Avangard pair continue to impress
Avangard’s prolific partnership of Sergei Shirokov and Denis Parshin was on song once again to lead the team to a 4-2 victory over Lokomotiv in Omsk.The duo grew up together at CSKA but their paths...
View ArticleSlovan appoints Petri Matikainen
Former Avangard boss Petri Matikainen has become the new head coach of Slovan Bratislava, filling the vacancy created last week by Rostislav Cada’s resignation. Matikainen’s contract runs until the end...
View ArticlePlotnikov banned for 3 games
In the 11th minute of Monday’s game in Omsk between Avangard and Lokomotiv, visiting forward Sergei Plotnikov was adjudged to have struck the head of home forward Evgeny Mozer, for which the Yaroslavl...
View ArticleDynamo hits back to down Salavat. September 23 round-up
Alexei Tereshchenko knew all about the importance of beating Salavat Yulaev during his long career at Ak Bars, and those old habits came back to him in the colors of Dynamo Moscow.The forward, who...
View ArticleRussia’s sledge hockey youngsters on their way to the USA
On Monday, September 22, seven young boys and one young girl embarked on a historic journey from Russia to the United States. The children are known collectively as Ladoga, a Russian children’s and...
View ArticleIgor Radulov banned for 4 games
The KHL Disciplinary Committee has studied an incident from the third period of Tuesday night’s game in Riga between Dinamo and Atlant Moscow Region. In the 46th minute, Riga forward Andris Dzerins was...
View ArticleSegal spoils Matikainen’s first day. September 24 round-up
Two goals from Brandon Segal led Medvescak to victory at Slovan, spoiling Petri Matikainen’s first game as head coach of the Slovak club.The Finn, who previously coached Avangard, was appointed in...
View ArticleRadulov too good for Neftekhimik. September 25 round-up
Alexander Radulov was the architect of CSKA’s latest victory, with five assists in a 6-3 home win over Neftekhimik.The Army Men’s special teams were particularly effective early on, converting their...
View ArticleMatikainen’s revenge. September 26 round-up
Two days after Medvescak spoiled Petri Matikainen’s debut as Slovan coach the Finn got his revenge in Zagreb.A hat-trick from Ladislav Nagy fired the Bratislava team to a 3-1 victory, but the outcome...
View ArticleSimpson leaves Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv has announced the departure from the club of its Canadian head coach, Sean Simpson, and his assistant, Colin Muller. Anatoly Khomenko has been appointed as interim head coach. The Yaroslavl...
View ArticleLalande blanks ex-teammates. September 27 round-up
CSKA goalie Kevin Lalande made his first appearance for the club against his former team Dinamo Minsk – and celebrated with a shut-out as the Army Men won 2-0.Alexander Radulov opened the scoring in...
View ArticleHutchinson banned for 2 games
In the third period of Friday’s game in Zagreb between Medvescak and Slovan Bratislava, home team defenseman Andrew Hutchinson deliberately used his elbow to strike visiting forward Ladislav Nagy, who...
View ArticlePlayers of the Week 4
To mark the end of the fourth week’s play of the seventh season of the Championship, The Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categories.– Best goaltender of the...
View ArticleGolovkov banned for 1 game
In the 55th minute of Saturday’s game in Saint Petersburg between SKA and Vityaz, visiting defenseman Igor Golovkov was adjudged to have committed an illegally high challenge on Petersburg forward...
View ArticleLokomotiv looks up. September 29 round-up
The game in Yaroslavl brought together two teams finding life tough at the start of the season – albeit for rather different reasons.While HC Sochi’s problems stem in no small part from a combination...
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