A record-breaking regular season, more games between SKA and CSKA, a cascade of derbies, games in Europe, and a new scheme for playoffs. KHL.ru explains all the details of the new season’s calendar.

The Chinese team had a good start of the season, but then lost the patience, fired the head coach Mike Keenan and didn’t get to the playoffs.

KHL.ru gives the fans a chance to acquaint with the preseason plans for the different teams in the league. Today: Kharlamov Division.

KHL.ru goes on in presenting the preseason plans for the different teams in the league. Today: Tarasov Division.

Kazakhstan’s main team had a good start of the season, but then started losing games and missed the playoffs.

On July 5 the calendar of the 11th Kontinental Hockey Season will be presented.

KHL.ru goes on with teams’ review. Today it’s Spartak’s turn. The Red-Whites led by Vadim Yepanchintsev managed to fulfill the season’s main goal and after a five-year pause they managed to get to the playoffs. However, Spartak’s postseason was very short.

Under the guidance of Alexander Gulyavtsev and the leadership of Dmitri Kagarlitsky, the Cherepovets-based team had a great season. KHL.ru reviews the 2017/2018 campaign for Severstal.

The Far East team can call the 2017/2018 season successful as they got to the playoffs for the first time since 2012.

Right before the new year, Avangard decided to change head coach, but they managed to get to the playoffs only at the very last regular season game, and then had a first-round exit. KHL.ru reviews the 2017/2018 season for Avangard Omsk.

KHL.ru keeps on reviewing the 2017/2018 season for the different clubs. Today it’s the turn of HC Sochi. For the southern team, the last season has been undoubtfully a step forward. Even if the season finished early with a first-round exit, the team led by Sergey Zubov showed a pleasant game and an unyielding character.

The Nizhny Novgorod team reached the playoffs but had a first-round exit. After losing to Lokomotiv, the boards opted for a rebuilding.

Magnitka didn’t manage to repeat last year’s achievements and was eliminated at the second round of the playoffs. What prevented the Ural team from performing better?

The most celebrated team of last year’s regular season was Helsinki Jokerit: the jokers didn’t disappoint their fans and showed good hockey. KHL.ru summarizes Jokerit’s 2017/2018 season.

KHL.ru continues its team-by-team review of the tenth season of the KHL Championship with a look back at the improving fortunes of Traktor Chelyabinsk. While most could have foreseen – and indeed, many openly predicted – that SKA, CSKA and Ak Bars would reach their respective Conference finals, Traktor was the unexpected guest at the party. Despite the city of Chelyabinsk's illustrious hockey history, when homegrown coaching hero Anvar Gatiyatulin guided the team all the way to the semi-finals of the 2017-18 knockout stage, it was the first time Traktor had been driven that far for five years, since the days of Valery Belousov.

KHL.ru continues its team-by-team review of the tenth season of the KHL Championship with a look back at how the campaign unfolded for the reigning champion, SKA Saint Petersburg, a firm favorite among the experts, but whose attempt to defend its crown foundered in the Western Conference final.

KHL.ru continues its team-by-team review of the tenth season of the KHL Championship with a look at the drama through the eyes of Moscow's Army Men, who, for the second time in three years, reached the final of the Gagarin Cup but went home empty-handed.

KHL.ru begins its team-by-team review of the tenth season of the KHL Championship with a look back on how the campaign panned out for the men from Kazan, who last month became the first team in history to celebrate a third Gagarin Cup triumph.