If you have a bad case of the Mondays, let KHL team Avangard Omsk help you feel better.
On a delayed penalty from Barys Astana, Avangard maintained possession in the offensive zone. While looking for a shot from the slot, the puck bounced off the foot of Avangard’s Andrei Stas and ohhhhhh noooooooooo.
You guys, the puck went all the way down the ice and went into their own net.
By Julia Karron 2 years ago
Over the summer, former Capital and forever brobean Michael Latta left North American hockey behind and joined Chinese team Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental League on a one-year contract.
Latta’s first tally for the Beijing based team — which has Wayne Gretzky as their global ambassador — came eight games into his KHL career, against Avtomobilist on Sunday. And, as far as first goals go, it was pretty sweet.
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
All good things must come to an end: such is the case with Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s KHL record for points scored by a player under 20.
On January 9, Nashville Predators prospect Eeli Tolvanen scored his 33rd point of the season, bypassing Kuznetsov with eight games left in the KHL’s regular season.
By Graham Dumas 2 years ago
If you needed a laugh today, I have a video that you may enjoy.
During KHL action on Wednesday, Barys Astana forward Talgat Zhailauov had an embarrassing moment after serving a two-minute minor for hooking.
On Tuesday night in the KHL matchup between Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Ak Bars Kazan, Kazan defenseman Stepan Zakharchuk laid a huge, dirty hit on Metallurg’s Aleksandr Budkin.
It was not pretty.
By Graham Dumas 3 years ago
The KHL can be super fun sometimes and here’s another example.
Severstal Cherepovets goaltender Julius Hudacek gave fans one of his signature Hudashows Tuesday. The Slovakian netminder pumped up the crowd, conversed with a mascot, and balanced his stick on his face before tossing it ten rows into the crowd as a souvenir.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Monday, during a KHL game featuring Amur Khabarovsk and Ak Bars Kazan, defenseman Pavel Turbin scored a once-in-a-lifetime goal. With just over 11 minutes remaining in the game, Turbin took a pot shot from his own end towards the Ak Bars goal.
And… it went in.
By Rachel Cohen 3 years ago
Monday morning, R-Sport’s Semen Galkevich reported via an unnamed source that SKA Saint Petersberg was in the process of acquiring Evgeny Kuznetsov’s rights from Traktor Chelyabinsk. He added that the defending-champion KHL team had offered the restricted free agent a three-year, $18 million contract, possibly in May, which was turned down. Kuznetsov is signed to a NHL contract until June 30.
SKA Saint Petersberg responded to the report on their official Twitter account Monday.
Monday morning, R-Sport’s Semen Galkevich had a report on Evgeny Kuznetsov and the KHL from across the ocean.
According to Galkevich, SKA Saint Petersburg is purchasing Kuznetsov’s rights from his hometown KHL team, Traktor Chelyabinsk, for approximately $3 million. That move is reportedly happening “within a few weeks.”
Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov is a restricted free agent this July, but there’s no guarantee he will be back in the NHL next season. CSKA, who owns Orlov’s KHL rights until age 28, has expressed strong interest to try and sign the defender this summer.
“We are conducting serious negotiations with Orlov,” Igor Esmantovich said last week. “We have an understanding regarding this player. The head coach wants to see him on the team.”
Thursday, the team’s head coach Igor Nikitin spoke to sportfm.ru and confirmed the news.
