Ice Hockey team
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Club · Russia · VHL
«Kuznya»
Silver in the Supreme Hockey League came first, in 2020/21, and Novokuznetsk built on it rather than let it stand alone: bronze followed in 2022/23, then the regular-season title in 2024/25. None of it matches what the club did in 1960, when it took the RSFSR championship.
The club was founded in December 1949, and its nickname, Kuznya, comes straight from the city's old identity as a blacksmith's town rather than from anything won on ice. That link to Novokuznetsk's industrial past has outlasted most of what the club has actually achieved.
What keeps Kuznya's name current elsewhere is the academy. Sergei Bobrovsky, Ilya Sorokin, Kirill Kaprizov and Dmitry Orlov all passed through it before the NHL. In Novokuznetsk itself, the fixtures that matter are against HC Yugra and HC Khimik, with Yermak of nearby Angarsk supplying the more local, Siberian edge to the rivalry.
Games are played at the Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 25 Oct | VHL |
Magnitka Magnitogorsk
A
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| 23 Oct | VHL |
Orsk
A
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1:2 | L |
| 17 Oct | VHL |
Perm
H
|
0:2 | L |
| 15 Oct | VHL |
Toros Neftekamsk
H
|
3:2 | W |
| 13 Oct | VHL |
Izhevsk
H
|
3:2 | W |
| 11 Oct | VHL |
Olympia
H
|
2:0 | W |
Standing
VHL| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |
Perm
|
16 | 12 | 5 | 45:27 | 0 |
| 9 |
 Khimik
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17 | 10 | 10 | 55:35 | 0 |
| 10 |
 Metallurg Novokuznetsk
|
17 | 9 | 9 | 31:22 | 0 |
| 11 |
 SKA-VMF St. Petersburg
|
15 | 10 | 5 | 41:23 | 0 |
| 12 |
 Kristall Saratov
|
16 | 10 | 6 | 42:49 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 455| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 455 | 234 | 221 |
| Scored | 1458 | 817 | 641 |
| Conceded | 1061 | 520 | 541 |
| Scored per game | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Conceded per game | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Difference | +397 | +297 | +100 |
Fixtures of Metallurg Novokuznetsk
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27 Oct · 13:30
Chelmet Chelyabinsk
A
VHL
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29 Oct · 13:30
Gornyak
A
VHL
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25 Oct
Magnitka Magnitogorsk
A
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23 Oct
Orsk
A
1:2
L
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17 Oct
Perm
H
0:2
L
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15 Oct
Toros Neftekamsk
H
3:2
W
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13 Oct
Izhevsk
H
3:2
W
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11 Oct
Olympia
H
2:0
W
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5 Oct
Kristall Saratov
A
2:0
W
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3 Oct
Dizel
A
2:0
W
Honours of Metallurg Novokuznetsk
- Champion of RSFSR 1960 1
- VHL Cup (Regular Season) 2025 1
- VHL Opening Cup 2025 1
- VHL Silver Medal 2021 1
- Russian Superleague Bronze Medal 2000 1
- VHL Bronze Medal 2023 1