Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian: Локомотив Яросла́вль) is a Russian professional ice hockey team playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Локомотив Ярославль
Nickname	"Loko", "Railwaymen"
City	Yaroslavl, Russia
League	KHL 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
Conference	Western
Division	Tarasov
Founded	1959
Home arena	Arena 2000 (capacity: 9,070)
Colours
Owner(s)	Russian Railways
President	Yuri Yakovlev
General manager	Yuri Lukin
Head coach	Dmitri Kvartalnov
Captain	Staffan Kronwall
Affiliate	Loko (MHL)
Website	hclokomotiv.ru
Franchise history
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2000–present Torpedo Yaroslavl 1965–2000 Motor Yaroslavl 1964–1965 Trud Yaroslavl 1963–1964 YaMZ Yaroslavl 1959–1963

2011 plane crash

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 16:02 local time, when a Yak-Service Yakolev Yak-42 airplane, with the professional ice hockey team and coaching staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League, crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was going to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011-12 KHL season against Dinamo Minsk. 44 out of the 45 people on board were confirmed dead, one crew member survived.

Honours

Russian Open Championship winner (3): 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03
Runners-up of KHL (2): 2007–08, 2008–09
Bronze medal winner of Russian Open Championship and KHL (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004-2005, 2010–11
Runners-up of IIHF Continental Cup : 2003
Bronze medal of Spengler Cup: 2003

Statistics in KHL

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

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Top Scorer	Playoffs
2008–09	56	32	13	3	111	174	111	1st, Kharlamov	Alexei Yashin (47 points: 21 G, 26 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals, 3–4 (Ak Bars Kazan)
2009–10	56	26	17	4	96	163	132	3rd, Tarasov	Josef Vašíček (48 points: 21 G, 27 A; 56 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (HC MVD)
2010–11	54	33	14	1	108	202	143	1st, Tarasov	Pavol Demitra (60 points: 18 G, 42 A; 54 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Atlant Moscow Oblast)
2011–12	22	13	6	1	42	68	47	3rd, Western	Oleg Yashin (15 points: 9 G, 6 A; 22 GP)	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–3 (Dizel Penza)
2012–13	52	24	18	0	92	131	121	2nd, Tarasov	Sergei Plotnikov (33 points: 15 G, 18 A; 55 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Severstal Cherepovets)
2013–14	54	28	21	5	84	109	103	3rd, Tarasov	Sergei Plotnikov (35 points: 15 G, 20 A; 53 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Lev Praha)
2014–15	60	32	19	9	97	155	143	3rd, Tarasov	Yegor Averin (37 points: 16 G, 21 A; 59 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2015–16	60	43	15	2	125	155	94	2nd, Tarasov	Daniil Apalkov (43 points: 16 G, 27 A; 59 GP)	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2016–17	60	36	18	6	110	163	130	3rd, Tarasov	Brandon Kozun (56 points: 23 G, 33 A; 59 GP)	Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)

Other websites

• Lokomotiv Yaroslavl official website
• Home arena, Statistics, History Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine