CSKA sweeps into Gagarin Cup final
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL(6) SKA St. Petersburg 1 (1) CSKA Moscow 2 (1OT) CSKA wins the series 4-0There was overtime once again – but tonight it took a matter of seconds to settle both the game and the...
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Dear hockey fans, In the quest to find for the ideal city to stage the 2017 All-Star Game, the League has received applications from four cities, all of whom would be outstanding venues for the...
View ArticleMagnitka one step away from the grand final
EAST CONFERENCE FINALS(4) Salavat Yulaev Ufa 1 (2) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 Metallurg leads the series 3-1Alexander Semin and Sergei Mozyakin were the architects of a victory that puts Metallurg on the...
View ArticleMagnitka marches into Grand Final
EAST CONFERENCE FINALS(2) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 (4) Salavat Yulaev 2 (2OT)Metallurg wins the series 4-1A goal early in the second period of overtime put Metallurg into the Grand Final for the second...
View ArticleMedia Accreditation for the KHL Championship’s Final Series
Due to a big number of accredited media representatives, high interest before the KHL Championship’s Final Series and limited number of media seats available on arenas in Moscow and Magnitogorsk, the...
View ArticlePlayers of the Conference finals: Sorokin, Lepisto, Semin and Dergachyov
To mark the end of the third round of the Gagarin Cup play-offs – the Conference finals - the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the series in four categories. – Best goaltender...
View ArticleMarch’s finest: Sorokin, Denisov, Mozyakin and Sergiyenko
To mark the end of the seventh month’s play of the eighth season of the Championship, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the month in four categories. – Best goaltender, for...
View ArticleMozyakin, Semin and big-game know-how – the keys to Metallurg’s Gagarin Cup...
Why Magnitka can win it …1. ExperienceMetallurg has been here before. In 2014 the team won it all with a roster that remains largely intact. From goalie Vasily Koshechkin to the prolific...
View ArticleDominance, depth and defense – the keys to CSKA’s Gagarin Cup hopes
Why the Army Men can win it …QualityThis season, quite simply, CSKA has been head and shoulders above everyone else. Regular season? Champion at a canter. Post season? How does eight straight wins, and...
View ArticleThe way we were: CSKA’s last playoff Grand Final
CSKA, the most titled club in world hockey, is back in a playoff final for the first time since 1992. That season, the first since the break-up of the USSR, saw the Army Men take silver in the CIS...
View ArticleThe way we were: CSKA’s last playoff Grand Final
CSKA, the most titled club in world hockey, is back in a playoff final for the first time since 1992. That season, the first since the break-up of the USSR, saw the Army Men take silver in the CIS...
View ArticleCSKA and Magnitka – the story so far …
Two meetings between the two finalists earlier this season were full of intrigue – and both teams can draw positives from the results.September 11: CSKA 1 Metallurg 3Metallurg arrived in Moscow in...
View ArticleCSKA starts with a flourish
GAGARIN CUP FINALSCSKA Moscow 5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1 CSKA leads the series 1-0CSKA recovered from a slow start to win the opening game in the Gagarin Cup Final Series – and in doing so underlined...
View ArticleGagarin Cup tours the Capital
On Friday, the 8th of April, while the players of CSKA and Metallurg rested their aching limbs on the morning after the opening game of the Gagarin Cup final series, the trophy itself - Russian...
View ArticleAll square! Magnitka strikes back
GAGARIN CUP FINALSCSKA Moscow 1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 Series tied at 1-1The sight of CSKA defenseman Grigory Panin slumped against the boards as the last 10 seconds ticked down told the story of...
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