The 10th anniversary season of the Kontinental Hockey League reached its climax on Sunday in Kazan, when Ak Bars won its fourth and decisive victory in the final series, thus clinching a 4-1 win over CSKA Moscow and becoming a three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup – an achievement unmatched in the KHL. After the hooter signalled the end of the game, KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko shared his thoughts on the League's jubilee season and congratulated the Kazan club on its victory.

As the action in final series switches to Moscow, the Gagarin Cup must also be in attendance. Following its travels in chauffer-driven cars in trucks, and on long-distance trains, for Game 3 the trophy chose for its method of transport one of the architectural wonders of the world – the Moscow Metro.

The main trophy of the KHL arrived this morning in the capital of Tatarstan, where the first match of the final series between Ak Bars and CSKA will begin at 17.00.

Zaripov sheds blood, Sekac returns, Bilyaletdinov schemes, Lukoyanov gives out advice and Potapov prepares for his first final – KHL.ru reports on Gagarin Cup finalist Ak Bars from the Kazan team's open training session.

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.

On Thursday evening (and continuing well into Friday morning), in Game 5 of their Western Conference semi-final series, CSKA and Jokerit smashed the League record for the longest single match. Khl.ru gives an overview of the major faces, factors, facts andfigures behind this amazing contest.

As the remaining clubs approach the halfway stage on the journey to the Gagarin Cup final, we take this opportunity to recall some of the most exciting and unpredictable series we have witnessed over the ten seasons of the KHL.