Intrigue Prevails in Metallurg vs Lev Series of Gagarin Cup Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 23, 2014 After initial loss at home against Lev (Prague) Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) sweepingly won in the second game. Metallurg’s victory with the 4:1 score showed that the team from the Urals could…
Metallurg “Not Ready For Battle” in Game 1 of the KHL Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 19, 2014 On 18 April 2014, in the first fame of the Gagarin Cup finals Lev (Prague) left Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) no chances of winning. Danis Zaripov, Metallurg’s left forward, admitted after the…
Metallurg Plays Lev in Gagrin Cup Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 17, 2014 On the eve of the Gagarin Cup finals between Lev (Prague) and Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) Oleg Mosalev, KHL-TV commentator, shares with THW community his impressions from the semifinals and expectations for…
KHL Quarterfinals Over, the Semifinals Not Hard to Forecast Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | April 2, 2014 KHL star commentator Oleg Mosalev is back on THW to explain the logic of the KHL finals and Gagarin Cup competition. THW: Hello again, Oleg. So the semifinals have just…
KHL Play-offs in Progress with New Stars and a Handful of Surprises Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | March 24, 2014 With the KHL quarterfinals well underway, the HockeyWriters have addressed Oleg Mosalyov, twice best KHL-TV anchorman, for comment and analysis of the regular season and the finals. THW: Let’s speak…
Hockey Champions League Not Worthwhile for NHL Cody Royle | October 26, 2013 There have been renewed rumblings about a hockey Champions League tournament in the vein of UEFA’s soccer Champions League. The idea is not new, having been discussed many times in…
KHL Power Rankings – Weeks 5 & 6 Tim Bourcier | October 10, 2013 KHL Power Rankings – Weeks 5 & 6 We are about 1/5th of the way through the season and there is definitely some separation between the best and the worse…
KHL Power Rankings – Week 3/4 Tim Bourcier | September 24, 2013 First off, an apology on this late post. The plan is to put this out there weekly on Tuesdays, but with only two games a week it is difficult to…
Analyzing Jokerit’s Move to the KHL Joseph Vito DeLuca | September 19, 2013 As the KHL continues its quest for global dominance, one of Finland’s most renown franchises is slated to join the Russian-based league for the 2014-15 season. The controversial move has…
KHL Power Rankings – Week 2 Tim Bourcier | September 10, 2013 The season is officially one week over, but most teams have only played two games. Record is important in how the teams move, but their first ranking also played into…
Save Us Karri Ramo, You’re Our Only Hope Derek Neumeier | September 9, 2013 “I don’t have to tell you things are bad…everybody knows things are bad.” – Howard Beale, from the 1976 movie Network. The upcoming 2013/2014 season is going to be…
The Emergence of the KHL is Good for Hockey Joseph Vito DeLuca | September 8, 2013 With the Kontinental Hockey League season now in full swing, now is as good a time as any to revisit the discussions surrounding the Russian-based professional league. While there has…