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KHL.ru continues on previewing the 2024-2025 season for the league’s teams. Today, it’s Lada’s turn. Last season, the Togliatti side made it to the playoffs; now they will have to live up to those expectations.

Two more tournament winners were confirmed on Friday, with Neftekhimik securing first place at the Romazan Memorial in Magnitogorsk while Amur defeated Traktor to collect the Chelyabinsk Governor’s Trophy. In Moscow, Torpedo defeated Vityaz and Dynamo beat Avtomobilist at the Mayor’s Cup. The day’s sole warm-up game was a high-scoring affair as Lokomotiv edged Severstal in a shoot-out after a 5-5 tie.

KHL.ru keeps on previewing the 2023-2024 season for the league’s clubs. Torpedo remains a very young team, but Igor Larionov believes that it’s time for Nizhny Novgorod to aim for bigger goals.

In Petersburg, the summer tournament came to an end with SKA and Russia U23s going to a shoot-out. That was enough for SKA to secure the title once again, even though it lost the shoot-out. In Moscow, meanwhile, the final contest of the summer was just starting and there were two more shoot-outs to be decided. CSKA edged Vityaz after a 2-2 tie before Spartak and Dynamo shared six goals ahead of a Red-and-White success .Admiral won Thursday’s only warm-up game, defeating Belarusian team Metallurg Zhlobin 2-0.

Continuing KHL.ru’s club-by-club preview for the 2024-2025 season, today the talk is about Dinamo Minsk. The Belarusians have significantly strengthened their roster and are ready to have their best season in KHL history.

There was drama at the Romazan Memorial tournament in Magnitogorsk where Metallurg refused to finish its game against Neftekhimik. The host team was up 2-1 when Daniil Vovchenko sustained an injury. There was no penalty on the play, and head coach Andrei Razin responded by sending his team back to the locker room. Meanwhile, at the Chelyabinsk Governor’s Cup, Traktor and Amur picked up their second wins in successive days. They will now play for the trophy in Friday’s game.

KHL.ru continues its series about how each club is preparing for the current season. Amur, back in the playoffs last year, has made some interesting summer acquisitions and could be poised for a breakthrough season.

KHL.ru continues its series on players and coaches who have become league legends. The new article tells the story of Karri Ramo, a standout representative of the Finnish goaltending school, who came within a step of winning the Gagarin Cup.

KHL.ru continues its club-by-club preview of the upcoming season. Under new head coach Ilya Vorobyov, CSKA is making big changes to the core of the team.

Two summer competitions got underway on Tuesday, but the big news came from the on-going Puchkov Tournament where Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his first goal since joining SKA. That helped his new club to victory over Severstal and means the Petersburg team can win its home tournament with victory in Thursday’s concluding game against Russia U23s. Elsewhere, Metallurg and Traktor made winning starts at their home tournaments.

In the latest KHL.ru preview, we look at how Neftekhimik kept faith with its coaching after missing last year’s playoffs. Carefully strengthening the team and retaining last season’s key players mean there’s every reason to expect the Wolves to show that 2024’s disappointment is merely a blip.

KHL.ru continues its series of articles about players and coaches who have become legends of the league. The latest installment tells the story of two-time Gagarin Cup winner Chris Lee, whose move to Europe and play in the KHL rescued him from obscurity.

Continuing KHL.ru’s club-by-club preview for the 2024-2025 season, we’re looking at Sibir. Last year’s campaign was disappointing for the Novosibirsk side, which led to a change at the team’s helm. However, the team’s roster mostly stayed the same.

It’s 14 goals in two games for Severstal, form that suggests Andrei Kozyrev’s team is poised to emulate last season’s club record scoring form. Today, Sochi was the victim and Daniil Davydov moved to 7 (5+2) points in two games. Also in the Puchkov Tournament, Russia U23s beat a youthful Ak Bars roster 4-2. Admiral suffered a 1-4 reverse against Yunost Minsk in Monday’s only warm-up game.

Evgeny Kuznetsov is back to doing what he does: winning hockey games and leading teams. While he was making his first appearances in Petersburg, Lokomotiv was securing victory in the Blinov Cup. All this and more in the latest review of the week.

Sunday’s action saw the conclusion of the Blinov Cup in Omsk. Lokomotiv needed victory over Barys in its final game to clinch the trophy ahead of Traktor. A 5-2 win was good enough to seal the deal, before Sibir rounded things off with an overtime win over Avangard.

There was a startling result at the Puchkov Tournament, where Kunlun Red Star handed Russia U23 a 7-1 beating. In Omsk, Traktor finished its Blinov Cup campaign with a win over Barys and could secure the trophy if results go the right way tomorrow. Saturday also saw two high-scoring warm-up games, with Dynamo beating Vityaz while Torpedo lost out to Norilsk.

Evgeny Kuznetsov made his first appearance for SKA as the Petersburg club began its campaign at the Puchkov Tournament. However, he didn’t have an easy time in his opening game, with SKA going to a shoot-out before its new star secured the win over Sochi. Earlier, Ak Bars beat Severstal 3-0 to get its second victory of the competition. In Omsk, Traktor moved level with leader Lokomotiv in Blinov Cup. A 3-0 win over Sibir moved Traktor to five points, the same as Loko after an OT loss against Avangard. Admiral won a high-scoring exhibition game against Dinamo Minsk thanks to Stepan Starkov’s hat-trick.

Continuing KHL.ru’s club-by-club preview for the 2024-2025 season, we’re looking at Admiral today. The Sailors continue their roster overhaul, which began during the 2023-2024 season. The management is approaching the process on a grand scale, with nearly two dozen new players joining the team.

Continuing KHL.ru’s club-by-club preview for the 2024-2025 season, we’re looking at Barys. The Kazakhs returned David Nemirovsky to the club, reset their international players’ squad, and had a thoroughly rebuild of their roster. But will this be enough to avoid the last places?

KHL.ru continues its series of articles on players and coaches who have become legends of the League. Today the star is Sergei Fedorov, who unexpectedly took charge of CSKA in 2021 and led the team to two Gagarin Cup victories.

The latest summer competition began in St. Petersburg with the Nikolai Puchkov kicking off. Russia U23s started with a 4-2 win over HC Sochi before Ak Bars edged Kunlun Red Star 1-0. In Omsk, the Blinov Cup continued and Lokomotiv moved clear at the top of the table after defeating Traktor for a second win. Earlier, Sibir comfortably beat Barys 4-0.

Continuing KHL.ru’s club-by-club preview for the 2024-2025 season, we’re looking at Kunlun Red Star. The Dragons have been waiting a long time to get back to the playoffs, but there’s grounds for optimism this season with the arrival of head coach Mikhail Kravets and a promising posse of imports from North America.

KHL.ru continues its traditional club-by-club previews ahead of the coming season. In Sochi, after five years without making the playoffs, the Leopards are reunited with the last coach to take them there.

Day two of the Blinov Cup saw a remarkable game between Avangard and Barys: goals, fights, refereeing controversy and a big fightback before an OT win for the home team in Omsk. Earlier in the same competition, Lokomotiv defeated Sibir in a more routine affair. Wednesday also saw three warm-up games, bringing wins for Dynamo Moscow, Admiral and Vityaz.

As the 2024-2025 season approaches, KHL.ru looks at how each team has been preparing over the summer. Vityaz, last year’s basement dweller, has a new head coach and was the first club to sign up a full quota of five imports. It also added some interesting Russian talent in search of big improvements.

The 30th edition of the Blinov Cup got underway in Omsk on Tuesday, but Avangard had little to celebrate after a loss to Traktor. In warm-up play, SKA edged a 3-2 OT verdict at Sochi, while Torpedo downed Spartak by the same scoreline in regulation.

KHL.ru continues its series of articles about players and coaches who became Legends of the league. The new article is about Maxim Afinogenov, an Olympic bronze medalist and winner of a full set of World Championship medals.

The latest KHL.ru feature on a legend of the league looks at one of the best two-way defensemen in the KHL’s history, Mat Robinson.

The big event on Monday was the conclusion of the Republic of Bashkortostan Cup. Going into the day’s action, three teams had a chance of taking the crown. However, Severstal came out on top thanks a victory over Magnitka. Salavat Yulaev’s success against Avtomobilist was not enough, because of the host club’s earlier loss to Severstal. In warm-up games, CSKA and Lokomotiv both enjoyed victories in their first engagements of the summer.

The start of the season gets ever close. Most teams have all-but finalized their rosters, and the first pre-season tournaments are coming to an end. We have a trophy winner already, and the promise of a rule tweak for overtime in the coming campaign.

The first trophy of the summer goes to Togliatti after Lada wrapped up a successful trip to Astana with a 2-1 win over Team Kazakhstan. Barys took third place thanks to an overtime success against Amur. In Ufa, Salavat Yulaev beat Metallurg to maintain its hopes of winning the Republic of Bashkortostan Cup. With a game each to play, Salavat and Avtomobilist share the lead with Severstal, victors over Neftekhimik today.

Saturday’s play wrapped up the group stage of the pre-season tournament in Astana. Team Kazakhstan defeated Amur to book its place in Sunday’s final, where it will face Lada after the Motormen edged Barys in OT. Metallurg got a first win of pre-season after coming from behind to defeat Neftekhimik, while Avtomobilist leads the way at the Republic of Bashkortostan Cup in Ufa. There were warm-up wins for Sibir and Ak Bars in the other action.

After finding the game a chore in North America, Brandon Bochenski headed to Kazakhstan and reignited his passion for hockey. Along the way, he became a Barys legend in the KHL.

The tournament action continues in Bashkortostan with Avtomobilist proving too strong for Metallurg before Salavat Yulaev downed Neftekhimik. Both games finished with the same 4-2 scoreline. In other games, there were victories for Dynamo Moscow and Torpedo in their first pre-season games, with Avangard edging past Vityaz in Friday’s other action.

We’re off to Spartak via Slovakia in the latest KHL.ru article about a legend of the league. Which means we’re talking aboug Branko Radivojevic, who blazed a trail in Red-and-White in the first years of the KHL.

Thursday saw the 24th edition of the Republic of Bashkortostan Cup get underway in Ufa. Host club Salavat Yulaev suffered a 0-1 loss to Severstal on the first evening. In Astana, Lada kept up its high-scoring form in the President of Kazakhstan Cup before Team Kazakhstan enjoyed a convincing win over Barys. Earlier in the day, Traktor beat Chelmet in its first pre-season game while Vityaz got its first summer win at the expense of Metallurg.

KHL.ru continues its series of articles on players and coaches who have become legends of the league. In this new piece, we tell the story of Canadian goaltender Michael Garnett, who played in two Gagarin Cup finals but was unable to capture the KHL’s top trophy.

The KHL Board of Directors has approved changes to the League’s regulations through an absentee meeting.

Wednesday saw the first summer tournament start in Astana, where two local teams had varying fortunes. In other action, there were victories for Kunlun, Dinamo Minsk and Admiral.