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

2023-2024 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
#50 Dylan Ferguson (G) 25 1998 Lantzville, BC, CAN 6'2" 194 L 23/24
#35 Alexei Kolosov (G) Philadelphia Flyers 21 2002 Minsk, BLR 6'0" 185 L
#22 Yegor Velmakin (G) Carolina Hurricanes 20 2003 Moskva, RUS 6'2" 172 L 25/26
DEFENSEMEN
#85 Arseni Brinkman (D) 23 2000 St. Petersburg, RUS 6'0" 194 L 25/26
#4 Kodie Curran (D)   “A” 33 1989 Calgary, AB, CAN 6'2" 201 L 23/24
#7 Dmitri Deryabin (D) 24 1999 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 190 L 23/24
#5 Robert Hamilton (D) 29 1994 Calgary, AB, CAN 6'0" 194 L 23/24
#48 Yanni Kaldis (D) 28 1995 St-Laurent, QC, CAN 5'11" 187 L 23/24
#89 Dmitri Korobov (D) 34 1989 Novopolotsk, BLR 6'2" 243 L 23/24
#45 Oleg Pozhigan (D) 21 2002 Soligorsk, BLR 5'9" 176 L 23/24
#8 Ilya Shinkevich (D) 34 1989 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 187 L 23/24
#33 Nikita Smirnov (D) 21 2002 Kuznetsk, RUS 6'0" 183 L
#55 Ilya Sushko (D) 25 1997 Drogichin, BLR 6'0" 170 L 24/25
#87 Nikita Zhikharev (D) 19 2004 Gomel, BLR 5'11" 176 L 25/26
FORWARDS
#77
Sam Anas (C/RW) 30 1993 Potomac, MD, USA 5'9" 161 R 23/24
#67 Yegor Borikov (F) 18 2005 Luksky, BLR 6'1" 181 L 25/26
#15 Valentin Demchenko (RW) 21 2002 Liozno, BLR 6'0" 183 L 23/24
#92
Roman Gorbunov (RW)   “A” 27 1996 Sarov, RUS 5'8" 185 L 24/25
#47 Yegor Ignatenko (C) 20 2003 Vitebsk, BLR 5'11" 161 L 25/26
#21
Vladislav Kodola (C)   27 1996 Gomel, BLR 5'9" 183 L 24/25
#34 Sergei Kuznetsov (LW) 21 2002 Zhlobin, BLR 6'3" 203 R 24/25
#9 Daniil Lipsky (F) 19 2004 Minsk, BLR 6'1" 181 L 25/26
#10 Nick Merkley (RW/C) 26 1997 Calgary, AB, CAN 5'10" 194 R 23/24
#13 Vadim Moroz (RW) Arizona Coyotes 20 2003 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 185 R 25/26
#17 Vyacheslav Osnovin (C) 29 1994 Chelyabinsk, RUS 6'0" 203 L 23/24
#81 Vitali Pinchuk (C) 21 2002 Zhlobin, BLR 6'2" 194 L 24/25
#91 Nikita Pyshkaylo (C) 23 2000 Yubileiny, BLR 5'10" 168 L 23/24
#71 Brett Ritchie (RW) 30 1993 Orangeville, ON, CAN 6'4" 220 R 23/24
#26 Daniil Sotishvili (F) 20 2003 Novopolotsk, BLR 5'11" 170 L 24/25
#23
Andrei Stas (C)   “C” 35 1988 Minsk, BLR 6'2" 207 L 24/25
Alexander Suvorov (F)   21 2002 Buda-Koshelyovo, BLR 5'9" 159 L 23/24
#83 Alexander Volkov (RW/LW) 26 1997 Moskva, RUS 6'1" 194 L 24/25
#64
Stepan Zvyagin (F) Florida Panthers 19 2004 Moskva, RUS 6'0" 161 L 25/26
Position: G: 3, D: 11, F: 19 | Av Age: 24.55 years | Av Ht: 6'0" | Av Wt: 186 lbs | Compare with other teams
Team Staff
Team staff history
Demographics
Nationality
Team Facts
Nationalities 21 players
6 players
5 players
1 player Experience Dinamo Minsk: 2 438 GP
NHL: 484 GP
WC: 160 GP
OG: 4 GP
SHL: 97 GP
Liiga: 19 GP
KHL: 4 106 GP
AHL: 1 556 GP Affiliated Team(s) Dinamo-Molodechno (Belarus)
Dinamo-Olimpik Minsk (Belarus Vysshaya)
Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk (MHL)
Yunost Minsk (Belarus)
Team Captains
“C” Andrei Stas “A” Roman Gorbunov
Kodie Curran
Team captaincy history
Arena Information
Arena Name Minsk Arena Location Minsk Capacity 15 086 Construction Year 2009
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
2023-12-05T15:30:00+0300 Sibir Novosibirsk Dinamo Minsk - KHL
2023-12-03T10:00:00+0300 Admiral Vladivostok Dinamo Minsk 1 - 3 KHL
2023-12-01T12:00:00+0300 Amur Khabarovsk Dinamo Minsk 2 - 1 KHL
2023-11-29T19:30:00+0300 CSKA Moskva Dinamo Minsk 5 - 3 KHL
2023-11-26T17:10:00+0300 Dinamo Minsk Dynamo Moskva 1 - 4 KHL
2023-11-24T19:10:00+0300 Dinamo Minsk CSKA Moskva 0 - 4 KHL
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
11/29/2023
11/29/2023 Confirmed Leaving Gemel Smith (F) Leaving for Kunlun Red Star
11/28/2023
11/28/2023 Up/Down Leaving Arseni Brinkman (D) Leaving for Dinamo-Molodechno
11/18/2023
11/18/2023 Confirmed Joining Brett Ritchie (F) Joining from No team
11/02/2023
11/02/2023 Confirmed Joining Daniil Lipsky (F) Joining from Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk
10/07/2023
10/07/2023 Confirmed Joining Tikhon Chayka (G) Joining from Prince Albert Raiders
10/01/2023
10/01/2023 Confirmed Joining Rob Hamilton (D) Joining from Traktor Chelyabinsk
10/01/2023 Confirmed Leaving Madison Bowey (D) Leaving for Traktor Chelyabinsk
09/29/2023
09/29/2023 Confirmed Leaving Shawn Lalonde (D) Leaving for HC Slovan Bratislava
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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 -
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 68 21 - 27 6 14 175 201 68 1.00 8 Conference QF loss
2023-2024 KHL 37 11 - 17 5 4 94 97 36 0.97 8 -
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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 Shalagin (F) 2023-2024 Shakhter Soligorsk Belarus 31 22 21 43 14
2. Ryan Spooner (F) 2023-2024 Avangard Omsk KHL 35 13 26 39 4
3. Vladimir Alistrov (F) 2023-2024 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 36 12 18 30 18
4. Denis Gorbunov (F) 2023-2024 Rubin Tyumen VHL 32 4 26 30 12
5. Taylor Beck (F) 2023-2024 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 35 7 21 28 30
6. Danila Karaban (F) 2023-2024 Arlan Kokshetau Kazakhstan 22 15 9 24 15
7. Artyom Anosov (F) 2023-2024 Golden Sharks Mechelen BeNeLiga 16 13 11 24 6
8. Joe Pavelski (F) 2023-2024 Dallas Stars NHL 23 11 13 24 4
9. Daniil Stepanov (D) 2023-2024 Yuzhny Ural Orsk VHL 33 4 19 23 24
10. Brennan Menell (D) 2023-2024 Dynamo Moskva KHL 36 4 19 23 6
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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. Joseph Duszak (D) 2022-2023 KHL 68 9 36 45 0.66 60
3. Oleg Shafarenko (F) 2006-2007 Belarus 50 14 35 49 0.98 46
4. Matt Ellison (F) 2014-2015 KHL 58 24 33 57 0.98 38
5. Matt Ellison (F) 2016-2017 KHL 54 16 33 49 0.91 85
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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
2023-2024 View roster 6'0" 186 lbs 24.55
2022-2023 View roster 6'0" 189 lbs 26.46
2021-2022 View roster 6'0" 188 lbs 26.73
2020-2021 View roster 6'0" 191 lbs 25.97
2019-2020 View roster 6'0" 198 lbs 27.41
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