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Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Ice hockey team based in Ufa, Russia

This article is about the ice hockey team. For the Bashkir national hero, see Salawat Yulayev.

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 Russian professional ice hockey team based in Ufa. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.

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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.[citation needed]

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

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)
2022–2368382010861741411st, ChernyshevSergei Shmelyov (51 points: 19 G, 32 A; 67 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Admiral Vladivostok)
2023–246842206901961432nd, ChernyshevAlexander Chmelevski (56 points: 27 G, 29 A; 67 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Players

Current roster

Updated 30 March, 2024.[4][5]

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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.[6]

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

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Honours

Champions

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gagarin Cup (1): 2011
1st place, gold medalist(s) KHL Regular Season / Continental Cup (2): 2009, 2010
1st place, gold medalist(s) Opening Cup (2): 2008–09, 2011-12
1st place, gold medalist(s) Russian Superleague (1): 2008
1st place, gold medalist(s) Federation Cup (1): 1995
1st place, gold medalist(s) Soviet League Class A2 (5): 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pajulahti Cup (1): 2003
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clas Ohlson Cup (1): 2009

Runners-up

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) KHL 2013–14, 2015–16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Continental Cup (1): 1997
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spengler Cup (2): 2007, 2014
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russian Superleague (1): 1997
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) IHL Championship (1): 1995

References

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    "Новым генеральным директором «Салавата Юлаева» стал Ринат Баширов" (in Russian). 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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    "Виктор Козлов продолжит карьеру в Уфе". HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12.
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    "Venäläismedia: Suomalaiset KHL-pelaajat lähtevät joukolla Venäjältä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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    "Salavat Yulaev Ufa Team Roster" (in Russian). www.hcsalavat.ru. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
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    "Salavat Yulaev Ufa team roster". www.khl.ru. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
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    Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved March 30, 2024
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