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Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Металлург МагнитогорскFull name Metallurg Magnitogorsk Nickname(s) "Steelers", "Magnitka" Founded 1955 Based In Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Arena Magnitogorsk Arena
(Capacity: 10,000)League KHL 2008-present Division Kharlamov Conference Eastern Team Colors Owner(s) Viktor Rashnikov GM Gennady Velichkin Head Coach Kari Heikkilä Captain Sergei Fedorov Website www.metallurg.ru Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian: Металлург Магнитогорск, English: Metallurgist) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). They also competed in the Champions Hockey League (CHL), losing the 2008-09 season championship round to ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A.
Contents
History
Victoria Cup
On October 1, 2008 Metallurg Magnitogorsk played against NHL's New York Rangers in the inaugural Victoria Cup at the PostFinance Arena in Berne 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 Dimitri Kalinin and Ukrainian Nikolai Zherdev accepted the Victoria Cup trophy on the behalf of the New York Rangers[1]. American analysts and broadcasters reported a rumor that team management was to reward all 22 the Metallurg Magnitogorsk players $100,000 USD for victory.
Honors
Champions
- Russian Super League Championship (3): 1999, 2001, 2007
- IIHF European Champions Cup (1): 2008
- Tampere Cup (3): 2005, 2006, 2008
- Spengler Cup (1): 2005
- European Hockey League (2): 1999, 2000
- IIHF Super Cup (1): 2000
- Pervaya Liga Championship (1): 1981
Runners-up
- Champions Hockey League (1): 2009
- Victoria Cup (1): 2008
- Russian Super League Championship (3): 1996, 1998, 2004
Players
Current roster
Updated November 14, 2011.[3][4]
NHL Alumni
Alexei Kaigorodov (2001-07), Evgeni Malkin (2003-06), Nikolai Kulemin (2005-08)
References
- ^ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 167, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4
- ^ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 173, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4
- ^ "Team: Metallurg Mg." (in Russian). www.metallurg.ru. http://www.metallurg.ru/site/team/list-team/metallurg/. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ "Metallurg Magnitogorsk team roster". www.khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/metallurg_mg. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
External links
- (Russian) Metallurg Magnitogorsk official website
- "Metallurg Magnitogorsk Magnificent in Run to RSL Gold" at NHL.com. Retrieved 04-25-07.
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