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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.
Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov is coming off the best season of his career, but the 25-year-old Russian will be a restricted free agent this July. The Caps control Orlov’s rights at the NHL level, but he also has suitors overseas.
Friday morning, CSKA President Igor Esmantovich announced that the Moscow-based KHL team is in talks with Orlov.
Capitals goaltending prospect Ilya Samsonov stopped 36 of 39 shots in a 3-2 loss to Vityaz Podolsk on Wednesday. Although Samsonov was outstanding — he turned away 13 shots during the first period alone — two of the three goals he gave up show areas where the 19-year-old is still vulnerable: rebound-control, positioning, and protecting the top shelf.
By Graham Dumas 4 years ago
Thursday before a KHL game between Admiral Vladivostok and Amur Khabarovsk, guitarist Denis Kim of the group Starkillers performed the Russian national anthem while wearing a black Amur jersey.
Except Kim didn’t sing, he shredded the anthem like a bad Poison guitar solo.
