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20 April 2019, 13:10 News

2019 Gagarin Cup: attendance records
On Friday, CSKA Moscow defeated Avangard 3-2 in OT to secure its first Gagarin Cup. Throughout the whole 2019 playoffs, teams established new single-turn attendance records, and now it is possible to write also about the total numbers.
20 April 2019, 12:55 News

‘It was worth losing to understand what it means to win’
Amid the celebrations, CSKA’s players and head coach shared their thoughts on lifting the Gagarin Cup at last.
20 April 2019, 12:50 News

Dmitry Chernyshenko: ‘CSKA has been on a great journey’
KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko gave his summary of the season and the progress made by CSKA and Avangard.
20 April 2019, 12:45 News

Nobody could have predicted we would get this far
Avangard’s players, head coach and president shared their thoughts on the season after the end of the Gagarin Cup final.
19 April 2019, 23:15 Daily Round-up

CSKA lifts the Gagarin Cup
The curse is lifted. CSKA Moscow became the first team in KHL history to top the table in the regular season and go on to win the Gagarin Cup. The Army Men collected their first ever Gagarin Cup and lifted Russia’s top hockey prize for the first time since the fall of the USSR. Along the way, Igor Nikitin’s team also recorded the first ever grand final sweep after clawing back a 0-2 deficit to win game four in overtime.
17 April 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

Sorokin superb again as CSKA wins in Balashikha. April 17 playoffs
Another Ilya Sorokin shut-out – his fifth of the playoffs – and another decisive display by CSKA’s forwards in the third period saw the Army Men collect a third victory in this season’s Gagarin Cup final. No team has ever secured a sweep in a KHL grand final but on Friday night CSKA could do just that by winning in Balashikha to capture its first ever Gagarin Cup. With Avangard mustering just two goals in 180 minutes of this series so far, it’s hard to back against the Muscovites completing the triumph and demonstrating how much they learned from last season’s disappointment against Ak Bars.
16 April 2019, 15:30 News

Grigorenko writes history posting first-ever Gagarin Cup finals hat-trick
Scoring a hat-trick is quite a feat on its own. However, as the stakes rise, so do the goals’ value. Until last Saturday, the KHL never saw a hat-trick in the Gagarin Cup finals. Now, Grigorenko conquered that peak. KHL.ru remembers the most-memorable hat-tricks in the playoffs.
15 April 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

Late flurry sees CSKA win again. April 15 playoffs
15 April 2019, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Gagarin Cup final underway – the KHL week in review
The culmination of the season is here – the 2019 Gagarin Cup final began Saturday in Moscow. The trophy itself hit the heights of Russia’s capital while, on the ice, Mikhail Grigorenko came out on top with the first ever hat-trick in a Gagarin Cup final game to put CSKA 1-0 up on Avangard. Away from the playoff action, two of Russia’s Olympic champions announced moves to the NHL.
13 April 2019, 19:45 Daily Round-up

Grigorenko inspires CSKA. April 13 playoffs
Mikhail Grigorenko grabbed a hat-trick to give CSKA a winning start in this year’s Gagarin Cup final. His treble also moves him to 11 goals and a share in the race for top post-season goalscorer alongside Sergei Shumakov of Avangard. Shumakov himself was among the goals today, but was outgunned by Grigorenko’s infectious form.
12 April 2019, 12:00 News

Avangard and CSKA battle for the ultimate prize. Gagarin Cup finals preview
The West and East finals were both great series, with Avangard and CSKA deservingly moving on to the final chapter of the 2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs. In the finals, the two teams that showed the best hockey throughout the season will clash for the joy of the spectators. Both sides never won the Gagarin Cup title, thus we’ll have a new champion this year – the sixth in the League’s history.
11 April 2019, 14:30 News

CSKA gets to the second Gagarin Cup Finals in a row. West review
After a couple of early wins, it looked like CSKA could get to the Gagarin Cup finals playing on one leg. However, the next two games proved that the reality would be very different, and the Muscovites needed seven games to reach the finals for the second time in a row.
10 April 2019, 15:15 News

Avangard is back to the Gagarin Cup Finals. East Finals review
This series was expected to be long, and it surely didn’t disappoint those who were watching. The teams put on a show that lasted for six games – from one hand, however, it was too bad that the teams didn’t dispute the right to access the Gagarin Cup Finals in a decisive game seven.
9 April 2019, 22:15 Daily Round-up

West: CSKA marches into second successive final. April 9 playoffs
CSKA is going back to the Gagarin Cup final! A hard-fought victory over SKA in game seven finally sent Igor Nikitin’s team through a showdown against Avangard and a chance to improve on last season’s loss against Ak Bars. The Muscovites are the fourth team to reach back-to-back Gagarin Cup finals and will be out to make it third time lucky after falling to Metallurg in 2016 as well as Ak Bars a year ago.
8 April 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

East: Avangard goes to the Gagarin Cup final. April 8 round-up
Avangard booked its place in the Gagarin Cup final for the first time since 2012 – but it took an epic battle in Ufa to finish this series. After double overtime in game five, the teams went 20 minutes longer: Alexei Bondarev potted the winner in the 110th minute of a tense encounter in Bashkiria.
7 April 2019, 20:30 Daily Round-up

West: Eyes down for Game 7. April 7 playoffs
It was a game that had everything: goals scored, a goal disallowed, a fight and a 10-minute video review before awarding the winner. And, at the end of it all, SKA’s success takes the Western Conference Final to game seven. On Tuesday these teams meet again in Moscow, for the last time. Someone, finally, has to take a place in the Gagarin Cup final.
6 April 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

East: Salavat Yulaev lives on. April 6 round-up
An overtime goal from Joonas Kemppainen – his 10th of the current playoffs – saw Salavat Yulaev extend its season and deny Avangard the chance to book its place in the Gagarin Cup final. Despite the absence of key defensemen Grigory Panin (injury) and Alexei Semyonov (suspension), Nikolai Tsulygin’s team left Balashikha with the win it needed to keep the Eastern Conference Final alive and send the action back to Ufa on Monday.
5 April 2019, 22:15 Daily Round-up

West: Sorokin blanks SKA, CSKA moves back in front. April 5 round-up
Ilya Sorokin’s fantastic form continued with yet another shut-out as CSKA moved back in front in the Western Conference final. The 23-year-old stopped 19 shots to post his third blank of postseason and frustrate a SKA offense that hoped it had found a way past him after Wednesday’s third-period flourish tied this series.
4 April 2019, 20:25 Daily Round-up

East: Mikheyev’s double puts Avangard on top. April 4 playoffs
Ilya Mikheyev made a triumphant return to the Avangard line-up, scoring twice as he stepped in to replace the injured Taylor Beck. Mikheyev, the team’s leading scorer in the regular season, had not featured in the playoffs since Avangard’s 2-4 loss at Barys on March 16. He had amassed seven points in six games prior to that, though, and was quickly back on the scoring trail with a second-period double in Ufa.
3 April 2019, 22:15 Daily Round-up

West: SKA levels it up. April 3 playoffs
For much of this season, games between these two teams have been about SKA’s struggles to solve Ilya Sorokin in the CSKA net. For two minutes in the third period on Wednesday, the Petersburg team at last found the answers it has been looking for.
2 April 2019, 20:25 Daily Round-up

East: Ufa bounces back. April 2 playoffs
Salavat Yulaev roared back into contention in the Eastern Conference final with an impressive 5-1 victory in game three. After two losses on the road, Ufa really needed to close the gap on Avangard when the action moved from Balashikha to Bashkiria – and a powerful first-period performance delivered just the right result.
1 April 2019, 23:30 Daily Round-up

West: Back in the Game. April 1 playoffs
SKA breathed fresh life into the Western Conference final with an overtime victory over CSKA. Nikolai Prokhorkin’s goal after 12 minutes of the extras broke the deadlock – and snapped an astonishing nine-game losing streak for the Petersburg team against its Moscow rival. That run took in all four regular season encounters, three games of last season’s playoffs and the first two meetings in the current series. But, in a moment, it came to an end and threw this series wide open once again.
31 March 2019, 20:30 Daily Round-up

East: Avangard opens a 2-0 lead. March 31 playoffs
Game one of this series went to overtime; game two was settled in a third-period flurry. After the hard-fought clash two days earlier, this game saw Avangard deploy far more offense. However, with Juha Metsola in fine form it took time for the home team to convert its advantage into goals.
30 March 2019, 20:30 Daily Round-up

West: CSKA wins again. March 30 playoffs
Another CSKA victory over SKA – the Muscovites’ sixth of the season against its Army rival – sends the Western Conference final to Petersburg with Igor Nikitin’s men strongly placed. Today there was a goal in each period to secure a second home win.
29 March 2019, 23:00 Daily Round-up

East: Shumakov wins it for Avangard in overtime. March 29 playoffs
Avangard claimed an overtime verdict as the Eastern Conference final opened with an absorbing encounter in Balashikha.
28 March 2019, 22:45 Daily Round-up

West: CSKA hangs tough, claims series opener. March 28 playoffs
CSKA came from behind to claim victory in the opening game of the Western Conference final. The host took a 2-1 verdict over its old playoff rival SKA thanks to a Mikhail Grigorenko goal in the second period.
28 March 2019, 16:15 Preview

Can Ufa stop the Omsk machine? East Conference Finals preview
While the Western Conference finals were somewhat predictable with another chapter in the Army rivalry’s history, playoffs in the Eastern Conference were wilder and brought to unexpected results.
27 March 2019, 16:45 Preview

Classical battle in the Western finals. The Army rivalry is back
The Russian version of El Clasico is back for the playoffs as CSKA and SKA will face at this stage for the fourth time in five years.
26 March 2019, 16:30 News

Salavat Yulaev too much for Avtomobilist. Ufa reaches the East finals
The lower seeds’ revenge continues in the Eastern Conference, as Salavat Yulaev – the sixth team in the East standings – defeated the team who dominated most of the regular season in only five games.
25 March 2019, 15:00 News

Avangard left no chances to Barys. The Hawks move on to the East finals
In what seemed to be a strong candidate for a seven-game series, Avangard didn’t experience much trouble in getting the best of Barys. The Kazakhs battled fiercely – and at times they looked able to get Avangard more than a problem – but the Hawks were ultimately the best team and deservedly earned the right to take on Salavat Yulaev on the Eastern Conference finals.
24 March 2019, 19:15 News

Lokomotiv not a threat for SKA. The Army team moves to the West Finals
Not differently from last year – at least for the outcome – SKA skated past Lokomotiv in the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-1 score. Lokomotiv fought hard – in a couple of occasions, literally so – but the Railwaymen’s efforts weren’t enough to overcome a focused SKA team. On its end, SKA started the series better than the first round against Spartak, and it paid out as the team led by Ilya Vorobyov closed the clash in only five games.
23 March 2019, 13:00 News

No surprises from Dynamo. CSKA gets to Western Conference finals
Those who were expecting an upset in the Western Conference semifinals were disappointed as the Red Army skated past HC Dynamo with relative ease as they won the series 4-1, giving to the Krikunov’s team only one win in game two. CSKA felt no panic when the Blues-and-Whites tied the series at one after a memorable 22-save shutout by Ivan Bocharov and an OT winner scored by Vladimir Bryukvin.
22 March 2019, 18:00 Daily Round-up

East: It’s Avangard vs Salavat Yulaev. March 22 playoffs
Avangard is back in the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 2012, with Bob Hartley’s team powering past Barys in five games. The Omsk team, still playing in exile in suburban Moscow, has dropped just one game in two rounds of playoff action.
21 March 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

West: Army rivals reach the final again. March 21 playoffs
It’s a CSKA vs SKA showdown in the Western Conference final for the fourth time in five years after both teams wrapped up 4-1 series wins on Thursday. CSKA outlasted Dynamo to secure a 3-2 verdict before SKA won a humdinger 5-4 in overtime to join its rival in the next round.
20 March 2019, 20:30 Daily Round-up

East: Chudinov scores from his own half, Ufa takes its chances. March 20 playoffs
Maxim Chudinov fired in a goal from his own blue line to give Avangard a 3-1 lead in its series against Barys. Salavat Yulaev produced wonders of their own, scoring four goals from just 14 shots on target to beat Avtomobilist. Both of today’s winners can conclude their series in game five on Friday.
19 March 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

West: SKA and CSKA one game away from Conference final. March 19 playoffs
The big guns of the Western Conference are both just one win from contesting the Conference final. SKA opened a 3-1 series lead on Lokomotiv with a 3-1 victory in Yaroslavl, while a last-minute goal from defenseman Mat Robinson earned CSKA a 2-1 verdict at Dynamo.
18 March 2019, 21:30 Daily Round-up

East: Ufa edges in front, Avangard overpowers Barys. March 18 playoffs
Salavat Yulaev claimed an overtime win over Avtomobilist to go 2-1 up in its Eastern Conference semi-final. The second game was rather more clear cut, with Avangard enjoying a comfortable win at home to Barys to move ahead in that match-up.
17 March 2019, 20:15 Daily Round-up

West: CSKA powers forward, Loko hits back at SKA. March 17 playoffs
Lokomotiv bounced back from Friday’s 1-6 drubbing against SKA to win 3-1 on home ice. In Moscow, CSKA went to Dynamo and plundered three power play goals to regain the lead in the series.
16 March 2019, 17:30 Daily Round-up

East: All square. March 16 playoffs
A strong performance from the Barys power play inflicted a first playoff loss of the season on Avangard and tied the teams’ Eastern Conference semi-final.
15 March 2019, 23:00 Daily Round-up

West: Dynamo bounces back, SKA powers forward. March 15 playoffs
Game day two in the Western Conference semi-finals brought a pair of contrasting games. The Moscow derby could not have been tighter, with Vladimir Bryukvin getting the only goal for Dynamo in the first minute of overtime. SKA, meanwhile, allowed its offense to let rip against Loko and powered to a 6-1 win.
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