KHL - HC Sibir Novosibirsk XK Сибирь

Sibir (Siberia) Novosibirsk were formed in 1962 when Dynamo Novosibirsk and Khimik Novosibirsk merged into a single team. During the first decades of their history, Sibir were relegated between the elite and second tier division of the Soviet and Russian hockey leagues until they finally setteled in the Superleague in the 2002-03 season.
After the KHL formation the team had to change 50% of its roster. At the start of the 2009-10 season the head coach was Andrei Tarasenko, a former Novosibirsk forward and the father of the club's young winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who led Sibir to its first Gagarin Cup playoffs in 2011. Tarasenko is now one of the biggest names in the NHL having signed a huge contract with the St Louis Blues.
Before the 2013-14 season Sibir changed their name from Sibir Novosibirsk to Sibir Novosibirsk Oblast.

Record
KHL:
2008-09 - 19th
2009-10 - 20th
2010-11 - 12th
2011-12 - 20th
2012-13 - 12th
2013-14 - 8th
2014-15 - 4th


Roster

20	defense	Alexeyev Konstantin	26.02.1988	Russia	30.04.2016
31	goaltender	Bespalov Nikita	28.12.1987	Russia	30.04.2016
9	forward	Bobrov Viktor	01.01.1984	Russia	30.04.2016
94	forward	Butuzov Vladimir	27.05.1994	Russia	30.04.2017
51	forward	Fefelov Igor	03.08.1993	Russia	30.04.2017
56	defense	Gimayev Sergei	16.02.1984	Russia	30.04.2016
22	forward	Gubin Oleg	12.04.1981	Russia	30.04.2016
78	defense	Ibragimov Rinat	07.03.1986	Russia	30.04.2016
43	defense	Ignatovich Maxim	07.04.1991	Russia	30.04.2017
25	forward	Kopeikin Alexei	29.08.1983	Russia	30.04.2017
21	defense	Menshikov Vitaly	15.07.1989	Russia	30.04.2016
15	defense	Misharin Georgy	11.05.1985	Russia	30.04.2017
8	forward	Monya Dmitry	10.09.1988	Russia	30.04.2016
11	forward	Ridderwall Calle	28.05.1988	Sweden	30.04.2016
52	defense	Roth Vladimir	25.06.1990	Czech Republic	30.04.2017
53	goaltender	Salak Alexander	05.01.1987	Czech Republic	30.04.2016
39	forward	Sannikov Stepan	25.09.1990	Russia	30.04.2017
87	forward	Shalunov Maxim	31.01.1993	Russia	30.04.2016
7	forward	Shumakov Sergei	04.09.1992	Russia	30.04.2017
29	forward	Ullstrom David	22.04.1989	Sweden	30.04.2016
88	forward	Voroshilo Artyom	13.08.1988	Russia	30.04.2016
18	forward	Zhafyarov Damir	17.03.1994	Russia	30.04.2017

Arena 
Ice Sports Palace Sibir - Bogdan Khmelnitsky st. 23, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630075

A year ago Sibir were celebrating the end of its most successful season ever – and anxiously looking forward to a future without several star names. Twelve months on, and it’s the same old story in Novosibirsk: after reaching the Eastern Conference final, the club has once again seen plenty of transfer activity with several big names moving on. For an organization with a relatively modest budget compared with the KHL’s biggest hitters, success can sometimes seem like a double-edged sword. If a player performs strongly here, he inevitably attracts covetous glances from wealthier rivals, making it hard to hold on to the best. The departures this summer include three big contributors from Europe.

Sweden’s Patrick Hersley (right) arrived a year ago and surprised everyone by turning into one of the league’s most productive D-men. He posted 33 points in 56 regular season games and chipped in another 3+6 in 12 post-season outings. Those numbers earned him a switch to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, where he’ll be joined by forward Jonas Enlund. Enlund, a Finn, has been a reliable forward for five seasons, with 191 points from 297 games with Sibir. Another flying Finn, Jarno Koskiranta, is also heading west after becoming SKA’s big summer signing, while the team’s leading point scorer Dmitry Kugryshev joins defenseman Igor Ozhigannov in returning to CSKA. 

If that leaves a large hole in Andrei Skabelka’s roster, it also opens up opportunities for the team to unearth some new stars for the coming campaign. And this time the club can continue with Skabelka behind the bench; a year ago it was recruiting him as a replacement for CSKA-bound Dmitry Kvartalnov. 

In recent seasons Sibir’s GM Kirill Fastovsky has earned a reputation as a shrewd dealer. This year he’s once again assembled a collection of players with clear potential … and perhaps something to prove. The most familiar name might be Calle Ridderwall (left), a Swedish forward who helped Lev Prague to the Gagarin Cup final two seasons back. He arrives after a season in Sweden with HV-71 and said that he was partly persuaded by his compatriot David Ullstrom, another former Lev player who switched to Sibir when the Czech team folded in the summer of 2014. 

There are also two CSKA players making the move. Young forward Damir Zhafyarov, a graduate from the Metallurg Novokuznetsk hockey school, returns to Siberia after a season in Moscow. He is accompanied by experienced defenseman Georgy Misharin, a reliable figure with a wealth of game time in Moscow and Magnitogorsk. Another former Magnitka player, Rinat Ibragimov, is also heading east. He was part of the Gagarin Cup-winning roster of 2014 but had less game time last season. 

However, in common with several clubs, Sibir are finding it harder than usual to navigate the international transfer market. Fastovsky admitted in an interview with championat.com that the team still needed a center, and hoped to use their fifth and final import in that role. “But things aren’t working out quite as we’d like and the market is pretty limited,” the GM said. “There aren’t so many options and we’re looking at players from any country. We made a few offers to players and we’re waiting to hear from them.”