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Week five of the KHL season gave us a new leader, a new head coach and a big signing. Plus there was a goalie fight and an impressive debut from a Canadian forward.

There are signs that some of our early-season strugglers are beginning to pick up the pace. Also, some traditional powerhouses could be getting over uncertain starts. Meanwhile in Minsk the past week brought one milestone ... but left us waiting for another.

While one traditional powerhouse celebrates its rise to first place, another is refreshing its imports after a run of unconvincing form. And it’s less than a week until the beginning of the All-Star Week.

The playoffs are underway, and this year’s are more competitive than ever. We’ve seen one big hitter lose a first-round game for the first team since 2014 and an underdog take the lead in a series for the first time in its history. Meanwhile, a new star is emerging and a Red Star is hoping to return home.

SKA St. Petersburg geht als KHL-Leader in das Jahr 2023. East Conference Leader Avtomobilist hat mit Stephane Da Costa und Brooks Macek die beiden Topscorer.

The past week saw a clutch of young players writing important chapters in their hockey careers. It also brought a reunion for two Russian sporting legends as they met for the first time in new roles.

Gagarin Cup Champion CSKA gewinnt zum Auftakt gegen Metallurg mit 5:2 und zeigt damit, dass man auch in der 15.KHL Saison zu den Favoriten gehört. Welche Teams können CSKA Moskau gefährlich werden?

Galiyev returns to Kazan, Salavat Yulaev found a replacement for Larsen, and Torpedo gets assets after trading Chekhovich. KHL.ru presents last week’s top transfers.

A coaching legend confirms his return to the KHL, while a two-time Gagarin Cup winner inspires his team to victory in the league’s inaugural 3x3 tournament.

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.

Nach der KHL-Schlusszeremonie und den Weltmeisterschaften mit zahlreichen KHL-Akteuren rücken nun Transfers in den KHL-Mittelpunkt.

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.

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.

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.

SKA St. Petersburg und CSKA Moskau im Westen so wie Metallurg Magnitogorsk und Traktor Chelyabinsk im Osten stehen im Conference Finale.

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.

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.

KHL's decision regarding the playoffs' first-round seris between Jokerit and Spartak.

HC Jokerit on Feb 25, 2022, informed the Kontinental Hockey League of its withdrawal from the Gagarin Cup.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jokerit had to wait for their next game for a while after they had been through a few game postponements in January. When scanning the latest game results both Jokerit and Tuesday’s home team Dynamo had been doing pretty well.

Official Kontinental Hockey League’s announcement about the cancellation of a regular-season game.

The Jokers face Dynamo again after defeating them 5:1 five days ago. Four games are on tap today, including a showdown between SKA and Ak Bars.

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.

The game was the first one for the Helsinki team in the year 2022 and Jokerit played in the home ice – without audience though, since the covid restrictions had emptied the stands in the turn of the year. These conditions shall last for at least couple of weeks.

The Jokers try to climb up in the standings facing off with the Blue-and-Whites, while Dinamo Riga visits Salavat Yulaev in Ufa. Game between Avangard and Avtomobilist cancelled.

Barberio started delivering in his new team, Will backstopped Traktor, and Holm recorded a five-point performance. KHL.ru presents the top players from each country.

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the Regular Season’s sixteenth week in four categories.

Official Kontinental Hockey League’s communication about the cancellation of a regular-season game.

Automatic suspension.

On the last game of the year for CSKA and Jokerit these two teams met each other in Moscow. After battling a few times quite recently the teams knew each other pretty well and they most likely knew what’ was ahead of them on the ice. Both earlier games were played in Helsinki and CSKA won them with a narrow margin.

The Jokers travel to Moscow to face CSKA before the KHL takes a pause until Monday for the New Year festivities. In the meantime, Dinamo Riga faces Torpedo in Nizhny Novgorod. Five games are on tap on the last 2021 KHL matchday.

A change is happening in one of the four teams at the upcoming 2022 Fonbet KHL All-Star Game.

Kunlun Red Star had lost nine consecutive games and the reminder of the regular season didn’t matter that much to the team as the possibilities to get to the playoffs had gone away. Jokerit were in a much better situation, but also the Helsinki team had been losing a lot lately. Therefore Jokerit wanted to get back on track against the China based team.

The Jokers host Kunlun Red Star after losing to Avangard, while Dinamo Riga hosts the Hawks on a rare two-game winning streak. Five games in three countries are on tap today – all hosted by Western teams.

After their short Christmas break Jokerit returned to the ice to face the reigning champion Avangard. The teams had competed once before in this season as back in September in Omsk Jokerit were better with score 3–2.