Kazzinc-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

Hockey Club Kazzinc-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (in Russian: Хоккейный клуб Казцинк-Торпедо Усть-Каменогорск) is a professional club based in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. The team plays in the Kazakhstan Championship and in the Russian Vysshaya Liga.

Achievements

 * Kazakhstan Championship champions: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007.
 * Kazakhstan Cup winners : 2008.
 * Promotion to the top level of the Soviet League: 1987, 1989.

History
The club was founded in 1955 as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. In 1987, the team earned a promotion to the top level of the Soviet League. They would play a single year there before being relegated back to the second division. In 1989, Torpedo was back at the elite level, where it stayed until 1996.

In 1993, Torpedo joined the newly created Kazakhstan Championship, where they would play in parallel to their participation in Russian championships. Torpedo is the most crowned Kazakhstan team, with 12 championships.

In 2001, the club was renamed Kazzinc-Torpedo, after their main sponsor, Kazzinc, a mining and metallurgy company.

In Soviet Union
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In Russia
Season League        GP  W OTW T OTL  L  GF  GA Pts Standing        Playoffs 1991-92 Superliga    30 16  -  3  -  11 114 109  35 5th (out of 16) 4th in final pool A 1992-93 Superliga     43 23  -  2  -  17 177 146  48 5th in East     W. SKA St. Petersburg 2-1 in eighth of finals 1993-94 Superliga    46 25  -  1  -  20 174 153  51 9th             Forfeited 1994-95 Superliga    52 24  -  4  -  24 173 171  52 7th in East     W. Krylia Sovetov 2-0 in eighth of finals 1995-96 Superliga    26  9  -  2  -  15  66  93  20 9th in East     8th in relegation pool 1996-97 Vysshaya Liga 28 20 -  1  -   7 148  77  41 2nd in East     Forbidden to enter 1997-98 Vysshaya Liga 32 15 -  3  -  14 117 118  33 4th in East     2nd out 7 in East 1998-99 Vysshaya Liga 32 16 -  7  -   9 130  95  39 3rd in East     1st in East 1999-00 Pervaya Liga 48 43  0  0  1   4 327  99 130 1st  (out of 9) No playoffs 2000-01 Pervaya Liga 54 45  1  3  0   5 359 160 140 1st (out of 10) No playoffs 2001-02 Vysshaya Liga 56 36 2  4  0  14 258 175 116 3rd in West     Forbidden to enter 2002-03 Vysshaya Liga 52 32 1  6  1  12 174 111 105 2nd in West     Forbidden to enter 2003-04 Vysshaya Liga 52 28 3  4  1  16 162 115  95 4th in West     Forbidden to enter 2004-05 Vysshaya Liga 52 33 1  3  0  15 157  95 104 4th in West     Forbidden to enter 2005-06 Vysshaya Liga 48 18 3  4  2  21 134 148  66 8th in West     Forbidden to enter 2006-07 Vysshaya Liga 56 30 0  9  2  15 199 141 101 4th in West     Forbidden to enter 2007-08 Vysshaya Liga 52 29 4  -  5  14 169 114 100 3rd in West     W. Neftyanik Leninogorsk 3-1; L Dizel Penza 3-1 2008-09

In the Kazakhstan Championship
Season GP  W OTW T OTL L  GF GA Pts Standing       Playoffs 1992-93 9  8  -  1  -  0  63 33  17 1st (out of 4) No playoffs 1993-94 12 10 -  1  -  1  94 21  21 1st (out of 5) No playoffs 1994-95 12 10 -  1  -  1  88 29  21 1st (out of 4) No playoffs 1995-96 6  6  -  0  -  0  54 16  12 1st (out of 4) No playoffs 1996-97 8  7  -  0  -  1  84 27  14 1st (out of 5) No playoffs 1997-98 6  3  -  0  -  0  29  7   6 1st (out of 4) No playoffs 1998-99 Did not participate 1999-00 6  3  -  0  -  0  23  7   6 1st (out of 5) No playoffs 2000-01 24 23 -  0  -  1 244 46  46 1st (out of 7) No playoffs 2001-02 2002-03 24 23 -  1  -  0 224 26  37 1st (out of 7) No playoffs 2003-04 24 22 -  1  -  1 226 36  45 1st (out of 7) No playoffs 2004-05 28 25 0  1  0  2 137 27  76 1st (out of 8) No playoffs 2005-06 20 13 0  2  0  5  80 47  41 2nd (out of 6) No playoffs 2006-07 24 20 3  0  0  1 145 49  46 1st (out of 7) No playoffs 2007-08                             3rd (out of 6) 2008-09

Torpedo Greats
These players marked the history of the club by their outstanding play:

Torpedo alumni who played in the NHL

 * 🇰🇿 Nikolai Antropov
 * 🇰🇿 Vitaly Kolesnik
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Nabokov
 * 🇰🇿 Konstantin Pushkarev

Torpedo alumni who enjoyed success abroad

 * 🇮🇱 Maxim Birbraer