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21 October 2019, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

More milestones – and a tasty trophy. KHL week in review
Three players – Danis Zaripov, Vadim Shipachyov and Paul Szczechura – reached notable landmarks during the week. Meanwhile, in Ufa a local delicacy was transformed into a hockey trophy for the winners of the derby clash between Salavat Yulaev and Ak Bars.
14 October 2019, 13:50 Weekly Round-up

Landmarks for Kaprizov, Kokarev; end of an era for Velichkin
Another busy week of KHL action saw Spartak’s Denis Kokarev become the third player to make 700 appearances in the league. CSKA’s young forward Kirill Kaprizov reached 100 goals in the KHL and went to the top of the scoring charts for the current campaign. Metallurg’s long-serving GM Gennady Velichkin left his post in Magnitogorsk. And Kunlun Red Star played its first games of the season at its new Beijing arena, attracting some encouraging crowds to meetings with Neftekhimik and Lokomotiv.
7 October 2019, 14:40 Weekly Round-up

A baseball star in Belarus, record crowds in September – KHL week in review
September saw the KHL set a new attendance record, with an average crowd 7,595 fans making it the most popular opening month of the season. Among the league’s ever-increasing audience, baseball legend Albert Pujols paid a visit to Dinamo Minsk last week, while the weekend saw KHL and Women’s Hockey League teams getting behind the World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend initiative. Two forwards also made the headlines: Sergei Mozyakin got his 700th regular season point on Saturday, while Anton Burdasov agreed a one-year deal with SKA.
30 September 2019, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Datsyuk takes his bow, MacTavish says farewell – KHL week in review
Last week saw Pavel Datsyuk make his long-awaited debut for Avtomobilist as the celebrated forward completed his recovery from injury. But it also spelled the end for Craig MacTavish, whose tenure as head coach of Lokomotiv last just eight games.
27 September 2019, 14:00 Story of the Week

Early sensation – dark horse Vityaz leads the way
A game between Vityaz and Metallurg could easily see a top-of-the-table team playing against an opponent struggling to reach the playoff places. However, when the two face off on Saturday, the traditional roles are reversed. This time around, it’s Vityaz that leads the way while the two-time Gagarin Cup winner languishes near the foot of the Eastern Conference. Let’s take a look at the forces behind this revolution in Podolsk and meet some of the men who have put Vityaz on top of the pile.
23 September 2019, 14:45 Weekly Round-up

Unfamiliar leaders, unexpected struggles and a new KHL city
It’s been a week of new sensations. On the ice, unheralded Vityaz fought its way to the top of the KHL table for the first time in the club’s history, reaching the summit with a rare victory over SKA. At the other end of the table, two traditional challengers are languishing in an unaccustomed position well outside the playoff places. And Almaty became the 46th city to stage KHL action when Barys played two games there last week – capacity crowds saw a pair of home wins as another temporary residency proved a big success.
20 September 2019, 14:00 Story of the Week

Broader horizons – the KHL wins fans in Shenzhen and Almaty
The opening weeks of the 2019/20 season brought the KHL to two new cities. Kunlun Red Star began its campaign with six games in Shenzhen, the southernmost city ever to stage pro league action, before Barys went to Almaty, Kazakhstan’s second city.
16 September 2019, 13:45 Weekly Round-up

More record crowds and an honor for coach ‘Bill’ – KHL week in review
KHL legend Zinetula Bilyaletdinov was guest of honor in Kazan this week – and the three-time Gagarin Cup winner was presented with one of Russia’s top awards at the Tatneft Arena. In China, Kunlun Red Star celebrated its biggest ever crowds while Vadim Shipachyov got his 600th KHL point in his hometown.
13 September 2019, 14:00 Story of the Week

Shrinking ice pads: how KHL teams are moving to smaller rinks
How wide is a hockey rink? Right now, the answer is ‘it depends’. For decades, the distinction was clear. In North America, by tradition, rinks measured a skinny 26m across the ice. In Europe, by contrast, the ice would run 30m from side to side.
9 September 2019, 14:35 Weekly Round-up

Jandac leaves Metallurg, Wolski reaches milestone – KHL week in review
The first full week of the season brought the first coaching casualty; two losses in three home games ended Metallurg’s patience with Josef Jandac and brought Ilya Vorobyov back to the club. There was better news for Wojtek Wolski and Sergei Shumakov, who both scored their 100th KHL goals this week, while Kunlun Red Star brought the league to a new venue in the south of China.
4 September 2019, 14:35 Man of the Week

Man of the week – Nigel Dawes
In the first of a new series, KHL.ru looks at the story behind one of the league’s biggest stars. And where better to start than the highest-scoring import currently active in the competition?
2 September 2019, 13:05 Weekly Round-up

Smart pucks and super goals – KHL week in review
The first day of the season brought plenty of talking points. There was Maxim Chudinov’s latest long-range goal to help Avangard win the Opening Cup. And there was the arrival of the KHL’s new Smart Puck technology, a world first that brings ever-more-detailed information to fans, participants and the media.
1 September 2019, 22:35 News

‘Chudinov would beat Chara!’ – all the reactions to the Opening Cup
After the first game of the season, the first interviews with the players and head coaches of Avangard and CSKA.
1 September 2019, 11:00 News

KHL action available on TV in 32 countries
All the action from the 2019/20 KHL season will be available for viewers in 32 different countries.
26 August 2019, 14:45 Weekly Round-up

Two big trades as summer comes to an end – the KHL week in review
The final days of pre-season brought plenty of tournament action – with trophies going to Dinamo Riga, Dynamo Moscow, SKA and Traktor. There were a couple of notable trades as well as clubs finetune their plans ahead of the grand opening of the season on Sunday.
20 August 2019, 17:00 News

KHL international players: from Canada to Israel
The 12th KHL season is about to start. The teams are still trying to strengthen their lineups, but most of the players are already signed and practicing with the team. This, of course, includes the foreign legion, whose composition significantly changed in this offseason. It’s always exciting to analyze international players. Who they are? Where are they from?
19 August 2019, 14:30 Weekly Round-up

Ovi visits Balashikha, Andrighetto happy with Hartley – the week in review
When Alexander Ovechkin comes to visit, everyone pays attention. Especially when he hints at a possible return to play in Russia once his current NHL contract is done. Sven Andrighetto is already here, and he told KHL.ru all about his decision to join Avangard. And Amur Khabarovsk posted the most talked-about clip of the week when a real live tiger cub visited the locker room of the hockey-playing tigers.
12 August 2019, 13:45 Weekly Round-up

First tournaments settled, historic win for Russia – the KHL week in review
The first pre-season competitions reached their climax last week, with success for Sochi, Barys, Dynamo Moscow and more. Meanwhile, the future for Russian hockey looks brighter than ever: the country’s U18s won the Hlinka Gretzky Cup for the first time since 1995.
5 August 2019, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Ovi in China, MacTavish starts well with Loko – the KHL week in review
The first pre-season tournaments got underway last week. In China, Alexander Ovechkin was guest of honor at Kunlun Red Star’s Renaissance Cup, while in Sochi Craig MacTavish got off to a winning start in his new role with Lokomotiv. Elsewhere, new arrivals Antti Niemi and Garet Hunt shared their thoughts on starting in the KHL, while Oleg Znarok sounded a warning to Spartak’s rivals this season.
29 July 2019, 14:45 Weekly Round-up

Znarok’s back!
With the pre-season build-up gathering pace, Spartak played its first game under new head coach Oleg Znarok while Dinamo Riga set a new record for a KHL team. Elsewhere, the Women’s Hockey League announced an exciting new addition.
22 July 2019, 15:30 Weekly Round-up

Olympic champ returns, Admiral starts the season
News of Vyacheslav Voynov’s move to Avangard dominated the week’s transfer tales, while Admiral was the first KHL team to play an exhibition game as preparations step up for the start of the 2019/20 season.
15 July 2019, 12:45 Weekly Round-up

New horizons, new signings – and a new head coach for Russia
The big news of the week came from St. Petersburg, where Ilya Vorobyov was abruptly replaced as head coach of both SKA St. Petersburg and the Russian national team. Alexei Kudashov replaces him while the club announced the signing of a potential new Artemy Panarin. The KHL’s schedule for the coming season was unveiled, with Shenzhen, Almaty and Davos getting ready to welcome the league for the first time.
8 July 2019, 14:45 Weekly Round-up

Olympic champion comes home, Zaripov shows his bottle
Top trade of the week? Bogdan Kiselevich to CSKA. Top trend? #bottlecapchallenge. Unlikeliest trade? Leo Messi to Avangard.
1 July 2019, 12:15 Weekly Round-up

Imports arrive in Minsk, Ovechkin signs for Dynamo
Dinamo Minsk acquired its first two imports of the summer, Traktor signed another Czech – and Alexander Ovechkin is set to continue in his advisory role at his first club, Dynamo Moscow.
25 June 2019, 20:15 News

Dinamo Riga’s top 5 import players in its history
The Latvian team has got enough help from its imports and keeps on doing so. Today, KHL.ru presents you the top five import players in the club’s KHL history.
24 June 2019, 11:45 Weekly Round-up

Olympic star heads to Yekaterinburg, Podkolzin is Russia’s top draft
Avtomobilist made the most intriguing trade of the week, picking up the services of German Olympian Brooks Macek on a one-year deal. In the NHL draft, SKA’s Vasily Podkolzin was the first Russian player selected, going at #10 to the Vancouver Canucks. And Belarusian legend Mikhail Grabovsky is back home in Minsk where he’s preparing for his first coaching role in an impressive Trans-Atlantic career.
17 June 2019, 11:00 Weekly Round-up

Kazan welcomes Wikstrand, Beijing readies goalies – KHL review of the week
Swedish defenseman Mikael Wikstrand, a World Champion in 2018, was the big trade of the week. The 25-year-old joins Ak Bars from Farjestad. Kunlun Red Star continues its rebuild with an emphasis on goaltending -vastly experienced coach Dusty Imoo is taking charge of the club’s netminders, and Czech international Simon Hrubec is among his new recruits.
10 June 2019, 11:15 Weekly Round-up

Datsyuk goes home, Lehtera returns to Russia – the KHL week in review
The week’s big story was all about Pave Datsyuk joining Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and returning to his hometown. The 40-year-old center signed a one-year deal with the ambitious Eastern Conference outfit after leaving SKA. His former employer, meanwhile, moved to bring in Jori Lehtera as his replacement. Experienced Czech defenseman Andrej Sustr signed up for Kunlun Red Star in another significant trade. On the ice, meanwhile, Russia’s sledge hockey success in Sochi is encouraging big plans for future international tournaments.
3 June 2019, 17:00 Weekly Round-up

Jokerit tops the charts, Russia impresses in sledge hockey
Its been a week of award ceremonies and end-of-season rankings. Jokerit came out on top of the KHL’s club ratings while CSKA collected the gongs at the league’s annual awards. There’s still action on the ice, though, with Russia winning a four-team international sledge hockey tournament in Sochi.
30 May 2019, 19:15 News

League reveals marketing and communication award laureates
On May 30 the annual marketing and communication KHL seminar was held in Moscow for all the representatives of KHL, JHL, and WHL clubs. During the event, the League revealed 15 laureates for the best marketing, internet, and social projects, other than the best press offices and other. Moreover, the best photographer and journalist of the seasons were awarded. For the second year, the KHL awards the best among those who worked with media and fans.
27 May 2019, 11:15 Weekly Round-up

Finns on top of the World, Chelios heads to China
The World Championship came to an end with Jokerit’s Marko Anttila scoring twice as Finland defeated Canada 3-1 in the final. Russia won bronze in a shoot-out against the Czech Republic. Elsewhere, the summer trading picks up pace, and there is more KHL memorabilia in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
20 May 2019, 10:45 Weekly Round-up

Russia impresses in Slovakia, Lokomotiv announces new coach
The World Championship continues with Russia still unbeaten. Back home, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl unveiled Craig MacTavish as its new coach and plenty of Finns were on the move.
13 May 2019, 15:30 Weekly Round-up

World Championship starts, Torpedo adds imports – the KHL week in review
Slovakia is the focus this week as the World Championship gets underway with a strong KHL representation once again. Back home, Torpedo confirmed the signing of two new imports while more details of next season were confirmed by the league management.
6 May 2019, 14:30 Weekly Round-up

Russia readies for Worlds, Znarok heads to Spartak – the KHL week in review
The end of the KHL season sees the focus switch to international play, while the opening of the new trade window has brought a flurry of high-profile signings. While Ilya Vorobyov looks to fashion a dream team for Russia at the upcoming World Championships, his predecessor behind the national team’s bench, Oleg Znarok, is back in business as head coach of Spartak Moscow.
5 May 2019, 13:45 News

Changing of the guard. New coaches for the 2019-20 season
Znarok moves to Spartak, Kvartalnov returns to Kazan, Skudra starts a new project in Chelyabinsk and Sibir gets a debutant coach. KHL.ru analyzes all the coaching changes in the offseason.
30 April 2019, 16:00 Eurohockey tour

30 KHL players to the last EHT stage in the Czech Republic
Players from 17 KHL teams will represent their national teams at the final Euro Hockey Tour stage in Brno, Czech Republic.
29 April 2019, 13:30 Weekly Round-up

Torpedo goes to Britain, Podkolzin helps Russia’s youngsters to silver
The last full week of the 2018/19 season saw the KHL continue its partnership with Ice Hockey UK as Torpedo headed across the North Sea to meet Team GB. On the international stage, Russia’s U18s won silver at the World Championship in Sweden, with SKA’s prospect Vasily Podkolzin captaining the team.
24 April 2019, 17:00 News

CSKA’s first Gagarin Cup, ASG in Kazan, and St. Petersburg’s record
The KHL’s eleventh season is now history, and in this new issue, we’ll remember the most memorable events of the 2018-19 campaign.
22 April 2019, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

CSKA’s crown, Sorokin’s success and a new attendance recorded
The Gagarin Cup dominates this week. CSKA is celebrating after winning the cup for the first time – and once again the KHL saw a record average attendance for postseason.
8 April 2019, 15:30 Weekly Round-up

The final countdown – the KHL week in review
The KHL’s Conference finals are on a knife-edge – and we could be set for a unique pair of game seven deciders. Here’s the lowdown on the latest action and the key men in this season’s match-ups.
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