Dinamo Riga downs SKA. December 8 round-up
Dinamo Riga is perhaps the Western Conference's most improved team of the season, and the Latvians served notice of their aspirations for a serious run in the play-offs with a home win over SKA.A...
View ArticleA Spartan victory for Russian legends
On Saturday, December 7th, the oldest hockey club in the Czech Extraliga, HC Sparta Prague, marked its 110th anniversary, and the celebrations featured a game between stars from Sparta’s past and...
View ArticlePlayers of the Week 13: Dekanich, Podhradsky, Indrasis & Khlopotov
To mark the end of the thirteenth week’s play of the sixth season of the KHL Championship, the League has rewarded the best players of the week in four categories:– Best goaltender was Mark Dekanich...
View ArticleKHL offered to compromise in CHL talks
On December 9, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the launch in August of next year's Champions League tournament, which will feature the participation of 26 teams from six countries,...
View ArticleAk Bars back on top. December 9 round-up
Ak Bars returns to the top of the Eastern Conference with a win over Torpedo, despite an underpowered performance on home ice.It took a fine goaltending display from Konstantin Barulin to secure the...
View ArticleAutomatic ban for Osala
Forward Oskar Osala, who leaves Neftekhimik for new club Metallurg Magnitogorsk today, will not be available to make his Magnitka debut against SKA Saint Petersburg tomorrow evening. Osala’s...
View ArticleRadulov cleared of head-butting
In the 4th minute of Sunday’s game in Moscow between CSKA and Severstal, home forward Alexander Radulov was sent off for the remainder of the game after seemingly head-butting Cherepovets defenseman...
View ArticleAll-star Game 2nd lines and goalies chosen
At midday today, Moscow Time, the final votes were cast in the accredited journalists’ ballot to select the second lines and goaltenders for teams East and West in the 2014 Kontinental Hockey League...
View ArticleLubomir Pokovic new boss at Minsk
Dinamo Minsk has officially confirmed the appointment as head coach of Slovak specialist Lubomir Pokovic, who had been in charge of the team on an interim basis since the departure of previous head...
View ArticleExclusive Baltika beer brewed for All-Star Game
On December 16, Saint Petersburg, Russia’s northern capital and home of the world-famous Baltika beer company, will host a ceremonial brewing of a limited-edition version of the classic beer, Baltika...
View ArticleKoshechkin shuts out SKA. December 11 round-up
Vasily Koshechkin’s fifth shut out of the season helped Metallurg Magnitogorsk to a 2-0 victory in the big game of the day in St. Petersburg.He pulled off 32 saves to deny SKA on home ice, and perhaps...
View ArticleAll-Star coaches chosen
The League has selected the coaches for teams East and West in the sixth Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, to be held at Bratislava’s Slovnaft Arena on January 11, 2014.The brigade of bosses in...
View ArticleCSKA slumps to defeat. December 13 round-up
CSKA suffered a second successive defeat after a defensive horror show enabled Slovan to win 5-4 in Moscow.It all went wrong in the second period as the visitor scored five times from 10 shots on goal...
View ArticleLev in seventh heaven . December 15 round-up
Lev delivered a crushing victory in its derby game with Slovan, cruising to a 7-0 verdict and delivering an early Christmas present to a delirious home crowd.It was a night when everything went right...
View ArticlePlayers of the Week 14: Koshechkin, Lee, Kaspar & Bjorkstrand
To mark the end of the fourteenth week’s play of the sixth season of the KHL Championship, the League has rewarded the best players of the week in four categories:– Best goaltender for the second time...
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