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39-753: The club was founded in 1999 as a member of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship . In 10 seasons of national competition, Barys has won two Championships in 2007–08 and 2008–09 . In 2004, Barys was admitted into the Russian ice hockey system, joining its third tier the Pervaya Liga . Their win in Ural-Western Siberia Zone in 2007 , led to promotion to the Vysshaya Liga . After a single season of play in

78-690: A base club for the Kazakhstan national junior ice hockey team . In 2004, Barys was admitted into the Russian ice hockey system. They made their debut in the Pervaya Liga ; 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 Pervaya Liga, where they finished respectively third, second and first of

117-471: 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 to 2009. Barys was however once again swept in three games by Ak Bars Kazan in the first round of the playoffs. Barys opened 2010–11 season with Andrei Khomutov as the new head coach. However, the team's previous manager Andrei Shayanov remained in

156-418: A game against Yesil Petropavlovsk . It seats 4,070 in the hockey arena. In September 2011, league's authorities considered Kazakhstan Sports Palace the worst in the league. The main reason was the regrettably little capacity. Later, the team's owner Kazakhstan Temir Zholy decided to build the new 11,578 seat Barys Arena , which opened in 2015. The team colours are navy, sky blue, gold and white, representing

195-452: A new head coach. Barys finished the season with a 23–18–5–6 record for 85 points. In the first round of the 2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs , Barys defeated by Traktor Chelyabinsk 3–4 in series. After the season, Krikunov decided to leave the team, because he refused to coach the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team in parallel with Barys. In the 2013 off-season, Barys appointed Ari-Pekka Selin as

234-493: A new head coach. On 4 July 2013, Barys officially joined to newly created Astana Presidential Sports Club, the organization supported by Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna to combine the main sports teams in Astana. Having resigned most of their free agents, the club wouldn't much change in the 2013 off-season, with the exception of losing UFAs Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev , Vitali Novopashin and Mikhail Grigoriev . On 19 June 2013,

273-523: A single point), Darcy Verot (more disciplined and productive than in his first season with Vityaz, even though it still only meant 5 points and 168 minutes) and Chris Simon (league leader at 263 minutes, and club's second best scorer behind Gleb Klimenko at 27 points). Chekhov's season was darkened by the death of Alexei Cherepanov in October 2008, a death occurred on its home ice and that might have been avoided had Chekhov's arena been equipped with

312-606: A spot in the playoffs on 26 February 2009, defeating 6-4 Vityaz Chekhov in the last day of the regular season. In the first round of Gagarin Cup playoffs, Barys faced Ak Bars Kazan. 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. Konstantin Glazachev finished ninth overall in

351-482: A working defibrillator and the ambulance that is required to remain available until the end of the match not departed well before the end, resulting in much longer delays between the accident and the moment where Cherepanov arrived at the nearest hospital. 2009–10 felt like déja-vu for Chekhov. After almost being thrown out of the league due to its finances in August (it needed to find 300 million rubles, which it did),

390-674: Is a professional ice hockey team based in Balashikha , Moscow Oblast , Russia . They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League . In the first few seasons of the KHL, the team was widely known for playing a tough and physical North American-influenced style of hockey. The club was founded in 1996 in Podolsk . In 2000, the team moved to the neighboring city of Chekhov ; however,

429-470: The 2014 KHL All-Star Game , as the result of fans and journalists voting. Barys finished as the second seed in the Eastern Conference. Recording 26 wins, 18 losses, 6 overtime/shootout wins and 4 overtime/shootout losses, they finished with 94 points for the regular season. In the first round of the 2014 Gagarin Cup playoffs , Barys defeated Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 4–0 in series to overcome

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468-695: The Flag of Kazakhstan . The team logo is officially the head of a snow leopard, most recently updated in 2022. Within the leopard, there are hidden symbols representing some of Astana's famous monuments, such as the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation and the Hazrat Sultan Mosque , as well as the Barys Arena sports complex. The jerseys, also introduced in 2022, have the same design, with the home jerseys being navy blue, with gold and white striping on

507-484: The Championship. The team's name, Barys, is derived from the national symbol of Kazakhstan, translated as snow leopard . Nikolai Myshagin became the first head coach in the club's history. Under Myshagin rule, Barys earned silver medals in its first three season of play in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship . Barys would stay there until 2009. During the 2003–04 season , Barys squaded by junior players to serve as

546-639: The Kazakhstan national ice hockey team on 11 June. At the time Barys was formed, the Kazakhstan Sports Palace just began construction. The lack of hockey rinks in Astana, forced Barys to relocate temporarily. During the first two seasons of its existence, the team was based at the arenas of Temirtau , Almaty and Oskemen . The Kazakhstan Sports Palace was opened on 6 March 2001 by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev with

585-516: The Knights started the season with two wins and temporarily led the league. Things didn't last however as the team finished 23rd out of 24 teams with only 13 regular-season wins (plus 3 in overtime and 2 in the shootouts—an improvement from the previous year), 54 points and, once again, a colossal amount of penalty minutes: 1522, ahead and by far every other team in the league. Vadim Berdnikov , Gleb Klimenko (who came back from Kazan) and Chris Simon led

624-606: The Kontinental Hockey League is Ak Bars Kazan . The rivalry between the teams is often referred to as Cat Derby among fans and media. Both teams have the same name meaning snow leopard . Barys is a Kazakh mountain snow leopard, the Ak Bars is the same leopard but the Tatar team emphasised "white" by adding "ak" in front, secondly the team logos resemble each other. The teams played in the first playoff round of

663-411: The Ural-Western Siberia Zone where they played. With this first place in 2007, Barys was allowed into the Vysshaya Liga . Kazakhstan Hockey Championship 1999–2009 Pervaya Liga 2004–2007 Vysshaya Liga 2007–2008 Kontinental Hockey League 2008–present Barys played a single season in the Vysshaya Liga , a good one, where they finished second out of 14 in the Eastern Conference. They reached

702-528: The Vysshaya Liga, Barys joined the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League in 2008 . Barys was founded on 26 November 1999 as the result of resolution accepted by the City Council of Astana. The team was gathered in a semi-professional level by an enthusiast players who were annually playing an amateur tournament for the prize of Mayor of Astana and professional players who came from other teams of

741-484: The back, and the numbers "99". He keeps the crowd excited, signs autographs, participates in entertainment during the intermissions, skates across the ice, throws T-shirts, and runs throughout the aisles of the arena to high five fans. Prior to the Mascots Contest at the 2014 KHL All-Star Game , Barsik changed his skin feature to look more snowy, while previous was looked more leopard . Barys's biggest rival in

780-541: The beginning of the 2011–12 season , Barys fired Andrei Khomutov after seven losses in eight games. Andrei Shayanov replaced him and led the team to sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Barys fell in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals to the third seeded Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout , Barys strengthened by signing Ryan McDonagh , Victor Hedman and Nik Antropov . Vladimir Krikunov appointed as

819-547: The expansion of 2007–08, due to Chekhov's capacity being below the KHL league standards. The team restarted playing their home games in Podolsk, but remained attached to Chekhov. For the 2013–14 KHL season, the team moved back to Podolsk. Chekhov's debuts in the KHL were pretty bad. Vityaz registered a mere 6 wins in regulation, plus 5 in overtime; in counterpart for those 11 wins, the team lost 45 times (of which, 12 games were in overtime). The meager 40 points collected meant that

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858-412: The first Kazakh team to join 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. 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. Barys secured

897-500: The first round for the first time in its KHL history. Barys lost to Salavat Yulaev Ufa in Eastern Conference semifinals 2–4 in series. On May 5, 2014, it was announced that former long-time Barys's captain Kevin Dallman signed a three-year contract. On 18 June 2014, the KHL reported that Andrei Nazarov would move from Donbass Donetsk to become the new head coach at Barys, replacing Ari-Pekka Selin who had been sacked as coach of

936-457: The first three KHL seasons, and Ak Bars defeated Barys every year without losing a game. 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 Updated 5 November 2024. These are

975-590: The game, as well as both head coaches. Only four players avoided being ejected. The KHL imposed a total of 5.7 million rubles (about US $ 191,000) fines, including 150,000 rubles fines to Vityaz's Darcy Verot and Brandon Sugden and Avangard's Alexander Svitov and Dmitry Vlasenkov. Additionally, Verot, Sugden, Vlasenkov and four other Vityaz players received one-game suspensions. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Updated 15 September 2024. Players These are

1014-475: The league in scoring with 52 points. 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 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

1053-441: The offence with respectively 33, 27 and 25 points. Once again, an incident between Vityaz and Avangard marked the season. On January 9, 2010, the game between Vityaz and Avangard was stopped after 3 minutes and 39 seconds when a bench-clearing and penalty-box-clearing brawl broke out. Darcy Verot had instigated the brawl after three minutes of play when he shot the puck at an Avangard player. A mass brawl quickly followed, which

1092-411: 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

1131-422: The referees could deal with. However, as soon as the game was resumed, fighting resumed as well and both benches cleared to join the fight. The game was quickly getting out of hand and the officials decided it was better to cancel the whole game. Little else could be done, as a whopping total of 707 penalty minutes had been incurred – a new world record – and a total of 33 players on both teams have been ejected from

1170-456: The regular season would play the three best Kazakh teams (Barys' main team, Kazzinc-Torpedo and Kazakhmys Satpaev , all three were playing in the Vysshaya Liga ) in the final round. Barys won the tournament, dethroning defending champions Kazzinc-Torpedo, en route to their first Kazakhstan Hockey Championship title. In 2008 , Barys applied to join the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League . The league's authorities allowed Barys in, making it

1209-473: The return of Krushelnyski, who was had brought the team to the playoffs in 2006–07 . But Chekhov's goon-full roster, which general manager Alexei Zhamnov wishes to shape after the 1990s Chicago Blackhawks for whom he played, just couldn't bring good enough performances to repeat the feat. They however led the league in penalty minutes, some 500 minutes ahead of the second most penalized club, with players such as Nathan Perrott (137 minutes in 9 matches and not

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1248-471: The sleeves, socks and the bottom of the jersey, representing the traditional "koshkar-muiz", a pattern found on the Kazakh flag. The away jerseys are white, with gold and navy blue striping, also on the sleeves, socks and the bottom of the jersey. The Kazakh flag is on the left shoulder on both jerseys. The team mascot is Barsik, an anthropomorphic snow leopard . Barsik wears a Barys jersey with his name on

1287-488: The team as an assistant coach . The team compiled a 20–21–4–9 regular season record with 77 points. As the seventh seed of the Eastern Conference, Barys faced Ak Bars Kazan in the first round of playoffs, again. Ak Bars won series without losing a game 4–0. In the 2011 off-season, Barys announced the signing of Dustin Boyd and Nigel Dawes , who later formed BBD (Bochenski–Boyd–Dawes) line along with Brandon Bochenski . In

1326-459: The team finished at a dismal 23rd place out of 24, a single point ahead of the equally bad Khimik Voskresensk . Head coach Sergei Gomolyako made the mistake in October to dress one more foreign player than allowed by the rules, resulting in a match lost by forfeit. Gomolyako claimed he ignored there was such a rule, and the following week, he was fired, to be replaced by former NHL player and Vityaz head coach Mike Krushelnyski . Vityaz' fans enjoyed

1365-602: The team kept playing under the name Vityaz Podolsk until 2004, where the renaming was finally done. The team initially played its home games at the Ice Palace Vityaz in Podolsk, the same arena HC MVD used until 2006. Such a thing was allowed by virtue of the opening in 2004 of a new arena in Chekhov, the Ice Hockey Center 2004 , that Vityaz began using. Initially, this arena had a capacity of 1,370; it

1404-544: The team signed goalie Ari Ahonen for one year. Barys strengthened defense, signing Mike Lundin , Maxim Semyonov and Evgeni Blokhin . On 8 August 2013, unrestricted free agent Nik Antropov signed with the Barys a two-year deal. In its season opening game on 8 September 2013, Barys defeated Severstal Cherepovets 10–1. During the season, Barys signed a season long contracts with Cam Barker and Zach Hamill . Barys's Brandon Bochenski and Talgat Zhailauov selected to play in

1443-608: The top-ten point-scorers in KHL history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season. Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Barys player Kazakhstan Hockey Championship Kazakhstan Hockey Cup Pervaya Liga – Ural-Western Siberia Zone KHL All-Star Team Faith Towards Hockey Award Golden Helmet Award KHL Best Sniper Award Best Troika Award 1999%E2%80%932000 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship The 1999–2000 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship

1482-412: Was expanded in 2007–08 to 3,300. Vityaz played at the top level of Russian hockey for the 2000–01 season; it got relegated to Vysshaya Liga at the end of the season. In 2005, Vityaz made to the Vysshaya Liga final losing the championship to HC MVD 4 games to 1 but earned a promotion back to the elite level. Rumors of a move back to Podolsk arose in the wake of the inaugural KHL season as even with

1521-468: Was the eighth season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship , the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan . Nine teams participated in the league, and Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk won the championship. This ice hockey league article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about sports in Kazakhstan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vityaz Chekhov Hockey Club Vityaz Moscow Region ( ХК Витязь )

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