Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeny Malkin will play in the KHL this season should there be a NHL work stoppage. Talking to Russian Sport-Express newspaper, Malkin said he would return to his hometown of Magnitogorsk and suit up for Metallurg, debunking rumors that he would sign with CSKA Moscow. “It’s my home town,” Malkin told Sport-Express. ...
The Kontinental Hockey League will welcome three new teams for the upcoming season. Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia, Donbass Donetsk in Ukraine and Lev Praha in Czech Republic will all join the KHL’s Western Conference. The league now features 26 teams from seven different countries. Slovan Bratislava Bratislava, Slovakia Founded in 1921, Slovan is by far ...
Alexander Radulov has signed a four-year contract worth more than $9 million per year with CSKA of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. The team made the announcement Monday. CSKA purchased the rights to Radulov after Salavat Yulaev released him so he could play out his NHL rookie contract with the Nashville Predators. It was widely speculated ...
The Kontinental Hockey League has released its schedule for the upcoming 2012-2013 season. The league will welcome the return of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, which took a year off after the team’s plane tragically crashed last September. The KHL will also showcase some fresh faces from new places. Lev Prague from Czech Republic, Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia ...
With the National Hockey League free agent market set to open in the coming days, owners and general managers on the other side of the globe are patiently waiting. Many NHL stars are rumored to be returning to their motherland and the Kontinental Hockey League. Former league MVP Alexander Radulov and former Washington Capitals center ...
The time difference between Moscow, Russia and my home state of New Jersey is eight hours. It is another hour to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the biggest hockey fan I know lives, my brother. The time difference allows my day to start and his to end with a lengthy Facebook chat nearly 6,000 miles away ...
I recently read an article from James Mirtle on the dwindling Russian influence in the NHL, which over the last few years has been evident. Some argue it is because of the lucrative contracts Russian oilmen can afford to hand out to the nation’s elite, keeping them in the Kontinental Hockey League. Mirtle, though, takes ...
Back and forth they go. We win one, you win one. We win two, you win two. And back and forth they go. The first six games of the Gagarin Cup finals between Dynamo Moscow and Avangard have been decided by a total of eight goals, with five one goal games. Game Seven is tonight ...
Why is everyone upset about the surplus of fighting in this year’s NHL playoffs? Goon is a word being thrown around a lot. I guess sticking up for your teammates and playing a physical style of hockey warrants the ‘goon’ label. Yes, some of the happenings have been cheap, here’s to you Shea Webber, but ...
I had just finished writing about how the Kontinental Hockey League lacked parity when top-seeded SKA St. Petersburg fell in the Western Conference. That was followed one day later by Eastern Conference leader Traktor dropping their semi-final match-up. I should not be surprised though, my predictions for the first round of the KHL playoffs followed ...
