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KHL.ru concludes reviewing the 2021-2022 season for the league’s 24 teams. Today is the champions’ turn: in the summer, CSKA changed head coach, and Sergei Fedorov led the Muscovites to their second Gagarin Cup triumph in his debut season.

KHL.ru continues its review of 2021-2022. At the end of the regular season, Metallurg was the most watchable team in the league. The Steelmen scored more goals and collected more points than any other. In playoff action, Magnitka produced a record-breaking high-scoring series against Avangard, in the course of which it bounced back from two heavy losses to advance all the way to the Gagarin Cup final. But there was no trophy at the end of it — despite leading CSKA 3-1 in that series, Metallurg failed to finish the job.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Traktor’s turn. The Chelyabinsk franchise had an excellent regular season, then climbed up to the Eastern Finals and grabbed the bronze medal.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Salavat Yulaev’s turn. The Ufa franchise had the best start of its KHL history, and in the playoffs it had its stake on local resources to reach the Conference semifinals.

KHL.ru continues its review of the 2021-2022 season with a look at SKA. The Petersburg team set out to rejuvenate its roster this season, but that didn’t prevent it from finishing the regular season on top of the Western Conference. The playoffs followed a familiar pattern: SKA reached the Conference final before losing to CSKA.

KHL.ru continues its round-up of the 2021-2022 season. Last summer, Dynamo Moscow lost the league’s leading goalscorer, but Vadim Shipachyov helped his new partners to plug that gap. The captain, meanwhile, won the scoring race for the third season in a row. Shipachyov’s consistency was mirrored by the team, which once again battled through the first round only to fall in the second. That led to big changes, and after this summer we can expect an all new Dynamo in the 2022-2023 season.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Avangard’s turn. The team reached its peak form for the playoffs and, despite the departure of leading defensemen and injuries, performed more than decently in the Gagarin Cup stage.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Ak Bars’ turn. Ak Bars shuffled its roster before the start of the campaign, changing all of its imports and betting on a Russian goaltending duo, but they couldn’t go past the Gagarin Cup playoffs’ first round.

KHL.ru continues its review of the season just gone. Today we’re looking at a Spartak team that had a strong regular season and featured in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2010. The Muscovites could not stop SKA in that playoff clash, but overall they can be happy with their progress.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Lokomotiv’s turn. In September, the Railwaymen were considered among the contenders in the Western Conference, but the season showed that strong summer moves won’t guarantee postseason success.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Sibir’s turn. The Novosibirsk side missed the playoffs in 2021, but this time the Andrei Martemyanov’s men could rehabilitate themselves in front of their fans. The team’s achievements — sixth place in the Eastern Conference and a hard-fought series against Salavat Yulaev — aren’t a bad result at all.

KHL.ru continues its round-up of the 2021-2022 season. Today we’re looking at Jokerit, a team that enjoyed an impressive regular season but did not take part in the playoffs.

KHL.ru continues its end-of-season review with a look at one of the most improved teams of the 2021-2022 campaign. Under Andrei Razin, Severstal’s youthful roster took some notable scalps on its way to fifth place in the West, then pushed Dynamo Moscow all the way in the playoffs.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Barys’ turn. The team’s first line of Mikhailis, Volk, and Lilja, displayed its worth, but their performance was not enough to make it past the first round of the playoffs.

KHL.ru continues its round-up of the season. Today we’re looking at Dinamo Minsk. The Belarusians encountered several challenges during the season and could rarely draw on a full-strength roster. Nonetheless, the team still made it to the playoffs.

KHL.ru reviews the 2021-2022 season for each of the 24 league’s teams. Today it’s Avtomobilist’s turn. The Urals franchise had a strong roster and a good preseason, and the Motormen started the campaign with optimism. But something didn’t work out.

KHL.ru continues its review of the 2021-2022 season. Neftekhimik went with a rookie head coach, who took his team to the playoffs at the first time of asking. In post season, despite being a big underdog, they asked some questions of one of the favorites.

KHL.ru ends its rundown of the league’s 2021-2022 teams with Avangard — the Gagarin Cup reigning champions. In the offseason, the Hawks changed several players, and the next season will be the latest one in Balashikha and may be the latest for bench boss Bob Hartley as well.

KHL.ru is nearing the end of its preview of this season’s contenders. Today we’re looking at last season’s runner-up, CSKA, where it’s all change after another busy summer.

KHL.ru continues to assess the teams ahead of the coming season. SKA got good results from young players last term, and this time around Valery Bragin’s roster is even more youthful.

KHL.ru keeps on previewing the upcoming 2021-2022 campaign for the league’s 24 teams. Dynamo Moscow changed most of its board and hockey operations staff, organized a new first (and a second) line, and tried to get some room for the younger players.

KHL.ru continues its team-by-team previews ahead of the coming season. Today we’re looking at Lokomotiv, where some astute summer recruitment is raising hopes of a real push for the top of the Western Conference.

KHL.ru continues its rundown of this season’s teams with a trip to the Southern Urals. Metallurg changed most of its international players and kept on betting on offensive hockey.

KHL.ru continues to look at the rosters going into the 2021-2022 season. Today it’s the turn of Salavat Yulaev, where the summer signings have arrived to address specific weaknesses on a talented roster.

KHL.ru continues its preview of the league’s teams for 2021-2022. Today we move to the Southern Urals as we visit Chelyabinsk.

KHL.ru continues its rundown of this season’s teams. Today it’s the turn of Jokerit, where an established head coach is working with a younger roster.

KHL.ru continues to look at the state of our teams ahead of the new season. Today, we’re in Yekaterinburg where several intriguing trades should bolster Avtomobilist’s hopes of finally making a big push for the cup.

KHL.ru continues its run-down of the teams ahead of the upcoming season. Today we move to Cherepovets, which was one of last year’s surprises. However, the Razin’s men lost their top scorer and 5/6 of their defensive line.

KHL.ru continues its run-down of the teams ahead of the new season. Torpedo moves back to the Western Conference this year, but should remain a solid bet for a playoff place despite its new surroundings.

KHL.ru continues its preview of this season’s competing teams. Today, we move to Belarus. In Minsk, Dinamo didn’t have the busiest summer on the market and is waiting for the national team to compete at the Olympics final qualification tournament.

KHL.ru continues its look at the preparations of each team ahead of the coming season. Today, we’re looking at Kunlun Red Star as it gets ready for the final action before the long-awaited Winter Olympics in Beijing.

In its traditional summer column, KHL.ru talks about the offseason and the prospects for the upcoming season for the league’s 24 clubs. In the 2020-2021 campaign, Dinamo Riga failed to qualify for the playoffs, leading to significant changes within the team.

In our traditional summer series, KHL.ru introduces each team’s new line-up ahead of the coming season. We start with Admiral, which missed 2020-2021 for financial reasons but is ready to return to the league this term.

KHL.ru continues its series reviewing the fortunes of all 23 competing teams in the 2020-2021 season. CSKA, perhaps more than any other, had to work hard to fit its roster under the newly-imposed hard salary cap. They passed that test with flying colors, topping the regular season table for the third time in a row and the sixth in seven years before going on to the Gagarin Cup final.

KHL.ru continues its series rounding up the seasons of each of the 23 teams that took part in the 2020-2021 championship. Ak Bars had a tremendous regular season and looked excellent in the Gagarin Cup playoff’s first couple of rounds. However, in the East finals, the team lacked production from its imports.

KHL.ru continues its series rounding up the seasons of each of the 23 teams that took part in the 2020-2021 championship.

KHL.ru continues its round-up of the 23 teams that competed in the 2020-2021 season. SKA once again made it to the Western Conference final, but once again lost out to CSKA.

KHL.ru continues its series rounding up the seasons of each of the 23 teams that took part in the 2020-2021 championship. Lokomotiv, once again, made it to the second round of the playoffs before losing to CSKA in seven games.

KHL.ru keeps on reviewing the 2020-2021 campaign for the league’s 23 teams. Metallurg returned to the top-3 in the Eastern Conference, but the franchise only reached the second round in the playoffs.