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Ahead of Thursday’s KHL Closing Ceremony, the league’s management met with directors of the 22 clubs in Moscow to review the 2025/2026 season.

Lokomotiv collected multiple awards at the KHL Closing Ceremony in Barvikha on Thursday evening.

KHL.ru takes a closer look at the nominees for the Golden Stick award — the shortlist following the 2025-2026 regular season includes Sam Anas (Dinamo Minsk), Damir Sharipzyanov (Avangard), and Vladimir Tkachyov (Metallurg).

KHL TV commentator Anton Vasyatin takes an in-depth look at the nominees for the Alexei Cherepanov Award, presented annually to the league’s top rookie. Following the 2025-2026 season, the award contenders are Alexander Zharovsky, Matvei Polyakov, and Mikhail Fyodorov. For the first time in four seasons, the list of nominees consists exclusively of forwards.

KHL.ru takes a closer look at the nominees for the league’s Best Goalie award — the finalists are Semyon Vyazovoi (Salavat Yulaev), Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv), and Nikita Serebryakov (Avangard).

KHL.ru highlights the nominees for the Best Coach award—for the 2025–2026 season, the nominees are Anvar Gatiyatulin (Ak Bars), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat Yulaev), and Andrei Razin (Metallurg).

After Lokomotiv won the Gagarin Cup on Thursday, KHL President Alexei Morozov spoke with journalists about the 18th KHL season.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Alexei Cherepanov award, whose recipient is the top rookie of the 2025-2026 season.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Best coach award – the trophy for the top head coach of the 2025-2026 Fonbet KHL season.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Best Goalie award.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Golden Stick award – the trophy for the most valuable player of the 2025-2026 KHL regular season.

Due to security reasons, it has been decided that match No. 643 between HC Sochi and CSKA will not continue.

Danil Aimurzin scored five goals as the KHL RUS Stars powered to victory in the 2026 Fonbet KHL All-Star Game. The U23 Stars grabbed an early lead in the final, but Aimurzin singlehandedly turned it around with four straight goals. Earlier, Grigory Dronov was the center of attention as KHL Ural Stars beat KHL World Stars in the third-place playoff. In the Skill Show, Neftekhimik head coach Igor Grishin won the inaugural coaches’ challenge, with Dronov and Vladimir Galkin winning their events.

The opening day of the All-Star Weekend in Yekaterinburg was as action-packed as ever. In the four-team tournament, the KHL U23 Stars beat KHL World Stars, then KHL RUS Stars outshot home favorites KHL Ural Stars to join them in Sunday’s final. The Ural team picked up a point in the Skill Show thanks to Alexei Vasilevsky’s folk-inspired attempt, with Sam Anas and German Tochilkin also winning their events.

The 2026 Fonbet KHL All-Star Weekend began in Yekaterinburg with the traditional East vs West battle for the Junior Hockey League Challenge Cup.

Changes to the KHL World Stars' roster.

Two neutral-site games of the 2025-2026 Fonbet KHL will be held this season, with the Shanghai Dragons hosting Sibir and Barys in Shanghai.

Changes have been made to the rosters of the teams participating in the KHL All-Star Weekend in Yekaterinburg.

KHL.ru introduces the team captains for the All-Star Weekend in Yekaterinburg.

The Kontinental Hockey League has finalized the team rosters for the All-Star Weekend scheduled for Feb. 6-8 in Yekaterinburg.

The fan voting to choose the players for the Fonbet 2026 KHL All-Star Game has concluded. The names of the first 16 players who will participate in the All-Star weekend in Yekaterinburg are now known.

KHL.ru presents the format for dividing teams at the upcoming Fonbet KHL All-Star Game, which will take place on February 7 and 8 in Yekaterinburg.

The KHL presents the team jerseys for the Fonbet KHL All-Star Game 2026, which will take place from Feb. 6-8 in Yekaterinburg.

The KHL presents the logo and identity for the 2026 Fonbet All-Star Week, which runs Feb. 6-8 at the UGMK Arena.

An award-winning sporting drama that tells a global story is available to English-speaking audiences from Oct. 7. “Gagarin Cup: Believe in a Dream” is now available with English subtitles on YouTube. It tells the story of Lokomotiv’s 2025 Gagarin Cup triumph and Traktor’s remarkable journey to the final. But, much more than that, it’s a human story about both sets of players and their determination to succeed. The key notes of perseverance, team spirit and faith in a dream transcend national boundaries and are relevant to all.

On Sep. 11, 2025, the KHL’s outgoing Board of Directors met in Moscow. There was also a general meeting of the KHL’s management to elect a new Board of Directors.

The 2025–26 KHL season will see the debut of a new Western Conference team — the Shanghai Dragons, official successors to Kunlun Red Star. This isn’t just a rebrand but a bold transformation: a new city, name, crest, and identity, while continuing the mission to elevate Chinese hockey.

On Tuesday, July 29, the KHL Board of Directors concluded a remote vote during which several changes to the League's regulations were approved.

KHL.ru presents the regular season schedule for the 2025-2026 Fonbet KHL season. Each team will play 68 games, and the total number of game days — 182 — will be the second highest in league history. From the start of the season to the first break, teams will play on 94 consecutive game days, and the average number of games per day will be the lowest ever at 4.11. Dmitry Kvartalnov could become the first coach to reach 1,000 games in the KHL, and both Sergei Plotnikov and Andrei Stas will also have their 1,000th appearance in the League.

A total of 22 teams will take part in the upcoming Fonbet KHL season.

The Closing Ceremony for the KHL 2024/2025 season took place in Moscow’s Barvikha Village on Thursday.

Commentator for KHL TV channels and expert at KHL.ru, Anton Vasyatin, presents the finalists for the Alexei Cherepanov award. The finalists for the 2024-2025 edition are goalie Semyon Vyazovoi and forwards Ivan Demidov and Yegor Surin.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Best coach award – the trophy for the top head coach of the 2024-2025 Fonbet KHL season.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the best goaltender in the 2024-2025 Fonbet KHL season.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Alexei Cherepanov award, whose recipient is the top rookie of the 2024-2025 season.

KHL.ru presents the finalists for the Golden Stick award – the trophy for the most valuable player of the 2024-2025 KHL regular season.

The 2025 Fonbet KHL All-Star Game finished with Team Chernyshev winning it all in Novosibirsk. Sibir defenseman Trevor Murphy’s hat-trick led the way, and Sibir captain Sergei Shirokov potted the game-winning goal. In the bronze medal game, Spartak’s junior star Sergei Lukyantsev was voted MVP after picking up four points in Team Tarasov’s thrilling win over Team Kharlamov.

Sergei Shirokov, Sibir’s popular captain, was back on home ice for the 2025 Fonbet KHL All-Star Game. And he made the most of the big occasion, scoring a hat-trick in Team Chernyshev’s semi-final win over Team Kharlamov, and winning the penalty contest in the Skill Show. Team Chernyshev will face Team Bobrov in Sunday’s final after Sochi’s Timur Khafizov scored three in a 9-6 victory over Team Tarasov.

Novosibirsk got to meet the players for the 2025 Fonbet KHL All-Star Game, which takes place on Feb. 8 and 9 at the Sibir Arena.