Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Salavat Yulaev Ufa
City	Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia
League	KHL 2008-present RSL 1996–2008 IHL 1992–1996 Soviet League Class A2 1964-1978, 1979-1980, 1981-1982, 1983-1985, 1987-1992 Soviet League Class A 1978-1979, 1980-1981, 1982-1983, 1985-1987 Soviet League Class B 1958-1964
Conference	Eastern
Division	Chernyshev
Founded	1961
Home arena	Ufa Arena (Capacity: 8,250)
Colours
General manager	Leonid Weissfeld
Head coach	Igor Zakharkin
Captain	Igor Grigorenko
Affiliate(s)	Toros Neftekamsk (VHL) Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
Website	www.hcsalavat.ru

Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», Bashkir: «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey team based in Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.

History

The club is named after Salavat Yulaev, a national hero of Bashkortostan. After years of competing in the low-level divisions the team was invited to the second level of the Soviet League "Class A" in 1964 subsequently getting promotion to the elite group for the 1978-1979, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 seasons. But it wasn't until the rise of pro hockey in post-Soviet Russia that Salavat became a recognizable major club.

Salavat Yulaev was one of the founding clubs of the International Hockey League and later the Russian Superleague normally advancing to playoff stages since the first seasons. The club reached its first Russian championship semifinals in 1996-97 and eventually won its first Champion title in 2007-08 beating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl by three matches to two.

Salavat Yulaev Ufa has played in 77 international games against clubs from Bulgaria, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Finland, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Sweden (with a record of 67 victories, 5 ties and 5 defeats). Its first international game was played on December 30, 1961 in Ufa with Wismuth (GDR).

Recent History

On July 11, 2008, Salavat signed NHL rising star Alexander Radulov. On June 9, 2009, a press release was issued, stating that Viktor Kozlov had signed a three-year contract to return to Russia.^[1] The club has also signed Norwegian forward Patrick Thoresen for 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.

Salavat Yulaev marked its first years in the KHL by winning first two regular seasons and becoming the first club to be awarded with the Continental Cup. Next season the team advanced to the final with Atlant winning their first Gagarin Cup.

Honors

Champions

Gagarin Cup (1): 2011
KHL Regular Season / Continental Cup (2): 2009, 2010
Russian Superleague (1): 2008
Russian Superleague Regular Season (1): 2008
Federation Cup (1): 1995
Soviet League Class A2 (5): 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992
Pajulahti Cup (2): 2000, 2003

Runners-up

KHL 2009-10, 2013–14, 2015-16
Continental Cup (1): 1997
Spengler Cup (2): 2007, 2014
Russian Superleague (1): 1997
IHL Championship (2): 1995, 1996

Season-by-season KHL record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Penalty Shootout Wins, SOL = Penalty 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	38	8	2	129	203	116	1st, Bobrov	Alexei Tereshchenko (58 points: 29 G, 29 A; 55 GP)	Lost in Preliminary Round, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2009–10	56	37	8	1	129	215	116	1st, Chernyshev	Alexander Radulov (63 points: 24 G, 39 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2010–11	54	29	12	0	109	210	144	2nd, Chernyshev	Alexander Radulov (80 points: 20 G, 60 A; 54 GP)	Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Atlant Moscow Oblast)
2011–12	54	23	18	1	89	173	152	2nd, Chernyshev	Alexander Radulov (63 points: 25 G, 38 A; 50 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2012–13	52	24	17	0	88	148	140	2nd, Chernyshev	Igor Mirnov (37 points: 21 G, 16 A; 49 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 4–3 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2013–14	54	25	16	3	94	140	155	2nd, Chernyshev	Dmitri Makarov (40 points: 11 G, 29 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 4–1 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2014–15	60	25	27	2	86	173	158	4th, Chernyshev	Kirill Koltsov (48 points: 18 G, 30 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2015–16	60	29	22	3	101	179	156	3th, Chernyshev	Linus Omark (57 points: 18 G, 39 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 4–1 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)

Players

Current roster

Updated August 22, 2015.^[2][3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
37		Alyoshin, YegorYegor Alyoshin	F	L	24	2016	Elektrougli, Russia
92		Arzamastsev, ZakharZakhar Arzamastsev	D	L	25	2015	Novokuznetsk, Russia
33		Bodrov, DenisDenis Bodrov	D	L	30	2014	Moscow, USSR
10		Bodrov, EvgenyEvgeny Bodrov	C	L	28	2016	Togliatti, Russian SFSR
72		Chernov, ArtyomArtyom Chernov	C	L	34	2015	Novoruznetsk, USSR
11		Engqvist, AndreasAndreas Engqvist	C	R	28	2015	Stockholm, Sweden
		Fedotov, IvanIvan Fedotov	G	L	20	2016	Saint Petersburg, Russia
50		Gavrilov, AndreiAndrei Gavrilov	G	L	29	2016	St. Petersburg, Russian SFSR
57		Goncharov, MaximMaxim Goncharov	D	R	27	2015	Moscow, USSR
27		Grigorenko, IgorIgor Grigorenko (C)	RW	L	33	2015	Togliatti, Soviet Union
70		Hartikainen, TeemuTeemu Hartikainen	LW	L	26	2013	Kuopio, Finland
17		Kaprizov, KirillKirill Kaprizov	LW	L	19	2016	Novokuznetsk, Russia
31		Khripunov, StepanStepan Khripunov	C	L	21	2016	Yekaterinburg, Russia
22		Korneev, KonstantinKonstantin Korneev	D	L	32	2010	Moscow, Russian SFSR
58		Kudreman, AlexeiAlexei Kudreman	RW	L	22	2016	Balakhna, Russia
28		Kulyash, DenisDenis Kulyash	D	L	33	2016	Omsk, Russian SFSR
9		Lazarev, AntonAnton Lazarev	LW	L	26	2015	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
18		Lepistö, SamiSami Lepistö	D	L	32	2015	Espoo, Finland
7		Lisin, EnverEnver Lisin	RW	L	30	2015	Voskresensk, Russian SFSR, URS
20		Litvinov, AndreiAndrei Litvinov	G	L	23	2016	Novokuznetsk, Russia
19		Loginov, AlexanderAlexander Loginov	D	L	29	2015	Ufa, USSR
16		Mayorov, MaximMaxim Mayorov	LW	L	27	2015	Andijan, Uzbek SSR Soviet Union
32		Nesterov, AlexanderAlexander Nesterov	RW	L	31	2015	Moscow, Russian SFSR
67		Omark, LinusLinus Omark	LW	L	29	2015	Overtornea, Sweden
99		Razumnyak, ValentinValentin Razumnyak	LW	R	20	2016	Magnitogorsk, Russia
6		Soin, SergeiSergei Soin (A)	C	L	34	2015	Moscow, Soviet Union
1		Svedberg, NiklasNiklas Svedberg	G	L	27	2015	Sollentuna, Sweden
		Teryayev, SergeiSergei Teryayev	D	L	22	2016	Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia
		Tsirkul, NikitaNikita Tsirkul	G	L	19	2016	Almata-Ata, Kazakhstan
		Tsulygin, KirillKirill Tsulygin	D	R	20	2015	Ufa, Russia
8		Vorobiev, DmitriDmitri Vorobiev	D	L	31	2014	Togliatti, Russian SFSR
24		Vorobyev, MikhailMikhail Vorobyev	C	L	19	2015	Salavat, Russia

All-time KHL scoring leaders

'Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes, PPG = Powerplay Goals, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, GWG = Game Winning Goals'

Player[4]	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexander Radulov	210	91	163	254	301	98	30	2	15
Kirill Koltsov	311	49	130	179	311	55	15	0	9
Igor Grigorenko	223	80	74	154	139	67	26	0	18
Sergei Zinovjev	207	48	90	138	304	15	15	2	9
Vitali Proshkin	266	23	103	126	298	55	9	1	5
Patrick Thoresen	110	53	69	122	101	66	9	0	8
Dmitri Makarov	144	34	63	97	64	0	5	1	8
Igor Mirnov	147	53	40	93	60	24	11	2	13
Teemu Hartikainen	138	34	58	92	76	18	7	0	6
Vladimir Antipov	154	42	48	90	93	32	9	1	5

References

1. "Виктор Козлов продолжит карьеру в Уфе". HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa. 2009-06-09.
2. "Salavat Yulaev Ufa Team Roster" (in Russian). www.hcsalavat.ru. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
3. "Salavat Yulaev Ufa team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
4. Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved December 6, 2015

External links

• (Russian) Salavat Yulaev official website
• NHL.com article on hockey in Ufa