Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

HC Avtomobilist (Russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009.

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
City	Yekaterinburg, Russia
League	Kontinental Hockey League (2009–present)
Conference	Eastern
Division	Kharlamov
Founded	2006
Home arena	KRK Uralets (capacity: 5,570)
Colours
General manager	Oleg Gross
Head coach	Nikolai Zavarukhin
Captain	Anatolii Golyshev
Affiliates	Gornyak-UGMK (VHL) Avto (MHL)
Website	hc-avto.ru
Current season

Arena KRK Uralets

History

Founded in 2006, the team took its name from an older Yekaterinburg ice hockey club called Avtomobilist that used to play in the Soviet championship and later the International Hockey League.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2009–10	56	14	28	8	6	64	127	139	5th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2010–11	54	10	31	10	3	53	134	184	6th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2011–12	54	9	30	7	8	49	105	165	6th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2012–13	52	7	32	1	12	35	104	180	6th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2013–14	54	22	19	7	6	86	134	125	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Barys Astana)
2014–15	60	21	26	5	8	81	134	147	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2015–16	60	21	19	9	11	92	145	158	3rd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2016–17	60	19	25	6	10	79	139	165	5th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2017–18	56	25	17	6	8	95	165	137	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2018–19	62	39	14	8	1	95	191	125	1st, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2019–20	62	24	19	11	8	78	168	151	2nd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Sibir Novosibirsk)
2020–21	60	24	22	6	8	68	152	154	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Avangard Omsk)
2021–22	45	15	21	3	6	42	127	129	5th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2022–23	68	30	22	7	9	83	188	172	2nd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2023–24	68	26	23	11	8	82	163	157	3rd, Kharlamov	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 18 August 2024.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
70		Yegor Alexeyev	C	L	24	2023	Togliatti, Russia
18		Evgeny Alikin	G	L	30	2023	Perm, Russia
9		Jesse Blacker	D	R	33	2021	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
28		Alexei Byvaltsev	C	L	30	2023	Magnitogorsk, Russia
77		Stephane Da Costa	C	R	35	2021	Paris, France
24		Maxim Denezhkin	C	L	23	2022	Yaroslavl, Russia
74		Nick Ebert	D	R	30	2022	Livingston, New Jersey, United States
10		Vasili Filyayev	C	L	25	2021	Zhlobin, Belarus
1		Vladimir Galkin	G	L	24	2019	Kopeysk, Russia
15		Anatolii Golyshev (C)	LW	L	29	2021	Perm, Russia
–		Yevgeni Kashnikov	D	L	21	2024	Kursk, Russia
76		Artyom Kashtanov	C	L	19	2023	Rezh, Russia
31		Stepan Khripunov	C	L	29	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
97		Semyon Kizimov	RW	L	24	2021	Tolyatti, Russia
11		Vladimir Kuznetsov	LW	L	26	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
–		Brendan Leipsic	LW	L	30	2024	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
17		Brooks Macek	RW	R	32	2019	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
–		Nick Merkley	RW	R	27	2024	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
58		Andrei Obidin	RW	L	27	2022	Krasnokamsk, Russia
21		Maxim Osipov	D	R	31	2023	Yaroslavl, Russia
56		Ilya Ovchinnikov	F	L	23	2019	Chaykovsky, Russia
81		Danil Romantsev	C	L	31	2021	Yaroslavl, Russia
57		Alexander Sevostyanov	D	R	26	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
72		Yaroslav Trofimov	D	L	21	2022	Tobolsk, Russia
88		Nikita Tryamkin (A)	D	L	30	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
14		Curtis Valk	C	L	31	2022	Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
55		Kirill Vorobyov	D	L	29	2023	Demikhovo, Russia
2		Sergei Zborovsky	D	R	27	2020	Moscow, Russia
85		Yuri Zhuravlyov	D	L	24	2020	Kurgan, Russia

Team captains

• Alexander Gulyavtsev, 2009–11
• Sergei Gusev, 2012–14
• Alexei Simakov, 2014–16
• Petr Koukal, 2016–17
• Alexei Mikhnov, 2017–18
• Nikita Tryamkin, 2018
• Nigel Dawes, 2018–20
• Pavel Datsyuk, 2020–21
• Nikita Tryamkin, 2021–22
• Sergei Shirokov, 2022–24
• Anatolii Golyshev, 2024–

Head coaches

• Leonid Kiselyov, 2006
• Vitali Krayov, 2006–07
• Mikhail Malko, 2007
• Sergei Shepelev, 2007–08
• Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, 2008–09
• Marek Sykora, 2009–10
• Evgeni Popikhin, 2010
• Evgeni Mukhin, 2010–11
• Ilya Byakin, 2011
• Andrei Martemyanov, 2011–12
• Andrei Shayanov, 2012
• Igor Ulanov, 2012–13
• Anatoly Emelin, 2013–15
• Andrei Razin, 2015–16
• Vladimir Krikunov, 2016–18
• Andrei Martemyanov, 2018–20
• Bill Peters, 2020–2021
• Nikolai Zavarukhin, 2021–

Franchise leaders

All-time KHL scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Avtomobilist player

Points

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Anatoly Golyshev	RW	490	130	153	283	0.58
Brooks Macek	RW	287	115	91	206	0.72
Stephane Da Costa	C	212	74	114	188	0.88
Alexei Simakov	RW	325	43	124	167	0.51
Nikita Tryamkin	D	574	31	93	124	0.21
Nigel Dawes	LW	119	48	71	119	1.00
Alexei Vasilevsky	D	415	42	76	118	0.28
Dan Sexton	RW	157	47	65	112	0.71
Alexei Makeyev	LW	216	58	51	109	0.50
Artyom Gareyev	RW	258	51	58	109	0.42

Goals

Player	Pos	G
Anatoly Golyshev	RW	130
Brooks Macek	RW	115
Stephane Da Costa	C	74
Alexei Makeyev	LW	58
Artyom Gareyev	RW	51
Nigel Dawes	LW	48
Dan Sexton	RW	47
Alexei Simakov	RW	43
Alexei Vasilevsky	D	42
Nikolai Bushuev	C	38

Assists

Player	Pos	A
Anatoly Golyshev	RW	153
Alexei Simakov	RW	124
Stephane Da Costa	C	114
Nikita Tryamkin	D	93
Brooks Macek	RW	91
Alexei Vasilevsky	D	76
Nigel Dawes	LW	71
Dan Sexton	RW	65
Andrei Subbotin	LW	61
Artyom Gareyev	RW	58

External links

• Official website