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KHL.ru continues its club-by-club review of the 2025/2026 season. Dinamo Minsk matched its best ever result, reaching the second round of the playoffs. But the Belarusians had higher ambitions during the season and failed to realize them.

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.

The final pre-season action of the summer brought four warm-up games on Tuesday. Avangard on 5-3 in a behind-closed-doors game against SKA, Torpedo ended a five-game skid with a shoot-out success against Avtomobilist and Barys repeated yesterday’s victory over Sibir. Admiral wrapped up its schedule with a loss to Belarusian club Neman.

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.

Following Friday’s loss to Metallurg at the Romazan Memorial, Barys rang the changes.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming 2025-2026 season. Ak Bars strengthened its roster with strategic moves while keeping its core intact.

It was finals day at the Mayor of Moscow Cup, and CSKA claimed the trophy for the second year in a row thanks to a 3-2 win over Dinamo Minsk. Shanghai Dragons took third with a 6-1 drubbing of Dynamo Moscow, and Spartak edged Torpedo into sixth place. In two warm-up games, Sochi beat Amur and Severstal spoiled Bob Hartley’s first game with Lokomotiv on home ice.

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.

Today’s Mayor of Moscow Cup action decided which teams would progress to Sunday’s gold-medal game. In the end, CSKA defeated Shanghai Dragons to top its group, and will face Dinamo Minsk, victors over Dynamo Moscow. Saturday also had some exhibition action in Yekaterinburg, where Pavel Datsyuk staged a festive All-Star game. There were warm-up wins for Admiral and Ak Bars.

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

Friday saw the end of two tournament. In Chelyabinsk, the Governor’s Cup went to host team Traktor. In Magnitogorsk, too, there was success for the host – yet it was VHL farm club Magnitka that took the prize, rather than Metallurg. Shanghai Dragons made their much-anticipated debut following wholesale changes within the franchise: Gerard Gallant’s team claimed victory over Spartak, aided by two goals from Gage Quinney.

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

The Mayor of Moscow Cup got underway with shut-out victories for Dynamo and CSKA in the capital, in front of a five-figure crowd. The Chelyabinsk Governor’s Cup is approaching its conclusion, and Traktor secured its place in the final with a 5-1 thrashing of Lada. Amur will contest that gold-medal game despite a 1-2 reverse against Sochi.

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.

The latest summer trophy was awarded Wednesday with Avtomobilist edging a 1-0 victory over SKA to claim the Puchkov Cup in St. Petersburg. The day’s other action was at the Romazan Memorial in Magnitogorsk, while VHL team Magnitka is the unlikely leader. Metallurg’s farm club defeated the senior team in a shoot-out – albeit in a game with two experimental rosters. Earlier, Barys edged Salavat Yulaev in OT.

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

With three tournaments in action on Tuesday, there were plenty of talking points. Avtomobilist will be happiest after thumping Ak Bars 6-1 at Puchkov Tournament in St. Petersburg. Salavat Yulaev enjoyed a 5-2 win over Metallurg on the opening day of the Romazan Memorial. And in Chelyabinsk, Amur leads the way, while Traktor recovered from 0-3 to beat Sochi.

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

Monday saw two tournaments start, and two host teams defeated on opening day. The Chelyabinsk Governor’s Cup saw Amur beat Traktor 3-0, while Ak Bars won 3-2 in overtime against SKA at the Puchkov Tournament. Elsewhere, Sibir ended the Blinov Cup with a win, and CSKA defeated Dynamo in a Moscow derby.

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.

It took a shoot-out to separate the two undefeated teams at the 2025 Blinov Cup in Omsk. However, Severstal held its nerve to snap a 3-3 tie and deprive Avangard of the title in its home tournament. Lokomotiv secured third place with a 5-2 win over Neftekhimik.