Metallurg Magnitogorsk
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| Full name | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
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| Nickname(s) | Magnitka, Foxes |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Based In | Magnitogorsk, Russia |
| Arena |
Arena Metallurg (Capacity: 7,704) |
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Division | Kharlamov |
| Conference | Eastern |
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| Affiliates |
[Zauralie Kurgan]] (VHL) Yuzhny Ural Orsk (VHL) Steel Foxes (MHL) Magnitka Magnitogorsk (VHL) |
| Website | www.metallurg.ru |
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) 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.[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]
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
Winners (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2006–07
Runners-up (1): 2003–04
3rd place (3): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
- Winners (1): 2005
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Winners (3): 2005, 2006, 2008
- Winners (1): 2009
Davos Hockey Summit
- Runners-up (1): 2018
External links
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- ↑ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 167, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, .
- ↑ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 173, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, .
- ↑ "NY Rangers victorious, 4-3". http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/new-york-rangers-victorious.html.