Saryarka Karagandy

Saryarka Karagandy
City:	Karagandy, Kazakhstan
League:	Supreme Hockey League
Founded:	25 July 2006
Home Arena:	Karagandy-Arena
Colors:	Yellow and black;
Affiliate(s):	Avangard Omsk (KHL); Berkut Karagandy (KAZ)

Hockey Club Saryarka (Kazakh: «Сарыарқа» хоккей клубы; Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Сарыарка́»), commonly referred as Saryarka Karagandy, is a professional ice hockey team based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They play in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL), the second level of Russian ice hockey, since the 2012–13 season. Before that they competed in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and won its 2009–10 season. In the 2013–14 season, they won Bratina Cup.^[1] Saryarka became a farm club of Avangard Omsk in 2015 off-season. Previously it was affiliated with Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk and Barys Astana.

History

Saryarka was formed on 25 July 2006 by the Karagandy Region Municipality and Regional Department of Physical Culture and Sports.^[2] The team name "Saryarka" comes from given name of the territory located in the central part of Kazakhstan.

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
2009–10	56	39	13	3	1	124	218	95	1st, Championship	Kazakhstan Champions, 3–2 (Beibarys Atyrau)
2010–11	54	39	6	6	3	132	220	111	1st, Championship	Lost in Semifinals, 0–3 (Nomad Astana)
2011–12	54	37	10	3	6	121	227	120	2nd, Championship	Lost in Semifinals, 2–4 (Yertis Pavlodar)
2012–13	52	33	10	7	2	115	160	89	1st, VHL	Lost in Finals, 3–4 (Toros Neftekamsk)
2013–14	50	23	12	11	4	95	155	104	4th, VHL	Won Bratina Cup, 4–2 (Rubin Tyumen)
2014–15	52	32	12	6	14	110	178	108	1st, VHL	Lost in Semifinals, 0–4 (Toros Neftekamsk)
2015–16	49	22	13	7	7	87	133	103	8th, VHL	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Toros Neftekamsk)
2016–17	50	29	11	5	5	102	128	70	3rd, VHL	Lost in Semifinals, 0–4 (Toros Neftekamsk)
2017–18	52	28	12	5	7	101	x	x	4th, VHL	Lost in 1/8 Finals, 0–4 (Metallurg Nk)
2018–19	56	27	18	7	4	72	x	x	9th, VHL	Won Bratina Cup, 4–1 (Rubin Tyumen)
2019–20	54	24	15	8	7	71	x	x	5th, VHL Conf. 2	Lost in 1/8 Finals, 4–2 (SKA Neva St. Petersburg)
2020–21	48	29	11	5	3	100	x	x	2nd, Kazakhstan Hockey Championship	Kazakhstan Champions, 4–2 (Arlan Kokshetau)