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3 May 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Trade window opens — the KHL week in review
May 1 means KHL clubs can start trading players again — and the early activity on the transfer market has been the highlight of the last few days.
26 April 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Gagarin Cup final sets records, Dynamo’s Juniors triumph
The 2021 final is worth the wait, with pulsating action on the ice and two KHL records already in the books. Elsewhere, Dynamo Moscow Juniors won the Kharlamov Cup for the first time and Team Russia made a winning start to its World Championship preparations.
19 April 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

The final countdown! — the KHL week in review
The finals are underway. Sunday was opening night for the Gagarin Cup final, and last week saw the Junior Hockey League start its Kharlamov Cup showdown. Elsewhere, teams are already preparing for next season, with two more head coaches unveiled in Moscow and Riga. And, on the international stage, preliminary rosters for next month’s World Championships are starting to emerge.
12 April 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Podkolzin impresses as SKA eyes huge comeback — the KHL week in review
The two conference finals are living up to their billing, with West and East producing no end of intrigue. The Army Derby is turning into an epic battle, with SKA recovering from 0-3 to host game six tonight in search of a win that would tie its series against CSKA. In the East, every game so far has gone to the visitor, with Avangard up 3-2 on Ak Bars.
5 April 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

SKA can’t score on Swede, American eyes record — the KHL week in review
Two names are dominating the playoff action right now — Lars Johansson and Reid Boucher. The CSKA netminder hasn’t allowed a post-season goal from SKA in 290 minutes, while the Avangard forward is closing on a KHL record productive streak.
29 March 2021, 14:05 Weekly Round-up

Eastern final set, CSKA faces game 7 — the KHL week in review
This week sees the start of the Conference finals. In the East, we’re looking forward to the top two battling it out for a place in the final, but in the West CSKA faces a game seven decider against Lokomotiv. Elsewhere, Reid Boucher can’t stop scoring, while Craig Woodcroft talks about the transformation of Dinamo Minsk.
22 March 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Landmarks for Dawes and Kvartalnov — the KHL week in review
It was a big week for Ak Bars, with two big milestones on the team. Elsewhere, rookie forward Pavel Tyutnev potted his first KHL goal as Lokomotiv battles with CSKA and Avtomobilist’s record scorer Anatoly Golyshev moves on.
15 March 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Playoff round one — Datsyuk’s record, big crowds in Minsk
The first round of the 2021 playoffs saw Pavel Datsyuk become the oldest player to score in KHL post season, while Dinamo Minsk welcomed the biggest crowd of this restriction-hit campaign to its final game. Round two starts Wednesday, and the top playoff scorers to date are set to go head-to-head.
8 March 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Znarok sets a record, Kovalev learns fast — the KHL week in review
The first week of the playoffs brought individual and team records as fans came back in Kazakhstan. And in the Women’s Hockey League, we have a repeat of last season’s final to look forward.
1 March 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

One day until the playoffs — the KHL week in review
The regular season reached its climax with CSKA coming out on top. Dynamo Moscow’s forwards dominated the scoring race, and junior players saw more action than ever before. But what will post season bring?
22 February 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Czechs set records, Finns reach playoffs — the KHL week in review
Two Czech stars, Dmitrij Jaskin and Jakub Kovar, set new KHL records last week, while Jokerit Helsinki ensured that, once again, Finland will be represented in the playoffs. Elsewhere, the first KHL MascotsMania ended with Dynamo’s Wolf taking the top prize.
15 February 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Chibrikov makes history, Russia marches on — the KHL week in review
It was all about international action, with Team Russia continuing its unstoppable form this season. Nikita Chibrikov made a flying start to his international career, making an impact before his 18th birthday. In the KHL, Metallurg’s winning streak came to an end and Kunlun Red Star snapped its long losing run.
8 February 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Like father, like son — the KHL week in review
A special moment for the Mozyakin family, the Eastern playoff places fill up and Daugavins targets his former club. Another week of highlights in the KHL.
1 February 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Youth and experience — the KHL week in review
It’s another week all about different ends of the spectrum. Among the teens, Nikita Guslistov became the youngest ever KHL captain, while Igor Larionov again called up a roster heavy on junior players to represent Russia at the Euro Hockey Tour. For the veterans, Pavel Datsyuk continues to rewrite the record for the oldest KHL captain and Sergei Mozyakin achieved another career landmark.
25 January 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Teen ace writes history, another team reaches play — the KHL week in review
A record-breaking hat-trick, bottom beating top and an Olympic dream. All part of last week’s KHL news.
18 January 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Ak Bars to the playoffs, Mozyakin to the record books — week in review
Sergei Mozyakin still hasn’t run out of landmarks and last week saw the record-breaking forward reach 500 assists in KHL action. Esa Pirnes is expecting more Finnish players to top his 50-point haul after Teemu Hartikainen broke that long-standing record recently, and another national scoring mark could fall soon as Kaspars Daugavins eyes the Latvian tally. Elsewhere, Ak Bars is the first team to secure a playoff place this season.
11 January 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Finn-tastic! Teemu smashes long-standing record — week in review
After demolishing Ak Bars in the latest edition of the Green Derby, Teemu Hartikainen became the second Finn to post 50 points in a KHL season. He also ended Ak Bars’ club record winning streak. Elsewhere, the Women’s Hockey League returned to the ice and a repeat of last year’s final delivered a Sunday special.
4 January 2021, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Youngsters on the march in 2021, Shipachyov stars in 2020 — week in review
The KHL’s young stars are making an impact at the World Junior Championship, where Russia is preparing to face Canada in tonight’s semi-final. Back home, Ilya Kovalchuk made a goalscoring return, Vadim Shipachyov and Mikko Lehtonen topped the scoring in 2020 and CSKA is tipped to win it all.
28 December 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

A legend returns — the KHL week in review
Avangard made the biggest trade before this season’s deadline, while KHL President Alexei Morozov had an unusual family reunion on the ice.
21 December 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Russian success continues — the KHL week in review
The week was dominated by the second round of Euro Hockey Tour action, with Russia coming out on top in Moscow at the Channel 1 Cup. Off the ice, KHL president Alexei Morozov is optimistic about the remainder of the season, while some of Torpedo’s youngest fans got a chance to meet their heroes.
14 December 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

International calls, lacrosse goals and karaoke — the KHL week in review
The coming week is dominated by international action as Russia hosts the Channel 1 Cup. Meanwhile, last week saw a couple of memorable goals in the KHL, and Metallurg’s assistant coach Mike Pelino is ready to tour the karaoke hot-spots of Magnitogorsk.
7 December 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

700 points, 700 games ... and ‘killed’ by a childhood hero — week in review
KHL forwards are making waves — whether it’s achieving landmarks ... or taking a hit from the players who inspired them.
30 November 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Pelino back to Magnitka, big trade for CSKA — the KHL week in review
The week’s big news involved new arrivals. At Metallurg, Mike Pelino returned to the coaching staff — and the team saw an immediate upswing in results. Meanwhile, Nikita Soshnikov left Ufa for CSKA, possibly the first of several high-profile switches to come before the end of the year.
23 November 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Avto fans get revved up, Semin contemplates silent hockey — week in review
Avtomobilist has a long connection with automobiles — so it’s fitting that the Yekaterinburg club set up a drive-in show for fans unable to attend the arena in person due to the current restrictions. Meanwhile, Vityaz captain Alexander Semin reflects on playing behind closed doors in Podolsk and Sakari Manninen lifts the lid on the secrets of his productive partnership in Ufa.
16 November 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

A woman on the bench and a five-star blitz — the KHL week in review
Dinamo Minsk made history on the ice, Kunlun Red Star made history off it. And Ak Bars made a jersey out of old bottles.
9 November 2020, 14:30 Weekly Round-up

Generation success! Russia’s youngsters win in Finland — Week in review
International hockey returned this week for the first time since the pandemic — and Russia was back on top as a young roster triumphed at the Karjala Cup. Those same juniors are also making waves in the KHL — stats from early part of the season suggest this is the youngest crop of players in the league’s history. And there was good news for our imports, as the border begins to open for families of athletes based in Russia.
2 November 2020, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Mozyakin reaches 900, Makeyev gets first treble — the KHL week in review
It was a big week for forwards in the KHL, with landmark’s for this season’s leading scorer and the league’s all-time top goalgetter. Elsewhere, the Czechs called up a clutch of KHLers for the Karjala Cup, SKA suffered a first ever loss to Kunlun Red Star and Spartak enlisted the support of a Eurovision star.
26 October 2020, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Russia’s next generation, Ak Bars goes cyber — the KHL week in review
In a season of new discoveries, team Russia is set to send a U20 roster to the Karjala Cup — usually contested by the men’s team — next month. And in Kazan, Ak Bars is planning to add some virtual trophies to its impressive honors board. Elsewhere, Dmitry Samorukov lifts the lid on working with CSKA head coach Igor Nikitin, Lokomotiv hits top form and Nail Yakupov’s trade highlights the positive impact of the hard salary cap.
19 October 2020, 14:30 Weekly Round-up

Landmarks for Hartikainen, victory for Red Star — the KHL week in review
Free-scoring Finnish forward Teemu Hartikainen had a momentous week, setting a new club scoring record in Ufa. His record-breaking goal, though, was overshadowed by his team’s defeat against Kunlun Red Star — the Chinese team at last recording its first win of the season. Teemu’s head coach, Tomi Lamsa, is talking up the excitement of nurturing his team’s young stars, while in Sochi we’ve seen the first big coaching change of the season.
12 October 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

The Generation Game — the KHL week in review
From a veteran still tearing it up in Yekaterinburg to a clutch of teenagers marked out for great things, the KHL covers all ages.
5 October 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Minsk supports its fans, Znarok reaches a landmark — the KHL week in review
KHL clubs are making an effort to reach out to their older fans — from Minsk to Omsk, our teams are supporting elderly people. On the ice, there were landmarks aplenty as Oleg Znarok and Dmitrij Jaskin both reached milestones and Nikita Chibrisov wrote himself into the record books. All that, and a high-scoring start in the Women’s Hockey League, adds up to another busy week around the league.
28 September 2020, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Youthquake! — the KHL week in review
Hockey during a pandemic means teams have to be more flexible than ever about giving young players game time. This week saw SKA name the youngest ever KHL roster, while Salavat Yulaev’s juniors produced a game-winning performance in a barn-burner against Vityaz. No longer a youngster, Jokerit’s Mikko Lehtonen told us a little about what he was doing when he team spent a few days in quarantine before Friday’s game against Sibir.
21 September 2020, 14:15 Weekly Round-up

Increasing crowds, rising revenues — the KHL week in review
There are more positive signs for the KHL, even amid the current pandemic. Despite the early end to last season, the league set a new record for TV revenues. And in the current campaign, crowds are steadily growing. Some clubs are now able to operate at 50% spectator capacity, enabling more people to come and watch their favorites in the arena.
14 September 2020, 14:15 Weekly Round-up

Ovechkin, Aaltonen, Shaporev — the KHL week in review
It was a big week for forwards: German Shaporev, 19, got his first goals in the KHL, Miro Aaltonen potted the first hat-trick of the season and Alexander Ovechkin was guest of honor as Sibir played Kunlun. Meanwhile, 18-year-old goalie Vsevolod Skotnikov got a win on his debut for CSKA. After two weeks of play, the league looks more competitive than ever.
7 September 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

And they’re off ... — the KHL week in review
The new KHL season got underway as planned — and it started with a compelling game in Moscow where Ak Bars won the Opening Cup in overtime against CSKA. New imports Reid Boucher, Markus Granlund and Bill Peters were also quick to adapt. But there was also a somber note, with news of the death of Milos Riha, while today marks the ninth anniversary of the Lokomotiv air disaster.
31 August 2020, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Ready to go! — the KHL week in review
The pre-season sparring is almost done — with trophies this week for Vityaz, Avangard and Dinamo Minsk — and the regular season starts Wednesday in Moscow.
24 August 2020, 15:15 Weekly Round-up

Stars of the future — the KHL week in review
With just one week of pre-season left, it’s encouraging to see new names making an impact. And it’s especially exciting to see youngsters making their mark. At Ak Bars, Artyom Galimov looks poised to build on last year’s break-out season, while Avangard’s teenager Yegor Chinakhov could be ready for his KHL debut.
17 August 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Trophies for Sibir and Salavat, Dawes arrives in Kazan
Two more pre-season tournaments took place — with fans able to watch the action in Ufa — as the start of the campaign moves ever closer.
10 August 2020, 14:15 Weekly Round-up

Preparations pick up pace — the KHL week in review
Last week saw the KHL announce its schedule for the coming season — with all the action set to start on September 2. That means it’s high time the pre-season preparations hit top gear, and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl became the first tournament winner of the summer.
3 August 2020, 14:00 Weekly Round-up

Hockey is back! — the KHL week in review
Head coaches in masks and empty arenas — it’s not exactly how we’d like to see it, but the sight of KHL teams playing their first pre-season games last week is enough to give any fan a boost.
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