The 2016-17 Gagarin Cup final will be contested by the 2015 champion, SKA Saint Petersburg, and the reigning champion, Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Both teams earned the right to compete for the KHL Championship’s main trophy thanks to a 4-0 series sweep in the Conference final, with the Petersburg team defeating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to become the best in the West and the men from Magnitogorsk ousting Ak Bars Kazan to claim supremacy in the East.
The format for the Gagarin Cup final series is the traditional best-of-seven contest, with Metallurg (as the higher-placed team in the Conference standings) enjoying home advantage in Game 1, 2, and if necessary, Game 5 and 7. SKA is at home in Game 3, 4, and if necessary, Game 6.
Game 1: Saturday, April 8 – Metallurg Magnitogorsk vs SKA Saint Petersburg – 15:00
Game 2: Monday, April 10 – Metallurg Magnitogorsk vs SKA Saint Petersburg – 17:00
Game 3: Wednesday, April 12 – SKA Saint Petersburg vs Metallurg Magnitogorsk – 19:30
Game 4: Friday, April 14 – SKA Saint Petersburg vs SKA Saint Petersburg – 19:30
*Game 5: Sunday, April 16 – Metallurg Magnitogorsk vs SKA Saint Petersburg – 15:00
*Game 6: Tuesday, April 18 – SKA Saint Petersburg vs Metallurg Magnitogorsk – 19:30
*Game 7: Thursday, April 20 – Metallurg Magnitogorsk vs SKA Saint Petersburg – 17:00
*If necessary
All times are Moscow time (GMT+3)
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