Jokerit equals club record, Salavat Yulaev snaps losing run. Oct 8 round-up
Jokerit, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, posted its 11th consecutive victory on Sunday to match the club record. Meanwhile, former Jokerit head coach Erkka Westerlund was relieved to see...
View ArticlePlayers of the Week: Enroth, Ahnelov, Gusev and Tolvanen
To mark the end of the seventh 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 Jhonas...
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Winning streaks continue, a losing streak ends – KHL week in review
It’s all about the streaks. For SKA, a KHL record-breaking 19 straight wins. For Jokerit, a club record-equalling 11. And for Dinamo Riga, at last, an end to a 14-game losing run. We’ve also got two...
View ArticleUnhappy return for Kvartalnov, 20 wins for SKA
Lokomotiv’s new head coach, Dmitry Kvartalnov, suffered a 2-5 loss at CSKA in his second game in charge – a game that saw him face the club he served last season. SKA cruised to its 20th consecutive...
View ArticleDay of the doubles. October 10 round-up
Three of Tuesday’s five games were settled by double strikes: Matt Gilroy’s pair helped Jokerit set a club record, Veli-Matti Savinainen scored twice as Ugra continued its improved form, and Matt...
View ArticleEvergreen Afinogenov and Mesmerizing Tokranov. Top 10 Goals, Saves and Hits
Great goals, spectacular saves and the hardest hits, starring Vasily Tokranov, Dominik Furch and Ondrei Vitasek – the KHL is proud to bring you the best moments from the seventh week of the tenth...
View ArticleYermakov to Sibir; Picard to Amur. October 7-10 transfer highlights
Defenseman Andrei Yermakov, a Gagarin Cup winner with SKA in 2015 and a Russian international at U17, U18 and U19 levels, has moved from Torpedo to Sibir. The Novosibirsk club has paid the Nizhny...
View ArticleAnkudinov banned for 4 games
The KHL Disciplinary Committee has reviewed the incident which occurred at the end of the first period of Monday's match in Khanty-Mansiysk between Ugra and Kunlun Red Star, in which home-team forward...
View ArticleSochi stuns SKA, ends record run. October 11 round-up
HC Sochi produced the performance of the day, going to St. Petersburg and silencing SKA’s record-breakers. Sean Collins got the game-winning goal 20 seconds into overtime as SKA’s winning streak ended...
View ArticleStillman takes the helm at Admiral
Admiral Vladivostok has confirmed that former Swedish international defenseman Fredrik Stillman, an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist in his playing career, has been promoted from assistant...
View ArticleGaliyev banned for 1 game
In the 58th minute of Wednesday's match in Moscow between Dynamo and Ak Bars, the referee handed a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) to Kazan forward Stanislav Galiyev for spearing and...
View ArticleJokerit maintains its streak, Admiral wins without Andriyevsky. October 12
After SKA’s record-breaking run came to an end, Jokerit took up the baton and posted its 13th successive victory with a comfortable success at Lada. Seven more wins would see the Finns tie SKA’s...
View ArticleHeavy defeat for Ak Bars, SKA gets back on form. October 13 round-up
Eastern Conference leader Ak Bars allowed six goals in Yaroslavl as Lokomotiv steamed to victory. SKA recovered from Wednesday’s loss at home to HC Sochi, defeating Salavat Yulaev in St. Petersburg,...
View ArticleBig day for Metsola and Koshechkin. October 14 round-up
Saturday was a day for strong goaltending. In the first game of the day, Juha Metsola pulled off 36 saves to deny Avangard and help Amur to a 1-0 victory. Then, in the final action, Vasily Koshechkin...
View ArticleAbrosimov banned for 6 games
In the 58th minute of Friday's match in Yaroslavl between Lokomotiv and Ak Bars, the referee handed out a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) to Kazan defenseman Roman Abrosimov for...
View ArticleAk Bars wins summit clash, Yaroslavl witnesses a goal rush. Oct 15 round-up
Ak Bars inflicted only the second defeat of the season on SKA, claiming an overtime verdict thanks to Vladimir Tkachyov’s two-goal show. Lokomotiv and Severstal served up a 10-goal thriller beside the...
View ArticleDeFazio, Likhotnikov banned for 1 game
The KHL Disciplinary Committee met on Sunday to investigate the two incidents which saw Red Star Kunlun forward Brandon DeFazio amass a total of 42 penalty minutes in Saturday's match against Barys in...
View ArticlePlayers of the Week: Zapolski, Rafikov, Tkachyov and Sharangovich
To mark the end of the eighth 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 Ryan...
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Who stopped SKA? Who’s denying everyone? KHL week in review
SKA’s long winning run finally came to an end – but Oleg Znarok and his team are still waiting for a first loss in regulation time. That could come this week, when the league leader faces in-form...
View ArticleCSKA marches on, Magnitka climbs to third. October 16 round-up
A 3-0 win at Traktor saw CSKA record its eighth consecutive success, with former Traktor star Valery Nichushkin opening the scoring in Chelyabinsk. In nearby Magnitogorsk, Metallurg leapt from sixth to...
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