Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», translit. Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; Bashkir: «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, translit. «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), 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.

This article is about the ice hockey team. For the Bashkir national hero, see Salawat Yulayev.
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
CityUfa, Russia
LeagueKHL
2008–present
ConferenceEastern
DivisionChernyshev
Founded1961
Home arenaUfa Arena
(capacity: 8,250)
Colours       
Head coachTomi Lämsä
CaptainGrigori Panin
Affiliate(s)Toros Neftekamsk (VHL)
Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
Websitewww.hcsalavat.ru
Current season

Established in 1961, Salavat Yulaev spent the Soviet era mainly in the lower divisions, only appearing in the top league for five seasons, though since the dissolution of the Soviet Union they have been in the top league in Russia.

They have won the Gagarin Cup as the KHL champion once, in 2011, and have won the regular season championship twice, in 2009 and 2010, winning the inaugural Continental Cup for the latter. They also won the final Russian Superleague title, in 2008.

History

Soviet era

Founded in 1961, 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.

Post-Soviet era

Salavat Yulaev was one of the founding clubs of the International Hockey League and later the Russian Superleague, and normally advanced to the playoffs at that time. The club reached its first Russian championship semifinals in 1996-97 and eventually won its first Championship title in 2007-08, beating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl by three matches to two.

KHL era

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 the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.

Salavat Yulaev marked its first year in the KHL by winning its first two regular season titles and becoming the first club to be awarded the Continental Cup. The following season, the team advanced to the final against Atlant and won their first Gagarin Cup as champions. They remained a powerful club in the KHL over the following seasons, reaching the playoffs each year, though did not advance past the conference finals in any year.

Season-by-season KHL record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Penalty Shootout Wins, SOL = Penalty Shootout Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWLOTLPtsGFGAFinishTop scorerPlayoffs
2008–095638821292031161st, BobrovAlexei Tereshchenko (58 points: 29 G, 29 A; 55 GP)Lost in Preliminary Round, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk)
2009–105637811292151161st, ChernyshevAlexander Radulov (63 points: 24 G, 39 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2010–1154291201092101442nd, ChernyshevAlexander Radulov (80 points: 20 G, 60 A; 54 GP)Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Atlant Moscow Oblast)
2011–125423181891731522nd, ChernyshevAlexander Radulov (63 points: 25 G, 38 A; 50 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2012–135224170881481402nd, ChernyshevIgor Mirnov (37 points: 21 G, 16 A; 49 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2013–145425163941401552nd, ChernyshevDmitri Makarov (40 points: 11 G, 29 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2014–156025272861731584th, ChernyshevKirill Koltsov (48 points: 18 G, 30 A; 60 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2015–1660292231011791563rd, ChernyshevLinus Omark (57 points: 18 G, 39 A; 60 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2016–1760272013881691743rd, ChernyshevLinus Omark (56 points: 14 G, 42 A; 55 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2017–185631205931511391st, ChernyshevLinus Omark (55 points: 16 G, 39 A; 55 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2018–1962312110721581403rd, ChernyshevLinus Omark (49 points: 10 G, 39 A; 56 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2019–2062292310681531443rd, ChernyshevLinus Omark (54 points: 12 G, 42 A; 59 GP)Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk)
Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players

Current roster

Updated 18 July, 2020.[2][3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
61 Danil Alalykin F L 19 2019 Ufa, Russia
27 Rodion Amirov LW L 19 2019 Salavat, Russia
10 Ilya Baranov F L 25 2017 Moscow, Russia
19 Danil Bashkirov F L 19 2019 Tyumen, Russia
– Yevgeny Biryukov D L 34 2020 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
7 Eduard Gimatov RW R 27 2017 Ufa, Russia
60 Markus Granlund C L 27 2020 Oulu, Finland
70 Teemu Hartikainen LW L 30 2013 Kuopio, Finland
78 Alexander Kadeikin C L 27 2018 Elektrostal, Russia
98 Vladislav Kartayev C R 28 2019 Chelyabinsk, Russia
62 Pyotr Khokhryakov C L 31 2018 Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR
2 Pavel Koledov D R 26 2018 Novosibirsk, Russia
– Dmitry Korobov D L 31 2020 Novopolotsk, Belorussian SSR
18 Dmitri Kugryshev RW R 31 2018 Balakovo, Russian SFSR
36 Philip Larsen D R 31 2017 Esbjerg, Denmark
14 Yevgeni Lisovets D L 26 2019 Grodno, Belarus
65 Sakari Manninen C L 28 2019 Oulu, Finland
77 Juha Metsola G L 31 2018 Tampere, Finland
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin D L 19 2019 Ufa, Russia
– Igor Myasishchev D L 23 2020 Moscow, Russia
11 Grigori Panin (C) D L 35 2017 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
5 Alexei Semenov D L 39 2018 Murmansk, Russian SFSR
17 Vyacheslav Solodukhin LW L 32 2017 Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
90 Nikita Soshnikov RW L 27 2019 Nizhny Tagil, Russia
– Vladislav Sukhachyov G L 22 2020 Chelyabinsk, Russia
– Mikhail Vorobyev C L 24 2020 Salavat, Russia
25 Vladimir Zharkov (A) LW L 33 2018 Pavlovsky Posad, Russian SFSR

Franchise records and leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in KHL history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.[4]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Salavat Yulaev Ufa player

Honours

Champions

Gagarin Cup (1): 2011
KHL Regular Season / Continental Cup (2): 2009, 2010
Opening Cup (2): 2008–09, 2011-12
Russian Superleague (1): 2008
Federation Cup (1): 1995
Soviet League Class A2 (5): 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992
Pajulahti Cup (1): 2003

Runners-up

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

References
  1. "Виктор Козлов продолжит карьеру в Уфе". HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12.
  2. "Salavat Yulaev Ufa Team Roster" (in Russian). www.hcsalavat.ru. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. "Salavat Yulaev Ufa team roster". www.khl.ru. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  4. Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved April 7, 2019
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