Now in English – the KHL’s official podcast

Icecast, the official podcast of the KHL, is now available in English.

The first edition was released this week. The presenter is renowned hockey journalist Igor Yeronko of Sport Express. His guests for the first show were Avangard’s head coach Bob Hartley, Ak Bars forward Patrice Cormier and Avtomobilist newcomer Peter Holland. You can listen to Icecast via Soundcloud or iTunes.

00:44-03:25 Rink resizing in the KHL

03:26-07:39 Bob Hartley talks different rink sizes

07:40-12:24 Patrice Cormier likes big ice

12:25-16:13 Peter Holland on why he moved to Russia

16:14-30:00 Corey Pronman of the Athletic on Russian prospects

The podcast will appear weekly, expanding on the Russian-language version that first appeared in February 2019. The KHL was the first professional sports league in Russia to launch its own podcast (known as ‘lyodcast’, from the Russian word for ‘ice’) and started to produce audio content for its audience.