| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | |
|---|---|
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| City | Oskemen,Kazakhstan |
| League | Kazakhstan Hockey Championship |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Home arena | Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace |
| Colours | |
| General manager | Sergei Nemchinov |
| Head coach | Alexei Fetisov |
| Captain | Leonid Metalnikov |
| Website | hctorpedo.pro |
| Championships | |
| Playoff championships | 1992–93,1993–94,1994–95,1995–96,1996–97,1997–98,1999–00,2000–01,2001–02,2002–03,2003–04,2004–05,2006–07 |
Torpedo Hockey Club (Kazakh:Торпедо хоккей клубы,«Torpedo» hokkeı klýby;Russian:Хоккейный клуб Торпедо), commonly referred to asTorpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, formerly known asKazzinc-Torpedo (1999–2015), is aprofessionalice hockey team based inOskemen,Kazakhstan. Torpedo has typically been the most dominant developmental club in Kazakhstan and its senior level team plays at theKazakhstan Hockey Championship. Most Kazakh players who have reached theNational Hockey League (NHL) trace their roots to Torpedo.[1] Kazzinc-Torpedo is the most crowned Kazakhstan team, with 13 championship wins.
The Torpedo were founded by Nikolai Konyakhin in 1955.[2] Konyakhin was a former ice hockey player and he had experience of playing for a youth team of theMoscow region. Father and son Konaykhin's have initiated the foundation of the amateur team at theUlba Metallurgical Plant.Ice Hockey was a new kind of sport for the factory guys and they started to train and play on the ice ofUlba River in winter. By that time, the factory workers were playingfootball andbandy. Both teams were callingTorpedo. The new hockey team was namedTorpedo, too.
In 1957, they participated at theKazakh SSR Hockey Championship inAlma-Ata. Also, it was the first official tournament for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. They won silver medals at this championship. It was first and last silver medals at the National Championships, because they were unbeaten before 1964. In 1964, Torpedo debuted in theSoviet Hockey Championship's Class B. The team was coached by Olympic medalist and multiple champion of USSRYuri Baulin.[3] His management led to promotion to Soviet Hockey Championship's Class A2. In 1966–67, they were runners-up and lost only toAvtomobilist Sverdlovsk.
In 1977, Torpedo was relegated to the Soviet Hockey Championship's Class A3. However, three years later they returned to Class A2 Division. That team was coached by Valentin Grigoriev and formed only by its own hockey school graduates. In the early 1980s, the team was headed by local coachViktor Semykin. The young manager gathered new powerful squad. The team included the most famous local graduateBoris Alexandrov, who returned fromCSKA Moscow to his hometown. He became famous all over the world after playing in theSuper Series '76 with the teamCSKA Moscow and scoring against theNew York Rangers, theMontreal Canadiens and theBoston Bruins.[4][5][6] In 1986, a conflict between Semykin and the players saw Semykin sacked. Team management assignedVladimir Goltze as a new head coach. He led the team to theSoviet Hockey Championship's Class A. It was the team's first time at that level.Boris Alexandrov was the best goalscorer at the first round of championships. However, the team was relegated after one season to Class A2 Division. One season later, they returned to the highest division. They stayed at the top division for three seasons until thedissolution of the Soviet Union.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the team kept up much of its momentum, despite losing many of its players and coaches to Russian teams.[7] From 1992 to 1996, Torpedo competed at theInternational Hockey League, which replaced theSoviet Hockey Championship. In 1993, Torpedo joined the newly createdKazakhstan Hockey Championship, where they would play in parallel to their participation in theInternational Hockey League. In 1992-93 season, they qualified to the play-offs, but lost toSKA Saint Petersburg in the preliminary round. The team had big financial problems and theUlba Metallurgical Plant was unable to sponsor them.Vladimir Goltze was fired andBoris Alexandrov replaced him. Alexandrov combined his coaching duties with his playing role. He led the team to victory at theRudi Hiti Summer League in 1994. In the 1994-95 season, Torpedo reached the play-offs, but lost toKrylya Sovetov Moscow in the preliminary round again. In 1996, theInternational Hockey League was disbanded.
In 1996, Torpedo was admitted into the Russian hockey system. Torpedo joined theSupreme League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship, the second highest level after theRussian Superleague. In 1998, theKazakhstan national team competed at theWinter Olympic Games inNagano. The team was composed entirely of players from Kazzinc–Torpedo and coached byBoris Alexandrov. Journalists called them "The team of one locker room." It was an unexpected result for many people, when they ranked first at the groupe stage after defeatingItaly andSlovakia.[8][9]
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Kazzinc-Torpedo. For the full season-by-season history, seeList of Kazzinc-Torpedo seasons.
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 | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 84 | 147 | 123 | 14th, Overall | Lost in preliminary round, 3–0 (Toros Neftekamsk) |
| 2013–14 | 50 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 82 | 140 | 146 | 11th, Overall | Lost in Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Dizel Penza) |
| 2014–15 | 52 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 75 | 126 | 143 | 15th, Overall | Lost in Quarterfinals, 4–0 (HC Izhstal) |
| 2015–16 | 49 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 87 | 130 | 100 | 9th, Overall | Lost in Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Saryarka Karagandy) |
| 2016–17 | 50 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 109 | 160 | 100 | 1st, Overall | Lost in Final, 4–0 (Dynamo Balashikha) |
Kazakhstan Hockey Championship:
Note: Only counts if the players played for Torpedo before they were selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Some players played only for the Torpedo Junior Team.[10][11]
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