Riha leaves Avangard
Avangard has announced the departure of head coach Milos Riha following the Omsk club’s failure to qualify for the Gagarin Cup playoffs. “When we hired Milos, it was agreed that qualification for the...
View ArticleBarys books its place. Eastern quarterfinals, Day 4
(8) Admiral 2(1) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 (3OT)Metallurg leads the series 3-1Another game went deep into a third period of overtime before Danis Zaripov finally won it for Magnitka on 116:35.It was...
View ArticleDynamo edges ahead. Western quarterfinals, Day 5
(1) Dynamo 1 (8) Lokomotiv 0 (2OT) Dynamo leads the series 3-2 Dynamo Moscow’s Luzhniki Arena has seen more than a few big nights of play-off hockey in recent seasons – but until now the house full...
View ArticleZakharchuk banned for 4 games
The KHL Disciplinary Committee has studied two of the incidents from a fractious third period in Game 4 of the Sibir versus Ak Bars series, played on Wednesday evening in Novosibirsk. In the 53rd...
View ArticleMagnitka marches on. Eastern quarterfinals, Day 5
(1) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4 (OT) (8) Admiral 3 Metallurg wins the series 4-1Sergei Mozyakin’s first goal of the play-offs snapped a 3-3 tie and gave Metallurg the win that puts it into the second...
View ArticleYamal becomes official Gazprom Neft Cup partner
The victorious youngsters of the team which wins the West Group of the Gazprom Neft Cup, Europe’s biggest youth hockey tournament, will be flown from Minsk to the final in Omsk on a special charter...
View ArticleForex4you – new Official Partner of VI KHL Championship
Forex4you, one of the largest foreign exchange brokers in Russia and the CIS, has clinched a deal to become an official partner of the Kontinental Hockey League Championship 2013-14 season. The...
View ArticleGazprom Neft Cup draw
The draw for the Gazprom Neft Cup, Europe’s biggest youth hockey tournament, took place in Minsk, the city which will stage the West Group half of the tournament. The draw also determined the teams to...
View ArticleGoing the distance. Western quarterfinals, Day 6
(8) Lokomotiv 6 (1) Dynamo Moscow 0 Series tied at 3-3 Lokomotiv found the ‘ex’-factor to thrash Dynamo and take this series to a game seven showdown in Moscow on Monday evening.The Railwaymen steamed...
View ArticleGame 7 of Donbass vs Dinamo Riga series switched to Bratislava
As a result of the recent escalation in tensions and disorder in Donetsk, and in light of reports of possible large-scale civil disobedience and unrest in the near future, the Kontinental Hockey League...
View ArticleSibir makes history. Eastern quarterfinals, Day 6
(6) Sibir 3 (2OT) (3) Ak Bars 2 Sibir wins the series 4-2Play-off hockey is an emotional roller-coaster, and an occasion for new chapters to be written in the history books. And that’s certainly what...
View ArticleChampion dumped out in first round. Western quarterfinals, Day 7
(1) Dynamo Moscow 1 (8) Lokomotiv 5 Lokomotiv wins the series 4-3 Lokomotiv pulled off a huge shock in these play-offs, defeating defending champion Dynamo Moscow in the first round.A 5-1 win in game...
View ArticleAnd then there were eight… Eastern quarterfinals, Day 7
(4) Salavat Yulaev 2 (5) Torpedo 1 Salavat Yulaev wins the series 4-3Salavat Yulaev completed the line-up for the conference semi-finals, edging a 2-1 verdict at home to Torpedo in Game 7 of the last...
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