KHL

AKM Tula applied to join the KHL

The management of the Tula hockey club AKM confirmed the submission of an application to join the KHL.

KHL President Alexey Morozov noted that the main problem for the inclusion of the Tula club in the KHL is the non-compliance of the league's home arena, which seats about 3,000 spectators. According to KHL regulations, the minimum number of seats is 5,500 people.

(22 Nov 2024)

Start of KHL

The KHL season started today with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl beating Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3-2.

(03 Sep 2024)

New OT rule in KHL

If a team pulls its goalie for an extra attacker in OT and loses on an empty-net goal, they forfeit the extra point that comes from an OT loss.

(15 Aug 2024)

Novosibirsk to host 2025 KHL All-Star Game

The KHL has officially announced that the 2025 Hockey Stars Week will be held in Novosibirsk at the Sibir Arena, which can accommodate more than 10,000 spectators.

Novosibirsk Oblast will become the seventh region to host the Hockey All-Star Week.
The MHL Challenge Cup will be held on February 1, 2025, and the KHL All-Star Game will be held on February 8-9.

Novosibirsk will be the easternmost point where the MHL Challenge Cup and KHL All-Star Game have been held.

(06 Aug 2024)

Turkey plans to enter clubs in the KHL, VHL and MHL

The Turkish Hockey Federation plans to enter clubs into the KHL, VHL and MHL.

- Yes, we have such plans, because we need to fill our arenas. Over the past 20 years, more than 25 new arenas have been built in Turkey where hockey can be developed, and we are actively moving in this direction - said Halit Albayrak, President of the Turkish Hockey Federation.

On May 9, the Russian Hockey Federation and the Turkish Hockey Federation signed a memorandum of cooperation.

- For us, this signing is a paramount, big step. We believe that it will make our relations warm, brotherly and will bring a lot of good things to the relations between our peoples -  said Halit Albayrak.

(10 May 2024)

Admiral Vladivostok back in the KHL

KHL will be back to 24 teams for season 2021-2022.

Admiral Vladivostok is confirmed to return to the league if, before July 31, 2021, it repays all money owing to players and coaches from the 2017/18 season.

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(31 Mar 2021)

Ice sports complex CSKA named after Bobrov hosted the last hockey match

The ice sports complex CSKA named after Vsevolod Bobrov hosted the last professional hockey match
It was the game of the quarter-finals of the Kharlamov Cup between the Red Army and Dynamo Moscow. Dynamo won 3: 1 and won the series 3-0.

At the end of 2020, it became known that a new complex will be built on Leningradsky Prospekt, including a multifunctional arena and a number of other sports facilities. The new hockey stadium will accommodate at least 10,000 spectators. On the basis of the new sports complex, it is planned to organize a modern training base for the CSKA hockey club with two skating rinks and an arena with a capacity of about 2,500 people.

The ice sports complex CSKA with a capacity of 5500 spectators opened on September 21, 1991. It was the main site of the army before their move to CSKA Arena in 2018.

(27 Mar 2021)

Coronavirus outbreak in Barys Nur-Sultan

The KHL regular championship match between Barys and Dinamo Riga, scheduled for September 18, will be postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the Kazakh team.
The team was quarantined, and the KHL postponed six matches involving the team to a later date.

The press secretary of the club Yevgeny Akmanov told all the team members are asymptomatic, therefore, during the quarantine, everyone was sent home, but at the same time are under constant supervision of the medical headquarters.

The club hopes that everyone will soon get better, the team will continue to play in the KHL and this situation will not happen again, and the postponed matches, in agreement with the rivals, will be able to be held at a later date.

Relocation of the club to Russia is not currently being discussed, although it was considered before the start of the season.

(17 Sep 2020)

Dinamo Minsk - Jokerit not to be played today

The KHL game between Dinamo Minsk of Belarus and Jokerit of Finland will not be played today.
Players of the Finnish team had received death threats so they decided not to travel to Belarus.

(03 Sep 2020)

KHL season started

Ak Bars Kazan won the opening game of the 2020-21 KHL season against CSKA Moscow. Dmitri Voronkov scored the winning 3-2 goal early in the overtime period.

(02 Sep 2020)