Gagarin Cup Finals to be decided in Game Seven James Gazzale | April 25, 2012 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…
Dynamo Moscow to play Avangard in Gagarin Cup Final James Gazzale | April 9, 2012 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…
Dynamo Moscow sweeps into Gagarin Cup Finals James Gazzale | April 4, 2012 Dynamo Moscow scored six goals, including three from late-season addition Mikhail Anisin to move into the Gagarin Cup final. Russia’s oldest team easily picked apart its northern rival, SKA St.…
Dynamo Moscow nearly flawless in KHL playoffs James Gazzale | April 1, 2012 Twelve games, ten wins. The two losses were both in overtime to Torpedo in mid-March. Playing nearly the minimum amount of games this far into the KHL postseason, Dynamo Moscow…
Parity gives way to KHL powers in Conference Finals James Gazzale | March 25, 2012 In its first three seasons, the Kontinental Hockey league had two champions, Ak Bars Kazan (2008-09, 2009-10) and Salavat Yulaev Ufa (2010-11). With the former knocking out the latter in…
Radulov to decide on NHL return, KHL to play games in Brooklyn James Gazzale | March 15, 2012 Radulov facing NHL decision Alexander Radulov is still thinking about a return to the NHL to fulfill the final year of his current contract, making him a restricted free agent…
Vitaly Koval sends Torpedo past Riga in Game Seven James Gazzale | March 11, 2012 Western Conference (2) Torpedo vs. (7) Dynamo Riga Torpedo wins series 4-3 Ruslan Zainullin scored one goal and Vitaly Koval stopped 34 shots as Torpedo defeated Dynamo Riga 2-0 in…
Dynamo Moscow moves on, Traktor comes back in KHL playoffs James Gazzale | March 5, 2012 Dynamo Moscow became the first team to punch its ticket into the second round of the KHL playoffs after sweeping rival Dynamo Minsk. Meanwhile, SKA St. Petersburg regroups after a…
Overtime settles score in KHL’s Western Conference playoffs James Gazzale | March 4, 2012 The Western Conference playoffs continue to heat up with three of yesterday’s four games going into overtime, including one that was not settled until a second extra session. Here is…
KHL Playoff Round Up James Gazzale | March 1, 2012 (1) SKA vs. (8) CSKA SKA leads series 1-0 Ivan Nepryayev had a goal and two assists and Jakub Stepanak made 16 saves for SKA in their 4-1 win over…