Iron and Steel Men Celebrate Gold
Five weeks and one World Championship have passed since Metallurg Magnitogorsk's stunning triumph over CSKA in the Gagarin Cup final series, but finally, on the 27th of May, the city in the Southern...
View ArticleMigration Patterns. Transfer news 21-27 May
Five more players have joind the KHL's Foreign Legion during a busy seven days on the transfer market. Two of the new arrivals headed for Jokerit. The Finns have snapped up Danish international...
View ArticleTransfer news: Talbot to Loko
Former Pittsburgh forward Maxime Talbot, scorer of both the Penguins’ goals in the series-deciding seventh game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals, has joined Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on a one-year deal. The...
View ArticleTransfer News: Kozun joins SKA
Jokerit Helsinki forward Brandon Kozun is on his way to SKA Saint Petersburg after the two clubs agreed a financial compensation package. The 26-year-old Canadian, formerly of the Toronto Maple Leafs,...
View ArticleTransfer news: Kozun keeps on Moving
The frantic wheeling-and-dealing on the KHL transfer market has been particularly exciting for the former Toronto Maple Leafs forward, Brandon Kozun. The 26-year-old Canadian had scarcely time to...
View ArticleKHL-TV Creativity Rewarded
This week in Russia saw the fourth annual MediaBrand awards, dedicated to recognizing and honoring excellence in the field of television promotions and design. In one category, Best Cable TV Promo...
View ArticleThanks a Million! 2015-16 season attracts over 1m new online fans
As part of its review of the 2015-16 campaign, the Kontinental Hockey League has conducted a survey of online audience figures for the League and its clubs across various Internet resources, and the...
View ArticleSlovan's Recruitment Drive. Transfer news, May 7-10
Even while most of the hockey world is enraptured by events in Pennsylvania and California, the men in suits are continuing to wheel and deal on the transfer market. Ak Bars Kazan has further...
View ArticleLure of the Pacific. Transfer News June 10-13
Former Ottawa, New Jersey and Nashville defenseman Anton Volchenkov has signed a one-year contract with Admiral Vladivostok. The 34-year-old, a product of the CSKA school, amassed 133 points (19+114)...
View ArticleCapital Gains: Canadians to Minsk and Bratislava
Former Chicago, Ottawa, Arizona, Pittsburgh and Edmonton forward Rob Klinkhammer has accepted an offer of a two-year contract with Dinamo Minsk. The 29-year-old Canadian amassed 43 points ( 22+21) in...
View ArticleGo West, Stay Put. Transfer News June 20-21
Former New York Islanders forward David Ullstrom is the latest international addition to Dinamo Minsk's offensive lines. The 27-year-old Swede has spent the last season-and-a-half with Sibir...
View ArticleSabolic joins the Admiral crew
Slovenia national team forward Robert Sabolic is the latest addition to Admiral Vladivostok's offensive lines after signing a one-year contract with the Far East club. Despite being only 27, Sabolic...
View ArticleEnter the Dragon! Beijing club to join KHL
The Kontinental Hockey League Board of Directors has accepted an application from the Beijing hockey club, Kunlun Red Star, to participate in the 2016-17 season of the KHL Championship. On Saturday,...
View ArticleIt's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL
Today in Beijing, as part of an official visit by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to the People's Republic of China, the heads of the Kontinental Hockey League and the Beijing hockey club, Kunlun...
View ArticleOn Sale from 1 July - PLATINUM COLLECTION 2016
Trading card company SEREAL is proud to announce the release of a new and exclusive series of hockey cards, the PLATINUM COLLECTION 2016, featuring the new KHL color scheme and logo and dedicated to...
View ArticleAttention all media! Accreditation for 2016-17
The Kontinental Hockey League has begun accepting applications from media personnel seeking accreditation for the 2016-17 season. All personnel interested in obtaining accreditation should apply by...
View ArticleKunlun Red Star: First Press Conference
Following official confirmation of the Beijing club, Kunlun Red Star, as the 29th member of the Kontinental Hockey League, the sporting media has understandably devoted considerable airtime and column...
View ArticleFinns to Beijing
Amidst a steady but mostly unspectacular start to July on the transfer market, two deals demand special attention from fans and historians alike: HC Kunlun Red Star of Beijing, the first Chinese club...
View ArticleRed Star galaxy taking shape
Following confirmation of Finnish duo Tuukka Mantyla and Anssi Salmela as the first men to be officially registered with the KHL's latest debutant team, HC Kunlun Red Star, the Beijing club has...
View ArticleFleury flies to Red Star; Kronwall stays at Loko
Thursday was a remarkably quiet day on the KHL transfer market, with a grand total of two contracts being signed, but there was a strong international flavor in both deals. French forward Damien...
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