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1 September 2020, 15:05 Pre-season

Granlund already on fire, Vityaz surprises. 2020 preseason in numbers
On Monday, Aug. 31, the KHL clubs finished their preseason games. KHL.ru sums up the situation.
31 August 2020, 20:35 Pre-season

Cajkovsky hits the right note for Dynamo
The last day of summer brought two last preparation games ahead of the start of the KHL games — and they could hardly be more contrasting. While Dynamo needed a late rally to snatch a 2-1 win over Sibir, Lokomotiv steamrollered Kunlun, defeating the Chinese team 7-0 in Yaroslavl.
30 August 2020, 22:30 Pre-season

Dinamo wins the Salei Cup
Victory over the Belarusian champion secures the trophy for Dinamo Minsk.
29 August 2020, 23:20 Pre-season

Vityaz seizes Moscow crown
The Mayor of Moscow Cup left the city limits for the first time as Vityaz recorded its third victory in three games. An overtime success against Dynamo saw the Moscow Region team complete a perfect tournament, and left the Blue-and-Whites winless in this tournament of local rivals. In the evening game CSKA defeated Spartak to take second place. Elsewhere, Dinamo Minsk defeated HC Gomel 4-0 in its first game of the Salei Cup. Barys had a second comfortable victory over Saryarka in its latest warm-up game.
28 August 2020, 23:40 Pre-season

Avangard triumphs in Petersburg, Riga wins at last
Avangard beat SKA to win the Puchkov Tournament in St. Petersburg. Two goals in the third period separated the teams in Friday’s showdown. Elsewhere, Dinamo Riga got its first win of the summer, enjoying a 3-0 success against Kieko-Vantaa. CSKA also tasted victory for the first time, edging Dynamo in a shoot-out at the Mayor of Moscow Cup. But Vityaz leads the way at that tournament after a second successive 3-2 victory, this time against Spartak.
28 August 2020, 00:15 Pre-season

CSKA makes a slow start, Jokerit impresses against Riga
CSKA struggled in its first game of the summer, losing 3-2 against Vityaz, while Spartak began the Mayor of Moscow Cup with a win over Dynamo. Jokerit enjoyed a 4-1 verdict over Dinamo Riga as our Baltic rivals played their first games against KHL opposition this summer and Barys scored eight in a big win against Saryarka. In St. Petersburg, Kunlun Red Star allowed two short-handed goals in a 2-5 loss against Torpedo before Severstal edged Sochi in overtime.
26 August 2020, 22:45 Pre-season

Tolvanen makes scoring return, SKA wins again
Eeli Tolvanen’s return to Jokerit brought an instant result with the young forward getting on the scoresheet in Wednesday’s 4-2 win at TPS Turku. Meanwhile, at the Puchkov Tournament, host club SKA picked up a second victory thanks to big contributions from Linden Vey and Kirill Marchenko.
25 August 2020, 23:05 Pre-season

SKA starts with a win
24 August 2020, 22:20 Pre-season

Wins for Avangard, Red Star
Day one of the Puchkov Tournament in Petersburg saw Torpedo jump to an early lead before losing to Avangard. In the later game, Kunlun Red Star’s power play was too good for Sochi.
23 August 2020, 21:45 Pre-season

Ak Bars wins the big prize of the summer
The Champions Cup in Kazan was expected to be the big competition of the summer and a battle between four top teams produced plenty of exciting hockey. Sunday was the decisive day, and Ak Bars came out on top after holding on to beat Metallurg 4-3 in the final. Earlier, Salavat Yulaev claimed third place, defeating SKA by the same scoreline after a shoot-out.
22 August 2020, 20:55 Pre-season

Metallurg to face Ak Bars in Champions Cup final
Metallurg edged SKA by the odd goal in seven to secure a Sunday showdown against Ak Bars in the final of the first ever Champions Cup. The host team made it three wins from three in the competition with a shoot-out success against Salavat Yulaev. In Saturday’s other game, Severstal beat Lokomotiv 2-0.
21 August 2020, 23:05 Pre-season

Jokerit beaten in overtime, Barys on the ice at last
Jokerit’s second game of the summer turned out to be a thriller. The Finns went 0-3 down to Assat at the Bauer Games, only to fire in three quick goals and tie the scores. However, the turnaround was not complete and Assat took the verdict in overtime.
21 August 2020, 00:05 Pre-season

Ak Bars on top again, winning start for Jokerit
Ak Bars made it two wins from two at the Champions Cup, while Jokerit began its summer campaign with victory over Jukurit. Dinamo Minsk suffered its first defeat of the pre-season, going down against Belarusian champion Yunost.
19 August 2020, 23:15 Pre-season

Champions do battle in Kazan
Wednesday saw the start of the summer’s big new tournament — a four-team clash of the titans in Kazan featuring Ak Bars, SKA, Metallurg and Salavat Yulaev. Those teams have eight of the 11 Gagarin Cups won to date, fully justifying the name ‘Champions Cup’. Elsewhere, Dynamo Moscow defeated Vityaz in a warm-up game, while Nail Yakupov made his Amur debut against Avangard but finished on the losing side.
17 August 2020, 17:05 Pre-season

Spartak beaten by Avangard
Monday’s only game saw Spartak begin its summer program. Now just five teams are still waiting to make their pre-season debuts — Dinamo Riga, Barys, CSKA, Jokerit and Torpedo.
16 August 2020, 16:45 Pre-season

Red Star returns to the ice
15 August 2020, 18:35 Pre-season

Avangard in seventh heaven, Minsk rallies for victory
After losing out to Dynamo during the week, Avangard delivered a powerful riposte with a 7-2 victory over the Muscovites on Saturday. In Belarus, Dinamo Minsk recorded its second 3-2 victory of the week against local opposition. This time HC Gomel was the opponent.
14 August 2020, 17:25 Pre-season

Sibir wins the Romazan Memorial
Friday’s only game saw Sibir take on Amur with a chance to win the Romazan Memorial Cup in Magnitogorsk. A 5-2 scoreline was good enough for the Siberians to take the prize ahead of host team Metallurg and Avtomobilist, who also finished with two wins from three games.
13 August 2020, 22:50 Pre-season

Salavat Yulaev wins its home tournament
An overtime goal from Nikita Soshnikov saw Salavat Yulaev come out on top in its home tournament, winning the Republic of Bashkortostan Cup in its 20th anniversary season. In Magnitogorsk, Avtomobilist was unable to secure the Romazan Memorial Cup, going down 1-3 to Sibir. The Siberians, and host team Metallurg, are still in with a chance of clinching top spot tomorrow.
12 August 2020, 20:05 Pre-season

Honors even in game of the day
There was only one game involving KHL teams on Wednesday — so to make up for a lack of action, Avangard and Dynamo Moscow agreed to play the usual regulation time, plus overtime, plus a shoot-out, regardless of the scoreline. As a result, everyone finished up as a winner. Dynamo took the verdict in regulation, but Avangard responded to win both the overtime and the shoot-out.
11 August 2020, 23:36 Pre-season

Salavat Yulaev hits the goal trail, Avto wins again
Day two of the tournaments in Ufa and Magnitogorsk saw both host teams win, but Avtomobilist remains out in front after edging Amur in a shoot-out. Away from the summer tournaments, there was also a win for Dinamo Minsk, with Brandon Kozun getting the decisive goal on his debut for his new club.
10 August 2020, 22:40 Pre-season

Avto, Traktor and Neftekhimik start with wins
9 August 2020, 16:30 Pre-season

Amur keeps up its summer streak
Sunday brought one more warm-up game, with Vityaz facing Amur for the second time in three days. The visitor edged the verdict to continue its impressive pre-season form.
8 August 2020, 22:30 Pre-season

The summer’s first prize goes to Lokomotiv
7 August 2020, 23:00 Pre-season

Loko strikes back against SKA
Lokomotiv and Sochi U20s both recovered some pride at the Sochi Hockey Open ahead of tomorrow’s pair of cup finals. The Railwaymen won 6-2 against SKA, recording a first victory of the summer. And Sochi, despite another loss, at least had the satisfaction of scoring on Russia’s juniors after two lopsided losses.
6 August 2020, 20:50 Pre-season

Six more for SKA
For the second time in three days, SKA scored six on Lokomotiv at the Sochi Hockey Open. Valery Bragin’s team will now face his former charges, Russia U20, in the gold-medal at this tournament. The other game of the day saw Amur defeat Sokol in an exhibition event in Moscow.
5 August 2020, 22:40 Pre-season

Double figures in Sochi
Day two of the Sochi Hockey Open brought just one game — and, just as in yesterday’s encounter, Russia’s Juniors were far too powerful for their brave but limited counterparts from Sochi.
4 August 2020, 22:50 Pre-season

Six-shooting SKA downs Loko, Amirov plays lacrosse
The Sochi Hockey Open got underway, but there was a change to schedule. HC Sochi decided to give this tournament a miss, promoting the club’s juniors to play instead. The youngsters will now have a best-of-three series against Russia’s U20s. In parallel, Lokomotiv and SKA will play their own three-game mini-series, with the winners progressing to a gold-medal game on August 8.
3 August 2020, 15:05 Pre-season

First win for Bill Peters
One day after Avtomobilist and Salavat Yulaev served up a thriller in Ufa, the teams met again with Avto avenging Sunday’s 4-6 reverse.
2 August 2020, 20:45 Pre-season

Goal crazy in Ufa, Gatiyatulin wins on Traktor return
Tomi Lamsa came out on top in the battle of the rookie coaches as his Salavat Yulaev hit five unanswered goals in the third period to defeat Bill Peters’ Avtomobilist. Anvar Gatiyatulin enjoyed a winning return to Chelyabinsk as Traktor edged Ugra 1-0.
1 August 2020, 16:00 Pre-season

Revenge missions
Two games involving KHL teams on Saturday, and in both cases the host bounced back to avenge a defeat on Friday afternoon. Stanislav Galiyev’s fine form fired Ak Bars to victory over Neftekhimik, while Sibir edged Amur in a shoot-out.
31 July 2020, 21:30 Pre-season

A revenge win and a Gordie Howe hat-trick
Friday’s pre-season action saw the first games between two KHL teams this summer, a revenge win for Russia’s juniors and a high-scoring battle in Minsk.
29 July 2020, 17:40 Pre-season

Back on the ice — victory for Sochi, defeat for Vityaz
Hockey is back! July 29 saw the first pre-season games for KHL teams, albeit played behind closed doors. Sochi quickly found its scoring form, but Vityaz found things tougher against VHL opposition.
16 July 2020, 15:15 Pre-season

Clash of the Champions in Kazan — the KHL’s pre-season tournaments
This summer’s pre-season preparations are a little bit different from usual. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the KHL’s teams are following health advice and staying home. So, this time, there are no training camps in foreign countries and no pre-season tournaments involving opponents from Europe’s top leagues.
10 July 2020, 12:20 Pre-season

Pre-season 2020. Tournaments
KHL.ru presents a tournament-by-tournament guide to the varies preseason events which traditionally feature the League’s clubs among the participants. We shall be adding the results of the matches to this page as the tournaments progress. Times of matches are given in Moscow time.
10 July 2020, 11:00 Pre-season

Pre-season 2020. Day by day
EN.KHL.RU publishes the preliminary pre-season schedule.
31 August 2019, 16:00 Pre-season

Poised for a back-to-back win. CSKA season preview
After becoming a more creative and balanced team, CSKA won their first, long-awaited Gagarin Cup. The reigning champions, led by Igor Nikitin, will start the upcoming season with only a few adjustments in the roster.
30 August 2019, 16:00 Pre-season

Polishing the diamond. Avangard season preview
Avangard heads into the new season with hopes of going one better than last season’s Gagarin Cup Final loss. Sven Andrighetto and Slava Voynov represent significant new strength on the roster, sufficient to maintain optimism at the club despite an indifferent pre-season.
29 August 2019, 21:40 Pre-season

The end of pre-season brings wins for Vityaz, Amur and Loko. August 29
The last day of pre-season action brought wins for Vityaz, Lokomotiv and Amur. Two of them were routine exhibition games, but Amur’s win over Motor Ceske Budejovice also secured top spot in a summer tournament in the Czech Republic. Next time all these teams take to the ice, it will be for points in the regular season.
29 August 2019, 16:00 Pre-season

Rebuilding without Gusev and Vorobyov. SKA season preview
After losing their battle to CSKA, the two-time Gagarin Cup champions opted for a change on the bench. Alexei Kudashov will try to build a new SKA, this time without Nikita Gusev and other stars.
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