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Before the start of the playoffs, KHL.ru presents a preview of the Gagarin Cup’s first-round pairings. Today the talk is about the clash between Dynamo Moscow and Severstal, the fourth and fifth seeds in the West.

Before the start of the playoffs, KHL.ru presents a preview of the Gagarin Cup’s first-round pairings. Today the talk is about the clash between CSKA and Lokomotiv, the third and sixth seeds in the West.

Before the start of the playoffs, KHL.ru presents a preview of the Gagarin Cup’s first-round pairings. Today the talk is about the clash between Metallurg and Barys, the first and eighth seeds in the East.

The Olympic men’s tournament starts tomorrow (Feb. 9) and KHL. ru completes its survey of the competing teams with a look at the defending champion, Team ROC.

KHL.ru continues its preview of the Olympic men’s hockey tournament with a look at the Canadians. Without the NHL, Canada won bronze four years ago. In similar circumstances this time, how will this perennial powerhouse fare?

KHL.ru continues to talk about the teams participating in the men’s hockey tournament at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Today, the talk is about Team Germany, which is going to play in the Group ‘A’, with Canada, China, and the USA.

Among the participants in the upcoming Beijing Olympics, Switzerland is one of the three countries that also took part in the very first Olympic hockey tournament, in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.

On December 3, the United Arab Emirates will become the fifteenth country to host an official match of the Kontinental Hockey League championship.

KHL.ru is nearing the end of its preview of this season’s contenders. Today we’re looking at last season’s runner-up, CSKA, where it’s all change after another busy summer.

KHL.ru keeps on previewing the upcoming 2021-2022 campaign for the league’s 24 teams. Dynamo Moscow changed most of its board and hockey operations staff, organized a new first (and a second) line, and tried to get some room for the younger players.

KHL.ru continues its rundown of this season’s teams with a trip to the Southern Urals. Metallurg changed most of its international players and kept on betting on offensive hockey.

KHL.ru continues its run-down of the teams ahead of the upcoming season. Today we move to Cherepovets, which was one of last year’s surprises. However, the Razin’s men lost their top scorer and 5/6 of their defensive line.

For the second time in this pre-season, Dynamo got a one-goal verdict over Admiral in a warm-up game. But this game was rather different.

KHL.ru continues its look at the contenders for the coming season with a visit to Novosibirsk. Sibir has suffered with a serious injury to its leading defenseman and might be short of a second center, but the roster still has enough to suggest it can make the playoffs.

KHL.ru continues its look at how the teams are shaping up for the new season. Amur appointed a new head coach, retained its leaders and found a few new Czech potential stars.

In our traditional summer series, KHL.ru introduces each team’s new line-up ahead of the coming season. We start with Admiral, which missed 2020-2021 for financial reasons but is ready to return to the league this term.

KHL.ru continues its review of the league’s leading performers from each country. Today, we’re visiting the Czech Republic.

KHL.ru continues its country-by-country review of the top performers in the league’s history. Today, it’s the turn of the USA.

KHL.ru continues its series about the individual achievements of players from different countries. Today, we’re looking at Kazakhstan – without imports who acquired dual-nationality.

KHL.ru continues its series reviewing the fortunes of all 23 competing teams in the 2020-2021 season. CSKA, perhaps more than any other, had to work hard to fit its roster under the newly-imposed hard salary cap. They passed that test with flying colors, topping the regular season table for the third time in a row and the sixth in seven years before going on to the Gagarin Cup final.

KHL.ru continues reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Salavat Yulaev Ufa had an outstanding regular season, primarily thanks to its Finn line of Teemu Hartikainen, Markus Granlund, and Sakari Manninen. However, in the playoff, Ak Bars managed to close down the games, and a 0-4 first-round exit made Salavat Yulaev’s season look blurry.

KHL.ru goes on reviewing the 2020-2021 season for the league’s 23 teams. HC Sochi was the only team who sacked its head coach during the season, but it wasn’t enough to avoid several anti-records.

From Riga to Vladivostok, from SKA to Kunlun Red Star, the season was full of action and packed with exciting goals and saves. KHL.ru presents the best plays of the 2019-20 season.