Barys Astana

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Barys Astana
2013–14 Barys Astana season
Full name Hockey Club Barys
Nickname(s) Snow Leopards
Founded 1999
Based in Astana, Kazakhstan
Arena Kazakhstan Sports Palace
(capacity: 4,100)
League Kontinental Hockey League
(2008–present)
Division Chernyshev
Conference Eastern
Uniform
Team colors                    
Owner(s) Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
(Askar Mamin, chairman)
President Kazakhstan Nurlan Orazbayev
GM Kazakhstan Vadim Guseinov
Head coach Finland Ari-Pekka Selin
Assistant coaches Finland Raimo Helminen
Kazakhstan Yerlan Sagymbayev
Kazakhstan Andrei Shayanov
Kazakhstan Alexander Achziger
Captain Kazakhstan Dmitri Upper
Affiliates Nomad Astana (KAZ)
Snezhnye Barsy (MHL)
Website www.hcbarys.kz

Hockey Club Barys (Kazakh: Барыс хоккей клубы; Russian: Хоккейный клуб Барыс), also known as Barys Astana,[1] is a professional ice hockey team based in Astana, Kazakhstan. They compete in the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. Barys are the part of Astana Presidential Sports Club.[2]

History

Early years

Barys was founded in 1999. The Snow Leopards' («Barys» is the Kazakh word for snow leopard) inaugural season was 1999–2000, where they played in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. Barys would stay there until 2009. In 2004–05, Barys was admitted into the Russian hockey system. They made their debut in the First League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship; in parallel, Barys kept a second team in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. Barys' debut in Russia was interesting, with the team doing fairly well. They played three seasons in the First League, where they finished respectively 3rd, 2nd and 1st of the Ural - Western Siberia zone where they played. With this first place in 2007, Barys was allowed into the Supreme League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship.

Barys played a single season in the Supreme League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship, a good one, where they finished second out of 14 in the Eastern conference. They reached the playoffs, where they began by sweeping HC Belgorod in three straight games in the first round, before falling to Khimik Voskresensk in four games. Barys however won the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship that year. Barys' main team did not participate in the regular season of the league (however, its affiliate, Barys-2, did), but the league's format was so that the three best team of the league after the regular season would play the three best Kazakh teams (Barys' main team, Kazzinc-Torpedo and Kazakhmys Satpaev, all three were playing in the Supreme League) in the final round. Barys won the tournament, dethroning defending champions Kazzinc-Torpedo, en route to their first Kazakhstan Hockey Championship title.[3]

2008–2010: first seasons in the KHL

In 2008, Barys applied to join the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League. The league's authorities allowed Barys in, making it the first Kazakh team into the new league. The team won its first game in the KHL on 3 September 2008 abroad, defeating Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2–1 in the shootouts.[4] They registered their first home game eleven days later by beating defending Russian champions Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3–2, this time again in shootout.[5] The team finished its first season with a 15th place overall in the league (5th out of 6 in the highly competitive Chernyshev division). The team made the playoffs and faced Ak Bars Kazan in the first round (2nd overall in the league); Kazan swept Astana three games to nothing to advance to the second round. Kevin Dallman finished the season as the league's fifth best scorer with 28 goals and 30 assists (58 points) record; he also finished as the league's leader for shots on goal with 217.[6] Konstantin Glazachev finished 9th overall in the league in scoring with 52 points (28 goals and 24 assists). Meanwhile, the team secured a second straight Kazakhstan Hockey Championship title.[7]

The 2009–10 season saw Barys have a very similar season than the previous. Veteran Jozef Stümpel finished top scorer of the team, with 13 goals and 39 assists (52 points), two better than Maxim Spiridonov, who was the best goal scorer of the team with 24. Fan favourite Kevin Dallman also was a major contributor, with 14 goals and 27 assists. Newcomer Jeff Glass did a fine job between the pipes, with 19 wins and a 2.87 goals against average, helping the team finish fourteenth overall of the KHL, a one place improvement from 2008–09. Barys was however once again swept in three games by Ak Bars Kazan in the first round of the playoffs.

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Barys Astana. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Barys Astana seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTW = Overtime/Shootout Wins, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

2009–10 || 56 || 20 || 23 || 6 || 7 || 79 || 169 || 173 || 3rd, Chernyshev || Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–3 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2011–12 || 54 || 25 || 22 || 3 || 4 || 85 || 160 || 160 || 3rd, Chernyshev || Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Season GP W L OTW OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2008–09 56 20 25 7 4 78 174 191 5th, Chernyshev Lost in Preliminary Round, 0–3 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2010–11 54 20 21 4 9 77 155 152 4th, Chernyshev Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2012–13 52 23 18 5 6 85 175 161 3rd, Chernyshev Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Current roster

Last updated: January 9, 2014.[8]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
30 Finland Ahonen, AriAri Ahonen G L 33 2013 Jyväskylä, Finland
31 Kazakhstan Yeremeyev, VitaliVitali Yeremeyev G L 38 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
20 Kazakhstan Malgin, DmitriDmitri Malgin G L 26 2013 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
1 Kazakhstan Poluektov, PavelPavel Poluektov G L 22 2012 Serov, Russia
5 Kazakhstan Litvinenko, AlexeiAlexei Litvinenko D L 33 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
4 Slovakia Kudroc, KristianKristian Kudroc D R 32 2014 Michalovce, Czechoslovakia
37 Kazakhstan Fadeyev, EvgeniEvgeni Fadeyev D L 31 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
7 Kazakhstan Semyonov, MaximMaxim Semyonov D L 29 2013 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
65 Kazakhstan Blokhin, EvgeniEvgeni Blokhin (A) D L 34 2012 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
44 Russia Tserenok, NikitaNikita Tserenok D L 20 2013 Moscow, Russia
39 United States Lundin, MikeMike Lundin D L 29 2013 Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA
70 Kazakhstan Kolesnikov, VladislavVladislav Kolesnikov D R 29 2013 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
25 Canada Barker, CamCam Barker  D L 27 2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
94 Kazakhstan Grebenschikov, VladimirVladimir Grebenschikov D L 21 2013 Temirtau, Kazakhstan
2 Kazakhstan Savchenko, RomanRoman Savchenko D L 25 2009 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
87 Kazakhstan Lakiza, ArtemiArtemi Lakiza D L 26 2007 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
91 Russia Antsiferov, AlexeiAlexei Antsiferov F R 22 2013 Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR
57 Russia Panshin, MikhailMikhail Panshin F R 30 2013 Cherepovets, Russian SFSR
36 Kazakhstan Upper, DmitriDmitri Upper (C) C R 35 2012 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
8 Kazakhstan Zhailauov, TalgatTalgat Zhailauov C R 28 2007 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
41 Canada Boyd, DustinDustin Boyd C L 27 2011 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
80 Kazakhstan Antropov, NikNik Antropov C L 33 2013 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
88 Canada Hamill, ZachZach Hamill C R 25 2013 Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
9 Canada Dawes, NigelNigel Dawes LW L 28 2011 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
48 Kazakhstan Starchenko, RomanRoman Starchenko LW L 27 2008 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
34 Kazakhstan Rudenko, KonstantinKonstantin Rudenko LW R 32 2012 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
18 Kazakhstan Polishchuk, FedorFedor Polishchuk LW L 34 2010 Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR
27 United States Bochenski, BrandonBrandon Bochenski (A) RW R 31 2010 Blaine, Minnesota, USA
81 Kazakhstan Pushkaryov, KonstantinKonstantin Pushkaryov RW L 28 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
79 Kazakhstan Rakhmanov, MikhailMikhail Rakhmanov RW L 21 2012 Oskemen, Kazakhstan
33 Kazakhstan Gavrilin, AndreiAndrei Gavrilin RW L 35 2007 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
85 Kazakhstan Romanov, KonstantinKonstantin Romanov  RW L 28 2009 Moscow, Russian SFSR

Team and player honors

Kazakhstan Hockey Championship

KHL All-Star Team

Faith Towards Hockey Award

Franchise records

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in KHL franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.[9]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Canada Kevin Dallman D 214 72 120 192 .89
United States Brandon Bochenski RW 137 69 74 143 1.04
Kazakhstan Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev LW 231 48 72 120 .52
Russia Maxim Spiridonov RW 143 50 61 111 .78
Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov C 222 44 57 101 .45
Kazakhstan Andrei Gavrilin RW 221 28 62 90 .40
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko C 233 48 41 89 .38
Slovakia Jozef Stumpel C 99 23 64 87 .88
Russia Konstantin Glazachev LW 98 44 41 85 .87
Czech Republic Lukas Kaspar C 103 37 36 73 .71
Goals
Player Pos G
Canada Kevin Dallman D 72
United States Brandon Bochenski RW 69
Russia Maxim Spiridonov RW 50
Kazakhstan Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev LW 48
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko C 48
Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov C 44
Russia Konstantin Glazachev LW 44
Czech Republic Lukas Kaspar C 37
Canada Nigel Dawes LW 36
Canada Dustin Boyd C 33
Assists
Player Pos A
Canada Kevin Dallman D 120
United States Brandon Bochenski RW 74
Kazakhstan Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev LW 72
Slovakia Jozef Stumpel C 64
Kazakhstan Andrei Gavrilin RW 62
Russia Maxim Spiridonov RW 61
Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov C 57
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko C 41
Russia Konstantin Glazachev LW 41
Czech Republic Jiri Novotny C 41

     = current Barys player

Regular season records
Playoff records
Team records
  • Most points in a season: 85 (2011–12, 2012–13)
  • Most wins in a season: 28 (2011–12, 2012–13)

Leaders

Team captains

Head coaches

Main article: List of Barys Astana head coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Barys Astana Profile". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved October 31, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Ilyas Omarov (July 4, 2013). "Astana Presidential Sports Club Launched". The Astana Times. Retrieved October 31, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "2007–08 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship season" (in russian). HockeyArchives.ru. Retrieved June 30, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Neftekhimik vs. Barys – 03/09/2008 – Recap". Kontinental Hockey League. September 3, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Barys vs. Salavat Yulaev – 14/09/2008 – Recap". Kontinental Hockey League. September 14, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2013. 
  6. ↑ "2008–09 KHL season stats". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2013. 
  7. ↑ "2008–09 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship season" (in russian). HockeyArchives.ru. Retrieved June 30, 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Barys Astana current roster". Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved September 7, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Barys Astana Career KHL Stats". QuantHockey.com. Retrieved April 5, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Traktor vs. Barys – 22/02/2013 – Recap". Scoresway.com. February 22, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013. 

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