Record-breaking reverse for Russia
Russia’s defensive shortcomings came back to haunt the team in Thursday’s quarter-final against Team USA – with an 8-3 defeat ending Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s hopes of coaching the team to back-to-back...
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...
View ArticleDynamo Day in Moscow
Dynamo Moscow’s home rink at the Luzhniki minor arena staged a glittering award ceremony on Tuesday to mark the Blue-and-Whites becoming Gagarin Cup champions for the second year running. The day’s...
View ArticleHigh Five. Season closing ceremony
On the 22nd of May the KHL staged the Closing Ceremony for 2012-13 season. During this celebration the heroes of the fifth Kontinental Hockey League season were presented with awards covering 23...
View ArticleHockey is back in Yaroslavl
Loko youth team played at home for the first time since Sep. 7 tragedy
View ArticleThe full results from Donetsk of the KHL Junior Draft 2013
Round 1 No.Club Player School / Club Protection 1 Amur / CSKA / Amur Dmitry Osipov Rus Moscow 2 Ak Bars / Dinamo Riga Evgeny Svechnikov Ak Bars 3 Metallurg Mg /Avtomobilist Vladislav Kamenev Metallurg...
View ArticleA big step forward. KHL Junior Draft 2013
With each passing year, the KHL Junior Draft takes a significant step forward. While the draft itself will always have its opponents as well as supporters, there is no denying that the ceremony itself...
View ArticleReferees, linesmen rewarded
The Kontinental Hockey League Refereeing Department has named the ten best referees and linesmen of the 2012/2013 KHL Championship. The 10 finest referees, in alphabetical order: Alexei Anisimov...
View ArticleFrom Hershey Bears to Zagreb Bears. Medvescak names head coach
KHL debutant Medvescak (Bears) of Zagreb has appointed Mark French as head coach. The 42-year-old Canadian specialist has spent the last six years with the Hershey Bears, where he earned a reputation...
View ArticleAri-Pekka Selin the new Barys boss
Barys Astana has appointed Ari-Pekka Selin as head coach. The 50-year-old Finn has signed a two-year contract and fills the vacancy left by Vladimir Krikunov, who returns to Neftekhimik. Selin’s...
View ArticleMedia accreditation for 2013-14 season
The Kontinental Hockey League Press Service has announced that the media accreditation process for the 2013-14 KHL Championship will run from the 8th of July through to the 5th of August, 2013. The...
View ArticlePress conference: New season schedule and Extension Draft
At 5pm on June 17th, the KHL’s Moscow head office (located at 20/2 Ovchinnikovskaya Embankment) is the venue for a press conference hosted by Hockey Operations Vice-President Vladimir Shalaev. At the...
View ArticleClub wage bills and player contracts
The Kontinental Hockey League has made public the salary budget of each of its clubs together with a breakdown of the value of various players’ contracts throughout the League. By closely pursuing such...
View ArticleTo Sochi and beyond – 2013-14 season schedule
At a press conference held today in the Kontinental Hockey League’s Moscow headquarters, Hockey Operations Vice-President Vladimir Shalaev has unveiled the schedule for the forthcoming KHL...
View ArticleExtension Draft: a crew for Admiral
The Kontinental Hockey League’s Moscow head office was the venue today for the Extension Draft, conducted to enable one of the League’s debutant clubs, Admiral of Vladivostok, to select for its roster...
View ArticleAmounts paid by KHL clubs to locked-out NHL players
As part of its continuing policy of financial transparency, the Kontinental Hockey League has published the total payments made by each club to locked-out NHL players hired during the dispute. These...
View ArticleKHL satisfied with Vladivostok’s progress
An expert commission from the Kontinental Hockey League’s Department of Inspection and Control spent the 18th and 19th of June in Vladivostok, on a mission to scrutinize the infrastructure and give...
View ArticleFinland to broadcast KHL games
Games in the Kontinental Hockey League Championship are to be broadcast across Finland, thanks to a new agreement between the KHL, assisted by marketing agency UFA Sports, and the Danish telecoms...
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