League confirms list of participant clubs for 2017-18 Championship
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Kontinental Hockey League held in Moscow on Wednesday, the 24th of May, the full list of clubs accepted for participation in the 2017-18 Championship was confirmed.
The number of competing teams is to be 27, two fewer than in the 2016-17 season, with Metallurg Novokuznetsk and Medvescak Zagreb being the two departing clubs. Neither the “Blacksmiths” of Novokuznetsk, nor the “Bears” of Zagreb were able to submit the required documentation demonstrating that they met the strict criteria demanded by the League of its participating clubs.
The full list is as follows:
Western Conference
|
Bobrov Division |
Tarasov Division |
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Dinamo Minsk |
Vityaz Moscow Region |
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Dinamo Riga |
Dynamo Moscow |
|
Jokerit Helsinki |
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
|
SKA Saint Petersburg |
Severstal Cherepovets |
|
Slovan Bratislava |
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
|
Spartak Moscow |
HC Sochi |
|
|
CSKA |
Eastern Conference
|
Kharlamov Division |
Chernyshev Division |
|
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
Avangard Omsk |
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Ak Bars Kazan |
Admiral Vladivostok |
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Lada Togliatti |
Amur Khabarovsk |
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
Barys Astana |
|
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
Kunlun Red Star |
|
Traktor Chelyabinsk |
Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
|
Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk |
Sibir Novosibirsk |
