Bans for Kozak, Fontain
The KHL Disciplinary Committee has investigated an episode from the Wednesday's match in Saint Petersburg between SKA and Slovan Bratislava, namely the 12th-minute collision by the boards involving...
View ArticleKHL and bookmaking giant FONBET agree joint enterprise
On Wednesday, the 23rd of August, the Kontinental Hockey League and the renowned bookmaker FONBET signed an agreement pledging to embark on joint initiatives aimed at promoting the game of hockey and...
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Eeli Tolvanen: "Only in KHL I can grow faster as a player"
- Eeli, it seemed that you can’t predict that first game in KHL would be like this? A hat trick, big win for Jokerit. - It was great. Good start of the season for me and our team. Hope that we could...
View ArticleCSKA dominates Moscow derby. August 25 round-up
The first big-city derby of the season was a one-sided affair, as CSKA marched to a crushing victory over Dynamo, led by former Blue-and-White Mat Robinson’s first goal for his new club. SKA had a...
View ArticleCanadians to Slovan; Pestushko to Ugra. August 23-24 transfer highlights
Slovan has reinforced its Foreign Legion with the addition of 26-year-old Canadian defenseman Simon Després, formerly of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Anaheim Ducks (NHL totals: 222 games, 7 goals,...
View ArticleYip banned for 2 games
Following a request from the Refereeing Department, the KHL Disciplinary Committee has reviewed an incident from the 35th minute of Thursday's match in Kazan between Ak Bars and Kunlun Red Star. In...
View ArticleSibir, Neftekhimik maintain perfect starts. August 26 round-up
At the top of the Eastern Conference, Sibir and Neftekhimik are making the early running after improving to flawless 3-0 records in the first week of the season. Sibir left it late before snatching a...
View ArticleSKA drops first point, Tolvanen among the points again. August 27 round-up
SKA needed a shoot-out to defeat Vityaz, putting a blemish on its 100% record prior to Sunday’s game. The defending champion prevailed after a 3-3 tie in Petersburg. Elsewhere, Igor Grigorenko marked...
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Teen star, strong SKA, Mozyakin’s flying start
A Finnish teenager was the star of week one in the KHL. Eeli Tolvanen, 18, stepped up from junior hockey in style with a hat-trick on his debut and comparisons to some of his countries brightest stars....
View ArticleFurch, Vereshchagin, Shirokov and Tolvanen. Players of the Week
To mark the end of the first week’s play of the tenth season of the Championship, The Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories.– Best goaltender was Dominik...
View ArticleLate drama and freakish goals. August 28 round-up
Monday was not a good day to leave early – all the key action came in the final minutes of today’s games. Nobody left it later than Kunlun’s Brandon DeFazio, who got his team’s winner at Salavat Yulaev...
View Article400 assists for Mozyakin, three points for Traktor. August 29 round-up
Sergei Mozyakin reached yet another milestone when he got his 400th career assist in Russian top-flight hockey. But his helper on Matt Ellison’s goal couldn’t save Metallurg from a 1-2 loss at Traktor....
View ArticleTop Ten Goals, Saves and Hits - Best Moments of Week 1 (video)
Great goals, spectacular saves and the hardest hits, starring Valentin Pyanov, Ilya Yezhov, and Konstantin Pushkaryov – the KHL is proud to bring you the best moments from the very first week of the...
View ArticleSlovan gets first win, Dietz grabs memorable goal for Barys. Aug 30 roun-up
The battle between two winless teams in Bratislava ended in favor of the host, Slovan. Despite trailing twice against Dinamo Minsk, Milos Riha’s team celebrated its first success of the season in its...
View ArticleKondratyev to Amur; Artyukhin to Dynamo. August 28-30 transfer highlights
Amur has agreed a one-year deal with experienced defenseman Maxim Kondratyev. The 34-year-old, who enjoyed short spells with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and Anaheim Ducks early in his...
View ArticleGoal feast in Ufa, Markov keeps scoring in Kazan. August 31 round-up
Salavat Yulaev head coach Erkka Westerlund is noted as a master of the cautious, disciplined Finnish approach to the game – but today his team cut loose in explosive fashion, scoring 11 on HC Sochi in...
View ArticleWolski returns with a goal, CSKA blanks Avangard. September 1 round-up
Wojtek Wolski played his first game since October 13 and duly supplied the winning goal as his new club, Kunlun, won 2-1 at Avtomobilist. Wolski’s former employer, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, suffered a...
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August's Finest: Shirokov, Markov make our Team of the Month
To mark the end of the first calendar month of the 10th Championship, khl.ru presents a brand new feature: each month, we will ask renowned experts from the world of hockey to choose a Team of the...
View ArticleFirst loss for Ak Bars, first win for Severstal. September 2 round-up
Ak Bars suffered a heavy home loss – its first defeat of the season – as HC Sochi bounced back from Thursday’s 11-3 mauling to produce a shut-out in Kazan. SKA maintained its unbeaten run – but only...
View ArticleDragons fly high. September 3 round-up
Kunlun Red Star made it three wins in a row after a rousing fightback in Chelyabinsk, and now Mike Keenan’s team is up to second in the Eastern Conference. Not bad, especially considering Red Star has...
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