Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

HC Avtomobilist (Russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) is a professional ice hockey club based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the KHL in 2009.

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
City	Yekaterinburg, Russia
League	Kontinental Hockey League (2009–present)
Conference	Eastern
Division	Kharlamov
Founded	2006
Home arena	UMMC Arena (capacity: 12,588)
Colours
General manager	Oleg Gross
Head coach	Nikolai Zavarukhin[1]
Captain	Anatolii Golyshev
Affiliates	Gornyak-UGMK (VHL) Avto (MHL)
Website	hc-avto.ru
Current season

History

Founded in 2006, the team took its name from an older Yekaterinburg ice hockey club called Avtomobilist that used to play in the Soviet championship and later the International Hockey League.^{[citation needed]}

Season-by-season record

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	L	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2009–10	56	14	28	8	6	64	127	139	5th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2010–11	54	10	31	10	3	53	134	184	6th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2011–12	54	9	30	7	8	49	105	165	6th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2012–13	52	7	32	1	12	35	104	180	6th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2013–14	54	22	19	7	6	86	134	125	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Barys Astana)
2014–15	60	21	26	5	8	81	134	147	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2015–16	60	21	19	9	11	92	145	158	3rd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2016–17	60	19	25	6	10	79	139	165	5th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2017–18	56	25	17	6	8	95	165	137	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2018–19	62	39	14	8	1	95	191	125	1st, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
2019–20	62	24	19	11	8	78	168	151	2nd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Sibir Novosibirsk)
2020–21	60	24	22	6	8	68	152	154	4th, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Avangard Omsk)
2021–22	45	15	21	3	6	42	127	129	5th, Kharlamov	Did not qualify
2022–23	68	30	22	7	9	83	188	172	2nd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2023–24	68	26	23	11	8	82	163	157	3rd, Kharlamov	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2024–25	68	33	20	8	7	89	178	165	3rd, Kharlamov	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Ak Bars Kazan)

Players and personnel

Current roster

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Updated 11 April 2025.^[2][3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
70		Yegor Alexeyev	C	L	25	2023	Togliatti, Russia
18		Evgeny Alikin	G	L	30	2023	Perm, Russia
9		Jesse Blacker	D	R	33	2021	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
28		Alexei Byvaltsev	C	L	31	2023	Magnitogorsk, Russia
77		Stephane Da Costa	C	R	35	2021	Paris, France
24		Maxim Denezhkin	C	L	24	2022	Yaroslavl, Russia
44		Darren Dietz	D	R	31	2024	Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
74		Nick Ebert	D	R	30	2022	Livingston, New Jersey, United States
8		Vasili Filyayev	C	L	26	2021	Zhlobin, Belarus
1		Vladimir Galkin	G	L	24	2019	Kopeysk, Russia
15		Anatolii Golyshev (C)	LW	L	30	2021	Perm, Russia
26		Nikita Ishimnikov	D	R	19	2023	Snezhinsk, Russia
25		Yevgeni Kashnikov	D	L	22	2024	Kursk, Russia
76		Artyom Kashtanov	C	L	20	2023	Rezh, Russia
29		Konstantin Khremkin	C	L	22	2024	Cherepovets, Russia
31		Stepan Khripunov	C	L	29	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
97		Semyon Kizimov	RW	L	25	2021	Tolyatti, Russia
11		Vladimir Kuznetsov	LW	L	27	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
17		Brooks Macek	RW	R	32	2019	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10		Nick Merkley	RW	R	27	2024	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
58		Andrei Obidin	RW	L	28	2022	Krasnokamsk, Russia
21		Maxim Osipov	D	R	31	2023	Yaroslavl, Russia
56		Ilya Ovchinnikov	F	L	23	2019	Chaykovsky, Russia
81		Danil Romantsev	C	L	31	2021	Yaroslavl, Russia
86		Alexander Sharov	C	L	29	2024	Moscow, Russia
99		Nikita Shashkov	RW	L	26	2024	Novokuznetsk, Russia
88		Nikita Tryamkin (A)	D	L	30	2017	Yekaterinburg, Russia
92		Daniil Valitov	D	L	24	2021	Perm, Russia
14		Curtis Valk	C	L	32	2022	Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
55		Kirill Vorobyov (A)	D	L	30	2023	Demikhovo, Russia
2		Sergei Zborovsky	D	R	28	2020	Moscow, Russia
85		Yuri Zhuravlyov	D	L	24	2020	Kurgan, Russia

Team captains

• Alexander Gulyavtsev, 2009–11
• Sergei Gusev, 2012–14
• Alexei Simakov, 2014–16
• Petr Koukal, 2016–17
• Alexei Mikhnov, 2017–18
• Nikita Tryamkin, 2018
• Nigel Dawes, 2018–20
• Pavel Datsyuk, 2020–21
• Nikita Tryamkin, 2021–22
• Sergei Shirokov, 2022–24
• Anatolii Golyshev, 2024–

Head coaches

• Leonid Kiselyov, 2006
• Vitali Krayov, 2006–07
• Mikhail Malko, 2007
• Sergei Shepelev, 2007–08
• Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, 2008–09
• Marek Sykora, 2009–10
• Evgeni Popikhin, 2010
• Evgeni Mukhin, 2010–11
• Ilya Byakin, 2011
• Andrei Martemyanov, 2011–12
• Andrei Shayanov, 2012
• Igor Ulanov, 2012–13
• Anatoly Emelin, 2013–15
• Andrei Razin, 2015–16
• Vladimir Krikunov, 2016–18
• Andrei Martemyanov, 2018–20
• Bill Peters, 2020–2021
• Nikolai Zavarukhin, 2021–

Franchise leaders

All-time KHL scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.^[4]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Avtomobilist player

Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G Anatoly Golyshev RW 542 143 176 319 0.59 Brooks Macek RW 355 141 113 254 0.71 Stephane Da Costa C 278 88 157 245 0.88 Alexei Simakov RW 325 43 124 167 0.51 Nikita Tryamkin D 639 34 103 137 0.21 Nigel Dawes LW 119 48 71 119 1.00 Alexei Vasilevsky D 415 42 76 118 0.28 Dan Sexton RW 157 47 65 112 0.71 Alexei Makeyev LW 216 58 51 109 0.50 Artyom Gareyev RW 258 51 58 109 0.42

Goals Player Pos G Anatoly Golyshev RW 143 Brooks Macek RW 141 Stephane Da Costa C 88 Alexei Makeyev LW 58 Artyom Gareyev RW 51 Nigel Dawes LW 48 Dan Sexton RW 47 Alexei Simakov RW 43 Alexei Vasilevsky D 42 Andrei Obidin RW 39

Assists Player Pos A Anatoly Golyshev RW 176 Stephane Da Costa C 157 Alexei Simakov RW 124 Brooks Macek RW 113 Nikita Tryamkin D 103 Alexei Vasilevsky D 76 Nigel Dawes LW 71 Dan Sexton RW 65 Andrei Subbotin LW 61 Artyom Gareyev RW 58