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KHL
- League status: Active
- English name: Континентальная Хоккейная Лига
- Administered by: Kontinental Hockey League
- Head manager: Aleksandr Medvedev
- Year of start: 2008
- WWW: http://www.khl.ru/, http://www.facebook.com/KHL.ru
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Recent transfersShow all transfers»
| 30 Jun 2020 | |  Vasily Streltsov
(F)
| HC Admiral Vladivostok |  | Sokol Krasnoyarsk |
| 30 Jun 2020 | | Alexander Streltsov
(F)
| HC Admiral Vladivostok | | Sokol Krasnoyarsk |
| 29 Jun 2020 | | Semyon Kizimov
(F)
| Lada Togliatti | | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 28 Jun 2020 | | Gleb Babintsev
(D)
| Metallurg Magnitogorsk | | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| # | Player name | Pos | Team | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vadim Shipachyov | C | Dynamo Moskva | 61 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 28 | 34 |
| 2. |  Dmitrij Jaskin | RW | Dynamo Moskva | 58 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 75 | 34 |
| 3. | Kirill Kaprizov | LW | CSKA Moskva | 57 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 10 | 32 |
| 4. |  Linus Omark | LW | Salavat Yulayev Ufa | 59 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 36 | -1 |
| 5. |  Nigel Dawes | LW | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 59 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 13 | -5 |
| 6. |  Mikko Lehtonen | D | Jokerit | 60 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 20 | 26 |
| 7. | Nikita Soshnikov | LW | Salavat Yulayev Ufa | 58 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 28 | -2 |
| 8. |  Brian O’Neill | RW | Jokerit | 56 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 18 | 17 |
| 9. |  Linden Vey | C | CSKA Moskva | 52 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 47 | 22 |
| 10. |  Brooks Macek | C | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 61 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 22 | -3 |
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League standings
stage:
| # | Club | G | W | W-OT | L-OT | L | Score | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 62 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 202:99 | 94 |
| 2 | SKA St. Petersburg | 62 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 179:118 | 93 |
| 3 | Ak Bars Kazan | 62 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 178:121 | 93 |
| 4 | Jokerit | 62 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 184:164 | 84 |
| 5 | Barys Nur-Sultan | 62 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 156:137 | 84 |
| 6 | Avangard Omsk | 62 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 163:120 | 83 |
| 7 | Dynamo Moskva | 62 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 182:144 | 82 |
| 8 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 62 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 168:151 | 78 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 62 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 173:143 | 77 |
| 10 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 62 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 139:143 | 74 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 62 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 170:151 | 73 |
| 12 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa | 62 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 153:144 | 68 |
| 13 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 62 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 138:145 | 65 |
| 14 | Vityaz Podolsk | 62 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 137:166 | 65 |
| 15 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 62 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 162:158 | 64 |
| 16 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 62 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 165:167 | 64 |
| 17 | Amur Khabarovsk | 62 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 132:145 | 62 |
| 18 | HC Red Star Kunlun | 62 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 139:158 | 60 |
| 19 | HC Sochi | 62 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 124:164 | 59 |
| 20 | Severstal Cherepovets | 62 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 126:171 | 58 |
| 21 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 62 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 132:161 | 56 |
| 22 | HC Admiral Vladivostok | 62 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 126:177 | 56 |
| 23 | Dinamo Riga | 62 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 103:187 | 41 |
| 24 | Dinamo Minsk | 62 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 135:232 | 39 |
Last updated: 12 Mar 2020, 21:50
During the regular season, each team plays 56 games: four games against each of the teams in their own division (for a total of 20 games) and two games against each of the other teams (for a total of 36 games).
The eight top-ranked teams in each conference receive playoff berths. Within each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are played before the conference winners play against each other for the Gagarin Cup. The division winners are seeded first and second in their conference, based on their regular season record. All playoff rounds are played as best-of-seven series. In each round, the top seeded remaining team is paired with the lowest seeded team etc. This playoff structure is very similar to the current format of the NHL playoffs. In the playoffs, overtime periods last 20 minutes (or until a goal is scored). The number of overtime periods is not limited.
This playoff format does not allow the strongest teams to take the topmost positions in the KHL final standings when these teams are from the same conference. This is because the format makes the conferences equally represented in top two, four, eight and sixteen spots of the final standings, regardless of the relative strength of the conferences.
No automatic promotion/relegation. New applicants are examined by KHL board
- 2023-2024: Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- 2022-2023: CSKA Moskva
- 2021-2022: CSKA Moskva
- 2020-2021: Avangard Omsk
- 2018-2019: CSKA Moskva
- 2017-2018: Ak Bars Kazan
- 2016-2017: SKA St. Petersburg
- 2015-2016: Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- 2014-2015: SKA St. Petersburg
- 2013-2014: Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- 2012-2013: Dynamo Moskva
- 2011-2012: Dynamo Moskva
- 2010-2011: Salavat Yulayev Ufa
- 2009-2010: Ak Bars Kazan
- 2008-2009: Ak Bars Kazan
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe
The title of Champion of Russia, regardless of which nation the club represents, and the Gagarin Cup, named after the first man to reach space and orbit the Earth, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, are awarded annually to the league champion, following a 16-team playoff at the end of the regular season. Two teams from the KHL were guaranteed qualification into the Champions Hockey League season.
The league was formed in 2008, from a predecessor organization, the Russian Superleague (RSL). The RSL, in turn, was a successor to the Soviet Championship League, which was founded in 1946 with only five teams. The KHL began its operations with 24 teams. After minor changes in the composition of the Russian teams and even a reduction to 23 teams in the 2010-11 season, the league will be back to 24 teams in the 2011-12 season. Of these teams, 20 are based in the Russian Federation and 4 more are located in Belarus, Latvia, Kazakhstan and Slovakia.
Recent articlesShow all articles»
- KHL launches 3x3 hockey Championship (19 Nov 2024)
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- Dinamo Riga leaves the KHL (28 Feb 2022)
- Jokerit won’t play in KHL playoffs (25 Feb 2022)
Recent newsShow all news»
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.
(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.
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)All 23 KHL clubs have applied for next season
KHL President Alexei Morozov said all 23 clubs have already submitted financial documents in accordance with the regulations. Now the league will analyze the financial documents sent by the clubs and will present its opinion to the KHL Board of Directors for the final approvation.
(15 Jun 2020)Game fixturesShow all games from season 2019-2020
| 12 Mar 2020 | Spartak Moskva - Dynamo Moskva | 2-3 OT | details» |
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Fast factsseason 2019-2020
- Youngest player: Bogdan Vypritsky (18 years)
- Oldest player: Pavel Datsyuk (42 years)
- Shortest player: Pavel Denisov (170 cm)
- Tallest player: Viktor Svedberg (206 cm)
- Nationalities:
Belarus (49), Canada (52), 
China (12), Czechia (20), 
Denmark (4), Finland (46), 
France (1), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (38), 
Latvia (35), 
Lithuania (1), Russia (587), 
Switzerland (1), 
Slovakia (6), Sweden (30), USA (11) - Highest win: Amur Khabarovsk - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 0-8
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