Magnitka breaks CSKA’s winning streak. December 21 round-up
Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the big clash of the day, snapping CSKA’s 12-game winning streak with a 4-1 success in Moscow. Andrei Loktionov’s goal saw Lokomotiv edge past Dinamo Minsk, and Avtomobilist...
View ArticleO'Dell banned for 1 game
In the 19th minute of Wednesday's match in Sochi between HC Sochi and Salavat Yulaev, home team forward Eric O'Dell was given a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) for boarding and...
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Matt Ellison: Znarok called me “Pushkin” at MVD
Metallurg Magnitogorsk's Canadian forward, Matt Ellison, spoke to KHL.ru about his tenth season in the KHL, his chances of playing for Canada at the Olympics, and the glory days at HC MVD under Oleg...
View ArticleGalimov blanks Admiral, Kulda wins it for Red Star. December 22 round-up
Galimov claims second successive shut-outAdmiral Vladivostok 0 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 2 (0-1, 0-1, 0-0) Torpedo stretched its winning run to five games after recording a second successive shut-out...
View ArticleTryamkin banned for 2 games
The KHL Disciplinary Committee has investigated an incident from Thursday’s match in Helsinki between Jokerit and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.In the final minute of overtime, visiting defenseman Nikita...
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Kovalchuk, Kagarlitsky, Markov и Dawes – All-Star team captains
On Friday, the 22nd of December, the KHL announced the names of the players who will captain the four Division teams in the 2018 All-Star Game. The 2018 KHL All-Star Game takes place on the 13th and...
View ArticleBurdasov overpowers Sibir, Gusev inspires SKA. December 23 round-up
Anton Burdasov and Nikita Gusev produced the stand-out individual appearances of the day. Burdasov got a hat-trick of power play goals to help Salavat Yulaev retrieve a 0-3 deficit at Sibir, before...
View ArticleVital wins for playoff hopefuls. December 24 round-up
Sunday’s three games all involved teams that needed victories to keep up their playoff bids. Amur’s 3-1 success at home to Torpedo moves the Khabarovsk team level on points with Barys as the race for...
View ArticlePlayers of the Week: Ezhov, Mozik, Sabolic and Geraskin
To mark the end of the eighteenth week of the tenth season of the Championship, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories.– Best goaltender, for the second...
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Mozyakin’s new milestone, more speedy scoring – KHL review of the week
Two goals in the first 48 seconds, Mozyakin joins the 300 club … and how Oleg Znarok introduced Pushkin to the KHL. Mozyakin returns, scoresSergei Mozyakin, the KHL’s record-breaking forward, returned...
View ArticleDerby delight for CSKA, a clinical finale from SKA. December 25 round-up
The KHL’s top two both picked up important victories – but both had to battle to get the verdict. CSKA needed a shoot-out to record its third win of the season at city rival Dynamo, with home goalie...
View ArticleTkachyov, Sayustov to Salavat Yulaev
Salavat Yulaev has strengthened its offense with two forwards signed from Admiral: highly-rated 22-year-old Vladimir E. Tkachyov, who before joining the Vladivostok men last season had also worn the...
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Lady presenters to assist All-Star coaches
On Thursday, the 26th of December, the KHL named the assistant coaches for the 2018 All-Star Game in Astana, and it is a historical first: the four assistant coaches for the Division teams are all...
View ArticleAmur moves into playoff places. December 26 round-up
Amur Khabarovsk edged in front of Barys to go to eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 4-2 victory over Severstal. That result also boosted Spartak’s playoff push, as the Red-and-Whites won in...
View ArticleKomarov, Kovar and Ivanov banned for 1 game
In the 34th minute of Monday's match in Khanty-Mansiysk between Ugra and HC Sochi, visiting forward Andrei Ivanov was given a major plus game misconduct penalty (5+20 minutes) for kneeing and injuring...
View ArticleRyspayev's lifetime ban lifted
On Tuesday, the 26th of December, the KHL Disciplinary Committee studied a submission from the players' union regarding the lifetime ban imposed on Damir Ryspayev following a brawl in a preseason...
View ArticleSKA stumbles in the Urals, Traktor celebrates 70 years. Dec 27 round-up
Today’s big stories all came from the Urals. Traktor, marking the 70th anniversary of hockey in the city, celebrated with a 3-2 win over Lokomotiv. Avtomobilist surprised SKA to win 4-3. And...
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Natalia Klark: Znarok and I can make any team a champion
On Tuesday, the KHL unveiled an innovative change to the All-Star Game format for the 2018 event – assisting the head coaches of the Division teams will be four ladies, all of whom are presenters from...
View ArticleBurmistrov to Ak Bars, Blum to Sochi, Filatov to Neftekhimik. Deadline Day
Wednesday was deadline day before the closure of the trading window, and as a result, there was a flurry of activity on the transfer markets.Ak Bars has agreed one-way contract until the end of the...
View ArticleKhokhlachyov disqualified from Amur game
In Tuesday's match against Admiral in Vladivostok, Spartak forward Alexander Khokhlachyov picked up a minor plus game misconduct penalty (2+10+20 minutes) for slashing. As this was the player's second...
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