Another forward signing a one-year deal with the Latvian club is Linus Videll (1985), who last season wore the colors of Traktor Chelyabinsk .The Swedish international had a previous tour of duty with Dinamo Riga back in the 2014-15 season.

To mark the end of the seventh and final month's play of the tenth season of the Championship, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of April in four categories.

Awaiting the winner of the all-army Western Conference final between SKA and CSKA are the men from Kazan and their in-form forward, Justin Azevedo. The Canadian has scored points in his last eleven games, which places him just one step away from matching the record scoring streak, jointly held by legendary pair. Sergei Mozyakin and Pavol Demitra, and provides us with the perfect excuse to look back at the best scoring runs over the League's 10-year history.

To mark the end of the sixth full month's play of the tenth season of the Championship, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of March in four categories.

To mark the end of the first round of the 2017-18 season playoffs, the Conference quarter-finals, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the round in four categories.