Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Full name	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Nickname(s)	Magnitka, Foxes
Founded	1955
Based In	Magnitogorsk, Russia
Arena	Arena Metallurg; (Capacity: 7,500)
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Division	Kharlamov
Conference	Eastern
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Affiliates	Yuzhny Ural Orsk (VHL); Steel Foxes (MHL)
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.

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

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.

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)