Andrei Razin is the new SKA head coach!

SKA Hockey Club can confirm that Andrei Razin has become the new head coach of our first team.

A two-year contract has been signed between the parties.

His first match with our club will take place on 20 October against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg at the SKA Arena.

We welcome Andrei to Saint Petersburg, wishing him plenty of success!

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Andrei Razin was born in Tolyatti, Samara Region, Russia. He made his debut for local team Lada in the 1991/1992 season, before subsequently signing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk where he notably won the Russian Championship twice and the Russian Cup while also becoming the top scorer of the domestic league. Andrei also represented Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Avangard Omsk, MVD and Khimik Voskresensk before ending his playing career upon the conclusion of the 2006/2007 campaign.

After initially starting his coaching journey with the CSKA academy, Andrei then coached Kristall Saratov and Izhstal Izhevsk in the VHL - taking the latter to the Petrov Cup final.

He has been working in the KHL since the 2015/2016 season, taking charge of Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk, Admiral Vladivostok, Severstal Cherepovets and Magnitogorsk. Andrei hoisted the Gagarin Cup aloft with Metallurg in 2024, becoming the best coach of that particular KHL season in the process. He also won the Continental Cup with the same organisation in 2026.