Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod () is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace. The team used to play its home games at Konovalenko Sports Palace, named after Viktor Konovalenko – one of the most famous Soviet goaltenders, who played for the Torpedoes.
History The first official ice hockey tournament in Gorky (the Communist-era name of Nizhny Novgorod) took place in early 1947, when the team was the winner of the first Avtozavodtsev Cup. In the 1947–48 season, the team was in the national championship. It was the official sports club of the submarine service of the Soviet Navy. The 1960–61 season was the most significant in the history of Torpedo, with the team winning the Avtozavodtsev Cup and the Soviet Sport Cup, reaching the final of the Cup of the Soviet Union, and finally winning the silver medal in the national championship. Torpedo was the first provincial team to place in the USSR championship in 1961. Gorkovchan's success that year is attributed, primarily, to head coach Dmitry Boginova, who managed to create a strong and cohesive team in just a few years. Goalie Konovalenko was later a two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion.
Twice the team fell just short of the bronze in 1982 and 1985. In the 1980s, Gorky twice won the Thunderstorm Authority prize. The Torpedo players in those years were constantly being called to different teams, with some seasons including the loss of up to ten players to other teams. In the championships of the MHL, RHL and Russia, which have been held since the Soviet collapse, Torpedo has not achieved significant success, with the best year in 1995, when the team placed fourth in the playoffs of the MHL championship.
Season-by-season KHL record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOW = Shootout Wins, SOL = Shootout Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Top Scorer Playoffs 2008–09 56 24 24 1 84 162 162 3rd, Chernyshev Pavel Brendl Lost in preliminary round, 0-3 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) 2009–10 56 22 27 4 75 154 163 4th, Tarasov Pavel Brendl Did not qualify 2010–11 54 18 25 2 73 144 151 5th, Tarasov Matt Ellison Did not qualify 2011–12 54 24 17 2 91 157 132 1st, Tarasov Martin Thörnberg Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Dynamo Moscow) 2012–13 52 19 23 4 69 142 146 6th, Tarasov Dmitri Makarov Did not qualify 2013–14 54 32 17 5 91 153 121 3rd, Kharlamov Sakari Salminen Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) 2014–15 60 30 22 8 90 153 144 4th, Tarasov Sakari Salminen Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (SKA St. Petersburg) 2015–16 60 33 16 11 100 163 137 5th, Tarasov Kaspars Daugaviņš Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (CSKA Moscow) 2016–17 60 32 18 7 104 145 124 4th, Tarasov Dmitri Semin Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Dynamo Moscow) 2017–18 56 29 19 8 89 116 127 3rd, Tarasov Egor Dugin Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) 2018–19 62 27 25 10 64 176 193 4th, Kharlamov Andrew Calof Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Barys Astana) 2019–20 62 29 27 6 64 165 167 4th, Tarasov Jordan Schroeder Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (CSKA Moscow) 2020–21 60 29 22 9 67 170 168 5th, Kharlamov Damir Zhafyarov Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2021–22 47 21 19 7 49 117 113 4th, Kharlamov Damir Zhafyarov Did not qualify 2022–23 68 42 20 6 90 204 172 2nd, Bobrov Nikolai Kovalenko Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (SKA St. Petersburg) 2023–24 68 34 27 7 75 189 180 3rd, Bobrov Maxim Letunov Lost in Last 16, 1-4 (SKA St. Petersburg) 2024–25 68 31 28 9 71 204 196 3rd, Bobrov Nikita Artamonov Lost in Last 16, 0-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) 2025–26 68 37 24 7 81 191 191 2nd, Bobrov Yegor Vinogradov Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Players
Current roster
NHL alumni
Evgeny Namestnikov (1988–91) Pavel Torgaev (1995–96, 1999–2000) Alexei Tezikov (1998–2000, 2001–02) Artem Chubarov (1999–2004) Yuri Butsayev (2007–09) Matt Ellison (2010–13) Charles Linglet (2010–11) Ryan Vesce (2010–12) Wojtek Wolski (2013–15) Chris Wideman (2020–21)
All-time records RSL/KHL Games – Anatoli Vodopianov – 653 games Games – Oleg Namestnikov, 720 games RSL/KHL Goals – Alexander Skvortsov, 244 RSL/KHL Assists – Alexander Skvortsov, 204 RSL/KHL Points – Alexander Skvortsov, 448 PIM – Vladimir Kovin – 570 minutes
Honours
Champions Vysshaya Liga (2): 2003, 2007 Steel Cup (1): 2015 Dukla Cup (1): 2016 Bodense Cup (1): 2017
Runners-up Soviet League Championship (1): 1961 USSR Cup (1): 1961 Spengler Cup (1): 1972
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