What league does SKA St. Petersburg play in?

SKA St. Petersburg play in the KHL.

When was SKA St. Petersburg founded?

SKA St. Petersburg was founded in 1946 in St. Petersburg, RUS, Russia.

Where is SKA St. Petersburg based?

SKA St. Petersburg is based in St. Petersburg, RUS.

Who is the head coach of SKA St. Petersburg?

The head coach of SKA St. Petersburg is Olegs Znaroks.

Who is the captain of SKA St. Petersburg?

The captain of SKA St. Petersburg is Pavel Datsyuk.

What arena does SKA St. Petersburg play in?

SKA St. Petersburg play their home games at SKA Arena in St. Petersburg, RUS.

Who is the general manager of SKA St. Petersburg?

The general manager of SKA St. Petersburg is Andrei Tochitsky.

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
KHL
1.	Ilya Kovalchuk (LW)	53	31	32	63	26	12	15	6	4	10	12	5
2.	Nikita Gusev (LW)	54	22	40	62	2	26	15	7	5	12	2	5
3.	Sergei Shirokov (LW)	49	19	22	41	16	25	9	1	3	4	0	0
4.	Sergei Plotnikov (RW/C)	55	16	23	39	60	20	12	1	2	3	37	0
5.	Patrik Hersley (D)	43	14	21	35	20	18	13	1	4	5	8	7
6.	Pavel Datsyuk (C)	37	8	27	35	8	6	15	4	3	7	0	3
7.	Nikolai Prokhorkin (C)	47	16	17	33	24	25	4	1	1	2	4	1
8.	Sergei Kalinin (RW/C)	49	15	16	31	20	26	6	0	2	2	2	0
9.	Vadim Shipachyov (C)	22	9	16	25	8	12	14	4	7	11	4	5
10.	Vyacheslav Voynov (D)	39	9	14	23	18	4	14	3	3	6	13	4
11.	Alexander Barabanov (RW/LW)	46	10	12	22	4	17	13	3	3	6	6	8
12.	Maxim Karpov (RW)	35	4	16	20	2	10	8	1	3	4	2	3
13.	Viktor Tikhonov (LW/C)	45	8	8	16	24	14	12	3	1	4	16	4
14.	Dinar Khafizullin (D)	43	4	12	16	20	17	9	0	1	1	0	0
15.	Ilya Kablukov (C)	47	3	13	16	22	14	15	2	2	4	8	-3
16.	Jarno Koskiranta (C)	41	7	7	14	6	7	15	4	0	4	14	1
17.	Yevgeni Ketov (RW)	47	7	7	14	26	4	13	0	1	1	6	-3
18.	Vladislav Gavrikov (D)	50	5	9	14	26	21	15	1	4	5	2	7
19.	Yegor Rykov (D)	53	2	12	14	20	10	13	0	2	2	5	-4
20.	Patrick Thoresen (W/C)	15	4	7	11	6	6	12	1	5	6	14	5
21.	David Rundblad (D)	39	2	9	11	6	23	2	0	0	0	0	0
22.	Yegor Yakovlev (D)	35	5	4	9	14	18	7	0	1	1	4	5
23.	Anton Belov (D)	24	2	5	7	2	11	7	0	3	3	27	-1
24.	Andrei Zubarev (D)	27	0	6	6	33	12	10	0	2	2	7	0
25.	Mikhail Maltsev (C/LW)	18	0	5	5	4	5
26.	Artyom Zub (D)	36	0	5	5	12	11	15	0	5	5	4	5
27.	Roman Rukavishnikov (D)	13	0	4	4	6	5
28.	Alexander Dergachyov (C)	5	1	1	2	4	0
29.	Maxim Chudinov (D)	14	0	2	2	56	4
30.	Vladislav Syomin (D)	1	0	0	0	0	1
31.	Mikhail Tikhonov (D)	1	0	0	0	0	0
32.	Ivan Volodin (F)	1	0	0	0	0	0
33.	Danila Kvartalnov (C)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
34.	Alexei Polodyan (LW)	1	0	0	0	0	-2
35.	Denis Orlovich-Grudkov (RW)	2	0	0	0	0	0
36.	Danila Galenyuk (D)	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-1
37.	Andrei Altybarmakyan (RW/LW)	14	0	0	0	4	0

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
KHL
1.	Mikko Koskinen (G)	29	1.57	.937	22	4	1	5	1718:00	671	15	1.62	.935
2.	Igor Shestyorkin (G)	28	1.70	.933	28	4	4	7	1592:34	625	1	0.00	1.000
3.	Alexei Melnichuk (G)	2	2.68	.900	1	0	0	0	67:07	27
4.	Sergei Korobov (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Konstantin Volkov (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2017-2018 SKA St. Petersburg Staff

Head CoachOlegs Znaroks
Asst. CoachVladimir Fedosov
Asst. CoachHarijs Vitolins
Goaltending CoachRashit Davydov
General ManagerAndrei Tochitsky
Conditioning CoachDenis Korotyshev
Conditioning CoachJuris Zdanovs
Dir. of Media RelationsAnton Tretyakov
Mgr. of Hockey AdministrationAlexander Bogdanov
PresidentGennadi Timchenko
ScoutSergei Bobrov
Vice PresidentRoman Rotenberg
Video CoachNikita Starikov
Youth Hockey SupervisorPyotr Vorobyov

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SKA St. Petersburg Facts

Plays in: Fonbet Kontinental Hockey League
Team Colors: -
Town: St. Petersburg, RUS Map
Founded: 1946

2017-2018 SKA St. Petersburg Roster Facts

Nationalities

37 players
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1 player

Experience

SKA St. Petersburg: 4 067 GP
NHL: 2 531 GP
WC: 582 GP
OG: 161 GP
SHL: 383 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 205 GP
Liiga: 346 GP
KHL: 8 124 GP
AHL: 796 GP
NL: 158 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Akademiya SKA St. Petersburg (MHL)
Armiya-SKA St. Petersburg U16 (Russia U16)
Armiya-SKA St. Petersburg U17 (Russia U17)
SKA St. Petersburg U16 (Russia U16)
SKA St. Petersburg U17 (Russia U17)
SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (MHL)
SKA-VMF St. Petersburg (VHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: SKA Arena
Location: St. Petersburg, RUS
Capacity: 21 520
Construction Year: 2023
Secondary Arena: Ledovy Dvorets

SKA St. Petersburg Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
09/15/2026 04:30 PM UTC	SKA St. Petersburg	Shanghai Dragons	-	KHL
09/12/2026 02:00 PM UTC	HK Sochi	SKA St. Petersburg	-	KHL
09/10/2026 04:30 PM UTC	Spartak Moskva	SKA St. Petersburg	3 - 1	KHL
09/09/2026 04:30 PM UTC	SKA St. Petersburg	Lada Togliatti	2 - 1 (OT 60:15)	KHL
09/07/2026 04:30 PM UTC	SKA St. Petersburg	Dynamo Moskva	5 - 3	KHL

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SKA St. Petersburg History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	KHL	4	1	1	-	2	0	12	10	6	1.5	2	-
2025-2026	KHL	68	28	24	-	9	7	197	170	81	1.19	5	Conference QF loss
2024-2025	KHL	68	28	24	-	10	6	236	205	82	1.21	7	Conference QF loss
2023-2024	KHL	68	40	19	-	6	3	220	139	95	1.4	2	Quarterfinal loss
2022-2023	KHL	68	40	13	-	10	5	243	150	105	1.54	1	Conference Final loss
2021-2022	KHL	48	25	11	-	6	6	146	98	68	1.42	1	Conference Final loss
2020-2021	KHL	60	33	15	-	4	8	178	126	82	1.37	2	Conference Final loss
2019-2020	KHL	62	30	13	-	14	5	179	118	93	1.5	2	Playoffs Interrupted
2018-2019	KHL	62	45	8	-	4	5	209	80	103	1.66	2	Conference Final loss
2017-2018	KHL	56	40	5	-	7	4	227	97	138	2.46	1	Conference Final loss
2016-2017	KHL	60	39	8	-	7	6	249	114	137	2.28	2	Champion
2015-2016	KHL	60	27	20	-	6	7	176	149	100	1.67	6	Conference Final loss
2014-2015	KHL	60	36	14	-	5	5	210	136	123	2.05	2	Champion
2013-2014	KHL	54	30	14	-	5	5	175	115	105	1.94	2	Conference SF loss
2012-2013	KHL	52	36	11	-	2	3	182	116	115	2.21	1	Conference Final loss
2011-2012	KHL	54	32	11	-	6	5	205	130	113	2.09	1	Conference Final loss
2010-2011	KHL	54	23	13	-	9	9	171	144	96	1.78	3	Conference SF loss
2009-2010	KHL	56	36	10	-	4	6	192	118	122	2.18	1	Conference QF Loss
2008-2009	KHL	56	26	17	-	9	4	143	105	100	1.79	8	Last 16 loss
2007-2008	Russia	57	29	20	-	5	3	143	130	100	1.75	6	Quarterfinal loss
2006-2007	Russia	54	18	26	-	1	2	137	158	65	1.2	14	Eighth Final Loss
2005-2006	Russia	51	19	26	-	2	1	109	134	65	1.27	13	Eighth Final Loss
2004-2005	Russia	60	22	29	5	1	3	133	169	76	1.27	12	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	Russia	60	16	27	10	4	3	124	151	69	1.15	14	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	Russia	51	17	26	2	2	4	97	117	61	1.2	13	Did not make playoffs
2001-2002	Russia	51	13	33	2	2	1	87	147	46	0.9	15	Did not make playoffs
2000-2001	Russia	10	4	4	1	1	0	19	17	15	1.5	3	Did not make playoffs
	Russia	34	2	30	0	0	2	50	153	8	0.24	18	-
1999-2000	Russia	38	14	15	4	2	3	72	76	53	1.39	12	Eighth Final Loss
1998-1999	Russia	42	10	20	12	-	-	100	111	32	0.76	20	Saved in relegation

SKA St. Petersburg Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
SKA St. Petersburg
2010-2011	Spengler Cup	2	2	0	-	0	0	7	2	6	3	1	Champion
1988-1989	Soviet League Cup	10	4	3	1	-	-	27	37	9	0.9	5	Did not make playoffs
SKA Leningrad
1977-1978	Spengler Cup	4	3	1	0	-	-	18	11	6	1.5	1	No playoffs held
1972-1973	SovSport Cup	4	2	1	1	-	-	23	17	5	1.25	2	-
1971-1972	Spengler Cup	4	4	0	0	-	-	27	9	8	2	1	No playoffs held
	SovSport Cup	4	4	0	0	-	-	24	10	8	2	1	Final loss
1970-1971	Spengler Cup	4	4	0	0	-	-	26	4	8	2	1	No playoffs held

SKA St. Petersburg Retired Numbers

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SKA St. Petersburg Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Brennan Menell (D)	2026-2027	Shanghai Dragons	KHL	3	2	4	6	2
2.	Dmitrij Jaskin (F)	2026-2027	Shanghai Dragons	KHL	3	2	2	4	4
3.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	2026-2027	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	3	1	3	4	0
4.	Roman Červenka (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Champions HL	2	0	4	4	0
5.	Ignat Lutfullin (F)	2026-2027	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	VHL	4	2	1	3	2
6.	Sergei Tolchinsky (F)	2026-2027	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	2	1	2	3	0
7.	Yuri Pautov (D)	2026-2027	AKM Tula Region	VHL	3	1	2	3	6
8.	Maxim Fedotov (D)	2026-2027	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	2	0	3	3	2
9.	Dmitri Buchelnikov (F)	2026-2027	CSKA Moskva	KHL	2	2	0	2	0
10.	Yegor Rykov (D)	2026-2027	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	2	1	1	2	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	192 lbs	27.59
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	26.94
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	198 lbs	26.71
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	26.13
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	196 lbs	26.33

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nikita Gusev (F)	274	109	225	334
2.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	298	138	189	327
3.	Maxim Sushinsky (F)	481	143	183	326
4.	Pyotr Andreyev (F)	389	174	90	264
5.	Vyacheslav Lavrov (F)	435	145	119	264

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Belyay Bekyashev (F)	37	192	-	192
2.	Valentin Panyukhin (F)	432	175	87	262
3.	Pyotr Andreyev (F)	389	174	90	264
4.	Vladimir Pogrebnyak (F)	127	148	10	158
5.	Vyacheslav Solodukhin (F)	401	147	66	213

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nikita Gusev (F)	274	109	225	334
2.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	298	138	189	327
3.	Maxim Sushinsky (F)	481	143	183	326
4.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	227	76	171	247
5.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	327	96	134	230

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Maxim Sushinsky (F)	481	143	326	519
2.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	138	21	37	456
3.	Vyacheslav Lavrov (F)	435	145	264	417
4.	Igor Yevdokimov (D)	422	25	74	395
5.	Yevgeni Filinov (D)	356	9	35	390

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Andrei Andreyev (F)	540	138	97	235
2.	Igor Schyurkov (F)	506	99	41	140
3.	Viktor Belyakov (F)	504	83	62	145
4.	Oleg Churashov (D)	483	28	30	58
5.	Maxim Sushinsky (F)	481	143	183	326

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Nikita Gusev (F)	274	109	334	1.22
2.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	298	138	327	1.10
3.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	227	76	247	1.09
4.	Jonas Enlund (F)	1	0	1	1.00
5.	Yevgeni Dadonov (F)	165	72	158	0.96

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2018-2019	62	17	82
2.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	2016-2017	60	32	78
3.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	2016-2017	50	26	76
4.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2016-2017	57	24	71
5.	Yevgeni Dadonov (F)	2016-2017	53	30	66

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Dmitrij Jaskin (F)	2022-2023	67	40	62
2.	Belyay Bekyashev (F)	1952-1953	21	39	-
3.	Belyay Bekyashev (F)	1955-1956	-	37	-
4.	Belyay Bekyashev (F)	1953-1954	16	34	-
5.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	2016-2017	60	32	78

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2018-2019	62	65	82
2.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	2016-2017	50	50	76
3.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2016-2017	57	47	71
4.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	2016-2017	60	46	78
5.	Alexei Yashin (F)	2009-2010	56	46	64

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	2011-2012	47	23	150
2.	Joel Kwiatkowski (D)	2009-2010	50	19	147
3.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	2012-2013	30	2	127
4.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	2010-2011	26	9	115
5.	Alexander Yudin (D)	2003-2004	52	17	112

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

Team names:

- DO im. S.M.Kirova Leningrad (1946–1947)
- LDO Leningrad (1948–1953)
- ODO Leningrad (1953–1957)
- SKWO Leningrad (1957–1959)
- SKA Leningrad (1959–1991)
- SKA St. Petersburg (1991- )