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Founded 1946
Arena SKA Arena
(Capacity: 21,500)
League KHL
Division Bobrov
Conference Western
Owner(s) Gazprom Export
President Gennady Timchenko
GM Dmitry Konstantinov
Captain Evgeny Kuznetsov
Affiliates SKA-Neva (VHL)
SKA-1946 (MHL)
SKA-Yunior Krasnogorsk (MHL)
Khors-Kareliya Kondopoga (MHL)
SKA-Kareliya Kondopoga (YHL)

Hockey Club SKA (which stands for Sports Club of the Army) is a professional ice hockey team from Saint Petersburg, Russia. They play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), which is a major ice hockey league in Europe and Asia.

SKA Saint Petersburg is a very successful team. They won the Gagarin Cup, the KHL's championship trophy, twice. Their first win was in the 2014–15 KHL season, and they won again in the 2017 season. The team is known for having many fans. In 2012, they were the first Russian club to have over 10,000 fans at their games on average.

The club is owned by a large Russian energy company called Gazprom. This allowed them to bring together many top Russian KHL players. These players trained together at SKA, which helped them play well as a team. This teamwork was a big reason why the Russian national team won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Team History

Helsinki Ice Challenge 2017
Helsinki Ice Challenge 2017.

The SKA ice hockey club started in 1946. It was part of the first season of the Soviet Championship League. The team had different names over the years. It began as Kirov LDO (Kirov Leningrad Officers' Club). Later, it was called ODO (District Officers' Club), then SKVO (Sports Club of the Military District), and finally Sportivnyi Klub Armii (Sport Club of the Army) in 1959. During the time of the Soviet Union, SKA was connected to the country's military sports system.

After a tough first season, the team played in a lower league for a short time. They returned to the top Soviet league in 1950 and stayed there until 1991. During this period, SKA reached the Soviet Cup Finals twice, in 1968 and 1971. They also won bronze medals in the Soviet Championships in 1971 and 1987.

After the Soviet Union ended, SKA joined the International Ice Hockey League. In the 1993–94 season, they made it to the semi-finals but did not win. Later, when the Russian Superleague became the main championship, SKA found it harder to get past the first playoff rounds.

A new exciting time for the team began in 2008 with the start of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). SKA reached the KHL Conference finals for the first time in the 2011–12 season. The next year, they finished first in the regular season, winning the 2012–13 Continental Cup.

In the 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs, SKA had an amazing comeback. They were losing 0–3 in the Western Conference finals against CSKA Moscow. But they won the next four games in a row, winning the series 4–3! This was the first time in KHL history a team won a playoff series after being down by three games. SKA then went on to beat Ak Bars Kazan 4–1 to win their first ever Gagarin Cup. They won their second Gagarin Cup in the 2016–17 KHL season.

Team Achievements

SKA Saint Petersburg has won several important awards and trophies:

Major Trophies

  • Gagarin Cup
    • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2016–17
  • Continental Cup
    • Winners (3): 2012–13, 2017–18, 2022–23
  • Opening Cup
    • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Soviet Championship League
    • 3rd place (2): 1970–71, 1986–87

Pre-season Tournaments

SKA has also won many pre-season tournaments:

  • Spengler Cup
    • Winners (4): 1970, 1971, 1977, 2010
  • Motorola Cup
    • Winners (1): 1983
  • Puchkov Cup
    • Winners (7): 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Basel Summer Ice Hockey
    • Winners (1): 2009
  • Donbass Open Cup
    • Winners (1): 2011
  • President of the Republic of Kazakhstan's Cup
    • Winners (1): 2012
  • Tournament Hameenlinna
    • Winners (1): 2013
  • Sochi Winter Cup
    • Winners (1): 2022

Season Records

This table shows how SKA Saint Petersburg has performed each season in the KHL. 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 OTW L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Top Scorer Playoffs
2008–09 56 26 9 17 4 100 143 105 3rd, Tarasov Maxim Sushinsky (45 points: 18 G, 27 A; 48 GP) Lost in preliminary round, 0–3 (Spartak Moscow)
2009–10 56 36 4 10 6 122 192 118 1st, Bobrov Maxim Sushinsky (65 points: 27 G, 38 A; 56 GP) Lost in Conference quarterfinals, 1–3 (Dinamo Riga)
2010–11 54 23 9 13 9 96 171 144 2nd, Bobrov Mattias Weinhandl (49 points: 21 G, 28 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference semifinals, 3–4 (Atlant Moscow Oblast)
2011–12 54 32 6 11 5 113 205 130 1st, Bobrov Tony Mårtensson (61 points: 23 G, 38 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 0–4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2012–13 52 36 2 11 3 115 182 116 1st, Bobrov Patrick Thoresen (51 points: 21 G, 30 A; 52 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 2–4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2013–14 53 33 1 13 4 105 174 113 2nd, Bobrov Artemi Panarin (40 points: 20 G, 20 A; 51 GP) Lost in Conference semifinals, 2–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2014–15 60 36 2 14 2 123 210 136 2nd, Bobrov Artemi Panarin (62 points: 26 G, 36 A; 54 GP) Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2015–16 60 29 2 21 2 100 163 197 2nd, Bobrov Vadim Shipachyov (60 points: 17 G, 43 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2016–17 60 39 7 8 8 137 249 114 1st, Bobrov Ilya Kovalchuk (78 points: 32 G, 46 A; 60 GP) Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2017–18 56 40 3 9 2 138 227 97 1st, Bobrov Ilya Kovalchuk (64 points: 17 G, 43 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 2–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2018–19 62 45 4 5 8 103 209 80 1st, Bobrov Nikita Gusev (82 points: 17 G, 65 A; 62 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2019–20 62 30 14 13 5 93 179 118 1st, Bobrov Vladimir Tkachev (42 points: 14 G, 28 A; 55 GP) Won in Conference quarterfinals, 4–0 (HC Vityaz)
Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21 60 33 4 8 15 82 178 126 1st, Bobrov Vladimir Tkachev (38 points: 11 G, 27 A; 45 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 2–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2021–22 48 25 6 11 6 68 146 98 1st, Bobrov Andrei Kuzmenko (53 points: 20 G, 33 A; 45 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2022–23 68 40 10 5 13 105 243 150 1st, Bobrov Dmitrij Jaškin (62 points: 40 G, 22 A; 67 GP) Lost in Conference finals, 2–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2023–24 68 40 6 19 3 95 220 139 1st, Bobrov Alexander Nikishin (56 points: 17 G, 39 A; 67 GP) Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg)

Players

Current Roster

Updated 27 December 2022.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
98 Russia Altybarmakyan, AndreiAndrei Altybarmakyan RW L 26 2022 St. Petersburg, Russia
10 Russia Bardakov, ZakharZakhar Bardakov F L 24 2021 Seversk, Russia
77 Belarus Falkovsky, StepanStepan Falkovsky D L 28 2021 Minsk, Belarus
72 Russia Galimov, EmilEmil Galimov RW L 33 2020 Nizhnekamsk, Russia
7 Russia Glotov, VasiliVasili Glotov C L 27 2022 Barnaul, Russia
97 Russia Gusev, NikitaNikita Gusev RW R 32 2021 Moscow, Russia
23 Czech Republic Jaskin, DmitrijDmitrij Jaskin LW L 32 2022 Omsk, Russia
12 Russia Kamalov, NikitaNikita Kamalov D L 29 2021 Novokuznetsk, Russia
40 Russia Ketov, EvgenyEvgeny Ketov (C) RW L 39 2013 Gubakha, Soviet Union
61 Russia Khairrulin, MaratMarat Khairrulin RW/C L 29 2022 Volzhsk, Russia
22 Russia Khusnutdinov, MaratMarat Khusnutdinov C L 22 2020 Moscow, Russia
19 Belarus Komarov, NikitaNikita Komarov F L 36 2022 Novopolotsk, Belarusian SSR
48 Russia Koromyslov, ArseniArseni Koromyslov D L 21 2020 Moscow, Russia
93 Russia Moiseyev, DanilaDanila Moiseyev LW L 26 2021 Moscow, Russia
21 Russia Nikishin, AlexanderAlexander Nikishin D L 23 2022 Oryol, Russia
70 Russia Nikolayev, DmitriDmitri Nikolayev G L 25 2021 St. Petersburg, Russia
27 Russia Ozhiganov, IgorIgor Ozhiganov D R 32 2019 Krasnogorsk, Russian SFSR
33 Russia Pashnin, MikhailMikhail Pashnin D L 36 2022 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
3 Russia Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan D L 31 2022 Kaunas, Lithuania
59 Russia Podyapolski, VladislavVladislav Podyapolski G L 30 2022 Novokuznetsk, Russia
14 Russia Polyakov, NikolaiNikolai Polyakov F L 24 2020 St. Petersburg, Russia
81 Russia Popugayev, NikitaNikita Popugayev RW R 26 2022 Moscow, Russia
74 Russia Prokhorkin, NikolaiNikolai Prokhorkin LW L 31 2022 Chelyabinsk, Russia
5 Russia Rukavishnikov, RomanRoman Rukavishnikov D L 32 2022 Moscow, Russia
49 Russia Savunov, DanilDanil Savunov LW L 24 2022 Sarov, Russia
57 Russia Shvets-Rogovoy, ArtyomArtyom Shvets-Rogovoy C L 30 2019 Saratov, Russia
63 Russia Solyannikov, GeorgiGeorgi Solyannikov D L 30 2021 St. Petersburg, Russia
87 Russia Tsitsyura, VladislavVladislav Tsitsyura F L 25 2020 Rybinsk, Russia
92 Russia Volkov, AlexanderAlexander Volkov LW L 27 2021 Moscow, Russia
42 Russia Vorobyev, MikhailMikhail Vorobyev C L 28 2021 Salavat, Russia
88 Russia Zhafyarov, DamirDamir Zhafyarov LW L 31 2022 Moscow, Russia
90 Russia Zykov, ValentinValentin Zykov RW R 30 2021 St. Petersburg, Russia


Top Scorers in KHL History

These tables show the players who have scored the most points, goals, and assists for SKA in the KHL. The numbers are updated after each KHL regular season.

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

Head Coaches

Many coaches have led the SKA team throughout its history:

  • Soviet Union Gennady Dmitriev (1946–47)
  • Soviet Union A. Semenov (1950—1951)
  • Soviet Union Belyay Bekyashev (1951—1952)
  • Soviet Union Georgy Lasin (1952—1953)
  • Soviet Union Anatoly Viktorov (1953—1956–57)
  • Soviet Union Evgeny Voronin (1957—1958)
  • Soviet Union Aleksander Komarov (1958—1962)
  • Soviet Union Yevgeni Babich (1962–1963)
  • Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov (1963—1973)
  • Soviet Union Veniamin Alexandrov (1973—1974)
  • Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov (1974—1977)
  • Soviet Union Oleg Sivkov (1977–78)
  • Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov (1978)
  • Soviet Union Valeri Shilov (1978—1979)
  • Soviet Union Igor Romishevsky (1979—1981)
  • Soviet Union Boris Mikhailov (1981—1984)
  • Soviet Union Valeri Shilov (1984—1989)
  • Soviet Union Gennadiy Tsygankov (1989–90—1990–91)
  • Soviet Union/Russia Igor Shurkov (1990–91—1991–92)
  • Russia Boris Mikhailov (1992–93—1998)
  • Russia Nikolai Maslov (1998–99)
  • Russia Alexander Zhukov (1999)
  • Russia Rafael Ishmatov (1999—2001–02)
  • Russia Nikolai Puchkov (2002)
  • Russia Boris Mikhailov (2002—2005)
  • Russia Nikolai Solovyev (2005–06)
  • Russia Sergei Cherkas (2006)
  • Russia Boris Mikhailov (2006)
  • Russia Yuri Leonov (2006—2007)
  • United States Barry Smith (2007—2010)
  • Canada Ivan Zanatta (2010)
  • Czech Republic Václav Sýkora (2010—11)
  • Czech Republic Miloš Říha (2011—2012)
  • Russia Mikhail Kravets (2012)
  • Finland Jukka Jalonen (2012—2014)
  • Russia Vyacheslav Bykov (2014—2015)
  • Russia Andrei Nazarov (2015)
  • Russia Sergei Zubov (2015–16)
  • Latvia/Germany Oļegs Znaroks (2016—2018)
  • Russia Ilya Vorobiev (2018—2019)
  • Russia Alexei Kudashov (2019—2020)
  • Russia Valeri Bragin (2020—2022)
  • Russia Roman Rotenberg (2022—)

Team Logos

  • SKA Saint Petersburg, 2010

    Logo during 2010

  • Logo SKA 2015

    Former logo (2015)

  • Logo SKA 2022 24

    Former logo (2022)

  • Ska logo

    Former logo

  • HC SKA Logo 2023

    Current logo

See also

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