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The past week saw a clutch of young players writing important chapters in their hockey careers. It also brought a reunion for two Russian sporting legends as they met for the first time in new roles.

The week began with a goalie coming out of retirement to backstop his injury-hit team to victory. It also featured a timely riposte from one of the league’s star players, and saw two teams on the rise in the Eastern Conference.

A busy week in the KHL saw a milestone for a Russian hockey legend, a club record for a long-serving import and a winning road trips restore Avtomobilist to the Eastern Conference summit. Brooks Macek keeps on scoring, Sochi snapped its losing run, but Spartak became the fourth team to change its head coach this season.

Nikita Gusev’s return to SKA was the big story of the week, and the 2018 Olympic champion made an instant impact. His first game saw him emerge as his club’s all-time KHL leading scorer. Defenseman John Gilmour has joined the forward line for Dinamo Minsk, where he helped to continue Sochi’s 12-game losing streak.

Sergei Fedorov’s CSKA has put its slow start to the season behind it and is marching up the table. At the other end, Sochi is hoping a new coach can solve its problems.

Goalies made the news last week. One of the league’s veterans posted his 90th shut-out in the KHL, while Traktor continues to search for the right option at the back. Elsewhere, Vityaz rookie netminder Maxim Dorozhko is one of many first-time All-Stars selected to play in Chelyabinsk in December’s big event. CSKA is showing championship form at last, Igor Larionov proves surprisingly calm in the locker room and a new scoring star emerges in the Women’s Hockey League.

Two of the KHL’s biggest clubs are having a rough start to the season, with record losing streaks and the first coaching change of the season. Meanwhile, one of Jaromir Jagr’s KHL records has fallen, and Metallurg became the first team to play 1,000 games in the league.

The KHL looked to the East, congratulating a first-ever goalscorer from the Land of the Rising Sun. Elsewhere, there’s a fifth member of the head coach’s 300 club, a rising rookie impresses at Torpedo and the Dragons hand a first home loss to Avangard.

Avangard played in its home city for the first time in four years as the team returned to Omsk and opened its new arena on Saturday. On the same day, 18-year-old forward Alexander Perevalov made a splash, scoring twice then grabbing a shoot-out winner as Kunlun rallied to beat CSKA.

There are no more undefeated teams in this season’s KHL, but one unfortunate club is still looking for a first win. Elsewhere, Alexander Sharov made history for Sibir and Avangard is almost ready to go home.

In a busy week of KHL action we’ve seen an appearance landmark, a new hat-trick king, the first scorer from 2005 and two goalies making shut-out debuts. That’s in addition to two sensational saves, a new country on the KHL map and SKA remaining unbeaten.

The first full week of KHL action brought new club records – both wanted and unwanted – as the early standings take shape. And one team managed a unique scoring feat, potting three goals while playing with an empty net.

The 2022-2023 KHL season got underway last week, and there’s already plenty of action to talk about. Here’s a reminder of some of the highlights.

KHL season #15 starts on Thursday, so last week was all about the final preparations. The last tournaments of the summer brought trophies for CSKA, Traktor, SKA and Neftekhimik, while new signings included a Slovak international goalie and a returning Canadian enforcer.

Saving the best to last, two teams announced high profile new imports with experience at the very pinnacle of the game. Elsewhere, a long-serving franchise legend signed a banger of a new deal, Barys triumphed on home ice and we saw the first women’s action of the summer.

A titled forward is looking for new honors at a new club, a talented young Slovak is heading to Neftekhimik while both Salavat Yulaev and Traktor celebrated summer silverware last week.

Two KHL legends announced their return – one on the ice, the other off it. Elsewhere, the trade frenzy continues, and the KHL might get to welcome its first Mexican-born player.

Alexander Nikishin underlined his status as a star of the future when he was the subject of a monster deal to take him from Spartak to SKA. And he was not the only high profile signing in a week when pre-season action got underway at last.

From coaches outlining their plans, to teams unveiling new signings, it’s starting to look to the upcoming season promises plenty of goals.

Kazan was the center of attention last week as the Oleg Znarok revolution sees two legends join Ak Bars. Elsewhere, Moscow’s clubs get ready to welcome more imports, Avangard returns to Omsk and the schedule for 2022-2023 is ready.

Last week we confirmed Oleg Znarok’s return after a short break, this week we’re talking about a top D-man who is joining him in a quest for a fourth Gagarin Cup. Elsewhere, there’s new ice in Siberia and Russian players continue to make an impact at the NHL draft.

A coaching legend confirms his return to the KHL, while a two-time Gagarin Cup winner inspires his team to victory in the league’s inaugural 3x3 tournament.

The KHL’s first ever 3x3 tournament is delivering plenty of goal action with more than 13 goals per game so far. In full-size hockey, Avangard confirmed the return of a homegrown talent and acquired a new import. And there was confirmation of the structure for the fast-approaching 2022-2023 season.

In Mytishchi this week, the KHL is preparing two new ‘firsts’. Already underway, the league’s first summer training camp for players. And, coming soon, our first ever 3x3 tournament – eight teams and almost 70 players, including Gagarin Cup winners and Olympic champions.

Even in the summer, there’s still time for hockey. Moscow is currently hosting Russia’s first major pro 3x3 tournament, featuring several names from the KHL. Elsewhere, Avangard finally makes some big signings and Torpedo acquired the league’s first ever Japanese player.

It might be the depths of summer, but the roster-building process continues – and more imports are confirming their places for next season. Elsewhere, young Viktor Neuchev made a splash in international action in Sochi, and Ivan Chekhovich looks forward to life at Loko.

The climax of the international hockey season saw a Finnish roster stacked with KHL connections defeat Canada to win the World Championship in Finland. The Czech Republic took bronze, with nine former KHLers on its team. Elsewhere, teams step up their preparations for 2022-2023 with more big trades this week.

The 2021-2022 season is officially complete, and the prizes are all handed out. We all remember CSKA winning the Gagarin Cup, but how many individual awards went to the Muscovites?

We’re deep into the post-season pause – but hockey continues. Barys has a host of players representing Kazakhstan at the World Championships, clubs continue to shape their rosters for next season and there’s more news of the upcoming KHL Closing Ceremony.

Two top players swapped Moscow for Kazan this week as Ak Bars began its summer rebuild in earnest. Elsewhere, Metallurg secured the services of its head coach and captain, while Team Russia got the better of Belarus in international play.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Goled Stick award – the trophy for the most valuable player of the 2021-2022 KHL regular season.

It’s a tale of two legends. Sergei Fedorov wrapped up his first season as a head coach by winning the Gagarin Cup with CSKA Moscow. Meanwhile, his former Detroit Red Wings team-mate Igor Larionov is about to try and match that – he’s just been unveiled as head coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.

All three of the KHL’s competitions are in the final stages – and we could know all three of this season’s champions within the next 24 hours. Metallurg can clinch the Gagarin Cup with victory at home to CSKA tomorrow, and KRS Vanke Rays can wrap up its Women’s Hockey League battle with SKIF at the same time. And today, SKA-1946 hosts Krasnaya Armiya needing one more win to lift the Kharlamov Cup.

The final showdown is here – Metallurg faces CSKA for the Gagarin Cup. We’ve enjoyed a high-scoring playoff and some memorable moments to get here, and seen new records set. Elsewhere, a long-serving import hangs up his skates and Ak Bars looks for a new head coach.

Two teams stand one win away from the 2022 Gagarin Cup final, while plans are already coming together for next season – and Avtomobilist became the first team to extend a contract with an import for the 2022-2023 campaign.

The Conference finals began at the weekend, with CSKA and Metallurg claiming victory in the opening games in West and East respectively. Those two series continue throughout this week, but there’s plenty more going on around the KHL.

CSKA and SKA won through their conference semi-final series to continue a long-standing rivalry in the upcoming Western Conference final. In the East, Traktor awaits the winner of the remaining match-up, where Metallurg’s Canadian forwards are turning the series around against defending champion Avangard.

The Conference semi-finals are underway, and Avangard went goal crazy in Magnitogorsk, scoring 15 in two games on Metallurg. Spartak’s long wait for competitive action ended in explosive style at SKA, with the Red-and-Whites winning the opening game 6-1.

On the ice, the playoffs are in full swing. Three of the four Conference semi-final pairings are set, and we’re waiting for a game seven showdown in Moscow in Monday. Off the ice, NHL legend Mario Lemieux added his voice to those supporting Avangard prospect Ivan Miroshnichenko in the teenager’s battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

The first week of playoff action in the KHL brought several new landmarks. Nikita Gusev’s six-point haul set a new individual scoring record, Sibir played the longest game in franchise history and young Maxim Sorkin potted his second overtime winner of the week to wrap up the second longest game in KHL history.