Salavat Yulaev Ufa

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
Founded1957 (1957)
as SK Gastello Ufa
Home arenaUfa Arena
(capacity: 8,250)
Colours       
General managerRinat Bashirov[1]
Head coachViktor Kozlov
CaptainGrigori Panin
AffiliatesToros Neftekamsk (VHL)
Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
Websitehcsalavat.ru
Current season

Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», romanized: Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; Bashkir: «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, romanized: «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey club based in Ufa, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Established in 1957, 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 1957, the club was named SK Gastello Ufa during the 1958 Soviet Championship season. then, the club changed its name to Salavat Yulaev Ufa 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.

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.[2] 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.

In March 2022, all four Finnish players, including the all-time scoring leader Teemu Hartikainen, and Geoff Platt and Philip Larsen left the team due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

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

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, 2–4 (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, 3–4 (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, 1–4 (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, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2015–16 60 29 22 3 101 179 156 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (57 points: 18 G, 39 A; 60 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2016–17 60 27 20 13 88 169 174 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (56 points: 14 G, 42 A; 55 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2017–18 56 31 20 5 93 151 139 1st, Chernyshev Linus Omark (55 points: 16 G, 39 A; 55 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2018–19 62 31 21 10 72 158 140 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (49 points: 10 G, 39 A; 56 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk)
2019–20 62 29 23 10 68 153 144 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (54 points: 12 G, 42 A; 59 GP) Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk)
Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 60 28 17 5 81 181 151 2nd, Chernyshev Teemu Hartikainen (64 points: 28 G, 36 A; 53 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2021–22 45 28 11 6 62 131 96 1st, Chernyshev Markus Granlund (38 points: 8 G, 30 A; 41 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2022–23 68 38 20 10 86 174 141 1st, Chernyshev Sergei Shmelyov (51 points: 19 G, 32 A; 67 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Admiral Vladivostok)
2023–24 68 42 20 6 90 196 143 2nd, Chernyshev Alexander Chmelevski (56 points: 27 G, 29 A; 67 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Players

Current roster

Updated 26 September 2024.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
61 Danil Alalykin C L 24 2019 Ufa, Russia
55 Sasha Chmelevski (A) C R 26 2022 Huntington Beach, California, United States
96 Ildan Gazimov D L 24 2023 Nizhnekamsk, Russia
13 Artyom Gorshkov F L 21 2024 Moscow, Russia
7 Matvei Guskov C L 24 2023 Niznekamsk, Russia
63 Dinar Khafizullin (A) D L 36 2023 Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
62 Pyotr Khokhryakov C L 35 2024 Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
8 Alexander Komarov D L 22 2021 Ufa, Russia
17 Gleb Kuzmin  LW L 28 2017 Voronezh, Russia
90 Joshua Leivo LW R 32 2023 Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
79 Artyom Nabiyev RW L 19 2024 Perm, Russia
33 Mikhail Naumenkov  D L 32 2020 Moscow, Russia
11 Grigori Panin (C) D L 39 2017 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
68 Artyom Pimenov C L 29 2019 Sarapul, Russia
56 Sheldon Rempal RW R 29 2024 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
31 Alexander Samonov G L 29 2023 Moscow, Russia
72 Yegor Suchkov LW L 23 2020 Chelyabinsk, Russia
29 Nathan Todd C R 29 2024 Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
73 Yaroslav Tsulygin D R 20 2022 Ufa, Russia
32 Sergei Varlov D L 25 2021 Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
93 Alexei Vasilevsky D R 32 2023 Ufa, Russia
35 Semyon Vyazavoy G L 22 2023 Ufa, Russia
23 Scott Wilson C L 33 2024 Oakville, Ontario, Canada
77 Denis Yan LW L 28 2024 Portland, Oregon, United States
65 Vladislav Yefremov C L 29 2023 Novy Rozdol, Russia
52 Nikita Zorkin D L 25 2023 Moscow, Russia


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
Clas Ohlson Cup (1): 2009

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. ^ "Новым генеральным директором "Салавата Юлаева" стал Ринат Баширов" (in Russian). 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ "Виктор Козлов продолжит карьеру в Уфе". HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12.
  3. ^ "Venäläismedia: Suomalaiset KHL-pelaajat lähtevät joukolla Venäjältä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved March 30, 2024
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