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Kontinental Hockey League
	; Current season, competition or edition:; 2018–19 KHL season;
Formerly	Russian Superleague
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2008
President	Dmitry Chernyshenko
Motto	Хоккей – наша игра! Khokkey – nasha igra! Jääkiekko on meidän peli! (Hockey is our game!);
No. of teams	25
Country	; ; Belarus (1 team); ; ; China (1 team); ; ; Finland (1 team); ; ; Kazakhstan (1 team); ; ; Latvia (1 team); ; ; Russia (19 teams); ; ; Slovakia (1 team); ;
Most recent; champion(s)	; Ak Bars Kazan (3rd title)
Most titles	; Ak Bars Kazan (3)
TV partner(s)	; List; ; KHL-TV (Russia (as part of the NTV Plus package), USA and Canada (part of ViaNetTV), Russia and international through KHL's website); ; ; Match TV (Russia); ; ; CCTV-5+ (China); ; ; Viasat (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Hungary); ; ; Nova Sport (Czech Republic, Slovakia); ; ; ;
Related; competitions	; ; Supreme Hockey League (VHL); ; ; Hockey Premier League (HPL) (From 16/17); ; ; Junior Hockey League (MHL); ;
Official website	en.KHL.ru

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (Russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya hokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises 25 member clubs based in Belarus, China, Finland, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Slovakia and it is planned to expand to more countries. It is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in Europe and Asia, and second in the world behind the National Hockey League.^[7]^[8] KHL has the third highest average attendance in Europe with 6,121 spectators per game in the regular season,^[9] and the highest total attendance in Europe with 5.32 million spectators in the regular season.^[10]

The Gagarin Cup is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The title of Champion of Russia is given to the highest ranked Russian team.^[11]

History

Establishment

Ak Bars Kazan after winning the Gagarin Cup in 2009

The league formed from the Russian Superleague (RSL) and the champion of the 2007–08 season of the second division, with 24 teams: 21 from Russia and one each from Belarus, Latvia, and Kazakhstan. The teams were divided into four divisions, based on the performance in previous seasons.^{[citation needed]}

The start of the fourth season was overshadowed by the Yaroslavl air disaster on 7 September 2011 in which almost all members of the team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl lost their lives shortly after take-off for their flight to their season opening game in Minsk. The Opening Cup game in Ufa, which was already under way when news of the disaster arrived, was suspended. In memory of the disaster, 7 September remains a day of mourning on which no KHL regular season games are held.^[12]

Team changes

In the 2009–10 season, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg joined the KHL and Khimik Voskresensk was transferred to a lower league. Next season, Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk joined the league.

After several attempts by teams from Central Europe and Scandinavia to join the KHL, expansion beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union was finally realized in 2011. Lev Poprad, a newly founded team based in Poprad, Slovakia was admitted to the league. But after only one season, Lev was replaced by a team of the same name, Lev Praha, from Prague, Czech Republic, while Slovan Bratislava from Bratislava, Slovakia and Ukraine's Donbass from Donetsk joined the KHL as expansion teams for the 2012–13 season.^[13] Lev and Slovan qualified for the playoffs in their first KHL season.^{[citation needed]}

Finnish team Jokerit joined the league in 2014

In 2013, Medveščak from Zagreb, Croatia, previously playing in the Austrian Hockey League, and Russian expansion team Admiral Vladivostok joined the league, thus expanding the league even further.^[14] The league comprised 28 teams during the 2013–14 season, of which 21 were based in Russia and 7 located in the other countries.

In 2014, Finnish team Jokerit from Helsinki, Lada Togliatti (which previously played in the league), and newly created team HC Sochi joined the league.^[15] However, HC Donbass did not play in the league for the 2014–15 season, due to the political instability in Ukraine, but had intended to rejoin later.^[16] Two other teams, Lev Praha and Spartak Moscow, also withdrew from the 2014–15 season due to financial problems.^[17]^[18]

Prior to the 2015–16 season, Atlant Moscow Oblast withdrew from the KHL due to financial issues, while Spartak Moscow returned after a one-year hiatus.^[19]

The newly created Chinese club HC Kunlun Red Star from Beijing was admitted for the 2016–17 season.^[20] Prior to the 2017–18 season, Medveščak Zagreb withdrew from the league to rejoin the Austrian league and Metallurg Novokuznetsk was sent down to the VHL.^[21]

Season structure

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Original logo in Latin script and Cyrillic script until 2016

Since 2009, the league has been divided into East and West conferences. In the current season, the Western Conference includes 14 teams divided into two divisions, 7 teams per division. The Eastern Conference has 15 teams, divided into divisions of 7 and 8 respectively. In this season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.^[22]

The eight top-ranked teams in each conference receive playoff berths. Within each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are played before the conference winners play against each other for the Gagarin Cup. The division winners are seeded first and second in their conference, based on their regular season record. All playoff rounds are played as best-of-seven series. In each round, the top seeded remaining team is paired with the lowest seeded team etc.^[23]

In the 2012–13 season, the Nadezhda Cup (Cup of Hope) was introduced, a consolation tournament for the teams who did not qualify for the playoffs. The winning team in the tournament wins the first overall pick in the KHL Junior Draft. The tournament is intended to extend the season and help maintain interest in hockey in the cities of these teams, and help players of national teams prepare for upcoming World Championships.^[24]

Teams

Yaroslavl

Cherepovets

Minsk

St.Petersburg

Riga

Bratislava

Helsinki

Sochi

Moscow

Western conference teams (Divisions:

: Bobrov,

: Tarasov,

: Moscow and Moscow Oblast: see separate Map)

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Spartak

Vityaz

Dynamo

CSKA

Moscow Oblast teams (Divisions:

: Bobrov,

: Tarasov)

Kazan

Magnitogorsk

Chelyabinsk

Nizhnekamsk

Yekaterinburg

Nizhny Novgorod

Vladivostok

Khabarovsk

Astana

Ufa

Novosibirsk

Omsk

Kunlun

Eastern conference teams (Divisions:

:Kharlamov,

: Chernyshev)

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined	Head Coach	Captain
Western Conference
Bobrov	Dinamo Riga	Riga	Arena Riga	10,300	2008		Ģirts Ankipāns	Lauris Dārziņš
	Dynamo Moscow	Moscow	VTB Arena	12,724	1946	2008	Vladimir Vorobyov	Ilya Nikulin
	Jokerit Helsinki	Helsinki	Hartwall Arena	13,349	1967	2014	Lauri Marjamäki	Peter Regin
	Severstal Cherepovets	Cherepovets	Ice Palace	6,000	1956	2008	Alexander Gulyavtsev	Maxim Rybin
	SKA Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	12,300	1946	2008	Ilya Vorobyov	Pavel Datsyuk
	Spartak Moscow	Moscow	VTB Ice Palace	12,100	1946	2008	Vadim Yepanchintsev	Dmitri Kalinin
Tarasov	CSKA Moscow	Moscow	VTB Ice Palace	12,100	1946	2008	Nikitin Igor	Sergei Andronov
	Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Minsk-Arena	15,000	2004	2008	Gordie Dwyer	Sergei Kostitsyn
	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl	Arena 2000	9,000	1959	2008	Dmitri Kvartalnov	Staffan Kronwall
	Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Ondrej Nepela Arena	10,115	1921	2012	Vladimír Országh	Michal Sersen
	HC Sochi	Sochi	Bolshoy Ice Dome	12,000	2014		Sergei Zubov	Nikita Shchitov
	Vityaz Moscow Oblast	Podolsk	Vityaz Ice Palace	5,500	1998*	2008	Valeri Belov	Denis Kokarev
Eastern Conference
Kharlamov	Ak Bars Kazan	Kazan	TatNeft Arena	10,000	1956	2008	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	Alexander Svitov
	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg	KRK Uralets	5,545	2006	2009	Andrei Martemyanov	Nikita Ttryamkin
	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Magnitogorsk	Arena Metallurg	7,700	1950	2008	Josef Jandač	Sergei Mozyakin
	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Nizhnekamsk	SCC Arena	5,500	1968	2008	Vladimir Krikunov	Maxim Rybin
	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Trade Union Sport Palace	5,500	1947	2008	None	Vadim Khomitsky
	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	Traktor Sport Palace	7,500	1947	2008	Andrei Nikolishin	Stanislav Chistov
Chernyshev	Admiral Vladivostok	Vladivostok	Fetisov Arena	7,500	2013		Alexander Andrievsky	None
	Amur Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk	Platinum Arena	7,100	1966	2008	Sergei Shepelev	Dmitri Tarasov
	Avangard Omsk	Omsk	Omsk Arena	10,318	1950	2008	Bob Hartley	Denis Kulyash
	Barys Astana	Astana	Barys Arena	12,000	1999	2008	Yerlan Sagymbayev	Brandon Bochenski
	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Ufa	Ufa Arena	8,400	1957	2008	Igor Zakharkin	Igor Grigorenko
	Sibir Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk	Ice Sports Palace Sibir	7,400	1962	2008	Andrei Skabelka	Alexei Kopeikin
	Red Star Kunlun	Beijing	Cadillac Arena	14,000	2016		Vladimir Yurzinov Jr.	Janne Jalasvaara

Kontinental Hockey League on Google Maps

An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise relocation. See the respective team articles for more information.

Players

KHL match Lev Praha vs. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in O2 Arena, Prague

Though now not as restrictive in maintaining an exclusively Russian composition of players and teams, Russian teams are still not allowed to sign more than five foreign players, while non-Russian teams must have at least five players from their respective country. Foreign goaltenders on Russian teams have a limit regarding total seasonal ice time.^[25]

Prior to the inaugural season, several KHL teams signed several players from the NHL.^[26] A dispute between the two leagues over some of these signings was supposed to have been resolved by an agreement signed on July 10, 2008, whereby each league would honor the contracts of the other, but the signing of Alexander Radulov was made public one day after the agreement (though it was actually signed two days prior to the agreement taking effect),^[27] leading to an investigation by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[28] On 4 October 2010, the conflict between the leagues was settled when both signed a new agreement to honor one another's contracts.^[29]

The league set up rules for the NHL lockout which lasted from 16 September 2012 to 12 January 2013. According to the special regulations, each KHL team was allowed to add up to three NHL players to its roster, among them at most one foreign player.^[30] More than 40 NHL players, the majority of them Russians, played in the KHL during the lockout.

KHL players are represented by the Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union.^[31]

Nationalities of players

During the current season, players representing 16 nations have played at least one game in the KHL.^[32] A player's nationality is for various reasons sometimes ambiguous. For the table presented below, the nationality "is determined based on the last country that the player represented in international competition. If a player has never played for a national team, usually the country of birth is chosen as the player nationality, unless there is strong evidence indicating otherwise".^[33] For players born in former Soviet republics, the situation is often more complex due to dual citizenship and naturalization. Therefore, a list of players born in Ukraine gives case-by-case details for some of those players. In some cases, players can change their nationality registration with the league on a year-by-year basis, and their nationality with the league may not match that of their International Ice Hockey Federation registration. Non-Russians represent about 30-35% of the KHL players, and are mostly Central European, Nordic, and North American. In 2015–16, more than 950 players played in the league (see table below).^{[citation needed]} Russian teams are limited to a maximum of 5 foreign players per squad. limit on foreigners in the KHL

Country (current number of teams)	Players active (2012–13)^[34]	Players active (2013–14)^[35]	Players active (2014–15)^[36]	Players active (2015–16)^[37]
Belarus (1 team)	33	40	45	38
Canada	36	69	56	41
Croatia (1 team)	–	3	2	2
Czech Republic	46	47	29	35
Denmark	–	1	2	4
Finland (1 team)	40	37	50	47
France	–	–	1	1
Germany	1	3	3	1
Italy	–	–	–	1
Kazakhstan (1 team)	30	29	28	36
Norway	3	3	3	1
Russia (22 teams)	540	573	594	634
Slovakia (1 team)	51	43	32	27
Slovenia	–	2	4	4
Sweden	24	22	28	27
Ukraine^a	11	12	3	3
United States	13	20	27	21
Total	863	909	936	956

a – For further information, see: List of Ukrainians in the KHL

Trophies and awards

Gagarin Cup

The winner of the playoff is awarded the Gagarin Cup. The highest placed Russian team is awarded the title of the Russian champion. The team ranked first in the standings after the regular season, i.e. the winner of the regular season, is awarded the Continental Cup^[38] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta). The winners of the conference finals are awarded the Eastern Conference Champion Cup (Russian: Кубок Победителю конференции Восток, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Vostok) and the Western Conference Champion Cup (Russian: Кубок Победителю конференции Запад, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Zapad).^[39]

The KHL presents annual awards to its most successful players. The KHL also awards the Opening Cup annually to the winner of the first game between the Gagarin Cup winner and the runner-up of the previous season. On September 10, 2011, three days after the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, the KHL head office decided to honor the deceased in the 2011 Opening Cup.^[40] The League gives the Andrey Starovoytov Award annually to its referees of the year, also called the "Golden Whistle".^[41]

Seasons overview

Season	Gagarin Cup Winner	Gagarin Cup finalist	Final score	Continental Cup Winner	Top scorer
2008–09	Ak Bars Kazan	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	4–3	Salavat Yulaev Ufa* (129 points)	Sergei Mozyakin (76 points: 34 G, 42 A)
2009–10	Ak Bars Kazan	HC MVD	4–3	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (129 points)	Sergei Mozyakin (66 points: 27 G, 39 A)
2010–11	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Atlant Moscow Oblast	4–1	Avangard Omsk (118 points)	Alexander Radulov (80 points: 20 G, 60 A)
2011–12	Dynamo Moscow	Avangard Omsk	4–3	Traktor Chelyabinsk (114 points)	Alexander Radulov (63 points: 25 G, 38 A)
2012–13	Dynamo Moscow	Traktor Chelyabinsk	4–2	SKA Saint Petersburg (115 points)	Sergei Mozyakin (76 points: 35 G, 41 A)
2013–14	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	HC Lev Praha	4–3	Dynamo Moscow (115 points)	Sergei Mozyakin (73 points: 34 G, 39 A)
2014–15	SKA Saint Petersburg	Ak Bars Kazan	4–1	CSKA Moscow (139 points)	Alexander Radulov (71 points: 24 G, 47 A)
2015–16	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	CSKA Moscow	4–3	CSKA Moscow (127 points)	Sergei Mozyakin (67 points: 32 G, 35 A)
2016–17	SKA Saint Petersburg	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	4–1	CSKA Moscow (137 points)	Sergei Mozyakin (85 points: 48 G, 37 A)
2017–18	Ak Bars Kazan	CSKA Moscow	4–1	SKA Saint Petersburg (138 points)	Ilya Kovalchuk (63 points: 31 G, 32 A)

*: In the first season, Salavat Yulaev Ufa was the winner of the regular season, but the Continental Cup was not yet awarded.

Season	Opening Cup Winner	Nadezhda Cup Winner	Gold Stick Award (MVP)
2008–09	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Nadezhda Cup not yet introduced	Danis Zaripov
2009–10	Ak Bars Kazan		Alexander Radulov
2010–11	Dynamo Moscow		Alexander Radulov
2011–12	Salavat Yulaev Ufa		Alexander Radulov
2012–13	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Minsk	Sergei Mozyakin
2013–14	Dynamo Moscow	Avangard Omsk	Sergei Mozyakin
2014–15	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Cancelled due to economic reasons	Alexander Radulov
2015–16	CSKA Moscow	Not contested	Sergei Mozyakin
2016–17	Metallurg Magnitogorsk		Sergei Mozyakin
2017–18	SKA Saint Petersburg		Justin Azevedo
2018–19	SKA Saint Petersburg		TBD

Statistics

Single season records

Regular season^[42]

Record		Name	Season
Points	85	Sergei Mozyakin (Magnitogorsk)	2016–17
Goals	48	Sergei Mozyakin (Magnitogorsk)	2016–17
Assists	60	Alexander Radulov (Ufa)	2010–11
Shots on goal	251	Geoff Platt (Minsk)	2013–14
Plus/minus	+46	Jan Kovář (Magnitogorsk)	2013–14
Penalty minutes	374	Darcy Verot (Chekhov)	2009–10
Wins	33	Karri Rämö (Omsk)	2010–11
Shutouts	13	Alexei Murygin (Yaroslavl)	2015–16

Playoffs^[42]

Record		Name	Season
Points	33	Sergei Mozyakin (Magnitogorsk)	2013–14
Goals	15	Evgenii Dadonov (SKA St. Petersburg)	2014–15
Assists	20	Sergei Mozyakin (Magnitogorsk)	2013–14
Shots on goal	82	Evgeny Kuznetsov (Chelyabinsk)	2012–13
Plus/minus	+16	Dominik Graňák (Dynamo Moscow)	2012–13
Penalty minutes	69	Grigori Panin (Kazan)	2008–09
Wins	16	Alexander Eremenko (Dynamo Moscow) Vasily Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk) Mikko Koskinen (SKA St. Petersburg)	2011–12 2013–14 2014–15
Shutouts	6	Anders Nilsson (Kazan)	2014–15

Career records

Regular season^[42]

Record		Name	Years
Points	597	Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant, Magnitogorsk)	2008–2017
Goals	284	Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant, Magnitogorsk)	2008–2017
Assists	323	Alexander Radulov (Ufa, CSKA)	2008–2016
Games played	491	Anton Glinkin (Chelyabinsk, Kazan) Dmitri Semin (Yaroslavl, Atlant, Omsk, Ufa, N. Novgorod)	2008–2017
Plus/minus	+194	Alexander Radulov (Ufa, CSKA)	2008–2016
Penalty minutes	900	Evgeny Artyukhin (SKA St. Petersburg, Atlant, CSKA Moscow, Novosibirsk)	2010–2017
Wins	199	Vasily Koshechkin (Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Cherepovets)	2008–2017
Shutouts	56	Vasily Koshechkin (Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Cherepovets)	2008–2017

Playoffs^[42]

Record		Name	Years
Points	93	Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant, Magnitogorsk)	2008–2015
Goals	40	Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant, Magnitogorsk)	2008–2015
Assists	56	Patrick Thoresen (Ufa, SKA St. Petersburg)	2009–2015
Games played	108	Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl, Ufa, Atlant, Dynamo Moscow)	2008–2015
Plus/minus	+40	Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl, Ufa, Atlant, Dynamo Moscow)	2008–2015
Penalty minutes	182	Fedor Fedorov (Nizhnekamsk, Magnitogorsk, Atlant, SKA St. Petersburg)	2008–2013
Wins	44	Alexander Eremenko (Ufa, Dynamo Moscow)	2008–2014
Shutouts	9	Petri Vehanen (Kazan, Prague) Alexander Eremenko (Ufa, Dynamo Moscow)	2009–2014 2008–2014

KHL's longest match

Match time	Date	Match	Home	Visitor	Result	Overtime goal scorer
142.09	22.3.2018	5. Conference Semi-Finals	CSKA	Jokerit	1-2	Mika Niemi

All-time team records

Since its foundation in 2008, 35 different clubs have played in the KHL, and 32 of them have at least once qualified for the playoffs. Of the 24 founding teams, only Metallurg Novokuznetsk and Khimik Voskresensk had never qualified for the playoffs (both are no longer in the league). The table gives the final regular-season ranks for all teams, with the playoff performance encoded in colors. The teams are ordered by their best championship results.

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Ak Bars Kazan	2	8	4	6	2	4	4	12	7	4
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	6	3	5	4	7	2	6	8	3	8
SKA Saint Petersburg	8	2	7	2	1	3	2	10	2	1
Dynamo Moscow^[a]	7	5	6	3	4	1	3	6	4	18
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	1	1	2	8	9	8	14	9	15	10
CSKA Moscow	4	12	19	18	6	12	1	1	1	2
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl^[b]	3	7	3		8	15	10	2	5	5
Traktor Chelyabinsk	12	18	18	1	5	19	15	19	10	6
Avangard Omsk	16	11	1	5	3	20	8	5	6	12
Atlant Moscow Oblast	5	6	8	9	17	17	16
Lev Praha					15	5
HC MVD Balashikha	18	4
Sibir Novosibirsk	19	20	11	20	12	13	7	7	19	14
Jokerit Helsinki							5	3	12	3
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	14	9	15	17	14	25	22	16	20	9
Donbass Donetsk					18	6
Spartak Moscow	9	10	12	19	23	23		21	26	16
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	11	15	17	7	20	9	12	11	9	11
Barys Astana	15	14	14	10	10	7	11	17	13	19
Dinamo Riga	10	13	13	15	24	10	21	22	28	26
Severstal Cherepovets	17	16	9	11	11	18	17	27	23	17
Dinamo Minsk	22	17	16	13	19	26	9	18	8	20
Sochi							13	4	14	15
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk			10	14	16	22	25	23	25	27
Amur Khabarovsk	20	21	22	12	25	28	28	25	22	13
Vityaz Podolsk	23	23	21	23	22	24	20	24	11	21
Admiral Vladivostok						16	19	13	16	22
Slovan Bratislava					13	21	26	15	17	24
Medveščak Zagreb						11	23	20	24
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg		19	20	22	26	14	18	14	21	7
Lada Togliatti	13	22					24	26	27	25
Kunlun Red Star Beijing									18	23
Metallurg Novokuznetsk	21	24	23	16	21	27	27	28	29
Lev Poprad				21
Khimik Voskresensk	24

Color	Result
Red	Gagarin Cup Winner
Yellow	Runner-up
Green	Conference finalist
Light Blue	Conference semifinalist
Blue	Qualified for playoffs
Purple	Nadezhda Cup Winner
Light Gray	Not qualified for playoffs
Gray	Did not play in the season

^[a]: Includes record of Dynamo Moscow before the merger with HC MVD in 2010

^[b]: Did not participate in the 2011–12 season due to the deadly air disaster on September 7, 2011, that killed the entire team

Attendance statistics

Jokerit - SKA in Helsinki Ice Challenge 2017, with KHL record attendance (17,645)^[43]

Total and average attendance in seasons, including play-off.^[44]

Season	Total Attendance	Average Attendance
2008–09	3,670,393	5,007
2009–10	4,211,836	5,661
2010–11	4,287,279	6,064
2011–12	4,313,455	6,127
2012–13	4,776,792	6,285
2013–14	5,195,762	6,192
2014–15	6,064,892	6,592
2015–16	5,914,666	6,429
2016–17	5,952,426	6,305
2017–18	?	6,377

All-Star Game

The Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game is an exhibition game held annually in the midway point (usually January or February) of the season, with the league's star players playing against each other. Previously played Russian players versus the "rest of the world", now it is Eastern versus Western Conference.

References

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^ "Crossing the Atlantic". khl.ru. 2010-04-20.

^ "Kontinental Hockey League And TV Channel Sport Ratified An Agreement On KHL Championship Games Broadcast In 2009/2010 Season". en.khl.ru. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

^ "Kontinental Hockey League Signed An Agreement With Viasat". khl.ru. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

^ "Jágr a KHL budou v televizi. Práva koupil Nova sport". Týden.cz. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

^ "KHL Creates Hockey Premier League". March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

^ "World of difference for KHL?". iihf.com. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-14.

^ "Ranking the Top Ten Hockey Leagues". The Hockey Writers. 10 January 2015.

^ "KHL is on the 3rd place by attendance". IIHF. Retrieved June 4, 2017.

^ "Хоккей. КХЛ. Регулярный чемпионат 2016/2017 - Факты". Championat.com.

^ "About the KHL". khl.ru.

^ "Day of Remembrance in honor of Lokomotiv". 2013-09-07. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.

^ "Lev from Slovakia to Prague". IIHF.com. 2012-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24.

^ "Medveščak to join the league from 2013–14 season". khl.ru. 2013-04-29.

^ "Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada". 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-05-03.

^ "Donbass to miss 2014–15 season". 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-19.

^ "Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL". 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

^ "У министра конструктивная позиция по легионерам". 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-05-10.

^ League confirms format for 2015–16 season

^ KHL (2016-06-25). "It's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL". en.KHL.ru. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

^ "League confirms list of participant clubs for 2017-18 Championship". Khl. 25 May 2017.

^ "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

^ "KHL Championship – Russian Ice Hockey Championship 2012/2013. Stage 2 Guidelines" (PDF). khl.ru. 2012-06-27.

^ "Cup of Hope". khl.ru. 22 January 2013.

^ "Навстречу Федерации, во имя Сочи". khl.ru. 2012-04-11.

^ "404". TSN. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

^ "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL". AOL.com. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

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^ "NHL signs agreement with KHL". ESPN.com. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-10-05.

^ "Door opens for NHL men". khl.ru. 2012-09-17.

^ "Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

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^ "QuantHockey FAQ: How is player nationality determined?". quanthockey.com.

^ 2012–13 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 24 April 2015

^ 2013–14 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 24 April 2015

^ 2014–15 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 24 April 2015

^ 2015–16 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 28 April 2016

^ "Ufa's first trophy". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

^ "Новые трофеи Лиги". khl.ru. Retrieved 4 March 2010.

^ "Официальное заявление КХЛ : Континентальная Хоккейная Лига (КХЛ)". Retrieved 13 May 2015.

^ "KHL Names Olenin, Sadovnikov as 2018 Golden Whistle Winners". Scouting the Refs. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

^ ^a^b^c^d "Kontinental Hockey League Records".

^ "A day for the history books. Helsinki Ice Challenge. December 2". en.khl.ru. 2 December 2017.

^ "Хоккей. КХЛ. Регулярный чемпионат 2016/2017 - Факты". Championat.com.

External links

Official KHL

Kontinental Hockey League official website

Kontinental Hockey League official website (in Russian)

Kontinental Hockey League official website (in Chinese)

Kontinental Hockey League on Facebook

Kontinental Hockey League on Twitter

Kontinental Hockey League on Twitter (in Russian)

Kontinental Hockey League's channel on YouTube

Third party

KHL vs NHL exhibition games official homepage

KHL news and stats from Eurohockey

Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union (in Russian)

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[2] "Crossing the Atlantic". khl.ru. 2010-04-20.

[khltv-3] "Kontinental Hockey League And TV Channel Sport Ratified An Agreement On KHL Championship Games Broadcast In 2009/2010 Season". en.khl.ru. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

[4] "Kontinental Hockey League Signed An Agreement With Viasat". khl.ru. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

[5] "Jágr a KHL budou v televizi. Práva koupil Nova sport". Týden.cz. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

[6] "KHL Creates Hockey Premier League". March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[7] "World of difference for KHL?". iihf.com. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-14.

[8] "Ranking the Top Ten Hockey Leagues". The Hockey Writers. 10 January 2015.

[9] "KHL is on the 3rd place by attendance". IIHF. Retrieved June 4, 2017.

[10] "Хоккей. КХЛ. Регулярный чемпионат 2016/2017 - Факты". Championat.com.

[11] "About the KHL". khl.ru.

[12] "Day of Remembrance in honor of Lokomotiv". 2013-09-07. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.

[13] "Lev from Slovakia to Prague". IIHF.com. 2012-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24.

[14] "Medveščak to join the league from 2013–14 season". khl.ru. 2013-04-29.

[Welcome,_Jokerit_and_Sochi;_welcome_back,_Lada-15] "Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada". 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-05-03.

[16] "Donbass to miss 2014–15 season". 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-19.

[17] "Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL". 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

[-18] "У министра конструктивная позиция по легионерам". 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-05-10.

[19] League confirms format for 2015–16 season

[20] KHL (2016-06-25). "It's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL". en.KHL.ru. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

[21] "League confirms list of participant clubs for 2017-18 Championship". Khl. 25 May 2017.

[22] "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

[23] "KHL Championship – Russian Ice Hockey Championship 2012/2013. Stage 2 Guidelines" (PDF). khl.ru. 2012-06-27.

[cupofhope-24] "Cup of Hope". khl.ru. 22 January 2013.

[rules2012-25] "Навстречу Федерации, во имя Сочи". khl.ru. 2012-04-11.

[tsn-26] "404". TSN. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[27] "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL". AOL.com. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[28] Predator inks debatable deal – iihf.com Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine

[29] "NHL signs agreement with KHL". ESPN.com. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-10-05.

[30] "Door opens for NHL men". khl.ru. 2012-09-17.

[31] "Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

[Origin_of_players-32] "KHL Totals by Nationality – 2013–14 Stats". quanthockey.com.

[33] "QuantHockey FAQ: How is player nationality determined?". quanthockey.com.

[34] 2012–13 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 24 April 2015

[35] 2013–14 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 24 April 2015

[36] 2014–15 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 24 April 2015

[37] 2015–16 KHL season, Quanthockey, Retrieved 28 April 2016

[38] "Ufa's first trophy". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

[39] "Новые трофеи Лиги". khl.ru. Retrieved 4 March 2010.

[40] "Официальное заявление КХЛ : Континентальная Хоккейная Лига (КХЛ)". Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[41] "KHL Names Olenin, Sadovnikov as 2018 Golden Whistle Winners". Scouting the Refs. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

[KHL_records-42] "Kontinental Hockey League Records".

[43] "A day for the history books. Helsinki Ice Challenge. December 2". en.khl.ru. 2 December 2017.

[44] "Хоккей. КХЛ. Регулярный чемпионат 2016/2017 - Факты". Championat.com.

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