Salavat Yulaev Ufa

{{About|the ice hockey team|the Bashkir national hero|Salawat Yulayev}}

{{Infobox ice hockey team

| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#009640 5px solid; border-bottom:#2A337B 5px solid;

| colour text= black

| current = 2023–24 KHL season

| team = Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| logo = Salavat Yulaev Ufa logo.svg

| logosize = 245px

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1957}}
as SK Gastello Ufa

| folded =

| city = Ufa, Russia

| arena = Ufa Arena

| capacity = 8,250

| league = KHL
2008–present

RSL
1996–2008
IHL
1992–1996
Soviet League Class A2
1964–1978, 1979–1980, 1981–1982, 1983–1985, 1987–1992
Soviet League Class A
1978–1979, 1980–1981, 1982–1983, 1985–1987
Soviet League Class B
1958–1964

| division = Chernyshev

| conference = Eastern

| uniform =

| colours = {{color box|#009640}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#2A337B}} {{color box|#D6B469}}

| owner =

| gm = Rinat Bashirov{{cite web|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/news/novym-generalnym-direktorom-salavata-yulaeva-stal-rinat-bashirov-1812533|title=Новым генеральным директором "Салавата Юлаева" стал Ринат Баширов|language=ru|publisher= |date=2021-07-16|access-date=2023-01-10}}

| coach = Viktor Kozlov

| captain = Grigori Panin

| honors =

| affiliates = Toros Neftekamsk (VHL)
Tolpar Ufa (MHL)

| website = {{URL|https://hcsalavat.ru/}}

}}

Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev ({{langx|ru|Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев»|Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»}}; {{langx|ba|«Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы|«Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı}}), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey club based in Ufa, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Established in 1957, 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 1957, the club was named SK Gastello Ufa during the 1958 Soviet Championship season. then, the club changed its name to Salavat Yulaev Ufa 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|date=March 2022}}

=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.{{cite web | url=http://www.hcsalavat.ru/news/5216/ | title=Виктор Козлов продолжит карьеру в Уфе | publisher=HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa | date=2009-06-09 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612233931/http://www.hcsalavat.ru/news/5216/ | archive-date=2009-06-12 }} 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.{{cite web| url = https://www.is.fi/khl/art-2000008658671.html | title = Venäläismedia: Suomalaiset KHL-pelaajat lähtevät joukolla Venäjältä | work = Ilta-Sanomat | date = 4 March 2022 | accessdate = 4 March 2022 | language = Finnish}}

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

class="wikitable" ! Season !! GP !! W !! L !! OTL !! Pts !! GF !! GA !! Finish !! Top scorer !! Playoffs
2008–09	56	38	8	2	129	203	116	1st, Bobrov	Alexei Tereshchenko (58 points: 29 G, 29 A; 55 GP)	Lost in preliminary round, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2009–10	56	37	8	1	129	215	116	1st, Chernyshev	Alexander Radulov (63 points: 24 G, 39 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
style="background:gold;" \| 2010–11	54	29	12	0	109	210	144	2nd, Chernyshev	Alexander Radulov (80 points: 20 G, 60 A; 54 GP)	Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Atlant Moscow Oblast)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2011–12	54	23	18	1	89	173	152	2nd, Chernyshev	Alexander Radulov (63 points: 25 G, 38 A; 50 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2012–13	52	24	17	0	88	148	140	2nd, Chernyshev	Igor Mirnov (37 points: 21 G, 16 A; 49 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2013–14	54	25	16	3	94	140	155	2nd, Chernyshev	Dmitri Makarov (40 points: 11 G, 29 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2014–15	60	25	27	2	86	173	158	4th, Chernyshev	Kirill Koltsov (48 points: 18 G, 30 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2015–16	60	29	22	3	101	179	156	3rd, Chernyshev	Linus Omark (57 points: 18 G, 39 A; 60 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2016–17	60	27	20	13	88	169	174	3rd, Chernyshev	Linus Omark (56 points: 14 G, 42 A; 55 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2017–18	56	31	20	5	93	151	139	1st, Chernyshev	Linus Omark (55 points: 16 G, 39 A; 55 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2018–19	62	31	21	10	72	158	140	3rd, Chernyshev	Linus Omark (49 points: 10 G, 39 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2019–20	62	29	23	10	68	153	144	3rd, Chernyshev	Linus Omark (54 points: 12 G, 42 A; 59 GP)	Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk) Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	60	28	17	5	81	181	151	2nd, Chernyshev	Teemu Hartikainen (64 points: 28 G, 36 A; 53 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2021–22	45	28	11	6	62	131	96	1st, Chernyshev	Markus Granlund (38 points: 8 G, 30 A; 41 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
2022–23	68	38	20	10	86	174	141	1st, Chernyshev	Sergei Shmelyov (51 points: 19 G, 32 A; 67 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Admiral Vladivostok)
style="background:#eee;" \| 2023–24	68	42	20	6	90	196	143	2nd, Chernyshev	Alexander Chmelevski (56 points: 27 G, 29 A; 67 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Players

=Current roster=

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.[http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/teams/salavat-yulaev-ufa-players-career-khl-stats.html Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com] Retrieved March 30, 2024

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = current Salavat Yulaev Ufa player''

style="text-align:left;"\| Player \|\| Pos \|\| GP \|\| G \|\| A \|\| Pts \|\| P/G
class="wikitable" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#009640 5px solid; border-bottom:#2A337B 5px solid;" \| Points
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Finland}} Teemu Hartikainen	LW	472	157	198	355	.75
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Sweden}} Linus Omark	LW	285	70	201	271	.95
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Alexander Radulov	RW	210	91	163	254	1.21
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Kirill Koltsov	D	311	49	130	179	.58
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Igor Grigorenko	RW	278	92	85	177	.64
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Alexander Kadeikin	C	280	54	99	153	.55
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Denmark}} Philip Larsen	D	253	43	105	148	.58
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Sergei Zinovjev	C	207	48	90	138	.67
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Vitali Proshkin	D	266	23	103	126	.48
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Norway}} Patrick Thoresen	C	110	53	69	122	1.10

style="text-align:left;"\|Player \|\| Pos \|\| G
class="wikitable" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#009640 5px solid; border-bottom:#2A337B 5px solid;" \| Goals
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Finland}} Teemu Hartikainen	LW	157
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Igor Grigorenko	RW	92
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Alexander Radulov	RW	91
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Sweden}} Linus Omark	LW	70
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Alexander Kadeikin	C	54
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Norway}} Patrick Thoresen	C	53
bgcolor="#cfc" \| align="left" \| {{flagicon\|United States}} Alexander Chmelevski	C	53
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Igor Mirnov	C	53
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Finland}} Antti Pihlström	LW	52
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Kirill Koltsov	D	49

style="text-align:left;"\| Player \|\| Pos \|\| A
class="wikitable" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#009640 5px solid; border-bottom:#2A337B 5px solid;" \| Assists
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Sweden}} Linus Omark	LW	201
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Finland}} Teemu Hartikainen	LW	198
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Alexander Radulov	RW	163
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Kirill Koltsov	D	130
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Denmark}} Philip Larsen	D	105
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Vitali Proshkin	D	103
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Alexander Kadeikin	C	99
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Sergei Zinovjev	C	90
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Igor Grigorenko	RW	85
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|Russia}} Dmitri Makarov	RW	70