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21 June 2022, 13:30 Weekly Round-up

KHL = 3x3 — the KHL week in review
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.
13 June 2022, 15:45 Weekly Round-up

Jaros, Japan and Xtreme hockey — the KHL week in review
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.
6 June 2022, 15:05 Weekly Round-up

Two Canadians sign for next season — the KHL week in review
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.
30 May 2022, 16:50 Weekly Round-up

KHL favorites triumph in Tampere — the KHL week in review
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.
23 May 2022, 12:30 Weekly Round-up

Award season — the KHL week in review
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?
16 May 2022, 12:30 Weekly Round-up

Worlds, trades and prizes — the KHL week in review
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.
9 May 2022, 10:00 Weekly Round-up

Ak Bars makes big moves — the KHL week in review
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.
2 May 2022, 16:25 Weekly Round-up

Fedorov’s Gagarin Cup triumph, Larionov poised for coaching debut
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.
25 April 2022, 14:50 Weekly Round-up

Cup final fever — the KHL week in review
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.
18 April 2022, 16:10 Weekly Round-up

And then there were two ... — the KHL week in review
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.
11 April 2022, 15:15 Weekly Round-up

D-Day coming up in Conference Finals — the KHL week in review
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.
4 April 2022, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Conference finals underway — the KHL week in review
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.
28 March 2022, 13:00 Weekly Round-up

Western final set — the KHL week in review
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.
21 March 2022, 13:00 Weekly Round-up

Goal rush in Magnitogorsk, Spartak returns in style — KHL week in review
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.
14 March 2022, 17:45 Weekly Round-up

Conference SFs start this week, Super Mario backs Russian prospect
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.
7 March 2022, 16:25 Weekly Round-up

Gusev, Sibir set records, Sorkin settles a marathon — week in review
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.
28 February 2022, 17:30 Weekly Round-up

KHL action returns this week — the KHL week in review
It’s been a while, but the KHL is back on the ice in earnest on Tuesday as the race for the 2022 Gagarin Cup gets underway. Meanwhile, our junior and women’s leagues are already back in action, with big achievements from Matvei Michkov and Noora Raty in the past week.
21 February 2022, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

KHL enjoys bumper Olympic medal haul — the KHL week in review
The closing stages of the Beijing Olympics came with a strong KHL flavor. In the gold medal game, 35 of the 42 players were from our league, and in total 42 of the 75 medals awarded went to active KHLers. Now, as players return to their clubs, the focus is on final preparations for the playoffs, which are confirmed to start on March 1.
14 February 2022, 17:30 Weekly Round-up

Wallmark and Foo hit the headlines in China — the KHL week in review
As the men’s tournament got underway in Beijing, the KHL’s contingent made an immediate impact at the Olympics. Back in Russia, two new tournaments help to keep players busy during the break in the season.
7 February 2022, 15:30 Weekly Round-up

Olympics underway, playoffs confirmed — the KHL week in review
The big news at home was the confirmation of this season’s playoffs, which will start on March 1 with no further regular season action in the KHL. For many of our players, though, the Olympics are dominating everything. The Opening Ceremony took place in Beijing on Friday and Russia’s Women’s Hockey League is already making an impact at the Games.
31 January 2022, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

The KHL Olympics — the KHL week in review
As of Saturday, 164 of the players selected to go to the 2022 Olympics have played in the KHL at some point in their careers. That represents 55% of all male hockey players heading to Beijing. It’s an increase from 2018, when 47% of players in PyeongChang had KHL experience. Not surprisingly, then, the Games dominates this week’s review.
24 January 2022, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

More Olympic rosters announced — the KHL week in review
In the absence of action on the ice, the focus was very much on the build-up to the Olympics. In the men’s tournament, several more countries unveiled their rosters for Beijing and 33 KHLers were included among Russia’s rivals at the Games.
17 January 2022, 18:45 Weekly Round-up

Two more make playoffs, first Olympians known — the KHL week in review
Amid the on-going challenges of the pandemic, two more KHL teams confirmed their playoff place. In addition, 17 KHL players were unveiled in their countries’ Olympic rosters — with three more from the Women’s Hockey League also named in the first line-ups to be announced for Beijing.
10 January 2022, 16:05 Weekly Round-up

Record for Ojamaki, landmark for Kvartalnov — the KHL week in review
The first action of 2022 saw Dmitry Kvartalnov behind the bench for his 800th game in the KHL, while Niko Ojamaki’s 29th goal of the season beat Teemu Hartikainen’s record haul for a Finnish player. Elsewhere, Dinamo Riga faces COVID-related cancellations, but the league is confident it can play on.
27 December 2021, 14:10 Weekly Round-up

Shipachyov’s milestone, Mozyakin’s brief comeback — the KHL week in review
The KHL’s all-time top scorer was back on the ice last week, while our current scoring leader picked up his 800th point in the league. Elsewhere, the emphasis is all about Monday’s trade deadline — with two Canadian veterans looking to play their way to Beijing via Kazan.
20 December 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

International action and late trades — the KHL week in review
On the ice, it was all about international hockey — from the Channel 1 Cup to news of Russia’s junior roster. In the KHL, the emphasis was on trades, with the final dealing before the deadline starting to heat up.
13 December 2021, 18:00 Weekly Round-up

KHLers set to star in Moscow — the KHL week in review
The coming week is all about international action, with the Channel 1 Cup in Moscow giving countries a last chance to look at players before the Olympics. And there’s an international feel to much of the rest of the news, with a veteran Canadian coach returning to the KHL, a Belarusian dual national eying glory and a stunning save from a Chinese heritage goalie.
6 December 2021, 18:30 Weekly Round-up

Winter sun — the KHL week in review
The weather in Russia is taking a wintry turn, so it was the perfect time for the KHL to head to Dubai for the latest instalment of the World Games. Closer to home, veteran coach Vladimir Krikunov is back in the game: the 71-year-old took over behind the bench at Dinamo Riga.
29 November 2021, 15:35 Weekly Round-up

Marjamaki and Zaripov eye all-time records — the KHL week in review
The KHL World Games trip to Dubai on Dec. 3 should be Danis Zaripov’s 1,300th game in Russia’s top league — making the 40-year-old the first man to reach that impressive milestone. By then, Lauri Marjamaki could have his 128th victory as a KHL head coach, which would make him the winningest Finn behind the bench in our league.
22 November 2021, 16:00 Weekly Round-up

From Captain Tatarstan to Mr Helsinki ... — the KHL week in review
It’s been a week stuffed with individual landmarks. We’ve seen a forward move to second place in all-time Russian hockey goalscoring, a coach open the doors to the 500 club, a goalie post his 100th shut-out and a much-loved import reach 300 games.
15 November 2021, 14:45 Weekly Round-up

Michkov leads the way — the KHL week in review
Euro Hockey Tour action this week saw plenty of young Russian players get their first taste of international hockey — and Matvei Michkov immediately made a spectacular impact. Elsewhere, there’s a new format in place for the All-Star Game, and KHL.ru is taking a look at Russia through the eyes of our foreign players.
8 November 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Flying Finns and a homecoming king — the KHL week in review
These are high times in Helsinki, with Jokerit moving to the top of the Western Conference this week. And, with forwards hitting the headlines, Vitaly Kravtsov came back to Traktor and produced a stunning game-winner on his latest KHL debut.
1 November 2021, 18:10 Weekly Round-up

Changing places — the KHL week in review
From a Finnish defenseman making a fast start on his return to the KHL to a veteran coach leading his new charges up the table, it’s been a good week for people taking on new roles. And we’ve seen more club records for Avtomobilist and Spartak in another high-scoring week of hockey action.
25 October 2021, 17:00 Weekly Round-up

Goals, fights and another big trade — the KHL week in review
Hockey is all about scoring goals — and last week saw the biggest win of the season so far and the highest-scoring game for two seasons. The darker arts also got a mention, with Andrei Nazarov rolling back the years to stage a mega-fight against Avangard as he reached 600 games as a coach in the KHL.
18 October 2021, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

World Games return, Magnitka sets record — the KHL week in review
Last week’s big news was the return of the KHL World Games and a first ever trip to the Middle East for our clubs. On the ice, Metallurg set a club record winning streak, but couldn’t get away from its in-form neighbor. In Kazakhstan, Tatarstan and Latvia, KHL clubs put their weight behind good causes and all over Russia there were events to celebrate World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend.
11 October 2021, 16:00 Weekly Round-up

Landmarks aplenty — the KHL week in review
It’s been a week full of memorable moments, from Danis Zaripov matching Boris Mikhailov’s goalscoring tally to two players completing 400 KHL points. New import Daniel Audette has a club record on his resume already, while fellow Canadian Philippe Maillet talks about a hobby that trains his mind for on-ice action.
4 October 2021, 16:15 Weekly Round-up

Galkin’s great save, Magnitka hits the front — the KHL week in review
At the top of the KHL standings, Metallurg went clear this week after posting its 10th successive win. Jokerit matched that streak and is two points behind. Vadim Shipachyov keeps on scoring for Dynamo, while Avtomobilist’s young goalie Vladimir Galkin produced a save to grace any highlight reel.
27 September 2021, 18:30 Weekly Round-up

Kudashov’s record run and first coaching changes — the KHL week in review
It was all about the coaches in last week’s KHL action. Alexei Kudashov recorded his 24th successive win behind the bench to set a new league record, while two clubs replaced their head coaches after indifferent starts to the season.
20 September 2021, 17:10 Weekly Round-up

Scoring records, winning streaks and a $7m payout — the KHL week in review
It was a good week for Dynamo Moscow, with captain Vadim Shipachyov setting a new landmark for KHL assists while his team improved to six successive victories at the start of the season. Salavat Yulaev remains one win ahead with seven successes, while ever-growing interest in the league yielded a best-ever $7 million return for TV and commercial rights.
13 September 2021, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Michkov’s first goals, Murygin’s return to action — the KHL week in review
Week two of the season was another cracker. It began with teenage hotshot Matvei Michkov grabbing his first goals in the KHL, continued with a save of the season contender and finished with Alexei Murygin proving that his battle with cancer is behind him as he helped Torpedo to victory over SKA.
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