2015–16 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship

2015–16 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
2015–16 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
League	Kazakhstan Hockey Championship
Sport	Ice Hockey
Duration	5 September 2015–20 April 2016
Number of games	303
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Season champions	Arlan Kokshetau
Top scorer	Igor Cherkasov; (Gornyak Rudny); (53 points)
Peter Fabuš; (Yertis Pavlodar); (12 points)
Finals
Champions	Beibarys Atyrau
Runners-up	Arlan Kokshetau
Kazakhstan Hockey Championship seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the 24th season since the founding of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship.^[1]

Teams

Teams of the 2015-16 KHC season

Team	City	Arena
Arlan Kokshetau	Kokshetau	Burabay Arena
Beibarys Atyrau	Atyrau	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace
Gornyak Rudny	Rudny	Rudny Ice Palace
HC Almaty	Almaty	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace
HC Astana	Astana	Kazakhstan Sports Palace
HC Temirtau	Temirtau	Temirtau Muz Aydyny
Kulager Petropavl	Petropavl	Alexander Vinokourov Sports Palace
Nomad Astana	Astana	Kazakhstan Sports Palace
ShKO Oskemen	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace
Yertis Pavlodar	Pavlodar	Astana Ice Palace

Regular season

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Arlan Kokshetau	54	42	2	2	8	204	95	+109	132	Direct playoff qualification
Beibarys Atyrau	54	31	5	4	14	198	114	+84	107
Kulager Petropavl	54	26	6	7	15	176	141	+35	97
Nomad Astana	54	27	6	2	19	177	125	+52	95
Yertis Pavlodar	54	25	5	4	20	157	124	+33	89
HC Temirtau	54	25	4	5	20	150	121	+29	88
Gornyak Rudny	54	21	2	7	24	166	168	−2	74
HC Almaty	54	19	6	4	25	130	164	−34	73
ShKO Oskemen	54	12	3	6	33	120	167	−47	48
HC Astana	54	1	2	0	51	67	326	−259	7

Source: Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Arlan Kokshetau vs. HC Astana

2 March	Arlan Kokshetau		3–2	HC Almaty	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
Elvijs Biezais – 9:44		First period		13:30 – Maxim Bogatyrenko
Elvijs Biezais – 25:44		Second period		39:01 – Danil Abramochkin
Martin Kriška – 46:21		Third period		No scoring
Andrei Yankov		Goalie stats		Filipp Sirik

3 March	Arlan Kokshetau		5–0	HC Almaty	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
Martin Kriška – 2:18 Anton Petrov – 9:28 Martin Kriška – 11:49		First period		No scoring
Konstantin Savenkov – 29:08		Second period		No scoring
Alexander Nurek – 55:25		Third period		No scoring
Dmitri Voloshin		Goalie stats		Filipp Sirik

6 March	HC Almaty		0–4	Arlan Kokshetau	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
No scoring		First period		13:05 – Teemu Virtala 15:50 – Ivan Kuchin
No scoring		Second period		20:42 – Konstantin Teslyukevich 29:24 – Kirill Sidorenko
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Filipp Sirik		Goalie stats		Andrei Yankov

Arlan Kokshetau won series 3–0

Beibarys Atyrau vs. Gornyak Rudny

2 March	Beibarys Atyrau		3–1	Gornyak Rudny	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
No scoring		First period		06:06 – Aleksei Krasavin
Konstantin Baranov – 29:41		Second period		No scoring
Maxim Krivonozhkin – 52:00 Ilya Malyushkin – 59:48		Third period		No scoring
Aleksei Kuznetsov		Goalie stats		Anton Todykov

3 March	Beibarys Atyrau		3–0	Gornyak Rudny	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
Alexander Zubkov – 03:16		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Eliezer Sherbatov – 51:26 Eliezer Sherbatov – 59:51		Third period		No scoring
Aleksei Kuznetsov		Goalie stats		Anton Todykov

6 March	Gornyak Rudny		1–2	Beibarys Atyrau	Rudny Ice Palace, Rudny
No scoring		First period		Ilya Malyushkin – 09:32 Eliezer Sherbatov – 10:00
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
49:03 – Alexander Kurshuk		Third period		No scoring
Anton Todykov		Goalie stats		Aleksei Kuznetsov

Beibarys Atyrau won series 3–0

Kulager Petropavl vs. HC Temirtau

2 March	Kulager Petropavl		1–0	HC Temirtau	Alexander Vinokourov Sport Palace, Petropavl
Vladislav Nikulin – 11:58		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
John Murray		Goalie stats		Vladimir Kovac

3 March	Kulager Petropavl		2–0	HC Temirtau	Alexander Vinokourov Sport Palace, Petropavl
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Alexander Egorov – 27:48		Second period		No scoring
Lukas Martinka – 59:07		Third period		No scoring
John Murray		Goalie stats		Vladimir Kovac

6 March	HC Temirtau		1–4	Kulager Petropavl	Temirtau Muz Aydyny, Temirtau
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Ivan Rybchik – 28:53		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		41:33 – Anton Dubinin 45:55 – Kirill Elagin 47:10 – Maxim Volkov 57:55 – Ilgiz Nuriev
Vladimir Kovac		Goalie stats		John Murray

Kulager Petropavl won series 3–0

Nomad Astana vs. Yertis Pavlodar

2 March	Nomad Astana		5–4	Yertis Pavlodar	Kazakhstan Sport Palace, Astana
Alexander Vorobyov – 01:46 Leonid Metalnikov – 07:42 Alexander Vorobyov – 09:24		First period		No scoring
Ilya Solarev – 27:30		Second period		26:34 – Mikhail Rakhmanov 37:15 – Peter Fabus
Artyom Sevostyanov – 41:11		Third period		40:22 – Mikhail Rakhmanov 45:12 – Artyom Ignatenko
Pavel Poluektov		Goalie stats		Mikhail Smolnikov

3 March	Nomad Astana		1–2 (OT)	Yertis Pavlodar	Kazakhstan Sport Palace, Astana
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Artyom Sevostyanov – 38:40		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		49:20 – Peter Fabus
No scoring		Overtime		65:00 – Stanislav Loginov
Dmitri Malgin		Goalie stats		Marek Simko

6 March	Yertis Pavlodar		6–4	Nomad Astana	Astana Ice Palace, Pavlodar
Michal Grman – 10:34 Stanislav Loginov – 11:38		First period		17:51 – Maxim Khudyakov
Stanislav Loginov – 23:37 Michal Grman – 27:17 Vadim Ermolaev – 30:37 Albert Gatin – 31:02		Second period		20:41 – Artyom Sevostyanov 28:10 – Mikhail Panshin 35:36 – Nursultan Belgibayev
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Marek Simko		Goalie stats		Dmitri Malgin

7 March	Yertis Pavlodar		4–5	Nomad Astana	Astana Ice Palace, Pavlodar
Michal Grman – 17:35		First period		06:22 – Daniyar Kairov 19:41 – Alexey Litvinenko
Mikhail Rakhmanov – 29:41		Second period		No scoring
Michal Grman – 42:54 Andrei Petushkin – 58:39		Third period		43:35 – Andrei Yakovlev 45:03 – Anton Nekryach 56:11 – Nursultan Belgibayev
Marek Simko		Goalie stats		Pavel Poluektov

10 March	Nomad Astana		1–3	Yertis Pavlodar	Kazakhstan Sport Palace, Astana
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		22:44 – Artyom Ignatenko 33:23 – Artyom Burdelyov
Anton Nekryach – 40:45		Third period		46:55 – Mikhail Rakhmanov
Pavel Poluektov		Goalie stats		Mikhail Smolnikov

Yertis Pavlodar won series 3–2

Semi-finals

Arlan Kokshetau vs. Yertis Pavlodar

15 March	Arlan Kokshetau		1–4	Yertis Pavlodar	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
No scoring		First period		01:37 – Mikhail Rakhmanov 04:55 – Vadim Ermolaev 18:49 – Vadim Ermolaev
Anton Petrov - 33:52		Second period		36:28 – Vadim Ermolaev
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Andrei Yankov		Goalie stats		Mikhail Smolnikov

16 March	Arlan Kokshetau		2–1	Yertis Pavlodar	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Yesmukhan Tolepbergen - 24:51		Second period		29:22 – Vadim Ermolaev
Marko Virtala - 52:07		Third period		No scoring
Andrei Yankov		Goalie stats		Mikhail Smolnikov

19 March	Yertis Pavlodar		2–3	Arlan Kokshetau	Astana Ice Palace, Pavlodar
Rustem Aydash - 11:52		First period		07:40 - Elvijs Biezais
Vadim Ermolaev - 38:54		Second period		34:48 - Ivan Kuchin
No scoring		Third period		59:50 - Rastislav Gaspar
Mikhail Smolnikov		Goalie stats		Dmitri Voloshin

20 March	Yertis Pavlodar		3–2 (OT)	Arlan Kokshetau	Astana Ice Palace, Pavlodar
Artyom Burdelyov		First period		Ivan Kuchin
Vadim Ermolaev		Second period		Alexey Ivanov
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Peter Fabus		Overtime		No scoring
Mikhail Smolnikov		Goalie stats		Dmitri Voloshin

23 March	Arlan Kokshetau		3–4 (OT)	Yertis Pavlodar	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
Alexey Ivanov - 04:59 Elvijs Biezais - 15:47		First period		No scoring
Elvijs Biezais - 34:18		Second period		23:25 – Alexander Gutov 37:21 - Artyom Burdelyov
No scoring		Third period		51:17 – Artyom Sevostyanov
No scoring		overtime period		60:54 – Georgi Dulnev
Mikhail Smolnikov		Goalie stats		Andrei Yankov

26 March	Yertis Pavlodar		2–4	Arlan Kokshetau	Astana Ice Palace, Pavlodar
No scoring		First period		11:35 – Martin Kriska
Vadim Ermolaev - 24:19 Andrei Petushkin - 36:57		Second period		32:10 – Anton Petrov
No scoring		Third period		50:11 – Martin Kriska 59:13 – Dusan Devecka
Mikhail Smolnikov		Goalie stats		Dmitri Voloshin

29 March	Arlan Kokshetau		2–1 (OT)	Yertis Pavlodar	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
Vladimir Markelov - 06:19		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		30:41 – Peter Fabus
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Teemu Virtala - 80:00		overtime period		No scoring
Dmitri Voloshin		Goalie stats		Mikhail Smolnikov

Arlan Kokshetau won series 4–3

Beibarys Atyrau vs. Kulager Petropavl

15 March	Beibarys Atyrau		2–1 (OT)	Kulager Petropavl	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
No scoring		First period		04:26 – Artyom Senkevich
Maxim Krivonozhkin - 27:17		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Andrei Spiridonov - 75:58		Overtime		No scoring
Alexey Kuznetsov		Goalie stats		Maxim Gryaznov

16 March	Beibarys Atyrau		5–4 (OT)	Kulager Petropavl	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
No scoring		First period		01:41 - Anton Dubinin 15:20 - Anton Dubinin
Tomas Vak - 24:25 Denis Makarov - 37:15		Second period		34:00 – Maxim Volkov 34:15 - Anton Dubinin
Eliezer Sherbatov - 53:21 Konstantin Baranov - 59:54		Third period		No scoring
Andrei Spiridonov - 71:32		Overtime		No scoring'
Alexey Kuznetsov		Goalie stats		Maxim Gryaznov

19 March	Kulager Petropavl		0–1	Beibarys Atyrau	Alexander Vinokourov Sport Palace, Petropavl
No scoring		First period		16:03 – Aleksandr Khramkov
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
John Murray		Goalie stats		Alexey Kuznetsov

20 March	Kulager Petropavl		4–3 (OT)	Beibarys Atyrau	Alexander Vinokourov Sport Palace, Petropavl
Igor Valeev - 00:31 Ilgiz Nuriev - 18:36		First period		08:45 – Sergei Salnikov
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Ilgiz Nuriev - 57:48		Third period		48:25 - Eliezer Sherbatov 49:56 - Ilya Malyushkin
Maxim Gorechishnikov - 64:25		Overtime		No scoring
John Murray		Goalie stats		Alexey Kuznetsov

23 March	Beibarys Atyrau		1–0	Kulager Petropavl	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
Alexey Ryzhikh - 18:23		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Alexey Kuznetsov		Goalie stats		John Murray

Beibarys Atyrau won series 4–1

Final

Arlan Kokshetau vs. Beibarys Atyrau

3 April	Arlan Kokshetau		3–1	Beibarys Atyrau	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
Konstantin Teslyukevich – 13:03		First period		No scoring
Teemu Virtala – 27:11		Second period		30:11 – Andrei Spiridonov
Marko Virtala – 57:31		Third period		No scoring

4 April	Arlan Kokshetau		2–3	Beibarys Atyrau	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
Dušan Devečka – 05:30		First period		00:09 – Denis Makarov
No scoring		Second period		27:26 – Alexei Antsiferov
Marko Virtala - 42:47		Third period		59:46 – Ilya Malyushkin

8 April	Beibarys Atyrau		3–2 (OT)	Arlan Kokshetau	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
Eliezer Sherbatov – 01:58		First period		17:02 – Alexander Nurek 19:02 – Anton Petrov
Denis Makarov – 36:09		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Maxim Sharifyanov – 71:58		Overtime		No scoring

9 April	Beibarys Atyrau		0–3	Arlan Kokshetau	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
No scoring		First period		17:27 – Vladimir Markelov
No scoring		Second period		36:20 – Dušan Devečka
No scoring		Third period		54:24 – Alexander Nurek

13 April	Arlan Kokshetau		0–1	Beibarys Atyrau	Burabay Arena, Kokshetau
No scoring		First period		17:12 – Alexei Antsiferov
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dmitri Voloshin		Goalie stats		Aleksei Kuznetsov

17 April	Beibarys Atyrau		0–2	Arlan Kokshetau	Khiuaz Dospanova Ice Palace, Atyrau
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		54:29 – Vladislav Kolesnikov – Rastislav Gašpar (ice hockey)
Aleksei Kuznetsov		Goalie stats		Dmitri Voloshin