Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

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Not to be confused with FC Torpedo NN Nizhny Novgorod.

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Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Nickname "Torpedo"
League KHL 2008-present
Conference Western
Division Tarasov
Founded 1946
Home arena Trade Union Sport Palace
(capacity: 5600)
Owner(s) RussiaGAZ Group
General manager Russia Viktor Levitsky
Captain Russia Evgeny Varlamov
Affiliate(s) HC Sarov (VHL)
Chaika (MHL)
Website www.hctorpedo.ru

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod are an ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

They used to play their home games at Konovalenko Sports Palace, named after Viktor Konovalenko - one of the most famous Soviet goalkeepers, who played for Torpedo. They now play at Trade Union Sport Palace.

History

The first official ice hockey tournament in Gorky (the Communist era name of Zizhny Novgorod) took place in early 1947, when the team was the winner of the first Cup of Avtozavodtsev. In the 1947–48 season, the team was in the national championships.

The 1960–61 season was the most significant in the history of Torpedo, with the team winning the Avtozavodtsev cup and the Soviet Sport Cup, reaching the final of the Cup of the Soviet Union, and finally winning the silver medal in the national championship. Torpedo was the first provincial team to place in the USSR championship in 1961. Gorkovchan's success that year is attributed, primarily, to head coach of Dmitry Boginova, who managed to create a strong and cohesive team in just a few years. Goalie Konovalenko Victor was later a two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion.

Twice the team fell just short of the bronze in 1982 and 1985. In the 1980s Gorky twice won the Thunderstorm Authority prize. The Torpedoes players in those years were constantly being called to different teams, with some seasons including the loss of up to ten players to other teams.

In the championships of the MHL, RHL and Russia, which have been held since the Soviet collapse, the Torpedoes have not achieved significant success, with the best year in 1995, when the team placed fourth in the playoffs of the MHL championship.

Honors

Champions

1st Vysshaya Liga (2): 2003, 2007
1st Steel Cup (1): 2015

Runners-up

2nd Soviet League Championship (1): 1961
2nd USSR Cup (1): 1961
2nd Spengler Cup (1): 1972

Season-by-season KHL record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Penalty Shootout Wins, SOL = Penalty Shootout 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 24 24 1 84 162 162 3rd, Chernyshev Pavel Brendl (50 points: 35 G, 15 A; 56 GP) Lost in preliminary round, 3-0 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2009–10 56 22 27 4 75 154 163 4th, Tarasov Pavel Brendl (37 points: 27 G, 10 A; 51 GP) Did not qualify
2010–11 54 18 25 2 73 144 151 5th, Tarasov Matt Ellison (50 points: 21 G, 29 A; 53 GP) Did not qualify
2011–12 54 24 17 2 91 157 132 1st, Tarasov Martin Thörnberg (39 points: 20 G, 19 A; 49 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2012–13 52 19 23 4 69 142 146 6th, Tarasov Dmitri Makarov (43 points: 13 G, 30 A; 52 GP) Did not qualify

Players

Current roster

Updated July 27, 2015.[1][2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
31 Russia Mikhail Alyapkin G L 31 2015 Podolsk, Russian SFSR
45 Russia Artyom Alyayev D L 29 2015 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR
37 Canada Carter Ashton C L 33 2015 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
13 Russia Maxim Belopashentsev D L 28 2015 Yekaterinburg, Russia
39 Russia Mikhail Biryukov G L 38 2015 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR
23 Russia Vladislav Bogoslovsky LW L 29 2015 Moscow, Russia
8 Russia Alexander Budkin D R 37 2015 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
33 Russia Nikita Dvurechensky LW L 32 2015 Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
24 Russia Alexander Frolov LW R 41 2015 Moscow, Russia
10 Russia Vladimir Galuzin C L 35 2008 Gorky, Russian SFSR
58 Russia Daniil Ilyn C L 28 2015 Penza, Russia
25 Russia Vadim Khomitsky D L 40 2015 Voskresensk, Russian SFSR
48 Sweden Carl Klingberg RW R 33 2015 Gothenburg, Sweden
22 Russia Maxim Kondratyev D L 41 2015 Tolyatti, Russian SFSR
19 Russia Roman Konkov LW L 31 2015 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
46 Belarus Andrei Kostitsyn W L 39 2015 Novopolotsk, Belarusian SSR
74 Belarus Sergei Kostitsyn LW L 37 2015 Novopolotsk, Belorussian SSR
95 Russia Vyacheslav Kulemin LW L 33 2013 Moscow, Russian SFSR
84 Russia Ivan Lisutin G L 37 2015 Tyumen, Russian SFSR
44 Russia Alexander Makarov D L 34 2012 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR
30 Russia Nikolai Molkov G L 28 2015 Kstovo, Russia
11 Russia Evgeny Mozer W R 30 2015 Omsk, Russia
21 Russia Maxim Osipov D R 30 2014 Yaroslavl, Russia
7 Russia Alexei Pepelyaev (A) D L 39 2014 Barnaul, Russian SFSR
77 Russia Oleg Piganovich D L 38 2015 Yaroslavl, Russia
89 Russia Alexei Potapov (A) RW L 35 2005 Gorky, Russian SFSR
73 Russia Ilya Proskuryakov G L 37 2015 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
88 Russia Igor Rudenkov LW L 29 2015 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
62 Russia Evgeny Rybnitsky D L 34 2015 Chelyabinsk, Russia
42 Russia Dmitri Semin C L 40 2015 Moscow, USSR
63 Russia Dmitri Shulenin D R 28 2015 Moscow, Russia
55 Russia Denis Shurakov RW L 29 2015 Kirov , Russia
38 Russia Mikhail Smolin F L 26 2015 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
26 Sweden Linus Videll LW L 38 2014 Stockholm, Sweden
2 Russia Stanislav Yegorshev D R 36 2014 Cherepovets, Russia
52 Russia Nikolai Zherdev RW R 39 2015 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR

NHL alumni

Yuri Butsayev, formerly of Torpedo

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All-time records

References

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External links

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