Amur Khabarovsk
Nickname"Tigry" (Tigers)
CityKhabarovsk, Russia
LeagueKHL
ConferenceEastern
DivisionChernyshev
Founded1966
Home arenaPlatinum Arena
(capacity: 7,100)
Colours     
Owner(s)Sukhoi
General managerRoman Kramar
Head coachAndrei Martemyanov
CaptainPyotr Khokhryakov
AffiliatesSokol Krasnoyarsk (VHL)
Amurskie Tigry (MHL)
Websitehcamur.ru
Current season

Hockey Club Amur (Russian: Хоккейный клуб Амур), commonly referred to as the Amur Khabarovsk,[1] is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Khabarovsk. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Located in the Russian Far East, the team takes its name from the Amur River, and plays its home games at the Platinum Arena.

History

Amur Khabarovsk was founded in 1966 as SKA Khabarovsk; it only adopted its current name in 1996, a name that comes from the nearby river Amur. By its location in the Russian Far East, the team is pretty isolated from every other team in the KHL, making rivalries difficult; the nearest KHL team is Admiral Vladivostok.

For a long time a lower division dweller, Khabarovsk won the championship of the Soviet League Division 3 in 1989, earning promotion to the upper level. The team played regular season games known as the "Red Army" against West Coast Hockey League teams for the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[2]

In 1996, Khabarovsk promoted to the Russian Superleague. A relegation to the Vysshaya Liga occurred in 2004 when the mining company that funds the club had financial difficulties. The Tigers could promote back to the top level in 2006. That same financial crisis forced the team's reserve squad, the Golden Amur Khabarovsk, to withdraw from the Asia League where it played for the 2004-05 season. The team could finish the season and take part in the playoffs, however; they finished third in regular season standings and failed to reach the playoffs finals.

HC Amur players in 2015–16 season.

In 2008, Khabarovsk was one of the 24 founding members of the Kontinental Hockey League. The team played the league's inaugural game on September 2 against Dinamo Riga at home in front of a sell-out crowd of 7,100 people. They lost, 4-2 to the Latvian team. Riga and the Tigers were playing back-to-back games in Khabarovsk, however, and on the second match, Amur won 7-6 in a tied game that went to shootouts. But the 2008-09 didn't prove to be very successful for the Tigers. The team was plagued with injuries - in October only, 11 players were side-lined, including imports Kyle Wanvig and Bryce Lampman. The Tigers needed to strengthen their squad, and therefore offered a contract to Carolina Hurricanes's Matt Murley, which resulted in a controversy sometimes compared to Alexander Radulov's, even though there are many differences. Murley's signing didn't prove beneficial for Amur though, as he only contributed 8 points to a fairly impotent offence that scored only 111 goals. Veterans Oleg Belkin and Peter Nylander were Amur's top goal scorers with 11 goals each; Belkin was top scorer with a meager 24 points in 50 games. Amur's defence was better, with regular defencemen Vasily Turkovsky and Viktor Kostyuchenok even managing to finish the season with a +3 and +2 record, respectively. But overall, the season was disappointing for the Tigers, with a 20th place, 15 wins and 60 points.

Things barely improved in 2009-10. Amur finished 21st, out of playoffs again, this time again with 60 points and only 12 wins in regular time (plus three in overtime and six in the shootouts). Former Montreal Canadiens' and Columbus Blue Jackets' David Ling did the best in offense with 32 points, while Alexei Kopeikin and Ruslan Khasanshin were the best goal scorers with respectively 16 and 14 goals. All in all, it is only 129 goals that the team scored, 18 better than the previous season, but still fourth worst in the league. Oleg Belkin had to miss the whole season, while Peter Nylander left the team after ten game to go back in Sweden, joining Timrå IK of the Elitserien. The defence was not as solid as the previous season, with Turkovsky retired and Kostyuchenok traded to HC Spartak Moscow after 14 games. The result was 187 goals against, 29 more than the previous season. Former NHL veteran and Stanley Cup winner Nolan Pratt ended up being the fourth defenceman on the team in icetime and finished the season with 11 points and a -14 +/- rating.

Season-by-season KHL record

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

SeasonGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLPtsGFGAFinishTop ScorerPlayoffs
2008–095615226130601111586th, Kharlamov Div.Oleg Belkin (25 points: 11 G, 14 A; 50 GP)Did not qualify
2009–1056123642296012918710th, EastDavid Ling (32 points: 8 G, 24 A; 46 GP)Did not qualify
2010–1154131134325011217311th, EastRadik Zakiev (25 points: 12 G, 13 A; 54 GP)Did not qualify
2011–125423143221841661397th, EastJakub Petružálek (50 points: 22 G, 28 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Avangard Omsk)
2012–1352111410354411516713th, EastJakub Petružálek (33 points: 15 G, 18 A; 41 GP)Did not qualify
2013–1454814101304510618214th, EastAlexander Yunkov (29 points: 18 G, 11 A; 50 GP)Did not qualify
2014–1560110342404511720714th, EastDmitri Tarasov (36 points: 13 G, 23 A; 59 GP)Did not qualify
2015–1660173360316911214312th, EastVladislav Ushenin (25 points: 14 G, 11 A; 57 GP)Did not qualify
2016–1760201442297611013012th, EastTomáš Zohorna (34 points: 13 G, 21 A; 59 GP)Did not qualify
2017–185621533618881321418th, EastAlexei Byvaltsev (43 points: 19 G, 24 A; 56 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2018–1962172154334912617513th, EastTomáš Zohorna (29 points: 14 G, 15 A; 62 GP)Did not qualify
2019–206220156426621321459th, EastVladislav Ushenin (34 points: 16 G, 18 A; 62 GP)Did not qualify
2020–2160176152295514617110th, EastVladimir Butuzov (31 points: 15 G, 16 A; 60 GP)Did not qualify
2021–225012344423469712510th, EastAlexander Gorshkov (25 points: 12 G, 13 A; 47 GP)Did not qualify
2022–2368214545296914116810th, EastIvan Nikolishin (42 points: 17 G, 25 A; 67 GP)Did not qualify

Players

Current roster

Updated 5 September 2023.[3][4]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
41 Russia Viktor Baldayev D L 28 2021 Elektrostal, Russia
22 Russia Vladislav Barulin RW R 27 2021 Moscow, Russia
30 Russia Igor Bobkov G L 33 2023 Surgut, Russian SFSR
20 Russia Stanislav Bocharov LW L 32 2022 Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR
25 United States Alex Broadhurst C L 30 2023 Orland Park, Illinois, United States
28 Russia Alexander Bryntsev D L 32 2023 Seversk, Russian SFSR
44 Slovenia Jan Drozg LW R 24 2022 Maribor, Slovenia
87 Russia Artur Gizdatullin C L 26 2018 Almetievsk, Russia
86 Russia Evgeny Grachyov (A) C L 33 2023 Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR
23 Belarus Vyacheslav Gretsky RW L 27 2022 Grodno, Belarus
98 Latvia Janis Kalnins G L 32 2022 Limbazi, Latvia
17 Russia Kirill Kapustin LW L 30 2023 Yaroslavl, Russia
93 Russia Alexander Khokhlachev C L 30 2023 Moscow, Russia
62 Russia Pyotr Khokhryakov (C) C L 33 2023 Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR
97 Russia Ignat Korotkikh C L 21 2020 Vanino, Russia
96 Russia Yegor Korshkov RW L 27 2023 Novosibirsk, Russia
33 Russia Yevgeni Kulik D L 30 2022 Moscow, Russia
81 Russia Sergei Lapin LW L 27 2021 Angarsk, Russia
91 Russia Alexander Lazarev F L 20 2023 Angarsk, Russia
77 Canada Cam Lee D L 26 2022 Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
1 Russia Dmitri Lozbnikov G L 25 2022 Tyumen, Russia
47 Russia Ivan Mischenko D L 28 2023 Omsk, Russia
15 Russia Anatoli Nikontsev RW L 33 2023 Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
36 Russia Yakov Rylov D L 38 2022 Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russian SFSR
50 Russia Alexander Shchemerov D R 26 2023 Yekaterinburg, Russia
95 Kazakhstan Dmitri Shevchenko C L 28 2023 Voskresensk, Russia
29 Russia Kirill Slepets RW L 24 2021 Khabarovsk, Russia
6 Russia Kirill Spitsenko D R 24 2023 Omsk, Russia
63 Russia Alexei Volgin (A) D L 33 2023 Samara, Russian SFSR

Franchise records and leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history in the KHL. Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; bold = current Amur player [5]

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Czech Republic Tomas Zohorna31364100164246-1013211
Russia Vladislav Ushenin3086964133112-1120013
Russia Vyacheslav Ushenin3063891129198-19906
Russia Alexander Gorshkov255526011273-181608
Russia Dmitri Tarasov2494763110140-451004
Czech Republic Jakub Petruzalek133505410460-218411
Russia Alexei Kopeikin18332508268-431314
Russia Dmitri Lugin23235468181-48803
Czech Republic Michal Jordán2612457817410725
Russia Alexander Yunkov186383876104-231112

Former Players

Team awards and honors

Winners

1st place, gold medalist(s) Motor Cup (České Budějovice) (1): 2019

Runners-up

2nd place, silver medalist(s) KHL Cup of Hope (1): 2013

References

  1. "Amur Khabarovsk's profile". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  2. "Red Army hockey team [WCHL] statistics and history". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  3. "Amur Khabarovsk Roster" (in Russian). www.hcamur.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. "Amur Khabarovsk team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  5. "Amur Khabarovsk All-Time leaders". quanthockey.com. 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
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