HC Sochi

HC Sochi
HC Sochi
City	Sochi, Russia
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Conference	Western
Division	Bobrov
Founded	2014; 10 years ago
Home arena	Bolshoy Ice Dome; (capacity: 12,000)
Colours
Head coach	Sergei Zubov
Affiliates	HC Rostov (VHL); Kapitan Stupino (MHL)
Website	hcsochi.ru
Franchise history
2014–	HC Sochi
	Current season

Hockey Club Sochi (Russian: Хоккейный клуб Сочи) is a professional ice hockey team based in Sochi, Russia. The team joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in 2014–15 season.

History

On May 23, 2014, it was reported that Detroit Red Wings' pending restricted free agent centre Cory Emmerton had signed with HC Sochi to begin play in the Kontinental Hockey League with the 2014–15 season, becoming the first import player signed in franchise history.^[1]

In the club's inaugural season, Sochi were able to qualify for the play-off to compete for the Gagarin Cup, finishing in 13th place overall of the KHL. In its debut playoff series, Sochi were swept in the first round by HC CSKA Moscow in four games. In the following 2015–16 season, Sochi climbed to 4th place in the Western Conference, but again dropped out in the first round of play-off, suffering another sweep at the hands of HC Dynamo Moscow.^{[citation needed]}

Evgeny Stavrovsky became the new head coach on October 15 of the 2020–21 season.^[2] In preparation for the 2020–21 season, having competed in the Tarasov Division, Sochi was moved to the Bobrov Division to alleviate any potential issues with teams transiting during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4]

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
2014–15	60	28	23	9	88	164	170	5th, Tarasov	Ilya Krikunov (41 points: 16 G, 25 A; 55 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (CSKA Moscow)
2015–16	60	34	16	10	108	175	149	3rd, Tarasov	André Petersson (44 points: 22 G, 22 A; 45 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2016–17	60	31	27	2	88	139	145	5th, Tarasov	Ilya Krikunov (35 points: 12 G, 23 A; 54 GP)	Did not qualify
2017–18	56	29	27	15	87	130	138	4th, Tarasov	Eric O'Dell (32 points: 14 G, 18 A; 47 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Jokerit)
2018–19	62	28	24	10	66	145	155	3rd, Tarasov	Robert Rosén (40 points: 13 G, 27 A; 62 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2019–20	62	25	28	9	59	124	164	5th, Tarasov	Malte Strömwall (39 points: 21 G, 18 A; 52 GP)	Did not qualify
2020–21	60	14	37	9	37	121	202	6th, Bobrov	Sergei Shmelyov (43 points: 21 G, 22 A; 60 GP)	Did not qualify
2021–22	48	18	25	5	41	111	133	6th, Bobrov	Vasili Glotov (24 points: 13 G, 11 A; 43 GP)	Did not qualify
2022–23	68	11	47	10	32	142	254	5th, Bobrov	Artur Tyanulin (30 points: 13 G, 17 A; 55 GP)	Did not qualify
2023–24	68	23	38	7	53	168	254	4th, Bobrov	Artur Tyanulin (45 points: 17 G, 28 A; 63 GP)	Did not qualify

Players

Current roster

Updated 26 August, 2024.^[5]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
32	Daniil Avershin	F	L	22	2021	Moscow, Russia
38	Nikita Baklashyov	D	L	19	2024	Moscow, Russia
75	Nikolai Chebykin	LW	L	27	2023	Chita, Russia
72	Ilya Fedotov	LW	R	21	2024	Saratov, Russia
65	Maxim Fedotov	D	R	22	2024	Saratov, Russia
67	Amir Garayev	F	L	23	2020	Bugulma, Russia
64	Jesse Graham	D	R	30	2023	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
28	Semyon Ibragimov	D	L	21	2022	Moscow, Russia
30	Sergei Ivanov	G	L	20	2024	Chernushka, Russia
87	Timur Khafizov	F	R	26	2022	Kazan, Russia
88	Gleb Koryagin	D	L	30	2023	Moscow, Russia
10	Michal Krištof (A)	C	L	30	2023	Nitra, Slovakia
55	Fyodor Kroshchinsky	D	L	22	2022	Moscow, Russia
91	Artemi Kuznetsov	RW	L	19	2023	Moscow, Russia
23	Vasili Machulin	D	R	22	2022	Moscow, Russia
26	Roman Manukhov	D	L	30	2023	Yekaterinburg, Russia
79	Andrei Nikonov	LW	L	21	2024	Cheboksary, Russia
34	Sergei Popov	LW	L	24	2022	Maple, Ontario, Canada
12	Kirill Rasskazov (C)	C	L	32	2023	Omsk, Russia
97	Daniil Seroukh	F	R	26	2023	Omsk, Russia
41	Yegor Spiridonov	C	R	23	2023	Magnitogorsk, Russia
22	Alexander Suvorov	LW	L	21	2024	Buda-Koshelyovo, Belarus
17	Dmytro Timashov	LW	L	27	2024	Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
13	Artur Tyanulin	RW	R	27	2022	Kazan, Russia
15	Dmitri Utkin	C	L	21	2022	Solnechnogorsk, Russia
29	Alexei Vasilkov	RW	R	20	2024	Moscow, Russia
9	Denis Vengryzhanovsky	F	R	23	2024	Gremyachevo, Russia
11	Artyom Volkov	D	L	27	2023	Tver, Russia
31	Yegor Zavragin	G	L	19	2024	Novosibirsk, Russia

Franchise records and leaders

KHL scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise 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 Sochi player

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Ilya Krikunov	LW	194	44	77	121	0.62
André Petersson	RW	138	56	55	111	0.80
Andrei Kostitsyn	RW	133	47	57	104	0.78
Sergei Shmelyov	LW	217	46	56	102	0.47
Nikita Tochitsky	C	289	32	66	98	0.34
Eric O'Dell	C	158	47	48	95	0.60
Yuri Alexandrov	D	318	18	60	78	0.24
Igor Ignatushkin	C	164	27	49	76	0.46
Artur Tyanulin	RW	118	30	45	75	0.64
Sean Collins	C	164	30	41	71	0.43

Goals
Player	Pos	G
André Petersson	RW	56
Andrei Kostitsyn	RW	47
Eric O'Dell	C	47
Sergei Shmelyov	LW	46
Ilya Krikunov	LW	44
Nikita Tochitsky	C	32
Artur Tyanulin	RW	30
Sean Collins	C	30
Malte Strömwall	RW	29
Matvei Michkov	C	28

Assists
Player	Pos	A
Ilya Krikunov	LW	77
Nikita Tochitsky	C	66
Yuri Alexandrov	D	60
Andrei Kostitsyn	RW	57
Sergei Shmelyov	LW	56
André Petersson	RW	55
Igor Ignatushkin	C	49
Eric O'Dell	C	48
Artur Tyanulin	RW	45
Sean Collins	C	41