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31 August 2021, 14:00 Countdown

Last season in Balashikha. Avangard season preview
KHL.ru ends its rundown of the league’s 2021-2022 teams with Avangard — the Gagarin Cup reigning champions. In the offseason, the Hawks changed several players, and the next season will be the latest one in Balashikha and may be the latest for bench boss Bob Hartley as well.
21 August 2021, 14:00 Countdown

Hunting the Cup. Traktor season preview
KHL.ru continues its preview of the league’s teams for 2021-2022. Today we move to the Southern Urals as we visit Chelyabinsk.
19 August 2021, 17:00 Countdown

Marjamaki’s fourth season and a rejuvenated roster. Jokerit season preview
KHL.ru continues its rundown of this season’s teams. Today it’s the turn of Jokerit, where an established head coach is working with a younger roster.
13 August 2021, 18:30 Countdown

Seeking Olympic qualification and new prospects. Dinamo Minsk preview
KHL.ru continues its preview of this season’s competing teams. Today, we move to Belarus. In Minsk, Dinamo didn’t have the busiest summer on the market and is waiting for the national team to compete at the Olympics final qualification tournament.
12 August 2021, 14:00 Countdown

A new home and a familiar face. Spartak season preview
KHL.ru continues its review of this season’s competing teams. Spartak is on the move across Moscow, where it will play at Megasport in the coming campaign, and arrives in its new home with a new-look team and changes in the coaching and management structures.
6 August 2021, 17:15 Countdown

Waiting for the youngsters. HC Sochi season preview
KHL.ru continues its look at the preparations of each team ahead of the coming season. Today, we’re looking at HC Sochi once again facing severe changes in its roster and staff.
5 August 2021, 14:00 Countdown

The Dragons’ Olympic year: Kunlun Red Star season preview
KHL.ru continues its look at the preparations of each team ahead of the coming season. Today, we’re looking at Kunlun Red Star as it gets ready for the final action before the long-awaited Winter Olympics in Beijing.
2 August 2021, 14:00 News

Record-breaking Vikings in Ufa
In the final episode of KHL.ru’s review of the top performers from each country, we round up with a look at the top players from nations with relatively few players in our league.
30 July 2021, 14:00 News

Hartikainen and the rest: top Finns in the KHL
KHL.ru continues its review of our national heroes with a trip to Finland.
28 July 2021, 15:20 News

Shipachyov starts chasing Mozyakin’s records. Russia’s KHL leaders
KHL.ru continues its country-by-country review of the most successful players in the league’s history. Today we’re sticking close to home and focussing on the most prominent Russian performers.
20 July 2021, 14:45 News

Kostitsyn the scorer, and Stas the Iron-man. KHL records from Belarus
In the 2020-2021 season, Teemu Hartikainen and Kaspars Daugavins established records among Finnish and Latvian players in the KHL. KHL.ru opens a new column regarding record-breaking players from different countries, starting from Belarus. For Belarus and Kazakhstan, naturalized North American players aren't eligible for the lists.
16 July 2021, 14:00 News

SKA season review: Youngsters emerge during Bragin’s first year
KHL.ru continues its round-up of the 23 teams that competed in the 2020-2021 season. SKA once again made it to the Western Conference final, but once again lost out to CSKA.
15 July 2021, 14:00 News

Lokomotiv season review: Skabelka’s first year behind the bench
KHL.ru continues its series rounding up the seasons of each of the 23 teams that took part in the 2020-2021 championship. Lokomotiv, once again, made it to the second round of the playoffs before losing to CSKA in seven games.
7 July 2021, 14:00 News

2020-2021 Jokerit review: four quarantines and four playoff games
KHL.ru continues reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Due to the pandemic, the Finnish side had to sit four times in quarantine and play the postseason games in away arenas.
29 June 2021, 14:00 News

2020-2021 Severstal review: first postseason victory in 8 years
KHL.ru continues reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Severstal reached the playoffs for the first time in three years and forced Dynamo Moscow to find another gear to beat them.
22 June 2021, 14:00 News

2020-2021 Spartak review: fourth straight first-round exit
KHL.ru continues reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Spartak managed to find itself in the playoffs but once again couldn’t go further than the first round.
21 June 2021, 18:00 News

2020-2021 Vityaz review: records and missed playoffs
KHL.ru continues reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Vityaz struggled until the end to reach the postseason, but two losses in Helsinki eliminated the side’s chances to fight for the Gagarin Cup.
16 June 2021, 14:00 News

2020-2021 Amur review: Svetlov's return and Ushenins' departure
KHL.ru continues reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Amur displayed some entertaining hockey but once again failed to reach the playoffs.
9 June 2021, 14:00 News

2020-2021 Dinamo Riga review. Seven seasons without playoffs
KHL.ru launches a series of materials reviewing the 2020-2021 season for each of the 23 teams in the league. Let’s start with Dinamo Riga. The Latvian franchise ended the regular season at the bottom of the standings.
15 January 2021, 12:00 Interview

Shane Prince: “The KHL this year is a lot tighter”
In this exclusive interview, Dinamo Minsk’s top scorer talked about the successful season he’s having in Belarus, his current and past teammates, the COVID-19 challenges, and much more.
22 April 2020, 14:00 KHL Legends

Michael Garnett: ‘Russia was my second chance’
The KHL continues its series of interviews with players who made a big impact during their time in the league. The star of today’s show is Canadian goalie Michael Garnett, noted for his time at MVD, Dynamo Moscow, Traktor, Slovan and Medvescak. In total, he played nine seasons in the KHL.
2 April 2020, 14:00 Interview

Lauri Marjamaki: ‘Even I was surprised by Lehtonen’s performance’
Jokerit head coach Lauri Marjamaki tells KHL.ru about his second season in the league, the changes in the coaching staff and Mikko Lehtonen’s explosive debut season.
31 March 2020, 13:00 Interview

Pelino: ‘Lokomotiv will compete for the Gagarin Cup in the future’
Lokomotiv head coach Mike Pelino talks about his year in Yaroslavl, developing young players and the role of the veterans.
27 March 2020, 15:00 KHL Legends

Pirnes: ‘If I hadn’t played with Mozyakin, I wouldn’t have set records!’
KHL.ru continues to unearth the stories of some of the most notable achievements in the history of the league. The latest edition focuses on Esa Pirnes, a Finnish forward who played just one season in the KHL, but who used that time to set a record that stands to this day.
24 March 2020, 12:05 Interview

Woodcroft: “Dinamo had good moments that gives us optimism moving forward.”
Dinamo Minsk head coach Craig Woodcroft talks with KHL.ru about his season in Belarus, Vyacheslav Gretsky’s unexpected All-Star call and Mikhail Grabovsky’s first season as a coach.
12 December 2019, 13:00 KHL Legends

Rastislav Stana: Kvartalnov was one of my best coaches
KHL.ru continues with its column dedicated to the players who made the history of the League. The series continues with the Slovak goalie Rastislav Stana, who stopped pucks for Severstal and CSKA.
11 October 2019, 13:30 Interview

Janis Kalnins: from Hungary to KHL stardom
The best goalie of week five - Jokerit's Janis Kalnins - told KHL.ru about his team's start, the inner competition with Antti Niemi, and his difficulties with day-to-day life in Finland.
10 October 2019, 16:30 Interview

Mikael Wikstrand: "I'm glad to have signed with Ak Bars"
September's best defenseman Mikael Wikstrand talked to KHL.ru about his debut in the new league, commented on his adaptation to Kazan, and shed some light on a secret hidden in his surname.
19 September 2019, 14:00 Interview

Pulkkinen: “Dinamo Minsk has no passengers”
The best forward of the 2019-20 regular season’s first week Teemu Pulkkinen talked with KHL.ru about his return to Minsk, his expectations for the new season, and the team’s staff.
14 August 2019, 16:00 Interview

Andrighetto – ‘The KHL is the best chance for me to get better as a player’
Avangard’s new forward Sven Andrighetto arrives in Russia with a wealth of experience in the NHL and a World Championship silver medal with Switzerland. After making he debut at the Sochi Hockey Open, he talked to KHL.ru about travelling the world, moving to Russia and coping with hockey-mad fans in Montreal.
6 August 2019, 12:00 Interview

Antti Niemi: I always dreamed about playing at the Hartwall Arena
KHL.ru introduces to you Jokerit’s new goalkeeper, the veteran Antti Niemi, who signed back home after spending 11 seasons overseas.
20 June 2019, 11:45 Interview

Markus Ljungh: My family and I can’t wait for our adventures in Vladivostok
Swedish forward Markus Ljungh recently signed a one-year contract with Admiral Vladivostok. The center never played abroad, and now he’ll be at 10,000 km from home. In this interview with KHL.ru, Ljungh talked about his new challenge.
19 June 2019, 11:30 Interview

Sustr: At Kunlun I want to prove that I’m still a good player
Czech defenseman Andrej Sustr is one of the new recruits at Kunlun Red Star as the Beijing franchise looks to get back into playoff contention. After signing a contract to play in China, he told KHL.ru about what he’s hoping for in the coming season.
18 June 2019, 18:30 Interview

Timur Shiyanov: “In Russia I’ll have bigger chances to develop”
In this offseason, Vityaz signed several new players, with the young Russian goalie Timur Shiyanov being one of them. The netminder started playing in Russia, then at age 10, he moved to Switzerland. In this interview for KHL.ru, Shiyanov told us about his path towards the world of professional hockey.
23 April 2019, 22:30 Interview

Bob Hartley: “My players are winners, but CSKA became the champions”
Head coach of Avangard Omsk Bob Hartley speaks with KHL.ru about his debut season in the KHL and the reasons for his team’s loss in the Gagarin Cup finals to CSKA.
9 April 2019, 12:00 KHL Legends

Dimitrij Kotschnew: “The best years of my career were with Spartak”
KHL.ru continues its series about the most impactful players in KHL history. This time, the series visits Dimitrij Kotschnew, the German goalkeeper of Kazakh origin, who spent four highly successful seasons in the KHL.
26 March 2019, 19:00 Interview

Marjamaki: “Our special teams failed in the playoffs”
The head coach of Helsinki’s Jokerit discusses his debut season in the KHL, his team’s first-round exit against Dynamo Moscow, and his self-critical approach, in an exclusive interview with KHL.ru.
19 March 2019, 15:00 KHL Legends

Petri Vehanen: “Winning Gagarin Cup with Ak Bars was like a fairy tale”
KHL.ru continues to tell the stories of the players who left the largest mark on the league. In this edition, we visit Finnish goalkeeper Petri Vehanen, who won the Gagarin Cup with Ak Bars and later reached the finals again with Lev Praha.
6 March 2019, 15:00 KHL Legends

Mattias Weinhandl: A born sniper becomes a business angel
KHL.ru present a new series, “Legends of the KHL,” on the best talents in league history. Swedish forward Mattias Weinhandl has played four seasons in Russia, making a name for himself as a defender in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Now in retirement, he’s exploring his other talents.
21 February 2019, 14:00 Interview

Dennis Rasmussen: “It’s crucial to start the playoffs at home”
In this interview, the Swedish Metallurg forward told KHL.ru about his adaptation to the League and the most critical part of the season.
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