Salavat Yulaev Ufa

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 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)
Websitehcsalavat.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.

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.

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.[2]

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
2020–216028175811811512nd, ChernyshevTeemu Hartikainen (64 points: 28 G, 36 A; 53 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2021–22452811662131961st, ChernyshevMarkus Granlund (38 points: 8 G, 30 A; 41 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Players

Current roster

Updated 3 March, 2022.[3][4]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
61 Danil Alalykin F L 21 2019 Ufa, Russia
97 Viktor Antipin D L 29 2021 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
19 Danil Bashkirov F L 20 2019 Tyumen, Russia
48 Yevgeny Biryukov D L 36 2020 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
80 Georgi Dubrovsky G R 22 2021 Ufa, Russia
78 Alexander Kadeikin C L 28 2018 Elektrostal, Russia
98 Vladislav Kartayev C R 30 2019 Chelyabinsk, Russia
63 Dinar Khafizullin D L 33 2021 Kazan, Soviet Union
62 Pyotr Khokhryakov C L 32 2018 Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR
2 Pavel Koledov D R 27 2018 Novosibirsk, Russia
41 Nikolay Kulemin LW L 35 2021 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
87 Gleb Kuzmin F L 25 2017 Voronezh, Russia
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin D L 20 2019 Ufa, Russia
33 Mikhail Naumenkov D L 29 2020 Moscow, Russia
11 Grigori Panin (C) D L 36 2017 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
68 Artyom Pimenov F L 25 2019 Sarapul, Russia
92 Alexei Pustozyorov F L 22 2020 Chebarkul, Russia
17 Stepan Sannikov LW L 31 2021 Solikamsk, Russian SFSR
39 Alexander Sharychenkov G L 30 2021 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR
93 Sergei Shmelyov LW L 28 2021 Nizhnekamsk, Russia
14 Viktor Tikhonov RW R 33 2021 Riga, Soviet Union
28 Andrei Zubarev D R 35 2021 Ufa, Soviet Union

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.[5]

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. "Venäläismedia: Suomalaiset KHL-pelaajat lähtevät joukolla Venäjältä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. "Salavat Yulaev Ufa Team Roster" (in Russian). www.hcsalavat.ru. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  4. "Salavat Yulaev Ufa team roster". www.khl.ru. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  5. Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved April 7, 2019
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