HC Sibir Novosibirsk

Hockey Club Sibir Novosibirsk Oblast (Russian: ХК Сибирь, English: Siberia HC), also known as HC Sibir or Sibir Novosibirsk, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Novosibirsk. They are members of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Sibir Novosibirsk Oblast
City	Novosibirsk
League	KHL 2008–present RSL 1996–1998, 2002–2008 Vysshaya Liga 1992–1994, 1998–2002 IHL 1994–1996 Soviet League Class A2 1963–1965, 1971–1975, 1976–1983, 1984–1992 Soviet League Class A 1962–1963, 1965–1971, 1975–1976, 1983–1984
Conference	Eastern
Division	Kharlamov
Founded	1962
Home arena	Ice Sports Palace Sibir (capacity: 7,384)
Colours
General manager	Kirill Fastovsky
Head coach	Nikolai Zavarukhin
Captain	Konstantin Alexeev
Affiliate(s)	Sibirskie Snaypery (MHL)
Website	www.hcsibir.ru
Current season

History

Ice hockey was introduced to Novosibirsk in 1948 by Ivan Tsyba, who returned from a hockey seminar in Moscow with equipment to play the sport. Immediately popular amongst the populace, the local sports society, Dynamo, decided to establish a hockey team.[1] The first hockey rink was built in autumn 1948 near the Ob River. A second rink was built in February 1949, at the Spartak Stadium.[2] Several teams played in Novosibirsk in this era, the strongest being Dynamo. They were promoted to the Soviet Championship League for the 1954–55 season, finishing in ninth place overall, out of ten teams. They would finish as high as ninth two more times in the Soviet era, in both 1956–57 and 1959–60 (when the league had 16 and 18 teams, respectively).[3] A youth team was formed in 1954, to serve as a development club for the senior team. In its first season of play, it won bronze in the national championship.

In 1962, owing to financial difficulties, Dynamo merged with another team in Novosibirsk, Khimik. Though Dynamo played in the top division, its equipment was of a lesser quality than Khimik, which played in the lowest division and was run by a local chemical factory; the resulting team was renamed Sibir Novosibirsk.[4]

During the first decades of its history, Sibir was subsequently relegated between the elite and second-rate divisions of the Soviet and Russian hockey championships until it finally settled in the Superleague after the 2002–03 season.

After the formation of the Kontinental Hockey League, the team had to change 50% of its roster. Starting with the 2009–10 season, the head coach position was taken by Andrei Tarasenko, a former Novosibirsk forward and a father of the club's young winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who led Sibir to its first Gagarin Cup playoffs in 2011.

Before the 2013–14 season, Sibir changed its full name from Sibir Novosibirsk to Sibir Novosibirsk Oblast.[5]

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Top Scorer	Playoffs
2008–09	56	15	28	5	64	146	178	5th, Kharlamov	Evgeny Lapin (40 points: 22 G, 18 A; 55 GP)	Did not qualify
2009–10	56	15	30	1	63	147	190	4th, Kharlamov	Alexander Boikov (37 points: 16 G, 21 A; 56 GP)	Did not qualify
2010–11	54	22	21	4	83	133	131	3rd, Kharlamov	Igor Mirnov (40 points: 16 G, 24 A; 53 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2011–12	54	12	27	2	57	132	154	6th, Kharlamov	Vladimir Tarasenko (38 points: 18 G, 20 A; 39 GP)	Did not qualify
2012–13	52	21	17	3	84	124	119	4th, Kharlamov	Jori Lehterä (48 points: 17 G, 31 A; 52 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2013–14	54	22	18	1	87	125	117	3rd, Kharlamov	Jori Lehterä (44 points: 12 G, 32 A; 48 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Magnitogorsk)
2014–15	60	34	20	2	111	176	125	1st, Kharlamov	Jonas Enlund (45 points: 17 G, 28 A; 52 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2015–16	60	36	15	9	105	155	133	2nd, Kharlamov	Sergei Shumakov (33 points: 20 G, 13 A; 59 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Magnitogorsk)
2016–17	60	28	25	7	83	133	138	6th, Kharlamov	Maxim Shalunov (37 points: 19 G, 18 A; 49 GP)	Did not qualify
2017–18	56	31	23	2	87	136	135	4th, Kharlamov	Patrik Zackrisson (42 points: 13 G, 29 A; 56 GP)	Did not qualify
2018–19	62	24	32	6	54	148	192	4th, Kharlamov	Dmitri Sayustov (31 points: 12 G, 19 A; 54 GP)	Did not qualify
2019–20	62	34	22	6	74	139	143	3rd, Kharlamov	Mikael Ruohomaa (44 points: 13 G, 31 A; 61 GP)	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–1 (Avtomobilist) Playoffs cancellled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players

Current roster

Updated 30 June 2020.[6][7]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
–		Timur Akhiyarov	D	L	20	2020	Moscow, Russia
20		Konstantin Alexeyev (C)	D	L	32	2016	Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR
24		Yevgeni Chesalin	LW	L	31	2019	Podolsk, Russian SFSR
–		Yefim Gurkin	D	L	27	2020	Ufa, Russia
23		Jyrki Jokipakka	D	L	28	2019	Tampere, Finland
78		Yaroslav Khabarov	D	L	31	2019	Magnitogorsk, Russia
–		Ilya Khokhlov	D	L	25	2020	Moscow, Russia
22		Viktor Komarov	C	R	26	2018	Chelyabinsk, Russia
96		Nikita Korotkov	F	L	24	2019	Novosibirsk, Russia
84		Alexei Krasikov	G	L	24	2015	Moscow, Russia
–		Anton Krasotkin	G	L	23	2020	Yaroslavl, Russia
–		Oleg Li	RW	L	29	2020	Volgograd, Russian SFSR
21		Vitali Menshikov	D	R	31	2020	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
70		Egor Milovzorov (A)	RW	L	32	2016	Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR
7		Ilya Morozov	D	L	21	2017	Novosibirsk, Russia
–		Eric O'Dell	C	R	30	2020	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
50		Vladimir Pervushin	RW	L	34	2016	Omsk, Russian SFSR
71		Juuso Puustinen	RW	L	32	2019	Kuopio, Finland
91		Danil Romantsev	C	L	27	2018	Yaroslavl, Russia
13		Mikael Ruohomaa	C	L	31	2019	Alastaro, Finland
29		Harri Sateri	G	L	30	2019	Toijala, Finland
8		Dmitri Sayustov (A)	C	L	32	2018	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
86		Alexander Sharov	C	L	24	2017	Moscow, Russia
99		Nikita Shashkov	F	L	21	2018	Novokuznetsk, Russia
12		Alexander Torchenyuk	C	L	29	2019	Moscow, Russian SFSR
61		Alexei Yakovlev	LW	L	25	2015	Novosibirsk, Russia
67		Andrei Yermakov	D	R	26	2019	Moscow, Russia

Franchise records and leaders

All-time KHL point 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'[8]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jonas Enlund	316	85	114	199	124	56	24	2	14
Stepan Sannikov	439	51	84	135	227	21	8	1	13
Jori Lehterä	125	39	79	118	78	42	11	2	9
Sergei Shumakov	235	57	48	105	143	21	13	1	11
Vladimir Tarasenko	161	47	44	91	43	24	11	0	7
Alexei Kopeikin	223	46	44	90	97	7	17	0	6
Alexander Kutuzov	289	24	63	87	146	−4	14	0	5
Konstantin Alexeyev	512	11	71	82	329	3	3	0	1
Egor Milovzorov	151	24	56	80	66	−34	3	0	3
Dmitri Kugryshev	103	32	44	76	85	25	13	0	7

Honors

Champions

Vysshaya Liga (2): 1993, 2002

Etela-Saimaa Lappeenranta (1): 2012

Runners-up

Gagarin Cup (1): 2015

References

1. "От "Динамо" до "Сибири" (From "Dinamo" to "Sibir")". Газета «Молодость Сибири» (Newspaper "Youth of Siberia") (in Russian). 6 (4710). 2–8 February 2011.
2. "Как играл "Спартак" (How "Spartak" played)". Газета «Молодость Сибири» (Newspaper "Youth of Siberia") (in Russian). 10 (4714). 2–8 March 2011.
3. "Как играло "Динамо" в элите (How "Dinamo" played in the elite)". Газета «Молодость Сибири» (Newspaper "Youth of Siberia") (in Russian). 6 (4710). 2–8 February 2011.
4. Stain, Vitaly (1–7 February 2012). "К 50-летию "Сибири" (To the 50th anniversary of "Sibir")". Газета «Молодость Сибири» (Newspaper "Youth of Siberia") (in Russian). 6 (4762).
5. "Сибирь" изменит официальное название со следующего сезона (in Russian). championat.com.
6. "HC Sibir Roster". hcsibir.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
7. "Sibir Novosibirsk team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
8. HC Sibir KHL Points Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved March 26, 2011

External links

• (in Russian) Sibir Novosibirsk official website