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8 August 2020, 14:00 Pre-season

Can Kvartalnov win his first Gagarin Cup? Ak Bars season preview
7 August 2020, 23:00 Pre-season

Loko strikes back against SKA
Lokomotiv and Sochi U20s both recovered some pride at the Sochi Hockey Open ahead of tomorrow’s pair of cup finals. The Railwaymen won 6-2 against SKA, recording a first victory of the summer. And Sochi, despite another loss, at least had the satisfaction of scoring on Russia’s juniors after two lopsided losses.
7 August 2020, 20:30 Officially

The KHL schedule for 2020-2021 – we start on Sep. 2!
On August 7, 2020, the KHL presented the schedule for its 13th season. The calendar was drawn up by a group of the league’s specialists which included the league’s acting Vice President for Hockey Operations, Sergei Kozlov, and statistical expert Vladimir Zhidkov
7 August 2020, 19:30 Deutsch

Die KHL präsentierte den Spielplan für die Saison 2020-2021
Heute am 7. August 2020 präsentierte die Kontinental Hockey League den 13. Saisonkalender.
7 August 2020, 18:50 Deutsch

KHL-Verwaltungsrat genemigt die Teilehmerliste für die Saison 2020-2021
Nach Prüfung aller Materialien aus der Liga beschloss der Verwaltungsrat , die Anzahl der 23 Teilnehmer an der KHL-Meisterschaft für die Saison 2020/2021 zu genehmigen.
7 August 2020, 18:05 Officially

The KHL Board of Directors confirms the teams for 2020-2021
On August 7, 2020, at an online meeting of the KHL Board of Directors, the 23 clubs to take part in the 2020/2021 championship were confirmed. After reviewing all of the documentation provided by the league, the board agreed to confirm that, for the coming season, the KHL will run with 23 competing teams.
7 August 2020, 15:45 Countdown

Keeping hopes alive. Vityaz season preview
After two postseason qualifications in a row, Vityaz is ready to make it three despite losing one of its best players — Alexei Makeyev. However, the team’s roster didn’t become worse as new, exciting players will replace him.
6 August 2020, 20:50 Pre-season

Six more for SKA
For the second time in three days, SKA scored six on Lokomotiv at the Sochi Hockey Open. Valery Bragin’s team will now face his former charges, Russia U20, in the gold-medal at this tournament. The other game of the day saw Amur defeat Sokol in an exhibition event in Moscow.
6 August 2020, 15:00 The Faceoff

The Faceoff: Michal Jordán
Amur Khabarovsk's Michal Jordán has played hockey with a tiger. That is not to be confused, however, with the handful of times that another Michael Jordan played golf with one (Tiger Woods, to be exact). While the possibilities for Chicago Bulls jokes are endless, there is one point that is no laughing matter—Khabarovsk will require a full-court press to reverse its misfortunes from seasons past. The KHL’s own Jordán was all business when it came to Amur’s upcoming challenges, crowned with a head coaching shock just days into preseason.
5 August 2020, 22:40 Pre-season

Double figures in Sochi
Day two of the Sochi Hockey Open brought just one game — and, just as in yesterday’s encounter, Russia’s Juniors were far too powerful for their brave but limited counterparts from Sochi.
5 August 2020, 14:00 Countdown

Keeping the faith. Severstal season preview
Severstal hasn’t made the playoffs since 2018, and that is the team’s solitary post season in the past seven campaigns. Despite this, the club has kept faith with the coaching staff and is hoping that its policy of developing young talent will bear fruit as the hard salary cap levels the playing field in the Western Conference.
4 August 2020, 22:50 Pre-season

Six-shooting SKA downs Loko, Amirov plays lacrosse
The Sochi Hockey Open got underway, but there was a change to schedule. HC Sochi decided to give this tournament a miss, promoting the club’s juniors to play instead. The youngsters will now have a best-of-three series against Russia’s U20s. In parallel, Lokomotiv and SKA will play their own three-game mini-series, with the winners progressing to a gold-medal game on August 8.
4 August 2020, 14:00 Transfers

Dinamo Riga takes shape, Lehtonen returns to Jokerit. Top transfers
Dinamo Riga starts signing international players, crucial players return to Helsinki and Novosibirsk. KHL.ru presents the best transfers of the last week.
3 August 2020, 15:05 Pre-season

First win for Bill Peters
One day after Avtomobilist and Salavat Yulaev served up a thriller in Ufa, the teams met again with Avto avenging Sunday’s 4-6 reverse.
3 August 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Hockey is back! — the KHL week in review
Head coaches in masks and empty arenas — it’s not exactly how we’d like to see it, but the sight of KHL teams playing their first pre-season games last week is enough to give any fan a boost.
2 August 2020, 20:45 Pre-season

Goal crazy in Ufa, Gatiyatulin wins on Traktor return
Tomi Lamsa came out on top in the battle of the rookie coaches as his Salavat Yulaev hit five unanswered goals in the third period to defeat Bill Peters’ Avtomobilist. Anvar Gatiyatulin enjoyed a winning return to Chelyabinsk as Traktor edged Ugra 1-0.
2 August 2020, 14:35 Countdown

Defeating second-season syndrome. Avangard season preview
The Hawks worked hard this offseason to give Bob Hartley a do-or-die roster. However, changing so many pieces of the puzzle poses many risks, even to the most experienced of the coaches. If the Canadian bench boss manages to solve the problem, the Hawks have all it takes to get back to the Gagarin Cup finals.
1 August 2020, 16:00 Pre-season

Revenge missions
Two games involving KHL teams on Saturday, and in both cases the host bounced back to avenge a defeat on Friday afternoon. Stanislav Galiyev’s fine form fired Ak Bars to victory over Neftekhimik, while Sibir edged Amur in a shoot-out.
1 August 2020, 14:00 Countdown

Peters looks to solve the Dawes conundrum. Avtomobilist season preview
Avtomobilist made probably the most intriguing coaching appointment of the summer when it invited Bill Peters to replace Andrei Martemyanov. But the ambitious Yekaterinburg club faces a serious challenge when it comes to replacing Kazan-bound goal machine Nigel Dawes. If Peters can solve that problem, he has the nucleus of a team capable of challenging the leaders in the East.
31 July 2020, 21:30 Pre-season

A revenge win and a Gordie Howe hat-trick
Friday’s pre-season action saw the first games between two KHL teams this summer, a revenge win for Russia’s juniors and a high-scoring battle in Minsk.
31 July 2020, 14:00 Countdown

Chemistry is the key for the White-and-Blues. Dynamo season preview
With just more than a month to go to the start of the upcoming season, it’s the right time to look at how the teams are approaching the restart of the operations after the long pause. KHL.ru’s pre-season countdown today looks at one of the contenders in the Western Conference, Dynamo Moscow.
30 July 2020, 14:00 The Faceoff

The Faceoff: Teemu Hartikainen
Finnish forward Teemu Hartikainen has represented Ufa for so long that he won a government medal for service to the region. Prestige and bragging rights aside, it may take the entirety of his contract extension to finally learn the meaning of “Iron Back,” a fan-gifted nickname he still cannot explain. Over the course of seven seasons, Hartikainen has become a Bashkir fixture and local favorite—so much so that he can barely keep track of all the local fishing recommendations sent his way.
29 July 2020, 17:40 Pre-season

Back on the ice — victory for Sochi, defeat for Vityaz
Hockey is back! July 29 saw the first pre-season games for KHL teams, albeit played behind closed doors. Sochi quickly found its scoring form, but Vityaz found things tougher against VHL opposition.
29 July 2020, 14:00 Countdown

All change for the Army Men. CSKA season preview
It’s barely a month until the 2020-2021 KHL season is due to get underway. Therefore, it’s time to start looking at how the contenders are shaping up. KHL.ru’s pre-season countdown starts with a visit to the 2019 Gagarin Cup winner, CSKA — still the defending champion after the 2020 playoffs could not be completed.
28 July 2020, 14:00 Transfers

Jokerit, Dinamo Minsk fill up rosters. Last week's top transfers
Torpedo signs Jordan Szwarz, Jokerit and Dinamo sign domestic and international players. KHL.ru presents the best transfers of the last week.
27 July 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Lamsa excited for Ufa test, Riga unveils new look — the KHL week in review
Salavat Yulaev’s new head coach, Tomi Lamsa, spoke about his learning curve in the KHL, while Dinamo Riga has a new image for the coming campaign.
26 July 2020, 14:00 News

The KHL’s top coaches — part 4: Bykov and Nazarov
We’ve looked at the top players in the KHL’s history and picked out the brightest imports to grace the first 12 seasons of our league. Now it’s time to look at the masterminds behind the bench and celebrate eight of the most successful coaches to ply their trade in the competition. Today, we’re going on with two coaches who enjoyed success at both domestic and international levels.
25 July 2020, 14:00 News

The KHL’s top coaches — part 3: Keenan and Riha
Continuing KHL.ru’s series about the top coaches from the first 12 seasons of the competition, we’re looking beyond Russia’s borders to check out the two most successful foreign coaches in the league’s history.
24 July 2020, 14:00 News

The KHL’s top coaches — part 2: Krikunov and Bilyaletdinov
We’ve looked at the top players in the KHL’s history and picked out the brightest imports to grace the first 12 seasons of our league. Now it’s time to look at the masterminds behind the bench and celebrate eight of the most successful coaches to ply their trade in the competition. Today, we’re going on with two veterans with a very different career path and resume.
23 July 2020, 15:00 The Faceoff

The Faceoff: Francis Pare
Hockey globetrotter Francis Paré has played in four countries across nine KHL seasons. A 2014 Gagarin Cup champion with Mike Keenan’s Magnitogorsk, the sought-after import has taken turns in Slovakia, Croatia, Russia and Belarus in the past decade—with brief visits to the Swiss and Finnish leagues in between KHL stints.
22 July 2020, 14:00 News

The KHL’s top coaches — part 1: Znarok and Kvartalnov
We’ve looked at the top players in the KHL’s history and picked out the brightest imports to grace the first 12 seasons of our league. Now it’s time to look at the masterminds behind the bench and celebrate eight of the most successful coaches to ply their trade in the competition. And we’re starting with two men who began their top-level club coaching careers after the KHL was founded.
21 July 2020, 14:00 Transfers

Dawes joins Ak Bars, Prokhorkin returns to Russia. Top transfers
Neftekhimik signs a new import defenseman, Ak Bars welcomes back Alexander Khovanov, and Jiri Sekac finds himself a new home. KHL.ru presents last week’s top transfers.
20 July 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Da Costa talks safety, Red Star moves to Mytishchi — the KHL week in review
As preparations for hockey’s return continue, Stephane Da Costa gives an insight into how player safety works for the KHL’s imports. Elsewhere, there’s a temporary new arena for one of our teams and an update on when to expect next season’s schedule to drop.
19 July 2020, 10:00 Officially

2020-2021 KHL schedule to be announced after the Board of Directors
The schedule for the next KHL season will be unveiled after the competing teams are confirmed.
17 July 2020, 14:00 News

Coaching debuts in 2020-2021. A look at new bench bosses
A world champion in Moscow, an Erkka Westerlund’s student, and all Kazakh players’ godfather. KHL.ru presents the coaches that will have their debut next season.
16 July 2020, 15:15 Pre-season

Clash of the Champions in Kazan — the KHL’s pre-season tournaments
This summer’s pre-season preparations are a little bit different from usual. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the KHL’s teams are following health advice and staying home. So, this time, there are no training camps in foreign countries and no pre-season tournaments involving opponents from Europe’s top leagues.
15 July 2020, 16:00 The Faceoff

The Faceoff: Stéphane Da Costa
Stéphane Da Costa idolized Sergei Fedorov, Jaromír Jágr and Peter Forsberg as a child. The dazzling trio left an impression on an entire generation of hockey players—but Da Costa would venture far closer to this pantheon than most. At the 2014 IIHF World Championships in Minsk, Da Costa received a call from CSKA Moscow to relocate his career to the KHL. Sergei Fedorov himself relayed the message.
15 July 2020, 14:10 Officially

Kunlun Red Star to base in Mytishchi for 2020-2021
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese franchise decided to base in Russia for the upcoming season.
14 July 2020, 18:00 Interview

Alexei Morozov: ‘Right now there are 6 KHL players with COVID-19’
KHL.ru continues its series of interviews with league president Alexei Morozov to get the latest on the key questions facing the competition as we prepare for the upcoming season.
14 July 2020, 14:00 Transfers

Datsyuk returns to Avtomobilist. Last week's top transfers
The Magic Man renews his ties with Avtomobilist, Torpedo signs two imports, Furch is back to the KHL. KHL.ru presents last week’s top transfers.
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