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Plays in Kontinental Hockey League Team colours Blue + White Town Minsk, BLR Founded 1948

2022-2023 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
#35 Alexei Kolosov (G) Philadelphia Flyers 20 2002 Minsk, BLR 6'0" 185 L 22/23
#41
Konstantin Shostak (G) 22 2000 Minsk, BLR 5'10" 183 L
DEFENSEMEN
#44 Mark Barberio (D) 32 1990 Montréal, QC, CAN 6'1" 207 L 22/23
#7 Dmitri Deryabin (D) 23 1999 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 190 L 22/23
#21 Joseph Duszak (D) 25 1997 Franklin Square, NY, USA 5'10" 185 R 22/23
#3 John Gilmour (D) 29 1993 Montréal, QC, CAN 6'0" 192 L 23/24
#89 Dmitri Korobov (D)   “A” 33 1989 Novopolotsk, BLR 6'2" 243 L 22/23
#4 Shawn Lalonde (D) 32 1990 Orleans, ON, CAN 6'1" 205 R 22/23
#9 Sergei Sapego (D) 23 1999 Vitebsk, BLR 6'2" 187 L 22/23
#8 Ilya Shinkevich (D) 33 1989 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 187 L 22/23
#55 Ilya Sushko (D) 24 1997 Drogichin, BLR 6'0" 170 L 22/23
#74 Alexei Yemelin (D)   “C” 36 1986 Togliatti, RUS 6'1" 225 L 22/23
FORWARDS
#72 Vladimir Alistrov (LW) 21 2001 Mogilev, BLR 6'2" 190 L 22/23
#5 Valentin Demchenko (RW) 20 2002 Liozno, BLR 5'9" 157 L 23/24
Artyom Demkov (C/RW) 33 1989 Minsk, BLR 5'9" 179 R 22/23
#92
Roman Gorbunov (RW)   “A”   26 1996 Sarov, RUS 5'8" 185 L 22/23
#15
Brandon Kozun (RW)   “A”   32 1990 Los Angeles, CA, USA 5'8" 170 R 22/23
#70 Igor Martynov (RW) 23 1999 Krasnoye, BLR 5'11" 183 L 22/23
#10 Nick Merkley (RW/C) 25 1997 Calgary, AB, CAN 5'10" 194 R 22/23
#13 Vadim Moroz (F) 19 2003 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 185 R 23/24
#54 Denis Mosalyov (RW) 36 1986 Kartaly, RUS 5'10" 179 L 22/23
#18 Cédric Paquette (C) 29 1993 Gaspé, QC, CAN 6'0" 205 L 22/23
#81 Vitali Pinchuk (C) 20 2002 Zhlobin, BLR 6'2" 185 L 23/24
#91 Nikita Pyshkaylo (C) 22 2000 Yubileiny, BLR 5'10" 168 L 23/24
#88 Mikhail Shalagin (LW) Tampa Bay Lightning 23 1999 Moskva, RUS 6'4" 194 L 22/23
#17 Dmitri Sokolov (RW/LW) 24 1998 Omsk, RUS 6'0" 212 L
#51 Ryan Spooner (C/LW)   “A” 30 1992 Ottawa, ON, CAN 6'0" 198 L 22/23
#66 Pavel Varfolomeyev (LW) 27 1995 Magnitogorsk, RUS 5'9" 187 R 22/23
Position: G: 2, D: 10, F: 16 | Av Age: 26.5 years | Av Ht: 6'0" | Av Wt: 190 lbs | Compare with other teams
Team Staff
Team staff history
Demographics
Nationality
Team Facts
Nationalities 15 players
7 players
5 players
1 player Experience Dinamo Minsk: 2 116 GP
NHL: 1 603 GP
WC: 182 GP
OG: 15 GP
SHL: 50 GP
Liiga: 87 GP
KHL: 3 984 GP
AHL: 1 851 GP
DEL: 251 GP Affiliated Team(s) Dinamo-Molodechno (Belarus)
Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk (MHL)
Minskie Zubry (Belarus Vysshaya)
Yunost Minsk (Belarus)
Team Captains
“C” Alexei Yemelin “A” Roman Gorbunov
Brandon Kozun
Ryan Spooner
Dmitri Korobov
Team captaincy history
Arena Information
Arena Name Minsk Arena Location Minsk Capacity 15 086 Construction Year 2009
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
2022-11-30T19:30:00+0300 Spartak Moskva Dinamo Minsk - KHL
2022-11-28T19:30:00+0300 Dynamo Moskva Dinamo Minsk 2 - 6 KHL
2022-11-24T19:10:00+0300 Dinamo Minsk Dynamo Moskva 4 - 3 KHL
2022-11-22T19:10:00+0300 Dinamo Minsk Vityaz Moscow Region 1 - 2 (OT) KHL
2022-11-19T17:10:00+0300 Dinamo Minsk Admiral Vladivostok 3 - 4 (SO) KHL
2022-11-17T19:10:00+0300 Dinamo Minsk Sibir Novosibirsk 1 - 2 (OT) KHL
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
11/27/2022
11/27/2022 Confirmed Joining Artyom Demkov (F) Joining from Spartak Moskva
11/07/2022
11/07/2022 Confirmed Joining Alexei Snytko (G) Joining from Shakhter Soligorsk
10/07/2022
10/07/2022 Up/Down Leaving Sergei Kuznetsov (F) Leaving for Metallurg Zhlobin
09/22/2022
09/22/2022 Confirmed Leaving Dmitri Buinitsky (F) Leaving for Unknown
09/03/2022
09/03/2022 Confirmed Leaving Adam Almquist (D) Leaving for Traktor Chelyabinsk
08/30/2022
08/30/2022 Confirmed Joining Joseph Duszak (D) Joining from Toronto Marlies
08/16/2022
08/16/2022 Confirmed Joining Cédric Paquette (F) Joining from Montréal Canadiens
08/03/2022
08/03/2022 Confirmed Joining Mark Barberio (D) Joining from Lausanne HC
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
Dinamo Minsk
1986-1987 Soviet2 36 21 2 13 - - 145 88 44 1.22 4 -
Soviet2 36 23 3 10 - - 183 93 49 1.36 1 -
1987-1988 Soviet2 36 20 5 11 - - 133 101 45 1.25 3 Promotion Play
Soviet 36 22 2 12 - - 148 116 46 1.28 3 Promoted
1988-1989 Soviet 26 7 6 13 - - 78 95 20 0.77 12 Relegation Play
Soviet 36 25 1 10 - - 142 106 51 1.42 1 Saved in relegation
1989-1990 Soviet 48 13 6 29 - - 137 177 32 0.67 10 -
1990-1991 Soviet 28 3 5 20 - - 58 108 11 0.39 15 Saved in relegation
1991-1992 Soviet 30 5 2 23 - - 84 102 12 0.40 16 -
1992-1993 Russia 42 10 8 24 - - 90 124 28 0.67 10 Did not make playoffs
2003-2004 Belarus 45 23 - 13 3 6 151 114 81 1.80 4 Bronze game loss
2004-2005 Belarus 44 11 8 24 1 0 86 129 43 0.98 9 Did not make playoffs
2005-2006 Belarus 55 32 8 14 1 0 156 101 106 1.93 2 Final loss
2006-2007 Belarus 50 32 6 9 3 0 177 92 108 2.16 2 Champion
2007-2008 Belarus 54 27 - 16 4 7 138 115 96 1.78 3 Semifinal loss
Dynamo Minsk
2008-2009 KHL 56 12 - 34 3 7 124 197 49 0.88 22 Did not make playoffs
2009-2010 KHL 56 17 - 31 6 2 139 164 65 1.16 17 Did not make playoffs
2010-2011 KHL 54 17 - 22 8 7 150 155 74 1.37 16 Conference QF loss
2011-2012 KHL 54 21 - 20 7 6 158 148 83 1.54 13 Conference QF loss
2012-2013 KHL 52 18 - 23 6 5 125 148 71 1.37 19 Did not make playoffs
2013-2014 KHL 54 13 - 31 4 6 102 161 53 0.98 26 Did not make playoffs
Dinamo Minsk
2014-2015 KHL 60 27 - 21 7 5 171 159 100 1.67 9 Conference QF loss
2015-2016 KHL 60 20 - 24 7 9 147 168 83 1.38 18 Did not make playoffs
2016-2017 KHL 60 27 - 19 10 4 171 150 105 1.75 8 Conference QF loss
2017-2018 KHL 56 20 - 28 5 3 112 129 73 1.30 20 Did not make playoffs
2018-2019 KHL 62 15 - 37 2 8 119 180 42 0.68 24 Did not make playoffs
2019-2020 KHL 62 11 - 37 3 11 135 232 39 0.63 24 Did not make playoffs
2020-2021 KHL 60 17 - 25 15 3 167 174 67 1.12 15 Conference QF loss
2021-2022 KHL 47 18 - 16 5 8 138 144 54 1.15 14 Conference QF loss
2022-2023 KHL 36 11 - 13 5 7 96 106 39 1.08 7 -
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Tournament Statistics
Season Tournament GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
1992-1993 European Cup 2 0 0 2 - - 4 7 0 0.00 3 -
2003-2004 Belarus Cup 6 0 0 6 0 - 17 28 0 0.00 4 -
2004-2005 Belarus Cup 8 4 0 4 0 0 23 26 12 1.50 4 -
2005-2006 Belarus Cup 8 7 0 0 1 0 41 15 23 2.88 1 Champion
2006-2007 Belarus Cup 9 6 1 1 1 0 39 14 21 2.33 2 Champion
2007-2008 Belarus Cup 9 1 2 6 0 0 21 30 5 0.56 9 -
2009-2010 Spengler Cup 4 3 - 1 0 0 16 7 6 1.50 2 Champion
2016-2017 Spengler Cup 2 1 - 1 0 0 11 9 3 1.50 1 Semifinal loss
2019-2020 Belarus Cup 2 0 - 1 0 1 4 7 1 0.50 - Bronze game loss
2020-2021 Belarus Cup 2 2 - 0 0 0 7 0 6 3.00 - Champion
2021-2022 Belarus Cup 2 2 - 0 0 0 11 3 4 2.00 - Champion

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Mikhail Stefanovich (F) 2022-2023 Shakhter Soligorsk Belarus 28 15 23 38 31
2. Taylor Beck (F) 2022-2023 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 38 11 22 33 34
3. Igor Revenko (F) 2022-2023 HK Gomel Belarus 25 7 22 29 12
4. Joe Pavelski (F) 2022-2023 Dallas Stars NHL 22 10 14 24 2
5. Miroslav Mikhalyov (F) 2022-2023 Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk MHL 25 14 9 23 6
6. Andrei Pavlenko (F) 2022-2023 Yunost Minsk Belarus 29 10 12 22 33
7. Pavel Razvadovsky (F) 2022-2023 Shakhter Soligorsk Belarus 29 8 14 22 41
8. Nick Bailen (D) 2022-2023 Kölner Haie DEL 22 7 13 20 6
9. Danila Karaban (F) 2022-2023 Arlan Kokshetau Kazakhstan 10 12 7 19 6
10. Alexander Usenko (F) 2022-2023 Al Ain Theebs UAE 6 8 11 19 4
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Anatoli Varivonchik (F) 550 262 119 287
2. Igor Bubenschikov (F) 477 207 115 262
3. Sergei Tukmachev (F) 545 203 106 257
4. Alexander Kulakov (F) 593 105 124 229
5. Andrei Dmitriyev (F) 544 158 86 207
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Anatoli Varivonchik (F) 550 262 119 287
2. Igor Bubenschikov (F) 477 207 115 262
3. Sergei Tukmachev (F) 545 203 106 257
4. Sergei Agulin (F) 378 179 68 175
5. Andrei Dmitriyev (F) 544 158 86 207
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alexander Kulakov (F) 593 105 124 229
2. Anatoli Varivonchik (F) 550 262 119 287
3. Igor Bubenschikov (F) 477 207 115 262
4. Sergei Tukmachev (F) 545 203 106 257
5. Matt Ellison (F) 166 66 95 161
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Mikhail Zakharov (F) 487 156 173 528
2. Igor Filin (F) 468 56 85 405
3. Alexei Giro (D) 257 10 26 364
4. Dmitri Yerastov (D) 636 65 126 359
5. Andrei Dmitriyev (F) 544 158 207 358
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Dmitri Yerastov (D) 636 65 71 126
2. Alexander Kulakov (F) 593 105 124 229
3. Anatoli Varivonchik (F) 550 262 119 287
4. Sergei Tukmachev (F) 545 203 106 257
5. Andrei Dmitriyev (F) 544 158 86 207
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Stepan Ponomaryov (F) 44 19 50 1.14
2. Aleksejs Frolikovs (F) 26 20 29 1.12
3. Fredrik Pettersson (F) 18 8 18 1.00
4. Libor Hudacek (F) 3 2 3 1.00
5. Kim Hirschovits (F) 3 0 3 1.00
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Sergei Agulin (F) 1981-1982 Soviet2 72 41 31 72 1.00 26
2. Igor Bubenschikov (F) 1986-1987 Soviet2 64 33 31 64 1.00 66
3. Igor Bubenschikov (F) 1987-1988 Soviet2 68 30 31 61 0.90 50
4. Vladimir Melenchuk (F) 1979-1980 Soviet2 60 36 24 60 1.00 36
5. Andrei Kovalev (F) 1986-1987 Soviet2 53 33 26 59 1.11 68
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Sergei Agulin (F) 1982-1983 Soviet2 73 46 - - - -
2. Ivan Krivonosov (F) 1976-1977 Soviet3 - 42 - - - -
3. Nikolai Tolkachyov (F) 1976-1977 Soviet3 - 42 - - - -
4. Sergei Agulin (F) 1981-1982 Soviet2 72 41 31 72 1.00 26
5. Igor Bubenschikov (F) 1984-1985 Soviet2 52 40 17 57 1.10 60
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Charles Linglet (F) 2014-2015 KHL 54 22 36 58 1.07 59
2. Oleg Shafarenko (F) 2006-2007 Belarus 50 14 35 49 0.98 46
3. Matt Ellison (F) 2014-2015 KHL 58 24 33 57 0.98 38
4. Matt Ellison (F) 2016-2017 KHL 54 16 33 49 0.91 85
5. Ryan Spooner (F) 2020-2021 KHL 36 6 33 39 1.08 14
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Duvie Westcott (D) 2009-2010 KHL 55 3 19 22 0.40 146
2. Alexei Giro (D) 1985-1986 Soviet2 60 4 4 8 0.13 126
3. Nikita Komarov (F) 2016-2017 KHL 43 6 4 10 0.23 115
4. Vladimir Denisov (D) 2011-2012 KHL 47 4 2 6 0.13 115
5. Alexander Zhurik (D) 2006-2007 Belarus 49 0 5 5 0.10 107
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2022-2023 View roster 6'0" 190 lbs 26.50
2021-2022 View roster 6'0" 187 lbs 26.70
2020-2021 View roster 6'0" 191 lbs 25.97
2019-2020 View roster 6'0" 198 lbs 27.41
2018-2019 View roster 6'0" 197 lbs 27.97
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Nationalities Throughout History