Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox KHL team Hockey Club Lokomotiv (Template:Langx, Template:Langx), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a professional ice hockey club based in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator.
On 7 September 2011, nearly the entire team perished in a plane crash. The team's flight to a game in Minsk crashed during takeoff, killing all of the team's roster (except forward Maxim Zyuzyakin, who was not on the flight), all coaching staff (except goaltending coach Jorma Valtonen, not on the flight) and four players from the Loko 9 juniors squad of the Minor Hockey League (MHL).[1] The tragedy forced Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to cancel their participation in the 2011–12 KHL season.[2] The team won the Gagarin Cup in 2025.
History
The team has been known previously by several different names:
- YaMZ Yaroslavl (1959–1963)
- Trud Yaroslavl (1963–1964)
- Motor Yaroslavl (1964–1965)
- Torpedo Yaroslavl (1965–2000)
- Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (2000–present)
The team generally played in the Second League of the Class "A" group during the Soviet era, being promoted to the First League of Class "A" for the 1983–84 season. Known as Torpedo Yaroslavl at that time, the team enjoyed moderate success under head coach Sergei Alekseyevich Nikolaev. Never a powerful club during the Soviet era, the team became a consistent winner with the creation of the Russian Superleague (RSL) following the collapse of the Soviet Union, winning its first RSL championship in 1997 under coach Petr Vorobiev. The club moved from Avtodizel Arena to the new Arena 2000 early in the 2001–02 season, and won consecutive league championships in 2002 and 2003 under Czech head coach Vladimír Vujtek, Sr. Vujtek left the club after the 2002–03 season for a contract offer from rival Ak Bars Kazan. Lokomotiv has not been able to replicate its success since that time, but has remained a perennial contender in the RSL and then the later KHL.Template:Fact
2011 plane crash
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Prior to the crash, the team played nine pre-season games, finishing with a 7–2 record. On 3 September 2011, in Lokomotiv's last pre-season game, at home against Torpedo, Galimov scored the team's last pre-crash goal in a 5–2 victory.
In the aftermath of the crash, KHL president Alexander Medvedev announced that a disaster draft would be held to allow Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to ice a team for the 2011–12 season.[6] However, on 10 September 2011, the team announced its intention not to participate in the 2011–2012 KHL season, opting to play in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) for one season before returning to the KHL.[7] Former coach Petr Vorobiev returned to the team as its head coach for the VHL season. Also, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's squad for the following season would automatically be qualified for the KHL playoffs, and the club could request allowance to use more than six non-Russian players in the KHL squad.[8][9]
The accident was the second plane crash in Russia involving a hockey team; in 1950, the entire VVS Moscow team was killed in an air disaster near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).[10]
Since the disaster, Lokomotiv players have a black ribbon with the date of the crash drawn on their uniforms
2012–13 season
On 9 April 2012, Tom Rowe, formerly an assistant coach with the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL), signed on as the team's new head coach.
For the 2012–13 KHL season, Lokomotiv added former NHL players Viktor Kozlov, Niklas Hagman, Staffan Kronwall, Curtis Sanford, Sami Lepistö and Vitaly Vishnevskiy. Vishnevskiy previously played for the club from 2008 to 2010. Defenseman Dmitri Kulikov signed on to play with Lokomotiv during the NHL lockout.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Top Scorer | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | 56 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 111 | 174 | 111 | 1st, Kharlamov | Alexei Yashin (47 points: 21 G, 26 A; 56 GP) | Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| 2009–10 | 56 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 96 | 163 | 132 | 3rd, Tarasov | Josef Vašíček (48 points: 21 G, 27 A; 56 GP) | Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (HC MVD) |
| 2010–11 | 54 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 108 | 202 | 143 | 1st, Tarasov | Pavol Demitra (60 points: 18 G, 42 A; 54 GP) | Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Atlant Moscow Oblast) |
| 2011–12 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 68 | 47 | 3rd, Western | Oleg Yashin (15 points: 9 G, 6 A; 22 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–3 (Dizel Penza) |
| 2012–13 | 52 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 92 | 131 | 121 | 2nd, Tarasov | Sergei Plotnikov (33 points: 15 G, 18 A; 55 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Severstal Cherepovets) |
| 2013–14 | 54 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 84 | 109 | 103 | 3rd, Tarasov | Sergei Plotnikov (35 points: 15 G, 20 A; 53 GP) | Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Lev Praha) |
| 2014–15 | 60 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 97 | 155 | 143 | 3rd, Tarasov | Yegor Averin (37 points: 16 G, 21 A; 59 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dynamo Moscow) |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 125 | 155 | 94 | 2nd, Tarasov | Daniil Apalkov (43 points: 16 G, 27 A; 59 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2016–17 | 60 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 110 | 163 | 130 | 3rd, Tarasov | Brandon Kozun (56 points: 23 G, 33 A; 59 GP) | Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 99 | 148 | 129 | 2nd, Tarasov | Staffan Kronwall (35 points: 10 G, 25 A; 55 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 86 | 159 | 118 | 2nd, Tarasov | Brandon Kozun (41 points: 19 G, 22 A; 52 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg) |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 73 | 170 | 151 | 2nd, Tarasov | Denis Alexeyev (37 points: 6 G, 31 A; 57 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Jokerit) |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 83 | 181 | 126 | 3rd, Tarasov | Pavel Kraskovsky (38 points: 17 G, 21 A; 56 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2021–22 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 55 | 113 | 103 | 4th, Tarasov | Reid Boucher (27 points: 12 G, 15 A; 46 GP) | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 92 | 164 | 122 | 2nd, Tarasov | Maxim Shalunov (42 points: 29 G, 13 A; 62 GP) | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow) |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 93 | 174 | 139 | 2nd, Tarasov | Maxim Shalunov (36 points: 17 G, 19 A; 68 GP) | Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 0–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |
| 2024-25 | 68 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 102 | 191 | 122 | 1st, Tarasov | Artur Kayumov (45 points: 22 G, 23 A; 63 GP) | Gagarin Cup Champions, 4-1 (Traktor Chelyabinsk) |
Players
Current roster
Template:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl roster
Honors
Champions
Template:Gold1 Gagarin Cup (1): 2024-25
Template:Gold1 Russian Superleague (3): 1997, 2002, 2003
Template:Gold1 Opening Cup (1): 2024-25
Template:Gold1 Continental Cup (1): 2024-25
Template:Gold1 Minsk Cup (1): 2017
Template:Gold1 Longi Kahoo Cup (3): 2010, 2011, 2017
Template:Gold1 Junior tournament President Cup (Trinec) (1): 2016/2017
Runners-up
Template:Silver2 Gagarin Cup (2): 2009, 2024
Template:Bronze3 Gagarin Cup (3): 2010, 2014, 2017
Template:Silver2 Russian Superleague (1): 2008
Template:Bronze3 Russian Superleague (2): 1999, 2005
Template:Silver2 IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2003
Template:Bronze3 Spengler Cup (1): 2003
References
External links
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