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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Russian professional ice hockey team

Summary

Russian professional ice hockey team

FieldValue
teamLokomotiv Yaroslavl
bg_colourbackground:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid;
logoLokomotiv Yaroslavl Logo.svg
logo_size230px
name2Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2000–present
Torpedo Yaroslavl 1965–2000
Motor Yaroslavl 1964–1965
Trud Yaroslavl 1963–1964
YaMZ Yaroslavl 1959–1963
founded1959
cityYaroslavl, Russia
arenaArena 2000
capacity8,905
leagueKHL
2008–2011, 2012–present
divisionTarasov
conferenceWestern
uniform[[File:KHL-Uniform-LOKO.pngKHL-Uniform-LOKO150px]]
coloursRed, blue, white, silver
ownerRussian Railways
coachBob Hartley
captainAlexander Yelesin
presidentYuri Yakovlev
affiliatesMolot-Prikamye Perm (VHL)
Loko (MHL)
website
current2025–26 KHL season

Torpedo Yaroslavl 1965–2000 Motor Yaroslavl 1964–1965 Trud Yaroslavl 1963–1964 YaMZ Yaroslavl 1959–1963 2008–2011, 2012–present

  • VHL 2011–2012
  • RSL 1996–2008
  • IHL 1992–1996
  • Soviet League Class A 1987–1992
  • Soviet League Class A2 1966–1967, 1968–1970, 1983–1987
  • Soviet League Class A3 1967–1968, 1970–1983
  • Soviet League Class B 1963–1966 Loko (MHL) Hockey Club Lokomotiv (, ), 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). The tragedy forced Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to cancel their participation in the 2011–12 KHL season. In their 16th season in the KHL in 2024–25, Lokomotiv captured the Gagarin Cup, their first in franchise history.

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.

2011 plane crash

Main article: 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, 2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season

On 7 September 2011, the Lokomotiv club was to travel to Minsk for its first game of the 2011–12 KHL season when the airplane that was carrying the team crashed following a botched take-off from Tunoshna Airport. Among the 45 passengers and crew on board, only flight engineer Alexander Sizov survived the crash. 26-year-old Lokomotiv forward Alexander Galimov, who had been with the team since 2004, was pulled out of the crash alive and conscious, but had burns to 80 percent of his body and died five days later in a hospital in Moscow.

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. 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. 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.

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).

Since the disaster, Lokomotiv’s jerseys have featured a memorial patch depicting a black ribbon inscribed with the date of the crash.

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

SeasonGPWLOTLPtsGFGAFinishTop ScorerPlayoffs
2008–0956321331111741111st, KharlamovAlexei Yashin (47 points: 21 G, 26 A; 56 GP)Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2009–105626174961631323rd, TarasovJosef Vašíček (48 points: 21 G, 27 A; 56 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (HC MVD)
2010–1154331411082021431st, TarasovPavol Demitra (60 points: 18 G, 42 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Atlant Moscow Oblast)
2011–122213614268473rd, WesternOleg Yashin (15 points: 9 G, 6 A; 22 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–3 (Dizel Penza)
2012–135224180921311212nd, TarasovSergei Plotnikov (33 points: 15 G, 18 A; 55 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Severstal Cherepovets)
2013–145428215841091033rd, TarasovSergei Plotnikov (35 points: 15 G, 20 A; 53 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Lev Praha)
2014–156032199971551433rd, TarasovYegor Averin (37 points: 16 G, 21 A; 59 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2015–166043152125155942nd, TarasovDaniil Apalkov (43 points: 16 G, 27 A; 59 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2016–1760361861101631303rd, TarasovBrandon Kozun (56 points: 23 G, 33 A; 59 GP)Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2017–185635183991481292nd, TarasovStaffan Kronwall (35 points: 10 G, 25 A; 55 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2018–196240166861591182nd, TarasovBrandon Kozun (41 points: 19 G, 22 A; 52 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2019–206234235731701512nd, TarasovDenis Alexeyev (37 points: 6 G, 31 A; 57 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Jokerit)
2020–216038157831811263rd, TarasovPavel Kraskovsky (38 points: 17 G, 21 A; 56 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2021–224723159551131034th, TarasovReid Boucher (27 points: 12 G, 15 A; 46 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2022–2368411710921641222nd, TarasovMaxim Shalunov (42 points: 29 G, 13 A; 62 GP)Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (CSKA Moscow)
2023–246844195931741392nd, TarasovMaxim Shalunov (36 points: 17 G, 19 A; 68 GP)Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 0–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
**2024–25**68491541021911221st, TarasovArtur Kayumov (45 points: 22 G, 23 A; 63 GP)Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Players

Current roster

Honors

Champions

Gagarin Cup (1): 2025

Russian Superleague (3): 1997, 2002, 2003

Opening Cup (1): 2024–25

Continental Cup (1): 2024–25

Minsk Cup (1): 2017

Longi Kahoo Cup (3): 2010, 2011, 2017

Junior tournament President Cup (Trinec) (1): 2016/2017

Runners-up

Gagarin Cup (2): 2009, 2024

Gagarin Cup (3): 2010, 2014, 2017

Russian Superleague (1): 2008

Russian Superleague (2): 1999, 2005

IIHF Continental Cup (1): 2003

Spengler Cup (1): 2003

References

References

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  2. (7 September 2012). "How KHL's Lokomotiv was reborn, one year after plane crash tragedy".
  3. (21 May 2025). "Shalunov fires Loko to Gagarin glory". [[Kontinental Hockey League]].
  4. Barry, Ellen. (7 September 2011). ["Crash Wipes Out Elite Russian Hockey Team, Killing Several Veterans of the N.H.L."]"](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/europe/08russia.html). New York Times.
  5. (14 September 2011). "Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Crash Update". Moscow Times.
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