HC Dinamo Minsk

Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk (Russian: Дина́мо-Минск; Belarusian: Дынама-Мінск, Dynama-Minsk) is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.

This article is about an ice hockey club. For other sports clubs named Dinamo Minsk, see Dinamo Minsk.
Dinamo Minsk
CityMinsk, Belarus
LeagueKHL
2008–present
Belarusian Extraleague
(2003–2008)
ConferenceWestern
DivisionTarasov
Founded2003
Home arenaMinsk-Arena
(capacity: 15,086)
Colours     
Owner(s)BFSO Dinamo
General managerOleg Antonenko
Head coachDmitri Kvartalnov
CaptainAndrei Stas
AffiliateYunost Minsk (BLR) Dinamo Shinnik (MHL)
Websitehcdinamo.by
Franchise history
2003–HC Dinamo Minsk
Current season

Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playoffs (Gagarin Cup) four times: in the 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2016–17 KHL seasons. The team has not won a single round in the Gagarin Cup playoffs, losing in all four series.

History

Dinamo was founded in 2003, taking the name of the Minsk club Dinamo, and won the Belarusian Extraleague championship title once and the Belarus Cup twice.

On 26 March 26, 2008, the KHL confirmed the Belarusian club's inclusion in the Bobrov Division. Dinamo Minsk started to play on the ice of Minsk Palace of Sports and was relocated to the newly built Minsk-Arena in December 2009. The first head coach of the club was Paul Gardner, however he was dismissed prior to the beginning of the season. The next head coach became Jim Hughes, a protégé of previous Belarus national team head coach Curt Fraser. But after the first twelve games, the team was ranked next to the last place and Jim Hughes was dismissed. The new vacancy was taken by Russian specialist Vasili Spiridonov whose efforts were not enough to raise Dinamo Minsk from the bottom of the tournament table. The club ended the season ranked 22nd out of 24 teams.

The next season team began under command of Glen Hanlon, who brought the Belarus national team to the sixth place at WC2006 in Riga. The team roster was filled with world-famous players Ville Peltonen and Ossi Väänänen, and also one of the best Belarusian goaltenders Andrei Mezin. The 2009–10 season was similar to the previous one. The team did not show good result and Glen Hanlon was substituted by the head coach of HK Homiel. Dinamo Minsk finished at the 17th spot in the KHL while missing the playoffs, but still managed to win Spengler Cup under the guidance of Alexander Andrievsky.

The 2010–11 season was Dinamo Minsk's best season in the KHL. Marek Sýkora, who is widely thought of as one of the best coaches in the KHL, was appointed head coach. He brought Metallurg Magnitogorsk to the final games in 2005 and a rookie of the KHL Avtomobilist to the KHL playoffs in 2010. Dinamo Minsk under his command managed not only to get into the playoffs but was byt one step removed from the Western Conference semi-finals when Lokomotiv prevailed in the decisive game seven of the series.

The 2011–12 season of Dinamo Minsk was to have begun on 8 September 2011, versus Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. However, on 7 September 2011, the plane carrying the Lokomotiv team to the game in Minsk had crashed during takeoff, killing all but one of Lokomotiv's roster. Four days later, a memorial ceremony took place at the Minsk-Arena, with Minsk players paying tribute to the victims.

In the 2016–17 season, the assistant coach of the Belarus national team Craig Woodcroft, became the head coach of Dinamo Minsk. From the very beginning to the end of the regular season, the "Bisons" were in the playoff zone and breaking a number of club records. They first collected 105 points in a regular season and took eighth place in the general standings of the KHL. But in the playoffs, Dinamo did not succeed. Again, as six years ago, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl became the rival at the first stage. The series ended in five games - 1-4. Also during the season, in December 2016, Dinamo for the second time took part in the Spengler Cup.

Woodcroft had a three-year contract, but elected to leave the team in spring to head the Swiss club Geneva-Servette. Gordie Dwyer was appointed head coach for the 2017–18 season. The roster had to be formed taking into account the financial difficulties that arose at the end of the previous season, so the team was weakened. Leaders like Ben Scrivens, Kevin Lalande, Raman Hrabarenka, Matt Ellison, Rob Klinkhammer, Sergei Kostitsyn, Andrei Stas and Nikita Komarov left. Instead of these players came mainly young Belarusians and four hockey players who had not previously played in the KHL - Jhonas Enroth, Quinton Howden, Justin Fontaine and Jack Skille. Some of them showed great performance: Enroth joined the Sweden national team to participate in the Olympics in Pyeongchang and became the best player of the season in the opinion of the fans, and Howden took the second place in the list of the team's top scorers. But in general, the season for Dinamo was unsuccessful: the team finished in the 10th place in the conference and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Arenas

Dinamo Minsk called Minsk Sports Palace as their home until they moved to the new Minsk-Arena in 2010.

Season-by-season KHL record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWOTWLOTLPtsGFGAFinishTop ScorerPlayoffs
2008–0956123347491241976th, BobrovYaroslav Chupris (25 points: 9 G, 16 A; 52 GP)Did not qualify
2009–1056176312651391646th, BobrovGeoff Platt (44 points: 26 G, 18 A; 56 GP)Did not qualify
2010–1154178227741501554th, TarasovKonstantin Glazachev (35 points: 12 G, 23 A; 52 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2011–1254217206831581484th, TarasovTeemu Laine (42 points: 20 G, 22 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Dynamo Moscow)
2012–1352186235711251485th, TarasovTim Stapleton (40 points: 24 G, 16 A; 52 GP)Did not qualify
2013–1454134316531021617th, BobrovGeoff Platt (29 points: 15 G, 14 A; 40 GP)Did not qualify
2014–15602772151001711593rd, BobrovCharles Linglet (58 points: 22 G, 36 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Jokerit)
2015–1660207249831471684th, BobrovMatt Ellison (55 points: 26 G, 29 A; 54 GP)Did not qualify
2016–176027101941051711502nd, BobrovMatt Ellison (49 points: 16 G, 33 A; 54 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
2017–18 56 20 5 28 3 73 112 129 4th, Bobrov Marc-Andre Gragnani (35 points: 6 G, 29 A; 55 GP) Did not qualify
2018–1962152378421191805th, TarasovTeemu Pulkkinen (29 points: 15 G, 14 A; 50 GP)Did not qualify
2019–20621133711391352326th, TarasovRyan Spooner (37 points: 10 G, 27 A; 43 GP)Did not qualify
2020–21601715253671671744th, TarasovShane Prince (49 points: 25 G, 24 A; 52 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2021–2247185168541381445th, TarasovTaylor Beck (38 points: 8 G, 30 A; 42 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
2022–23682162714681752015th, TarasovRyan Spooner (47 points: 19 G, 28 A; 64 GP)Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (SKA Saint Petersburg)

Players

Current roster

Updated 4 October 2023.[1][2]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
77 United States Sam Anas C R 30 2023 Potomac, Maryland, United States
85 Russia Arseni Brinkman D L 23 2023 Saint Petersburg, Russia
4 Canada Kodie Curran (A) D L 33 2023 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
15 Belarus Valentin Demchenko RW L 21 2022 Liozno, Belarus
7 Belarus Dmitri Deryabin D L 24 2019 Minsk, Belarus
50 Canada Dylan Ferguson G L 25 2023 Lantzville, British Columbia, Canada
92 Russia Roman Gorbunov (A) RW L 26 2020 Sarov, Russia
5 Canada Rob Hamilton D L 29 2023 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
47 Belarus Yegor Ignatenko C L 20 2022 Vitebsk, Belarus
48 Canada Yanni Kaldis D L 28 2023 Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
11 Belarus Yegor Klavdiyev F L 20 2022 Minsk, Belarus
21 Belarus Vladislav Kodola C L 26 2023 Gomel, Belarus
35 Belarus Alexei Kolosov G L 21 2020 Minsk, Belarus
89 Belarus Dmitri Korobov D L 34 2021 Novopolotsk, Belarusian SSR
34 Belarus Sergei Kuznetsov LW R 21 2021 Zhlobin, Belarus
10 Canada Nick Merkley RW R 26 2022 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
13 Belarus Vadim Moroz F R 19 2022 Minsk, Belarus
67 Russia Vyacheslav Osnovin C L 29 2023 Chelyabinsk, Russia
81 Belarus Vitali Pinchuk C L 21 2020 Zhlobin, Belarus
45 Belarus Oleg Pozhigan D L 21 2022 Soligorsk, Belarus
91 Belarus Nikita Pyshkaylo C L 23 2021 Yubileiny, Belarus
78 Belarus Ivan Sekerin F L 22 2023 Minsk, Belarus
88 Russia Mikhail Shalagin LW L 24 2022 Moscow, Russia
8 Belarus Ilya Shinkevich D L 34 2020 Minsk, Belarusian SSR
33 Russia Nikita Smirnov D L 21 2023 Kuznetsk, Russia
41 Canada Gemel Smith C L 29 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 Belarus Daniil Sotishvili F L 20 2022 Novopolotsk, Belarus
23 Belarus Andrei Stas (C) C L 35 2023 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
25 Belarus Alexander Suvorov F L 20 2021 Buda-Koshelyovo, Belarus
55 Belarus Ilya Sushko D L 25 2022 Drogichin, Belarus
22 Russia Yegor Velmakin G L 20 2023 Moscow, Russia
83 Russia Alexander Volkov LW L 26 2023 Moscow, Russia
87 Belarus Nikita Zhikharev D L 19 2023 Gomel, Belarus
64 Belarus Stepan Zvyagin F L 19 2022 Moscow, Russia

Franchise records and scoring leaders

KHL scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history while being a KHL club. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.[3]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Dinamo Minsk player

Regular season

Playoffs
  • Most goals in a playoff season: Geoff Platt, 4 (2010–11)
  • Most assists in a playoff season: Peter Podhradský, 6 (2010–11)
  • Most points in a playoff season: Peter Podhradský, 8 (2010–11)
  • Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Jordan Henry, 33 (2010–11)
  • Most points in a playoff season, defenseman: Peter Podhradský, 8 (2010–11)
  • Most points in a game, playoff: 3, shared by 5 players

Hat-tricks
  1. Dmitry Meleshko, 11-21-2010 at Metallurg Magnitogorsk - needed 43.26 to complete the feat[5]
  2. Zbyněk Irgl, 11-22-2011 at Barys Astana - needed 31.48 to complete the feat[6]
  3. Jonathan Cheechoo, 09-04-2014 at Jokerit - needed 42.54 to complete the feat[7]
  4. Jonathan Cheechoo, 10-24-2014 at Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk - needed 26.09 to complete the feat[8]
  5. Matt Ellison, 10-03-2015 at Avangard Omsk - needed 17.05 to complete the feat[9]
  6. Matt Ellison, 10-05-2015 at Barys Astana - needed 21.45 to complete the feat[10]
  7. Rob Klinkhammer, 10-23-2016 at Sochi - needed 39.52 to complete the feat[11]
  8. Quinton Howden, 10-02-2017 at Dinamo Moscow - needed 43.45 to complete the feat[12]

Honours

Champions

Belarus

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic BSSR

Europe

Belarus

  • Memorial Salei: (1): 2014

Runners-up

References
  1. "Dinamo Minsk Team Roster" (in Russian). www.dinamo.by. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  2. "Dinamo Minsk team roster". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. "Dinamo Minsk All-Time KHL leaders". QuantHockey.com. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  4. "Jokerit Helsinki - Dinamo Minsk boxscore". KHL official site.
  5. "Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Dinamo Minsk boxscore". KHL official site. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25.
  6. "Barys Astana - Dinamo Minsk boxscore". KHL official site. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28.
  7. "Jokerit Helsinki - Dinamo Minsk boxscore". KHL official site.
  8. "Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk - Dinamo Minsk boxscore". KHL official site.
  9. "Протокол игры: Динамо Мн - Авангард : Континентальная Хоккейная Лига (КХЛ)". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  10. "Протокол игры: Динамо Мн - Барыс : Континентальная Хоккейная Лига (КХЛ)". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  11. "Протокол игры: Динамо Мн - ХК Сочи : Континентальная Хоккейная Лига (КХЛ)". www.khl.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  12. "Game summary: Dinamo Mn - HC Dynamo M : Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)". en.khl.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
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