Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
City	Nizhny, Nizhny Novgorod
League	KHL 2008–present RSL; 1996–1998, 1999–2001, 2003–2004, 2007–2008; Vysshaya Liga; 1998–1999, 2002–2003, 2004–2007; IHL; 1992–1996; Soviet League Class A; 1954–1992; Soviet League Class B; 1947–1954;
Conference	Western
Division	Bobrov
Founded	1946
Home arena	Trade Union Sport Palace; (capacity: 5,500)
Colours
Owner(s)	GAZ Group
General manager	Maxim Gafurov
Head coach	David Nemirovsky
Affiliate(s)	Torpedo-Gorky NN (VHL); Chaika (MHL)
Website	www.hctorpedo.ru
Franchise history
1946–1991	Torpedo Gorky
1991–present	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
	Current season

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород) is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.

The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace. The team used to play its home games at Konovalenko Sports Palace, named after Viktor Konovalenko – one of the most famous Soviet goaltenders, who played for Torpedo.

History[]

The first official ice hockey tournament in Gorky (the Communist-era name of Nizhny Novgorod) took place in early 1947, when the team was the winner of the first Cup. In the 1947–48 season, the team was in the national championship. It was the official sports club of the submarine service of the Soviet Navy.

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 Dmitry Boginova, who managed to create a strong and cohesive team in just a few years. Goalie Konovalenko 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 Torpedo 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, Torpedo has not achieved significant success, with the best year in 1995, when the team placed fourth in the playoffs of the MHL championship.

Season-by-season KHL record[]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOW = Shootout Wins, SOL = 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, 0-3 (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
2013–14	54	32	17	5	91	153	121	3rd, Kharlamov	Sakari Salminen (48 points: 18 G, 30 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2014–15	60	30	22	8	90	153	144	4th, Tarasov	Sakari Salminen (47 points: 18 G, 29 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (SKA St. Petersburg)
2015–16	60	33	16	11	100	163	137	5th, Tarasov	Kaspars Daugaviņš (35 points: 14 G, 21 A; 44 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (CSKA Moscow)
2016–17	60	32	18	7	104	145	124	4th, Tarasov	Dmitri Semin (32 points: 14 G, 18 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2017–18	56	29	19	8	89	116	127	3rd, Tarasov	Egor Dugin (29 points: 12 G, 17 A; 52 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2018–19	62	27	25	10	64	176	193	4th, Kharlamov	Andrew Calof (41 points: 22 G, 19 A; 58 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Barys Astana)
2019–20	62	29	27	6	64	165	167	4th, Tarasov	Jordan Schroeder (41 points: 19 G, 22 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (CSKA Moscow)
2020–21	60	29	22	9	67	170	168	5th, Kharlamov	Damir Zhafyarov (61 points: 21 G, 40 A; 58 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Ak Bars Kazan)

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated 1 September 2021.^[1]^[2]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
11	Kenny Agostino	LW	L	29	2021	Morristown, New Jersey, United States
22		RW	L	24	2021	Tyumen, Russia
93	Andrei Belevich	C	L	24	2019	Grodno, Belarus
82	Ivan Chekhovich	LW	L	23	2021	Yekaterinburg, Russia
14		C	L	21	2020	Chelyabinsk, Russia
10	Ilya Fedotov	LW	R	18	2020	Saratov, Russia
65		D	R	20	2021	Saratov, Russia
27		F	L	22	2019	Tolyatti, Russia
29	Marek Hrivík	C	L	30	2021	Čadca, Slovakia
52	Pyotr Kochetkov	G	L	22	2020	Penza, Russia
8	Theodor Lennström	D	L	27	2021	Stockholm, Sweden
96		D	L	25	2020	Tolyatti, Russia
77	Egor Martynov	D	R	31	2021	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
51	Andy Miele	C	L	33	2020	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, United States
13		C	L	26	2020	Kazan, Russia
15	Georgi Misharin	D	L	36	2019	Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
3	Alexei Murygin	G	L	35	2021	Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR
74		D	L	29	2018	Moscow, Russia
75	Ziyat Paigin	D	L	26	2020	Tolyatti, Russia
24		D	L	17	2021	Balakhna, Russia
80		F	L	20	2021	Knyaginino, Russia
12	Anton Shenfeld (C)	LW	L	28	2018	Magnitogorsk, Russia
90		G	L	26	2015	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
34		D	R	31	2021	Omsk, Russian SFSR
97		RW	R	25	2021	Kazan, Russia
83		F	L	24	2016	Izhevsk, Russia
18	Mikhail Varnakov	RW	L	36	2018	Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR
55		D	L	27	2021	Podolsk, Russia
98		RW	L	23	2016	Arzamas, Russia
45		D	L	25	2021	Moscow, Russia
72	Daniel Zaar	RW	R	27	2021	Helsingborg, Sweden
88	Damir Zhafyarov (A)	LW	L	27	2018	Moscow, Russia