Barys Astana

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Barys Astana
Барыс Астана
Barys Astana Logo.svg
Full name Hockey Club Barys
Nickname(s) Astana Leopards
Founded 1999
Based In Astana, Kazakhstan
Arena Kazakhstan Sports Palace
(Capacity: 5,532)
League Kontinental Hockey League
(2008–present)
Division Chernyshev
Conference Eastern
Team Colors Navy, White, Deep Sky Blue
              
Owner(s) Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
(Askar Mamin, chairman)
President Kazakhstan Nurlan Orazbayev
Head Coach Vacant
Captain Kazakhstan Dmitriy Upper
Affiliates

Astana Snow Leopards (MHL)

Nomad Astana (KHC)
Website www.hcbarys.kz

Barys Hockey Club (Kazakh: Барыс хоккей клубы) is a professional ice hockey team based in Astana, Kazakhstan. They compete in the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.

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History [edit]

Early years [edit]

Barys Astana was founded in 1999. The Snow Leopards' («Barys» is a kazakh word meaning Snow leopard) inaugural season was 1999-00, 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 debuts in the Russian Hockey First League; in parallel, Barys kept a second team in the Kazakh Championship. Barys' debuts in Russia was interesting, with the team doing fairly well. They played three seasons in the Russian Hockey 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 Russian Major League.

Astana played a single season in the Russian Major League, a good one, where they finished second out of 14 in the West 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 Astana-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 Russian Major League) in the playoffs. Barys won the tournament, dethroning defending champions Torpedo, en route to their first Kazakh title.

Kontinental Hockey League [edit]

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 September 3, 2008 abroad, defeating Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2-1 in the shootouts. They registered their first home game eleven days later by beating defending Russian champions Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3-2, this time again in shootout. 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 a 28 goals and 30 assists (58 points) record; he also finished as the league's leader for shots on goal with 217. 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.

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 [edit]

For the full season-by-season history, see List of Barys Astana seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, 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 Top Scorer Playoffs
2008–09 56 20 25 7 4 78 174 191 5th Chernyshev Kevin Dallman (58 points: 28 G, 30 A; 53 GP) Lost in Preliminary Round, 3-0 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2009–10 56 20 23 6 7 79 169 173 3rd, Chernyshev Jozef Stümpel (52 points: 13 G, 39 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-0 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2010–11 54 20 21 4 9 77 155 152 4th, Chernyshev Brandon Bochenski (45 points: 22 G, 23 A; 40 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2011–12 54 25 22 3 4 85 160 160 3rd, Chernyshev Brandon Bochenski (59 points: 27 G, 32 A; 49 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
2012–13 52 23 18 5 6 85 175 161 3rd, Chernyshev Brandon Bochenski (40 points: 20 G, 20 A; 48 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

Current roster [edit]

Updated January 16, 2013.[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
31 Kazakhstan Yeremeyev, VitaliVitali Yeremeyev G L 37 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
1 Kazakhstan Poluektov, PavelPavel Poluektov G L 21 2012 Serov, Russia
30 Russia Kramar, VladimirVladimir Kramar G L 20 2012 Omsk, Russia
5 Kazakhstan Litvinenko, AlexeiAlexei Litvinenko D L 33 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
Kazakhstan Semenov, MaximMaxim Semenov D L 28 2013 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
4 Kazakhstan Novopashin, VitalyVitaly Novopashin (A) D L 34 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
50 Russia Grigoriev, MikhailMikhail Grigoriev D R 22 2012 Tyumen, Russian SFSR
37 Kazakhstan Fadeyev, YevgenyYevgeny Fadeyev D L 30 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
13 Russia Mnatsyan, SamvelSamvel Mnatsyan D L 23 2010 Omsk, Russian SFSR
2 Kazakhstan Savchenko, RomanRoman Savchenko D L 24 2009 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
73 Kazakhstan Troschinsky, AlexeiAlexei Troschinsky D L 39 2009 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
42 Russia Belyakov, FedorFedor Belyakov D R 20 2012 Moscow, Russia
24 United States Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson D R 33 2011 Evanston, Illinois, USA
36 Kazakhstan Upper, DmitryDmitry Upper (C) C R 34 2012 Dmitrievka, Kazakh SSR
8 Kazakhstan Zhailauov, TalgatTalgat Zhailauov C R 27 2007 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
41 Canada Boyd, DustinDustin Boyd C L 26 2011 Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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 (A) LW R 31 2012 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
87 Kazakhstan Savenkov, KonstantinKonstantin Savenkov LW L 23 2012 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
18 Kazakhstan Polishchuk, FedorFedor Polishchuk LW L 33 2010 Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR
23 Kazakhstan Alexandrov, ViktorViktor Alexandrov RW L 27 2012 Aktobe, Kazakh SSR
25 Kazakhstan Solarev, IlyaIlya Solarev RW L 30 2012 Perm, Russian SFSR
27 United States Bochenski, BrandonBrandon Bochenski RW R 31 2010 Blaine, Minnesota, USA
34 Kazakhstan Pushkarev, KonstantinKonstantin Pushkarev RW L 28 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
33 Kazakhstan Gavrilin, AndreiAndrei Gavrilin RW L 34 2007 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
10 Russia Spiridonov, MaximMaxim Spiridonov RW L 35 2012 Moscow, Russian SFSR


Team and player honors [edit]

Kazakhstan Hockey Championship

KHL All-Star Team

Faith Towards Hockey Award

Franchise records [edit]

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in KHL franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.[2]

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

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

Leaders [edit]

Team captains [edit]

Head coaches [edit]


References [edit]

  1. ^ "2012-13 Barys Team Roster". Barys Astana Official Website. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-25. 
  2. ^ "Barys Astana All-Time KHL Scoring Leaders". QuantHockey.com. 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-05. 

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