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In an interview, Avto’s top scorer Dmitry Isayev spoke about his breakout season, meeting Pavel Datsyuk, getting called up to the main team, and how his background in sambo helps him on the ice.

Interview with Metallurg junior team’s top scorer from the blueline.

The hero of today’s issue is Semyon Vyazovoi. In the 2024-2025 season, the goalie appeared in 28 regular-season games, made his playoff debut, and was named among the finalists for the Alexei Cherepanov Award as the league’s Best Rookie. Semyon shares his thoughts on the series against Spartak, his childhood dream of joining the Ufa club, and the Green Derby.

Reaction to Lokomotiv’s Gagarin Cup triumph.

Zach Fucale, in an interview with KHL.ru, shared his impressions of playing in the KHL and in Russia, explained why Benoit Groulx is the perfect fit for Traktor, and spoke about his goal of winning the Gagarin Cup.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age. Despite being only 23, SKA’s Arseny Gritsyuk has already more than 200 KHL games under his belt, other than representing Russia several times on the international stage.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age. Torpedo’s forward Vasily Atanasov got a lot of attention on himself not only for his skills, but also for his smile and perseverance.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age. SKA’s Alexander Nikishin has an incredible deal of experience at just 23, representing Russia at the Olympic Games level, skating in more than 250 KHL games, and winning several awards.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age. Metallurg’s Danila Yurov had an eventful season, breaking records and helping his team win the Gagarin Cup.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age, with today’s talk being about blueliner Timur Kol. The defenseman, who has recently been traded to the SKA organization, had an eventful 2023-2024 campaign, playing in three leagues within the Avangard system.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age with forward Yegor Surin. The Lokomotiv young sensation had a tremendous season in the juniors, and also had his debut in the KHL.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age, with today’s talk being about forward Ivan Demidov. The SKA player is dominating the JHL, winning the MVP award two years in a row, but he had an injury-plagued 2023-2024 campaign.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age with forward Maxim Velikov. The young player comes from a hockey family, and he was recently traded to Salavat Yulaev in the deal that sent Ivan Drozdov to Moscow.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age with Torpedo’s Nikita Artamonov. The forward was traded last year from Neftekhimik, and had a tremendous rookie season in the KHL, playing in the first line for the Igor Larionov’s team.

KHL.ru continues telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age with Igor Chernyshov. The Dynamo Moscow’s forward established a record for the youngest player ever to debut in the KHL for the Blue-and-Whites and has already two solids seasons under his belt, despite being barely 18 years old.

KHL.ru starts telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age with a talk with SKA’s goalie Pavel Moisevich. The Belarusian netminder had a fantastic start of his KHL career, establishing a record for the longest shutout streak at the start of the season and at the start of his career, without allowing a goal for more than 200 minutes.

KHL.ru keeps telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age. Today, the talk is about Ilya Nabokov. The Metallurg goalie had a tremendous rookie season, culminated with the Gagarin Cup triumph and the Playoffs MVP award.

KHL.ru starts telling stories of those who showcased an exceptional level of playing despite their young age. Today, the talk is about Anton Silayev. The Torpedo defenseman had a fantastic debut season in the league, and is under contract in Nizhny Novgorod for further two years.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the 2024 Gagarin Cup on Wednesday, completing a sweep of Lokomotiv with a 2-1 victory in Yaroslavl. It’s the third time the Steelmen have lifted the cup, matching Ak Bars’ record. In addition, Magnitka now joins Dynamo Moscow on six post-Soviet championships.

Defenseman Dmitry Simashev started playing hockey in his native Yaroslavl. In the 2022-2023 season he became the first 2005-born player to play in the KHL.

Kunlun Red Star was one of the sensations in this first part of the season, and one of its best players was their starting goalie, American-born Jeremy Smith, who represented China at the 2022 Olympic Games on home ice.

Martin Gernat is a new face for the KHL as he has never played in our league before.

Dynamo Moscow’s forward Jordan Weal told KHL.ru about his team’s changes in the offseason, new season’s goals, and locker room’s leaders.

Dynamo Moscow defenseman Brennan Menell talked about his decision to obtain Russian citizenship, recalled the previous season, and also mentioned a player he would like to emulate in terms of learning the Russian language.

The 15th KHL season reached a dramatic conclusion in Kazan, where CSKA secured the Gagarin Cup in game seven of the final. The defending champion did it the hard way, playing 27 of a possible 28 playoff games this season. After the presentations, we heard from some of the key players on both sides about one of the most exciting seasons in Russian hockey history.

Avtomobilist’s Frenchman Stephane Da Costa tells KHL.ru about his current season, last year’s turbulences, and his play with one of the top all-time KHL players – Alexander Radulov.

In this interview with KHL.ru, Dmitry Shikin summed up his period in Switzerland, and talks about the upcoming campaign with Vityaz.

Altybarmakyan spent the last two years overseas, where he tried his way into the Chicago lineup from the farm club. In the summer, the forward returned to the KHL and signed a contract with his former club, HC Sochi. In this interview with KHL.ru, Andrei talked about why he decided to return to the KHL, analyzed the life and hockey experience gained in North America, and gave valuable advice to those who are going to visit Sochi.

In Nizhny Novgorod, the team’ boards and new head coach Igor Larionov talked about the new season and the preparation for the upcoming 2022-2023 campaign.

In this KHL.ru interview, Barys and Team Slovakia’s forward Tomas Jurco talked about his move to the KHL, Pavel Datsyuk, his fame on YouTube, the necessary break in his career, and his expectations for the Beijing Olympics.

In this KHL.ru interview, Traktor’s forward Lukas Sedlak talks about the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, his team’s goals for the current season, and his free time in Chelyabinsk.

In this KHL.ru interview, Team China’s head coach Ivano Zanatta talks about the preparation to the Olympic Games, his season with Kunlun, the Chinese players’ prospects, and his goals toward Beijing 2022.

SKA’s forward told KHL.ru about practicing with Nikita Gusev and Nikita Kucherov, playing in a new position, and expectations from his second WJC.

The first week’s best defenseman told KHL.ru about Sochi’s start, differences between Vitolins and Hartley, studying in America, and Olympics qualifications.

Traktor’s newly-signed forward told KHL.ru about his preseason, his move to Chelyabinsk, and his family.