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{{Infobox sports league
| title          = Kontinental Hockey League
| current_season = 2016–17 KHL season
| logo           = KHL logo shield 2016.svg
| pixels         = 200px
| caption        =
| formerly       = [[Russian Superleague]]
| sport          = Ice hockey
| founded        = 2008
| fame           =
| motto          = Хоккей – наша игра! ''Khokkey – nasha igra! ''Jääkiekko on meidän peli! (''Hockey is our game!'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khl.ru/video/1295/ |script-title=ru:Новый игровой ролик КХЛ "Пробка" |publisher=khl.ru |accessdate=2010-08-16 |language=Russian}}</ref>
| inaugural      =
| teams          = 29
| country        = {{BLR}} (1 team)<br />{{CHN}} (1 team)<br />{{CRO}} (1 team)<br /><!--{{CZE}} (1 team)<br/>-->{{FIN}} (1 team)<br />{{KAZ}} (1 team)<br />{{LAT}} (1 team)<br />{{RUS}} (22 teams)<br />{{SVK}} (1 team)<!--<br />{{UKR}} (1 team) -->
| champion       = '''[[SKA Saint Petersburg]]''' (2nd title)
| most_champs    = '''[[Ak Bars Kazan]]''' (2)<br/>'''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]''' (2)<br/>'''[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]''' (2)<br/>'''[[SKA Saint Petersburg]]''' (2)
| qualification  =
| folded         =
| website        = [http://en.khl.ru en.KHL.ru] 
| singles        =
| president      = [[Dmitry Chernyshenko]]
| director       =
| tv             =
{{collapsible list 
 | title = List of TV stations 
 | KHL-TV (Russia (as part of the [[NTV Plus]] package), USA and Canada (part of ViaNetTV),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/4/20/23845.html |title=Crossing the Atlantic |publisher=khl.ru |date=2010-04-20}}</ref> Latvia and international through [http://tv.khl.ru/ KHL's website])
 | Match TV (Russia)
 | [[Viasat]] (Finland, Sweden,<ref name="khltv">{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/8/25/13755.html |title=Kontinental Hockey League And TV Channel Sport Ratified An Agreement On KHL Championship Games Broadcast In 2009/2010 Season |publisher=en.khl.ru |accessdate=25 August 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724220411/http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/8/25/13755.html |archivedate=July 24, 2011 }}</ref> Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/3/31/13551.html |title=Kontinental Hockey League Signed An Agreement With Viasat |publisher=khl.ru |accessdate=2009-07-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513133436/http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/3/31/13551.html |archivedate=May 13, 2009 }}</ref>
 | [[TV6 (Latvia)]] (Latvia)
 | [[Nova Sport (Czech TV)|Nova Sport]] (Czech Republic, Slovakia)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/sport/hokej/kontinentalni-liga/jagr-a-khl-budou-v-televizi-prava-koupil-nova-sport_130407.html |title=Jágr a KHL budou v televizi. Práva koupil Nova sport |publisher=Týden.cz |accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref>
}}
| related_comps  =[[Supreme Hockey League]] (VHL)<br/> [[Hockey Premier League]] (HPL) (From 16/17<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehockeywriters.com/khl-creates-hockey-premier-league/ |title=KHL Creates Hockey Premier League|date=March 22, 2016 |accessdate=May 6, 2016 }}</ref>)  <br/>[[Junior Hockey League (Russia)|Junior Hockey League]] (MHL)
| founder        =
}}

The '''Kontinental Hockey League''' ('''KHL''') ({{lang-ru|Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya hokkeynaya liga}}) is an international professional [[ice hockey]] [[Sports league|league]] founded in 2008. It comprises 29 member clubs based in [[Belarus]], [[China]], [[Croatia]], <!--[[Czech Republic]], -->[[Finland]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Latvia]], [[Russia]], and [[Slovakia]] and it is planned to [[Potential Kontinental Hockey League expansion|expand]] to more countries. It is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], and second in the world behind the [[National Hockey League|NHL]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6876&cHash=60f30f7f072dfbdf8e5b4c471559f28f|title=World of difference for KHL?|publisher=iihf.com|date=2012-05-07|accessdate=2014-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ranking the Top Ten Hockey Leagues|url=http://thehockeywriters.com/ranking-the-top-ten-hockey-leagues/|website=The Hockey Writers|date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

The [[Gagarin Cup]] is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The title of [[List of Soviet and Russian ice hockey champions|Champion of Russia]] is given to the highest ranked Russian team.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://en.khl.ru/official/22007/|title=About the KHL|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref>

==History==

===Establishment===
[[File:RIAN archive 386859 KHL finals - Ak Bars vs. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1-0.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Ak Bars Kazan]] after winning the [[Gagarin Cup]] in 2009]]  
The league formed from the [[Russian Superleague]] (RSL) and the champion of the [[2007–08 Vysshaya Liga season|2007–08 season]] of the [[Russian Major League|second division]], with 24 teams: 21 from Russia and one each from [[Belarus]], [[Latvia]], and [[Kazakhstan]]. The teams were divided into four divisions, based on the performance in previous seasons.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

The start of the [[2011–12 KHL season|fourth season]] was overshadowed by the [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster|Yaroslavl air disaster]] on 7 September 2011 in which almost all members of the team [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] lost their lives shortly after take-off for their flight to their season opening game in [[Minsk]]. The [[Opening Cup]] game in [[Ufa]], which was already under way when news of the disaster arrived, was suspended. In memory of the disaster, 7 September remains a day of mourning on which no KHL regular season games are held.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/09/07/25234.html |title=Day of Remembrance in honor of Lokomotiv |date=2013-09-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101424/http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/09/07/25234.html |archivedate=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>

===Team changes===
{{Main|Kontinental Hockey League team changes|Potential Kontinental Hockey League expansion}}
In the 2009–10 season, [[Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg]] joined the KHL and [[Khimik Voskresensk (2005)|Khimik Voskresensk]] was transferred to a lower league. Next season, [[HC Ugra|HC Yugra]] joined the league.

After several attempts by teams from [[Central Europe]] and [[Scandinavia]] to join the KHL, expansion beyond the borders of the former [[Soviet Union]] was finally realized in 2011. [[HC Lev Poprad|Lev Poprad]], a newly founded team based in [[Poprad]], [[Slovakia]] was admitted to the league. But after only one season, Lev was replaced by a team of the same name, [[HC Lev Praha|Lev Praha]], from [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]], while [[HC Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]] from [[Slovakia]] and [[Ukraine]]'s [[HC Donbass|Donbass]] joined the KHL as expansion teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6557.html|title=Lev from Slovakia to Prague|publisher=IIHF.com|date=2012-03-30}}</ref> Lev and Slovan qualified for the playoffs in their first KHL season. {{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

[[File:Medvescak - Arena - west stand.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Croatia]]n [[KHL Medveščak Zagreb|Medveščak]] joined the league in 2013.]]
In 2013, [[KHL Medveščak|Medveščak]] from [[Croatia]] and Russian [[Admiral Vladivostok]] joined the league, thus expanding the league even further.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khl.ru/news/2013/04/29/128623.html|title=Medveščak to join the league from 2013–14 season|publisher=khl.ru|date=2013-04-29}}</ref> The league comprised 28 teams during the [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]] season, of which 21 are based in [[Russia]] and 7 more are located in the other countries.

In 2014, [[Finland|Finnish]] team [[Jokerit]] from [[Helsinki]], [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]] (which previously played in the league), and newly created team [[HC Sochi]] joined the league.<ref name="Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada">{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2014/04/30/27837.html|title=Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada |date=2014-04-30|accessdate=2014-05-03}}</ref> However, HC Donbass is not playing in the league this season, due to the [[2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine|political instability in Ukraine]], but intends to rejoin later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2014/06/19/27872.html|title=Donbass to miss 2014–15 season|date=2014-06-19|accessdate=2014-06-19}}</ref> Two other teams, Lev Praha and [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], also withdrew from the 2014–2015 season due to financial problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.aktualne.cz/nadeje-vyhasla-lev-praha-definitivne-konci-v-khl/r~d296cb2a011e11e4a60c0025900fea04/|title=Naděje vyhasla. Lev Praha definitivně končí v KHL|date=2014-07-01|accessdate=2014-07-01}}</ref><ref name=" ">{{cite news |title=У министра конструктивная позиция по легионерам |url=http://www.championat.com/hockey/article-195235-prezident-kkhl--o-ska-spartake-limite-fkhr.html |date=2014-04-22 |accessdate=2014-05-10 }}</ref>

Prior to the [[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16 season]], [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]] withdrew from the KHL, while [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] returned.<ref>[http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/06/17/235081.html League confirms format for 2015–16 season]</ref>

The Chinese club [[HC Kunlun Red Star]] were admitted for the [[2016–17 KHL season|2016–17 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2016/06/25/308626.html|title=It's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL|author=KHL|date=2016-06-25|publisher=en.KHL.ru|accessdate=2016-06-26}}</ref>

==Season structure==
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Since 2009, the league has been divided into East and West conferences. In the current season, the Western Conference includes 14 teams divided into two divisions, 7 teams per division. The Eastern Conference has 15 teams, divided into divisions of 7 and 8 respectively. In this season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/06/17/235081.html|title=League confirms format for 2015–16 season|date=17 June 2015|accessdate=17 April 2016}}</ref>

The eight top-ranked teams in each conference receive playoff berths. Within each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are played before the conference winners play against each other for the [[Gagarin Cup]]. The division winners are seeded first and second in their conference, based on their regular season record. All playoff rounds are played as best-of-seven series. In each round, the top seeded remaining team is paired with the lowest seeded team etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2012-2013_playoff_en.pdf|title=KHL Championship – Russian Ice Hockey Championship 2012/2013. Stage 2 Guidelines|publisher=khl.ru|date=2012-06-27}}</ref>

In the 2012–13 season, the [[Nadezhda Cup]] (Cup of Hope) was introduced, a consolation tournament for the teams who did not qualify for the playoffs. The winning team in the tournament wins the first overall pick in the [[KHL Junior Draft]]. The tournament is intended to extend the season and help maintain interest in hockey in the cities of these teams, and help players of national teams prepare for upcoming World Championship.<ref name=cupofhope>{{cite web|title=Cup of Hope|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/01/22/25012.html|publisher=khl.ru|date=22 January 2013}}</ref>

==Teams==
<div style="float:left" >
{{KHL Western conference teams}}
{{KHL Moscow Oblast teams}}</div>
<div style="float:left" >
{{KHL Eastern conference teams}}
</div>
{{KHL teams organization}}

==Players==
[[File:HC LEV Record O2.jpg|thumb|KHL match [[HC Lev Praha|Lev Praha]] vs. [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] in [[O2 Arena (Prague)|O2 Arena]], Prague]]
Though now not as restrictive in maintaining an exclusively Russian composition of players and teams, Russian teams are still not allowed to sign more than five foreign players, while non-Russian teams must have at least five players from their respective country. Foreign goaltenders on Russian teams have a limit regarding total seasonal ice time.<ref name="rules2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.khl.ru/news/2012/4/11/42998.html|title=Навстречу Федерации, во имя Сочи|publisher=khl.ru|date=2012-04-11}}</ref>

Prior to the inaugural season, several KHL teams signed several players from the NHL.<ref name="tsn">{{cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242925|title=404|work=TSN|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref> A dispute between the two leagues over some of these signings was supposed to have been resolved by an agreement signed on July 10, 2008, whereby each league would honor the contracts of the other, but the signing of [[Alexander Radulov]] was made public one day after the agreement (though it was actually signed two days prior to the agreement taking effect),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/07/11/radulov-on-his-return-to-russia/|title=Sports News & latest headlines from AOL|work=AOL.com|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref> leading to an investigation by the International Ice Hockey Federation.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/radulov-inks-debatable-deal.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=7ad8380bb7 Predator inks debatable deal – iihf.com]</ref> On 4 October 2010, the conflict between the leagues was settled when both signed a new agreement to honor one another's contracts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5649236 |title=NHL signs agreement with KHL |publisher=''[[ESPN.com]]'' |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2010-10-05}}</ref>

The league set up rules for the [[2012–13 NHL lockout|NHL lockout]] which lasted from 16 September 2012 to 12 January 2013. According to the special regulations, each KHL team was allowed to add up to three NHL players to its roster, among them at most one foreign player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/9/17/24719.html|title=Door opens for NHL men|date=2012-09-17|publisher=khl.ru}}</ref> More than 40 NHL players, the majority of them Russians, played in the KHL during the lockout.

KHL players are represented by the [[Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khlptu.ru|title=Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|accessdate=20 December 2011|language=Russian}}</ref>

===Nationalities of players===
During the current season, players representing 16 nations have played at least one game in the KHL.<ref name="Origin of players">{{cite web|url=http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/nationality-totals/khl-players-2013-14-stats.html|title=KHL Totals by Nationality – 2013–14 Stats|publisher=quanthockey.com}}</ref> A player's nationality is for various reasons sometimes ambiguous. For the table presented below, the nationality "is determined based on the last country that the player represented in international competition. If a player has never played for a national team, usually the country of birth is chosen as the player nationality, unless there is strong evidence indicating otherwise".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quanthockey.com/faq.php|title=QuantHockey FAQ: How is player nationality determined?|publisher=quanthockey.com}}</ref> For players born in former Soviet republics, the situation is often more complex due to dual citizenship and naturalization. Therefore, a  [[List of Ukrainians in the Kontinental Hockey League|list of players born in Ukraine]] gives case-by-case details for some of those players. In some cases, players can change their nationality registration with the league on a year-by-year basis, and their nationality with the league may not match that of their [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] registration. Non-Russians represent about 40% of the KHL players, and are mostly [[Central Europe]]an, [[Nordic countries|Nordic]], and [[North America]]n. In 2015–16, more than 950 players played in the league (see [[#Nationalities of players|table below]]).{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:left"
! style="width:300px;"|Country (current number of teams)!! style="width:100px;"|Players active<br/>([[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]])<ref>[http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/nationality-totals/khl-players-2012-13-stats.html 2012–13 KHL season, Quanthockey], Retrieved 24 April 2015</ref> 
!! style="width:100px;"|Players active<br/>([[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]])<ref>[http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/nationality-totals/khl-players-2013-14-stats.html 2013–14 KHL season, Quanthockey], Retrieved 24 April 2015</ref> 
!! style="width:100px;"|Players active<br/>([[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]])<ref>[http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/nationality-totals/khl-players-2014-15-stats.html 2014–15 KHL season, Quanthockey], Retrieved 24 April 2015</ref>
!! style="width:100px;"|Players active<br/>([[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16]])<ref>[http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/nationality-totals/khl-players-2014-15-stats.html 2015–16 KHL season, Quanthockey], Retrieved 28 April 2016</ref>
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarus]] (1 team)|| 33 || 40 || 45 || 38
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]]|| 36 || 69 || 56 || 41
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia]] (1 team)|| – || 3 || 2 || 2
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || 46|| 47 || 29 || 35
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark]]|| – || 1 || 2 || 4
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland]] (1 team)|| 40 || 37 || 50 || 47
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] || – || – || 1 || 1
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]|| 1 || 3 || 3 || 1
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]]|| – || – || – || 1
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kazakhstan]] (1 team)|| 30 || 29 || 28 || 36
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia]] (1 team)<sup>a</sup>|| 35 || 32 || 29 || 33
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]]|| 3 || 3 || 3 || 1
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] (22 teams)|| 540 ||573 || 594 || 634
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovakia]] (1 team)|| 51 || 43 || 32 || 27
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Slovenia]]|| – || 2 || 4 || 4
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]]|| 24 || 22 || 28 || 27
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ukraine]]<sup>b</sup>|| 11 || 12 || 3 || 3
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]|| 13 || 20 || 27 || 21
|-
| align="left" |'''Total'''||'''863''' || '''909''' || '''936''' || '''956'''
|-
|}

* a – ''For further information, see: [[List of Latvians in the Kontinental Hockey League|List of Latvians in the KHL]]''
* b – ''For further information, see: [[List of Ukrainians in the Kontinental Hockey League|List of Ukrainians in the KHL]]''

== Trophies and awards ==
[[File:Gagarincup.gif|right|thumb|200px|Gagarin Cup]]
The winner of the playoff is awarded the [[Gagarin Cup]], the KHL Champion title and the [[List of Soviet and Russian ice hockey champions|Russian Champion]] title, regardless of the country the club represents. The team ranked first in the standings after the regular season, i.e. the winner of the regular season, is awarded the [[Continental Cup (KHL)|Continental Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/3/5/23808.html |title=Ufa’s first trophy  |publisher=khl.ru |accessdate=5 March 2010}}</ref> ({{lang-ru|Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta}}). The winners of the [[KHL Conference Finals|conference finals]] are awarded the Eastern Conference Champion Cup ({{lang-ru|Кубок Победителю конференции Восток, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Vostok}}) and the Western Conference Champion Cup ({{lang-ru|Кубок Победителю конференции Запад, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Zapad}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/3/4/26511.html |title=Новые трофеи Лиги |publisher=khl.ru |accessdate=4 March 2010}}</ref>

The KHL presents annual awards to its most successful players.  The KHL also awards the [[Opening Cup]] annually to the winner of the first game between the Gagarin Cup winner and the runner-up of the previous season. On September 10, 2011, three days after the [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster]], the KHL head office decided to honor the deceased in the 2011 Opening Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khl.ru/news/2012/09/05/43922.html|title=Официальное заявление КХЛ : Континентальная Хоккейная Лига (КХЛ)|publisher=|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref>

===Seasons overview===
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2016}}
{{clear}}
{|class="wikitable"
!Season||[[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] [[Gagarin Cup]] Winner||[[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] Gagarin Cup finalist|| Final  score || [[Continental Cup (KHL)|Continental Cup]] Winner|| Top scorer
|-
|[[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]]|| '''[[Ak Bars Kazan]]'''|| [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]|| 4–3 || [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]* <small>(129 points)</small>|| [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(76 points: 34 G, 42 A) </small>
|-
|[[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]]|| '''[[Ak Bars Kazan]]'''|| [[HC MVD]]|| 4–3 || [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] <small>(129 points)</small>|| [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(66 points: 27 G, 39 A) </small>
|-
|[[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]]|| '''[[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]'''|| [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]] || 4–1 || [[Avangard Omsk]] <small>(118 points)</small> || [[Alexander Radulov]] <small>(80 points: 20 G, 60 A) </small>
|-
|[[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]]|| '''[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]'''|| [[Avangard Omsk]]|| 4–3 || [[Traktor Chelyabinsk]] <small>(114 points)</small>|| [[Alexander Radulov]] <small>(63 points: 25 G, 38 A) </small>
|-
|[[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]]|| '''[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]'''|| [[Traktor Chelyabinsk]]|| 4–2 || [[SKA Saint Petersburg]] <small>(115 points)</small>|| [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(76 points: 35 G, 41 A) </small>
|-
|[[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]|| '''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]''' || [[HC Lev Praha]] || 4–3 || [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] <small>(115 points)</small>|| [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(73 points: 34 G, 39 A) </small>
|-
|[[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]]|| '''[[SKA Saint Petersburg]]'''  || [[Ak Bars Kazan]] || 4–1 || [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] <small>(139 points)</small> || [[Alexander Radulov]] <small>(71 points: 24 G, 47 A) </small>
|-
|[[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16]]|| '''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]''' || [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] || 4–3 || [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] <small>(127 points)</small>|| [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(67 points: 32 G, 35 A) </small>
|-
|[[2016–17 KHL season|2016–17]]|| '''[[SKA Saint Petersburg]]''' || [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]] || 4–1 || [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] <small>(137 points)</small>|| [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(85 points: 48 G, 37 A) </small>
|}

<small>*: In the [[2008–09 KHL season|first season]], [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] was the winner of the regular season, but the [[Continental Cup (KHL)|Continental Cup]] was not yet awarded.</small>

{|class="wikitable"
!Season || [[Opening Cup]] Winner || [[Nadezhda Cup]] Winner || Gold Stick Award (MVP)
|-
|[[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]] || [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] 
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;" | ''Nadezhda Cup not yet introduced'' || [[Danis Zaripov]]
|-
|[[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]] ||  [[Ak Bars Kazan]] || [[Alexander Radulov]]
|-
|[[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]] || [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] || [[Alexander Radulov]]
|-
|[[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]] || [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] || [[Alexander Radulov]]
|-
|[[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]] || [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] || [[Dinamo Riga]]  || [[Sergei Mozyakin]]
|-
|[[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]] || [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] || [[Avangard Omsk]]  || [[Sergei Mozyakin]]
|-
|[[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]] || [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]] || '''''Cancelled''' due to economic reasons'' || [[Alexander Radulov]]
|-
|[[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16]] || [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] || ''Not contested'' || [[Sergei Mozyakin]]
|-
|}

==Statistics==

===Single season records===
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'''Regular season'''<ref name="KHL records">{{cite web|url=http://www.quanthockey.com/khl/records.php|title=Kontinental Hockey League Records}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
! Record
! 
! Name
! Season
|-
|  '''Points'''
| align=right | '''85'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Magnitogorsk)</small>
| [[2016–17 KHL season|2016–17]]
|-
| '''Goals''' 
| align=right | '''48''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Magnitogorsk)</small> <br/>
| [[2016–17 KHL season|2016–17]]<br/>
|-
| '''Assists''' 
| align=right | '''60''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Radulov]] <small>(Ufa)</small> 
| [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]]
|-
| '''Shots on goal''' 
| align=right | '''251''' 
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Geoff Platt]] <small>(Minsk)</small>
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
|-
| '''Plus/minus''' 
| align=right | '''+46''' 
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jan Kovář]] <small>(Magintogorsk)</small>
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
|-
| '''Penalty minutes''' 
| align=right | '''374''' 
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Darcy Verot]] <small>(Chekhov)</small>
| [[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]] 
|-
| '''Wins''' 
| align=right | '''33''' 
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Karri Rämö]] <small>(Omsk)</small>
| [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]]
|-
| '''Shutouts''' 
| align=right | '''13''' 
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexei Murygin]] <small>(Yaroslavl)</small>
| [[2015-16 KHL season|2015–16]]
|}
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'''Playoffs'''<ref name="KHL records" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
! Record
! 
! Name
! Season
|-
|  '''Points'''
| align=right | '''33'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Magnitogorsk)</small>
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
|-
| '''Goals''' 
| align=right | '''15''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgenii Dadonov]] <small>(SKA)</small>  
| [[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]] 
|-
| '''Assists''' 
| align=right | '''20''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Magnitogorsk)</small>
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
|-
| '''Shots on goal''' 
| align=right | '''82''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Kuznetsov]] <small>(Chelyabinsk)</small>
| [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]]
|-
| '''Plus/minus''' 
| align=right | '''+16''' 
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominik Graňák]] <small>(Dynamo Msc)</small>
| [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]]
|-
| '''Penalty minutes''' 
| align=right | '''69''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Grigori Panin]] <small>(Kazan)</small>
| [[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]] 
|-
| '''Wins''' 
| align=right | '''16''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Eremenko]] <small>(Dyn. Moscow)</small><br/>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vasily Koshechkin]] <small>(Magnitogorsk)</small><br/>{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mikko Koskinen]] <small>(SKA)</small>
| [[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]]<br>[[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]<br/>[[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]] 
|-
| '''Shutouts''' 
| align=right | '''6''' 
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Nilsson (ice hockey)|Anders Nilsson]] <small>(Kazan)</small>
| [[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]] 
|}
{{col-end}}

===Career records===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''Regular season'''<ref name="KHL records" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
! Record
! 
! Name
! Years
|-
|  '''Points'''
| align=right | '''597'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk)</small>
| 2008–2017
|-
| '''Goals''' 
| align=right | '''284''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk)</small>
| 2008–2017
|-
| '''Assists''' 
| align=right | '''323''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Radulov]] <small>(Ufa)</small> 
| 2008–2016
|-
| '''Games played''' 
| align=right | '''491''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anton Glinkin]] <small>(Chelyabinsk, Kazan)</small><br>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Semin]] <small>(Yaroslavl, Atlant, Omsk Ufa, N. Novgorod)</small>
| 2008–2017
|-
| '''Plus/minus''' 
| align=right | '''+194''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Radulov]] <small>(Ufa)</small> 
| 2008–2016
|-
| '''Penalty minutes''' 
| align=right | '''900''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Artyukhin]] <small>(SKA, Atlant, CSKA, Novosibirsk)</small>
| 2010–2017
|-
| '''Wins''' 
| align=right | '''199''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vasily Koshechkin]] <small>(Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Cherepovets)</small>
| 2008–2017
|-
| '''Shutouts''' 
| align=right | '''56''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vasily Koshechkin]] <small>(Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Cherepovets)</small>
| 2008–2017
|}
{{col-2}}
'''Playoffs'''<ref name="KHL records" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
! Record
! 
! Name
! Years
|-
|  '''Points'''
| align=right | '''93'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk)</small>
| 2008–2015
|-
| '''Goals''' 
| align=right | '''40''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Mozyakin]] <small>(Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk)</small>
| 2008–2015
|-
| '''Assists''' 
| align=right | '''56''' 
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Patrick Thoresen]] <small>(Ufa, St. Petersburg)</small>
| 2009–2015
|-
| '''Games played''' 
| align=right | '''108''' 
|  {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Gorokhov]] <small>(Yaroslavl, Ufa, Atlant, Dynamo Msc)</small>
| 2008–2015
|-
| '''Plus/minus''' 
| align=right | '''+40''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Gorokhov]] <small>(Yaroslavl, Ufa, Atlant, Dynamo Msc)</small>
| 2008–2015
|-
| '''Penalty minutes''' 
| align=right | '''182''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Fedor Fedorov (ice hockey)|Fedor Fedorov]] <small>(Nizhnekamsk, Magnitogorsk, Atlant, SKA)</small>
| 2008–2013
|-
| '''Wins''' 
| align=right | '''44''' 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Eremenko]] <small>(Ufa, Dynamo Msc)</small>
| 2008–2014
|-
| '''Shutouts''' 
| align=right | '''9''' 
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Petri Vehanen]] <small>(Kazan, Prague)</small><br/>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Eremenko]] <small>(Ufa, Dynamo Msc)</small>
| 2009–2014<br/>2008–2014
|}
{{col-end}}

===All-time team records===
Since its foundation in 2008, 35 different clubs have played in the KHL, and 32 of them have at least once qualified for the playoffs. Of the current 29 teams, only [[Metallurg Novokuznetsk]] have never qualified for the playoffs yet. The table gives the final regular-season ranks for all teams, with the playoff performance encoded in colors. The teams are ordered by their best championship results.

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;"
|-
! colspan=2 | Club
! [[2008–09 KHL season|2009]]
! [[2009–10 KHL season|2010]]
! [[2010–11 KHL season|2011]]
! [[2011–12 KHL season|2012]]
! [[2012–13 KHL season|2013]]
! [[2013–14 KHL season|2014]]
! [[2014–15 KHL season|2015]]
! [[2015–16 KHL season|2016]]
! [[2016–17 KHL season|2017]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan=5 bgcolor="#ffcfcf" |
|align="left"| [[Ak Bars Kazan]]
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 2
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 8
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 4
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 2
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 4
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 4
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 7
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 6
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 3
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 5
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 4
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 7
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 2
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 8
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 3
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]<sup>[a]</sup>
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 7
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 5
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 3
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 4
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 1
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 3
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 4
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 1
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 1
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 2
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 8
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 8
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 9
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[SKA Saint Petersburg]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 8
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 2
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 7
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 2
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 1
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 3
| bgcolor="#ffcfcf" | 2
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 10
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 2
|- align="center"
| rowspan=7 bgcolor="#ffffbf" |
|align="left"| [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]<sup>[b]</sup>
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 3
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 7
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 3
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 8
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 15
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 2
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 5
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 4
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 18
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 1
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 1
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 1
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Traktor Chelyabinsk]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 18
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 18
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 1
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 5
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Avangard Omsk]]
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 16
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 1
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 5
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 3
| bgcolor="#d1b6e6" | 20
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 8
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 5
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 6
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 5
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 8
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 17
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 16
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[HC Lev Praha|Lev Praha]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 5
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC MVD|HC MVD Balashikha]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 18
| bgcolor="#ffffbf" | 4
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
|- align="center"
| rowspan=1 bgcolor="#b0ffb0" |
|align="left"| [[HC Sibir Novosibirsk|Sibir Novosibirsk]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#b0ffb0" | 7
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 7
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
|- align="center"
| rowspan=8 bgcolor="#cff8ff" |
|align="left"| [[Jokerit|Jokerit Helsinki]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 5
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 3
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 25
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 16
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[HC Donbass|Donbass Donetsk]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 18
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 6
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 26
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 15
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 7
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 9
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Barys Astana]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 7
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 13
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Dinamo Riga]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
| bgcolor="#d1b6e6" | 24
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 28
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Severstal Cherepovets]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 16
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#cff8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 18
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 27
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
|- align="center"
| rowspan=11 bgcolor="#80b8ff" |
|align="left"| [[HC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 16
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 26
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 9
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 18
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 8
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Sochi|Sochi]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 4
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 14
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[HC Ugra|Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 10
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 16
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 25
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 25
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Amur Khabarovsk]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 12
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 25
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 28
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 28
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 25
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[HC Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 26
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 15
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 17
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[Admiral Vladivostok]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 16
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 19
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 16
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[KHL Medveščak Zagreb|Medveščak Zagreb]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 24
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 19
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 26
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 18
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 14
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]]
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 13
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 24
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 26
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 27
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Vityaz|Vityaz Podolsk]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 22
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 24
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 20
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 24
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 11
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[HC Kunlun Red Star|Kunlun Red Star Beijing]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#80b8ff" | 18
|- align="center"
| rowspan=3 bgcolor="#e7e7e7" |
|align="left"| [[Metallurg Novokuznetsk]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 24
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 23
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 16
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 27
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 27
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 28
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 29
|- align="center"
|align="left" | [[HC Lev Poprad|Lev Poprad]]
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 21
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Khimik Voskresensk (2005)|Khimik Voskresensk]]
| bgcolor="#e7e7e7" | 24
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" | 
|}

{{col-break}}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;"
! Color !! Result
|- bgcolor="#ffcfcf"
| Red || [[Gagarin Cup]] Winner
|- bgcolor="#ffffbf"
| Yellow || [[Runner-up]]
|- bgcolor="#b0ffb0"
| Green || Conference finalist
|- bgcolor="#cff8ff"
| Light Blue || Conference semifinalist
|- bgcolor="#80b8ff"
| Blue || Qualified for playoffs
|- bgcolor="#d1b6e6"
| Purple || [[Nadezhda Cup]] Winner
|- bgcolor="#e7e7e7"
| Light Gray || Not qualified for playoffs
|- bgcolor="#d0d0d0"
| Gray || Did not play in the season
|}
{{col-end}}
&nbsp;<small><sup>[a]</sup>: Includes record of [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] before the merger with [[HC MVD]] in 2010''</small>

&nbsp;<small><sup>[b]</sup>: Did not participate in the 2011–12 season due to [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster|the deadly air disaster on September 7, 2011]], that killed the entire team''</small>

===Attendance statistics===
Total and average attendance in seasons.<ref>[http://www.hockeytifo.org/archive/index.php/t-252.html?s=3e644070491fac04d183aef42b796800 Attendance in Europe and health of the fan culture 10/11]</ref><ref name="iihf.com">[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6508.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=fb6171f7ea Regular-Season average attendance Europe & Asia 2011–2012]</ref><ref>[http://en.hockey.by/news/mass-media/4794.html Regular-Season average league attendance Europe & Asia 2012–2013]</ref><ref>[http://bignews2day.com/en/news/u-rizhskogo-dinamo-luchshij-pokazatel-prirosta-poseschaemosti Attendance KHL 2013/14]</ref><ref>[http://golov.me/2015/02/28/khl-attendance-stats-14-15/ KHL attendance stats 2014–15]</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:left"
!Season||Total Attendance||Average Attendance
|-
||[[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]] || 3,883,947 || 5,298
|-
||[[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=3974|title=Attendance 2009–2010|publisher=|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref> || 4,219,305 || 5,474
|-
||[[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]] || 4,288,666 || 5,785 
|-
||[[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]]<ref name="iihf.com"/> || 4,321,518 || 5,891
|-
||[[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]] || 4,775,366 || 6,106
|-
||[[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]] || 4,596,836 || 6,081
|-
||[[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]] || 5,395,035 || 6,422
|-
|}

==All-Star Game==
{{main|Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game}} 
The [[Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game]] is an exhibition game held annually in the midway point (usually January or February) of the season, with the league's star players playing against each other. Previously played Russian players versus the "rest of the world", now it is Eastern versus Western Conference.

==See also==
* [[Ice Hockey Federation of Russia]]
* [[Russian Elite Hockey Scoring Champion]]
* [[Russian Elite Hockey Goal Scoring Champion]]
* [[List of current KHL team rosters]]

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== References ==
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== External links ==
;Official KHL
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* {{Twitter|@khl}} 
* {{YouTube|u=KHLofficialvideo|Kontinental Hockey League}}

;Third party
* [http://www.khlnhl.ru/en/ KHL vs NHL exhibition games official homepage]
* [http://eurohockey.com/league/395-khl.html KHL news and stats from Eurohockey]
* [http://www.khlptu.ru/ Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union] {{ru icon}}

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