President meets with KHL chiefs
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin has held a meeting with several of the bosses, owners, shareholders and sponsors of Russia’s hockey clubs. KHL President Alexander Medvedev and Chairman of...
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Review of the season, part 1: rebirth, new frontiers and locked-out stars
September The season began with Dynamo Moscow beating Avangard Omsk via shootout to take the Opening Cup in the annual curtain-raiser. But the early attention was on Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv returned...
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Review of the season, part 2: an All-Star farewell and a Dynamo double
January The All-Star Game turned into a fond farewell: with the NHL lock-out ending, Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk headed to Chelyabinsk for a last hurrah in front of the KHL fans who had thrilled...
View ArticleKHL inspectors visit Zagreb arenas
A commission of experts from the Kontinental Hockey League has been in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, to conduct a three-day inspection of the facilities and insfrastructure of the city and its hockey...
View ArticleKitov takes charge at Novokuznetsk
The new head coach of Metallurg Novokuznetsk has been named as Alexander Kitov, who has spent the last two seasons coaching Metallurg’s Youth Hockey League side, the Kuznetskie Medvedi. Kitov will take...
View ArticleVladivostok club ready for KHL
On Saturday, April 27th, Kontinental Hockey League President Alexander Medvedev, together with KHL Vice-President Vyacheslav Fetisov, who also represents Primorsky Territory in Russia’s upper house,...
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Army Boys Capture Gazprom Neft Cup
CSKA Moscow’s youngsters showed real Red Army resilience to triumph over Traktor in the final of the VII Gazprom Neft Cup children’s tournament at the Arena Omsk yesterday. After taking an early lead,...
View ArticleCSKA’s 90th Birthday
Today is the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Central Sports Club of the Army, which over the years has proved to be one of the most successful sporting organisations in history, and one which...
View ArticleMedvescak of Zagreb joins the KHL
On Monday, 29th of April, Kontinental Hockey League President Alexander Medvedev held a meeting with the owners of HC Medvescak ofZagreb to discuss the Croatian club’s possible participation in the KHL...
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Vyacheslav Anisin: Croats have been hockey fans for years
Three-time world champion, eight-time USSR champion and ’72 Summit Series veteran Vyacheslav Anisin spent the twilight years of his career in Europe, including a spell in Yugoslavia playing for...
View ArticleKrikunov to Neftekhimik, Yemelin to Avtomobilist
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg has announced the appointment as head coach of former Lada, Amur and Novokuznetsk Metallurg boss Anatoly Yemelin as part of an overhaul of the club’s coaching staff. Joining...
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Russia ready for World Championship repeat
Team Russia faces off with Latvia on Saturday at the start of its World Championship defense – and expectations are high for Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s men. That opening fixture is a repeat of last...
View ArticleHockey is back in Yaroslavl
Loko youth team played at home for the first time since Sep. 7 tragedy
View ArticleMorozov joins CSKA
Alexei Morozov, two-time World champion, two-time Gagarin Cup winner with Ak Bars, signed two years contract with CSKA. His record with Kazan side stands at 505 (219+286) points in 475 regular...
View ArticleMike Keenan to coach Magnitka
Renowned NHL specialist Mike Keenan has signed a two-year deal as head coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Ilya Vorobyov andEvgeny Koreshkov, both already on the Magnitogorsk coaching staff, have been...
View ArticleJune Extension Draft for Vladivostok
On the 17th of June the League will conduct an extension to the Draft procedure in order that next season’s debutant team from Vladivostok can assemble a full roster of players to compete in the...
View ArticleCui bono? KHL issues response to RIHF proposal
From the moment of its inception, the Kontinental Hockey League has established itself as an equal partner with the National Hockey League in matters of player transfers. The Memorandum of...
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Russia gets ready for US summit
Team Russia negotiated the first hurdle in its World Championship defense – but performances in the group stage have offered as many questions as answers, especially at the back. A year ago Russia...
View ArticleThe League’s Finest. Season closing ceremony
On the 22nd of May the KHL staged the Closing Ceremony for the 2012-13 season. During this celebration the heroes of the third Kontinental Hockey League season were presented with awards covering 23...
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