Avangard Omsk

Avangard Omsk
Avangard Omsk Oblast
Авангард Омск Oбласть
Омский Авангард.svg
Full name

Avangard Omsk Oblast 1981-present

  • Shinnik Omsk 1974-1981
  • Khimik Omsk 1972-1974
  • Kauchuk Omsk 1967-1972
  • Aeroflot Omsk 1962-1967
  • Spartak Omsk 1950-1962
Nickname(s) "Hawks"
Founded 1950
Based In Omsk, Omsk Oblast
Arena Omsk Arena
(Capacity: 10,318)
League KHL 2008-present
Division Chernyshev
Conference Eastern
Team Colors               
Head Coach Czech Republic Rostislav Čada
Captain Belarus Alexei Kalyuzhny
Affiliates Omskye Yastreby (MHL)
Website www.hawk.ru

Avangard Omsk (Russian: Авангард Омск, English: Vanguard) are a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in the city of Omsk, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.


Contents

Franchise history

Overview

Avangard, which translates to "Vanguard" in English, was established in 1950. The logo features a stylised hawk. The club has changed names several times, with previous names including Spartak Omsk, Aeroflot Omsk, Kauchuk Omsk, Khimik Omsk, and Shinnik Omsk.

Avangard Omsk won the Russian Super League in 2004, which qualified them for the inaugural IIHF European Champions Cup. They would be the first winners of that competition, beating Kärpät Oulu from Finland.

The team is not owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich as it may be concerned. Russian oil company Gazprom-Neft partly finances the team, but the majority of its budget comes from province tax money.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk, HC Sibir, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Ak Bars Kazan and, to a lesser extent, Vityaz Chekhov are considered to be Avangard's fiercest rivals in the KHL.

KHL History

2008-2009

This season is considered to be one of the worst in the franchise history with the club's reputation being tarnished both on and off ice. During the summer, Anatoly Bardin, the GM, was kept busy bringing 18 new players in, including former Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Jaromir Jagr, John Grahame and Stanislav Chistov.

After an unconvincing start, the head coach Sergey Gersonskiy was sacked just 6 games into the season. He would later start legal proceedings against the club to obtain compensation that he was allegedly entitled to under his contract. After a number of hearings and appeals, Gersonskiy was awarded 1 million rubles, only a small proportion of what he originally claimed.[1] Wayne Fleming was promptly appointed as the head coach.

On 13 October 2008, young Avangard Omsk forward Alexei Cherepanov died after collapsing on the bench during a game against Vityaz Chekhov. He played a shift with teammate Jaromír Jágr, and the two were talking on the bench shortly after they left the ice, when he suddenly collapsed.[2] After being attended to on the bench, he was carried to the dressing room where he was revived for several brief moments before finally being rushed to an intensive care unit,[3] but it was too late. The ambulance that is normally at all games had already departed and had to be called back; doctors arrived on the scene a full 12 minutes after Cherepanov collapsed, and the battery on the defibrillator used to attempt to shock Cherepanov's heart back to life was drained.[4] It took approximately 20 minutes to get him to a hospital.[5][6] While in the care of Chekhov doctors, he was again resuscitated briefly on two occasions, before ultimately passing.

On 29 December 2008, Russian investigators revealed that he suffered from myocarditis, a condition where not enough blood gets to the heart, and that he should not have been playing professional hockey. The federal Investigative Committee also announced that a chemical analysis of Cherepanov's blood and urine samples allowed experts to conclude "that for several months Alexei Cherepanov engaged in doping".[4] Official sources have stated the banned substance taken was nikethamide, a stimulant, and that it had been taken 3 hours prior to the game in which he passed.[7]

Club director Mikhail Denisov has since been fired[4], whereas the league Disciplinary Committee has since removed Omsk's doctors from that role with the club, and has requested the suspension of GM Anatoly Bardin and team president Konstantin Potapov until the investigation being conducted by the Russian Federal Prosecutor's Office was concluded. Anatoly Bardin was eventually reinstated as the club's GM.

Meanwhile, Avangard's poor performance on the ice continued. This resulted in a bizarre incident when Anatoly Bardin asked Wayne Fleming to leave the bench during the second intermission of a home game against Vityaz Chekhov.[8] In just under a month the head coach was relieved of his duties, and inexperienced Igor Nikitin was appointed as his replacement.[9] Having finished the regular season on the 16th place, Avangard only just managed to get into the playoffs. However, they surprised everyone by knocking the regular season champions Salavat Yulaev Ufa out of the competition by winning 3 games to 1. Moreover, they were only 15 seconds away from defeating Ak Bars Kazan, the future champion of 2008-2009 season, in the second round but failed to hold on to their one-goal lead and went on to concede an overtime goal in the deciding match at TatNeft Arena.

2009-2010

The club made a few solid roster additions by signing Karri Rämö with Lasse Kukkonen in the summer and Anton Babchuk with Denis Kulyash during the season. However, a lack of quality players up front soon became apparent as Igor Nikitin, the head coach, was struggling to find players matching Jágr's ability to play in the first line, and the team found it difficult to achieve the results that the fans expected.

On 9 January 2010, a massive brawl broke out in a game against Vityaz Chekhov. The conflict started during pre-game warm-ups when Darcy Verot intentionally shot a puck at Lasse Kukkonen forcing Alexander Svitov to stand up for his team-mate. Soon after the game started Brandon Sugden challenged Svitov to another fight, which then involved all other 8 skaters on the ice. A number of other fights ensued resulting in a bench- and penalty-box clearing. The officials had to suspend the game just after 3 minutes 39 seconds in the first period as there were only four players left to play the game.[10] A world record total of 840 penalty minutes were incurred during the game. The KHL imposed heavy fines on both teams, some players and the head coaches as well as disqualifying 6 Vityaz's players and Avangard's Dmitry Vlasenkov, who was first to leave the bench during a fight. The game was counted as a 5-0 defeat for both teams with no points being awarded.[11]

The brawl appeared to give the team a morale boost as they went on to win the next six games. However, mediocrity soon returned, and Igor Nikitin was replaced by Raimo Summanen just hours before the playoffs started.[12] The new head coach failed to deliver as the team suffered three straight defeats at the hands of Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and was eliminated at the first hurdle.


Honors

Champions


Players

Current roster

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Updated November 20, 2011.[13][14]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
29 Russia Averin, EgorEgor Averin C L 22 2005 Omsk, Russian SFSR
77 Russia Belov, AntonAnton Belov D L 25 2008 Ryazan, Russian SFSR
89 Russia Berdnikov, RomanRoman Berdnikov RW R 19 2011 Omsk, Russian SFSR
10 Czech Republic Cervenka, RomanRoman Cervenka C L 25 2010 Prague, Czechoslovakia
82 Russia Frolov, AlexanderAlexander Frolov (A) LW R 29 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR
2 Russia Gusev, SergeySergey Gusev D L 36 2011 Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR
78 Russia Ivanov, AndreiAndrei Ivanov LW L 30 2011 Leningrad, Russian SFSR
40 Russia Kalinin, SergeiSergei Kalinin RW L 20 2009 Omsk, Russian SFSR
71 Belarus Kalyuzhny, AlexeiAlexei Kalyuzhny (C) C L 34 2010 Minsk, Belorussian SSR
19 Russia Kuryanov, AntonAnton Kuryanov (A) C L 28 2003 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
20 Kazakhstan Kuznetsov, AlexeiAlexei Kuznetsov G L 28 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
3 Russia Lyamin, KirillKirill Lyamin D L 25 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR
88 Russia Nesterov, AlexanderAlexander Nesterov F L 26 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR
37 Russia Perezhogin, AlexanderAlexander Perezhogin RW L 28 2010 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
17 Russia Pervushin, VladimirVladimir Pervushin RW L 25 2002 Omsk, Russian SFSR
9 Russia Pervyshin, AndreiAndrei Pervyshin D L 26 2010 Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR
91 Russia Pivtsakin, NikitaNikita Pivtsakin D L 20 2008 Omsk, Russian SFSR
39 Russia Platonov, DenisDenis Platonov C L 30 2011 Saratov, Russian SFSR
24 Russia Popov, AlexanderAlexander Popov LW R 31 1998 Angarsk, Russian SFSR
31 Finland Rämö, KarriKarri Rämö G L 25 2009 Asikkala, Finland
11 Russia Riabykin, DimitriDimitri Riabykin D R 35 2008 Moscow, Russian SFSR
28 Finland Salmela, AnssiAnssi Salmela Injured Reserve D L 27 2011 Nokia, Finland
42 Russia Semin, DmitriDmitri Semin C L 28 2010 Moscow, Russian SFSR
41 Czech Republic Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D L 32 2010 Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
51 Russia Volkov, IgorIgor Volkov LW L 28 2011 Ufa, Russian SFSR


Honored members

NHL alumni

All-time KHL scoring leaders

'Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes, PPG = Powerplay Goals, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, GWG = Game Winning Goals'

Player[16] GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Czech Republic Jaromír Jágr 155 66 80 146 160 24 24 0 12
Russia Anton Kuryanov 139 44 60 104 56 37 17 1 12
Russia Alexander Popov 153 29 70 99 60 32 3 3 5
Russia Dmitry Pestunov 104 12 52 64 88 -3 2 0 1
Czech Republic Roman Cervenka 51 31 30 61 56 15 13 0 7
Czech Republic Jakub Klepiš 111 24 29 53 101 -9 10 0 4
Russia Igor Volkov 110 20 22 42 80 2 4 1 2
Russia Alexander Svitov 76 15 24 39 181 20 1 1 2
Russia Dmitri Vlasenkov 120 15 23 38 91 7 6 2 1
Russia Alexander Perezhogin 51 20 17 37 26 14 8 0 6


References

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  2. ^ "Investigator: Hockey player had heart problems". Associated Press. 2008-10-14. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hpi4BZue5cXwtxn0tzsKICf5AtcwD93QFTDG0. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  3. ^ "Черепанов потерял сознание во время матча с «Витязем»" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 2008-10-13. http://www.sports.ru/hockey/5945374.html. 
  4. ^ a b c "Russian investigators say Cherepanov was 'doping'". The Sports Network. 2008-12-29. http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261215. 
  5. ^ "Ranger Prospect Cherepanov Dies During KHL Game". The Sports Network. 2008-10-13. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252547&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl. 
  6. ^ "Prospect Cherepanov Passes Away at 19". newyorkrangers.com. 2008-10-13. http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=386385. 
  7. ^ "Заявление Континентальной хоккейной лиги по итогам расследования обстоятельств смерти хоккеиста Алексея Черепанова". KHL.ru. 2008-12-30. http://www.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=10149. 
  8. ^ "ESPN: Флеминг сохранит пост главного тренера «Авангарда»" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 2009-01-11. http://www.sports.ru/hockey/6595487.html. 
  9. ^ "Флеминг отправлен в отставку с поста главного тренера «Авангарда»" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 2009-01-30. http://www.sports.ru/hockey/6803665.html. 
  10. ^ "KHL hands out fines, suspensions for brawl". Yahoo! Sports. 2010-01-10. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/KHL-hands-out-fines-suspensions-for-brawl-Jagr?urn=nhl-212683. 
  11. ^ "Both teams lose". KHL. 2010-01-10. http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/1/10/23771.html. 
  12. ^ "Avangard in retreat". KHL. 2010-03-12. http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/3/12/23815.html. 
  13. ^ "Avangard Team Roster" (in Russian). www.hawk.ru. http://www.hawk.ru/team.php?id_tip=110. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  14. ^ "Avangard Omsk Region team roster". www.khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/clubs/avangard. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
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  16. ^ Avangard Omsk KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved March 26, 2011.


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