

On May 5, 2014, it was announced that former long-time Barys's captain Kevin Dallman signed a three-year contract. On 18 June 2014, the KHL reported that Andrei Nazarov would move from Donbass Donetsk to become the new head coach at Barys, replacing Ari-Pekka Selin who had been sacked as coach of the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team on 11 June.[25]

Arenas

Main article: Kazakhstan Sports Palace
The Kazakhstan Sports Palace had been home for Barys since 2001.

At the time Barys was formed, the Kazakhstan Sports Palace just began to build. The lack of hockey rinks in Astana, forced Barys to the temporary relocations.[26] During the first two seasons of existence, the team based at the arenas of Temirtau, Almaty and Oskemen.[26] The Kazakhstan Sports Palace was opened on 6 March 2001 by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev with a game against Yessil Petropavlovsk.[26] It seats 4,070 in the hockey arena. In September 2011, league's authorities considered Kazakhstan Sports Palace the worst in the league.[27] The main reason was the regrettably little capacity. Later, the team's owner Kazakhstan Temir Zholy decided to build the new Barys Arena for 12,000 seats, which opened in 2015.[28][29]

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Barys Astana. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Barys Astana 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
2019–20 62 31 16 7 8 84 156 137 1st, Chernyshev Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–1 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 60 20 22 11 7 69 147 157 3rd, Chernyshev Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2021–22 47 14 21 8 4 48 127 138 4th, Chernyshev Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2022–23 68 20 34 7 7 61 153 194 6th, Chernyshev Did not qualify
2023–24 68 12 39 9 8 50 137 205 6th, Chernyshev Did not qualify

Awards and trophies

Team

Kazakhstan Hockey Championship

Kazakhstan Hockey Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2006
  • 3rd place (1): 2005

Pervaya Liga – Ural-Western Siberia Zone

References

  1. ↑ Martin Merk (4 September 2010). "Kapitan Kazakhstan". International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. http://www.webcitation.org/6XmfmQP4T. Retrieved 23 March 2014. 
  2. ↑ Yerlan Zhanayev (24 February 2015). "Barys Astana Earns Playoffs Spot for Seventh Straight Season". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. http://www.webcitation.org/6YBEoQBNF. Retrieved 30 April 2015. 
  3. ↑ "KHL profile". Kontinental Hockey League. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/barys/. Retrieved 18 July 2015. 
  4. ↑ "A. Koreshkov: "Barys" and national team of Kazakhstan are inseparable". Kazinform. 1 April 2015. http://inform.kz/eng/article/2761616. 
  5. ↑ "'Barys' is 15 years old". BNews.kz. 26 November 2014. http://bnews.kz/en/news/post/241234/. Retrieved 25 March 2015. 
  6. ↑ "Snow Leopard". World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). http://wwf.hu/en/snow-leopard. Retrieved 23 August 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Central Asian Conservationists Spotlight Snow Leopards". EurasiaNet.org. 23 October 2013. http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67663. Retrieved 23 August 2014. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 "[History]" (in ru). Barys Astana. http://www.hcbarys.kz/ru/articles/view/istoriya. Retrieved 14 March 2014. 
  9. ↑ "Neftekhimik vs. Barys – 03/09/2008 – Recap". Kontinental Hockey League. 3 September 2008. http://en.khl.ru/report/160/?idgame=21662. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Barys vs. Salavat Yulaev – 14/09/2008 – Recap". Kontinental Hockey League. 14 September 2008. http://en.khl.ru/report/160/?idgame=21709. Retrieved 30 June 2013. 
  11. ↑ Madi Asanov (6 March 2009). "Kazakh team reaches Continental Hockey League playoffs". CentralAsiaOnline.com. http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/2009/03/06/feature-04. Retrieved 18 March 2014. 
  12. ↑ "2008–09 KHL season stats". Kontinental Hockey League. http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/160/. Retrieved 30 June 2013. 
  13. ↑ Bill Meltzer (28 April 2010). "European championship roll call". National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=527362#&navid=nhl-search. Retrieved 6 April 2014. 
  14. ↑ "[Andrei Khomutov has appointed as head coach of Barys]" (in ru). Sport Express. 24 June 2010. http://news.sport-express.ru/2010-06-24/370306/. Retrieved 18 March 2014. 
  15. ↑ Ilyas Omarov (26 June 2013). "Finnish Expert Ari-Pekka Selin Becomes Head Coach of Barys". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. http://www.webcitation.org/6Y1k4RvR4. Retrieved 23 August 2014. 
  16. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Astana Presidential Sports Club
  17. ↑ "Ari Ahonen in a Confirmed Transaction to Barys Astana". EliteProspects.com. 19 June 2013. http://www.eliteprospects.com/transaction.php?transfer=168302. Retrieved 9 August 2013. 
  18. ↑ Steven Ellis (11 June 2013). "Mike Lundin Adds Defensive Depth To Barys Astana". Yard Barker. http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/mike_lundin_adds_defensive_depth_to_barys_astana_nbspby_nbspsteven_ellis/13810883. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 
  19. ↑ Askar Sultan (24 July 2013). "Barys Hockey Club Returns to Action". The Astana Times. http://www.astanatimes.com/2013/07/barys-hockey-club-returns-to-action/. Retrieved 31 October 2013. 
  20. ↑ "KHL: Nik Antropov Signs Two-Year Deal with Barys Astana". R-Sport. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. http://www.webcitation.org/6YLGhvpmk. Retrieved 9 August 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Hockey: Dawes Shines as Barys Demolishes Severstal". RIA Novosti. 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. http://www.webcitation.org/6YJnOZIgJ. Retrieved 31 October 2013. 
  22. ↑ "Veteran NHLer Cam Barker signs with KHL squad". NBC Sports. 5 November 2013. http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/05/veteran-nhler-cam-barker-signs-with-khl-squad/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs. Retrieved 6 November 2013. 
  23. ↑ "Barys Astana Sign Former Boston First Rounder Zach Hamill". TheHockeyHouse.net. 5 November 2013. http://thehockeyhouse.net/vancouver-canucks/barys-astana-sign-former-boston-first-rounder-zach-hamill/. Retrieved 25 December 2013. 
  24. ↑ "All-Star Game rosters complete". Kontinental Hockey League. 24 December 2013. http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/12/24/25870.html. Retrieved 25 December 2013. 
  25. ↑ Steven Ellis (1 August 2014). "Former NHLer Andrei Nazarov To Coach Kazakhstan National Team". TheHockeyHouse.net. http://thehockeyhouse.net/international-hockey/former-nhler-andrei-nazarov-to-coach-kazakhstan-national-team/. Retrieved 22 August 2014. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 "[Vladimir Pashkovsky about the history of «Barys»]" (in ru). Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. 28 November 2014. http://www.icehockey.kz/news/3813/2. Retrieved 7 May 2015. 
  27. ↑ "KHL: Spartak and Barys Under Pressure Over Arenas". R-Sport. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. http://www.webcitation.org/6YLGTFcrT. Retrieved 25 November 2013. 
  28. ↑ "[The new Barys's home arena will seat 12,000 spectators]" (in ru). Sports.kz. 30 March 2013. http://www.sports.kz/news/novaya-arena-baryisa-budet-rasschitana-na-12-000-mest. Retrieved 13 March 2014. 
  29. ↑ Ilyas Omarov (15 January 2014). "Barys Players Join KHL Stars on Ice in Bratislava". The Astana Times. http://www.astanatimes.com/2014/01/barys-players-join-khl-stars-ice-bratislava/. Retrieved 25 March 2014. 

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Kazzinc-Torpedo 		Kazakhstan Champions
2007–08 		Succeeded by
Barys Astana
Preceded by
Barys Astana 		Kazakhstan Champions
2008–09 		Succeeded by
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