Posts About "Gagarin Cup"

KHL Western Conference Finals Preview: CSKA vs. SKA

KHL Western Conference Finals Preview: CSKA vs. SKA

March 24th, 2015 The two top teams in the Kontinental Hockey League Western Conference take to the ice in its finals starting this week, as historical powers CSKA Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg face off with Game 1 in Moscow on Thursday. In a playoff picture that hasn’t seen a single upset, CSKA comes in as the favorite having won the Continental...
Interview With Iron Mike Keenan

Interview With Iron Mike Keenan

August 23rd, 2014 Iron Mike Keenan is one of the most popular hockey coaches in the world. In Europe, his popularity increased thanks to his Gagarin Cup triumph, 20 years after winning the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers. In this translated interview originally appearing on SovSport website, Iron Mike, currently the head coach of KHL team Metallurg...
Metallurg Magnitogorsk Wins Gagarin Cup in Super-Intense Series

Metallurg Magnitogorsk Wins Gagarin Cup in Super-Intense Series

April 30th, 2014 Game 7 could be nothing else but decisive in the Gagarin Cup finals. The 30th April 2014 will be remembered by Metallurg and its home city Magnitogorsk as one of the brightest moments of this year. Even more so because the victory in the KHL final series was a hard won one, full of intensity and intrigue. The last game of the 2014...
Intrigue Prevails in Metallurg vs Lev Series of Gagarin Cup Finals

Intrigue Prevails in Metallurg vs Lev Series of Gagarin Cup Finals

April 23rd, 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 do everything on the rink and it just needed a proper thrashing in order to wake up for a bit of hockey action. This followed in game 2 of the final...
Metallurg “Not Ready For Battle” in Game 1 of the KHL Finals

Metallurg “Not Ready For Battle” in Game 1 of the KHL Finals

April 19th, 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 game that his team was not ready for battle. The first two games of the Gagarin Cup finals have been scheduled to take place in Magnitogorsk. This...
Metallurg Plays Lev in Gagrin Cup Finals

Metallurg Plays Lev in Gagrin Cup Finals

April 17th, 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 the finals. THW: Oleg, contrary to our common forecast Lev managed to win the semifinal series against Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl). Has...
KHL Quarterfinals Over, the Semifinals Not Hard to Forecast

KHL Quarterfinals Over, the Semifinals Not Hard to Forecast

April 2nd, 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 started and we can analyze the quarterfinals now. And then look into the future and try to foresee how the nearest matches will evolve. Speaking about the...
KHL Play-offs in Progress with New Stars and a Handful of Surprises

KHL Play-offs in Progress with New Stars and a Handful of Surprises

March 24th, 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 about the regular season first, what was surprising and memorable about it? Have there been pleasant surprises? What about...

Alexander Radulov Returns to KHL, Inks Four-Year Deal With CSKA

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...

Kontinental Hockey League Welcomes New Faces, Releases Schedule

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...

Gagarin Cup Finals to be decided in Game Seven

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 in Omsk. Less than a week ago, Avangard seemingly took...

Dynamo Moscow to play Avangard in Gagarin Cup Final

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...

Dynamo Moscow sweeps into Gagarin Cup Finals

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. Petersburg, sweeping the series 4-0. An impressive run by the blue-and-white’s from the nation’s capital, in three series, the squad lost...

Road warriors on display in KHL's Eastern Conference

Three of the four teams facing a potential 0-2 hole in the first round of the KHL playoffs bounced back from a Game One loss to even the series yesterday. Here is a recap. Eastern Conference (1) Traktor vs. (8) Yugra Series tied 1-1 Tied at two heading into the final period, Yugra netted three third period goals to even their...

Anticlimactic end to KHL regular season

The chance of a climactic end to the Kontinental Hockey League regular season was lost in the shuffle last night. Two teams, Spartak Moscow and Metallurg Novokuznetsk, needing wins to keep their playoff hopes alive came out on the losing end. In Kazakhstan visiting Barys, Spartak gave up the game-tying goal late in the final period....
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