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KHL.ru continues its review of the 2025-2026 season. CSKA endured an uneven adjustment period under returning head coach Igor Nikitin, but by the end of the campaign the team  showed clear signs that they are once again capable of becoming one of the KHL’s elite teams.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. Torpedo’s regular season was a rollercoaster, but the team reached the second round of the playoffs for only the fourth time.

KHL.ru continues its review of the 2025-2026 season. Salavat Yulaev had a rocky start of the season after a long summer, but managed to fix the situation and advance to the Gagarin Cup playoffs’ second round.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. Severstal claimed a top-four finish in the west for the first time ever, but that wasn’t enough to avoid yet another exit in the first round of the playoffs.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025-2026 season. Avtomobilist ended the regular season in the Eastern Conference’s top four and set a new scoring record, but once again the team suffered a first-round exit.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. SKA, in a permanent state of reconstruction, left the playoffs in the first round for the second year in a row. That hasn’t happened since 2010.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025-2026 season. Dynamo Moscow changed its head coach, but that didn’t help for a long playoff run as the team failed to take even just one game to Dinamo Minsk in the elimination stage.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. Spartak was inconsistent during the regular season and finished eight in the West. However, in the playoffs the Muscovites put up a good fight against Lokomotiv.

In the spring of 2025, Traktor fell to Lokomotiv in the Gagarin Cup Finals.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. Under head coach Igor Grishin, Neftekhimik made it to the playoffs and gave Avangard a test when it got there.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025-2026 season. Sibir endured a difficult first half of the season but managed to turn things around and clinch a playoff spot in the closing stages of the campaign.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. Amur remained in playoff contention until mid-March but eventually lost out to Sibir.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025-2026 season with the Shanghai Dragons. Following their rebranding, the Dragons relocated to St. Petersburg, enjoyed a solid start to the season, and played games in China, but ultimately missed out on the playoffs at the end of the regular season.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season in Kazakhstan. Barys missed the playoffs for a fourth successive season, but showed some signs of progress compared with last term.

KHL.ru continues its 2025-2026 season review with a trip to the Far East. Leonids Tambiejevs spent four years at Admiral’s helm, and parting ways with him midseason inevitably came at a cost for the team.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season in Togliatti, where Lada had more players (54) than points (47) in a difficult campaign.  

KHL.ru starts its review of the 2025-2026 season for each team. It was already clear last summer that Sochi was heading into a difficult campaign. That proved to be the case, as the Black Sea club suffered 50 defeats and finished at the bottom of the standings.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming 2025-2026 season with Lokomotiv. The Yaroslavl franchise will do everything to repeat its recent triumph.

KHL.ru continues its series of club-by-club previews ahead of the new season. Last season’s runner-up, Traktor, is hoping a new-look line-up can take it one step further in 2026.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming 2025-2026 season.  Salavat Yulaev will face the new season with a reduced budget and fewer stars.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming 2025/2026 season in Moscow. Dynamo Moscow has a roster that is capable of improving on last year’s run to the semifinals, but a lack of depth may undermine those hopes.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming 2025/2026 season. This summer saw Avangard willing to trade away two top stars, but it’s hard to say their departures left the team weaker overall.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the coming season. Today, it’s Spartak’s turn.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming season with a look at Dinamo Minsk.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the coming season. All the conditions are in place for Metallurg to perform better than a year ago.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club previews of the upcoming season in Yekaterinburg with a look at Avtomobilist.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the 2025-2026 season. The Chinese franchise made some bold changes before the upcoming campaign.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the coming season. CSKA hired back Gagarin Cup reigning champion Igor Nikitin and his staff and rehauled its roster to return to past glory.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the coming season. At Severstal it’s been a fairly quiet summer, but there are signs that the roster got stronger.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the 2025-2026 season with SKA. At first glance, it may seem that SKA is in for big changes, but that’s not quite the case.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the 2025/2026 season with Torpedo. There’s a new head coach in Nizhny Novgorod, preparing for his first campaign in the KHL.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming season. The next stop is Sibir, where the club’s management has been busy this summer compensating for some high-profile departures.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the 2025-2026 season. Admiral brought in some interesting reinforcements and will likely stick to the attacking brand of hockey introduced a year ago.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the coming season. Neftekhimik hired Igor Grishin as its new head coach and added some significant signings to the core of last year’s team.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the 2025-2026 season. This summer, Lada moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western, and in terms of the number of newcomers brought in, they left everyone else far behind.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the 2025/2026 season. Sochi went through a change of management and two coaching departures in the summer. Now, the new-look Leopards are preparing for the new campaign under the guidance of Vladimir Krikunov, the oldest coach in KHL history.

In our traditional pre-season round-up, KHL.ru looks at the state of each team ahead of the 2025-2026 campaign. Amur changed its head coach, did a good job on the transfer market, and is ready to compete for a playoff spot in the East.

In our traditional pre-season round-up, KHL.ru looks at the state of each team ahead of the 2025/2026 campaign. For the past three years, Barys has fallen further down the standings and was dead last in 2025. The climb back up the table will likely take more than one season.

KHL.ru keeps on reviewing the season for the league’s teams. Today is the turn of the champions – Lokomotiv.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2024/2025 season. Traktor reached its second Gagarin Cup final, showing some fantastic team spirit along the way.