HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

For the soccer (football) team, see FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

Full name	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1968-present
Nickname(s)	"Petrochemists"
Founded	October 23, 1968
Based In	Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan
Arena	SCC Arena (Capacity: 10,000)
League	KHL 2008-present
Division	Kharlamov
Conference	Eastern
Team Colors
GM	Rafik Yakubov
Head Coach	Vladimir Krikunov
Captain	Maxim Pestushko
Website	www.hcneftekhimik.ru

HC Neftekhimik (Russian: Нефтехимик Нижнекамск, English: Nizhnekamsk Petrochemist) is a professional ice hockey team based in Nizhnekamsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Honors

Champions

• Vysshaya Liga Championship (1): 1995
• Tampere Cup (1): 2002

Runners-up

• TASSR Cup (1): 1979

Players

Current roster

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Updated November 20, 2011.^[1][2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
25	Russia !	Arkhipov, DenisDenis Arkhipov	6.0 !LW	L	32	2009	Kazan, Russian SFSR
44	Russia !	Belov, NikolaiNikolai Belov	2.0 !D	L	24	2009	Moscow, Russian SFSR
91	Russia !	Bortnikov, IgorIgor Bortnikov	4.0 !C	L	22	2007	Leninogorsk, Russian SFSR
8	Slovakia !	Cibak, MartinMartin Cibak	4.0 !C	L	31	2011	Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
1	Russia !	Franskevich, DenisDenis Franskevich	1.0 !G	L	30	2011	Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
11	Russia !	Islamov, AlexanderAlexander Islamov	4.0 !C	L	25	2007	Orsk, Russian SFSR
85	Russia !	Knyazev, KirillKirill Knyazev	6.0 !LW	L	28	2011	Izhevsk, Russian SFSR
89	Russia !	Kolesnikov, AndreiAndrei Kolesnikov	2.0 !D	L	22	2011	Barnaul, Russian SFSR
7	Russia !	Korolev, EvgenyEvgeny Korolev	2.0 !D	L	33	2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR
76	Russia !	Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk	6.0 !LW	L	35	2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR
17	Russia !	Kulikov, PavelPavel Kulikov	4.0 !C	L	19	2009	Nizhnekamsk, Russia
10	Russia !	Kvasha, OlegOleg Kvasha (A)	6.0 !LW	R	33	2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR
22	Finland !	Mäntylä, TuukkaTuukka Mäntylä	2.0 !D	L	30	2011	Tampere, Finland
70	Russia !	Milovzorov, EgorEgor Milovzorov	3.0 !F	L	24	2011	Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR
81	Russia !	Nasybullin, DanielDaniel Nasybullin	6.0 !LW	R	26	2011	Kazan, Russian SFSR
55	Russia !	Nourislamov, EvgueniEvgueni Nourislamov	2.0 !D	L	29	2011	Ufa, Russian SFSR
34	Russia !	Obukhov, DmitriDmitri Obukhov	7.0 !RW	L	28	2011	Kazan, Russian SFSR
26	Finland !	Osala, OskarOskar Osala	6.0 !LW	L	23	2011	Vaasa, Finland
33	Russia !	Pestushko, MaximMaxim Pestushko (C)	7.0 !RW	L	26	2009	Naberezhnye Chelny, Russian SFSR
71	Russia !	Polygalov, IgorIgor Polygalov	4.0 !C	L	25	2008	Perm, Russian SFSR
49	Russia !	Rybnitsky, EvgenyEvgeny Rybnitsky	2.0 !D	L	22	2011	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
6	Russia !	Savin, IvanIvan Savin	2.0 !D	R	30	2011	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
38	Russia !	Sergeev, DenisDenis Sergeev	7.0 !RW	R	28	2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR
42	Russia !	Shchitov, NikitaNikita Shchitov (A)	2.0 !D	L	27	2010	Ufa, Russian SFSR
14	Russia !	Simakov, AlexeiAlexei Simakov	7.0 !RW	L	32	2010	Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR
32	Finland !	Tarkki, TuomasTuomas Tarkki	1.0 !G	L	31	2011	Rauma, Finland

NHL alumni

• Mikhail Grabovski (2003-05)
• Maxim Galanov (2003-06)
• Ladislav Kohn (2008-09)
• Oleg Kvasha (2011-current)

References

1. ^ "Neftekhimik Players" (in Russian). www.hcneftekhimik.ru. http://www.hcneftekhimik.ru/neftehimik/players/. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
2. ^ "Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk team roster". www.khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/neftekhimik. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 

External links

• (Russian) Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk official website