KHL

Vityaz changes farm team

Vityaz Podolsk announces the sign of one-year farm team agreement with Titan Klin. Last season Kuban Krasnodar was the Vityaz's farm team

(17 Jun 2013)

Atlant and Neftekhimik sign farm-team agreement

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk signed a farm team agreement with Kristall Saratov, while Atlant Moscow Oblast will have Buran Voronezh as farm team.

(10 Jun 2013)

Gazprom reduces Avangard budget

Gazprom oil markedly reduces the budget of Avangard Omsk. Compared to last season the club will not receive nearly one-third of funds from its principal sponsor.
For the whole season 2013/14 Avangard and its youth team Omsk Hawks will receive 684.4 million rubles from the general sponsor, a cut of about 30%

(07 Jun 2013)

Small change in Sibir’s name

From the next season the official name of Sibir Novosibirsk will change in Sibir Novosibirsk Region.
A similar change in the official name happened with Avangard, which now represents the Omsk region.

(07 Jun 2013)

Ari-Pekka Selin is Barys new coach

Barys Astana announces Finnish Ari-Pekka Selin as new head coach. Selin, 50, worked at Ilves, Saipa and last season at HPK Hämeenlinna and was Finland national team assistant coach at last World Championship. He signed a two-years contract.
Andrei Shayanov and Erlan Sagymbaev, along with former Ilves coach Raimo Helminen will be the assistents

(04 Jun 2013)

Buran becomes Atlant farm-club

Atlant Moscow Oblast and Buran Voronezh signed an agreement on mutual cooperation. Thus, in the season 2013/14 Voronezh team will be Atlant farm club in the championship VHL.

(04 Jun 2013)

New GM at Novokuznetsk and Ambri-Piotta

Vladimir Rokkel is the new GM of Metallurg Novokuznetsk replacing Evgeny Terentyev. Earlier Rokkel served as first deputy mayor of Novokuznetsk on social issues, as well as supervising the sport in the city, including hockey.
Also Swiss ambri-Piotta announces the new GM: it's former rival HC Lugano GM Alain Vetterli.

(03 Jun 2013)

Vityaz come back to Podolsk

The Board of Vityaz has agreed with the KHL and the Government of the Moscow Oblast the final details of the move from Chekhov to Podolsk
Starting from season 2013/14 Vityaz will be based in Podolsk and hold home games at the Ice Palace "Vityaz", which seats 5,500 spectators. Vityaz has already played in Podolsk from 2000 to 2003, before to moved to Chekhov.

Youth team "Russian Knights" will remain in Chekhov and will hold their home games at the Ice Hockey Center "Vityaz", which seats 3,300 spectators.

(01 Jun 2013)

Torpedo announces Skabelka as assistant coach

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod CEO Andrei Osipenko announces club offered a contract as assistant coach to Andrei Skabelka who left in last days his charge as Belarus National team coach. Skabelka will work with coach Peteris Skudra

(31 May 2013)

Roman Starchenko awarded as best player of Kazakhstan

Barys Astana and Kazakhstan national team forward Roman Starchenko was elected "Best hockey player of Kazakhstan". 27-year-old right wing preceded another two Barys' players, American Brandon Bochenski and Talgat Zhailauov who won trophy in 2007. With national team, Starchenko was the top scorer at IHWC Division I in Budapest

(31 May 2013)