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Ice hockey: the main stories of 07.09.2026

Three days after losing their opener 0-1 at home to Torpedo, Spartak went to the CSKA Arena and took the Moscow derby 3-2, the one fixture on the card where the history between them adds an edge. One…

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Four hockey players in illustration: one in red jersey #17, dark blue #13, blue with panther #17 and black-gold #9

Three days after losing their opener 0-1 at home to Torpedo, Spartak went to the CSKA Arena and took the Moscow derby 3-2, the one fixture on the card where the history between them adds an edge. One outlet reports the winner was Maxim Comtois's first goal for the club. Alexei Zhamnov said his players battled and had to hold the tempo; Igor Nikitin's reading was blunter, that Spartak were the more charged side and that it is absurd to wait on luck without full effort. The result steadies a club that terminated Evgeni Svechnikov's contract on 4 September and, by all accounts, lost most of its pre-season matches — the run that led Vladimir Plyushchev to argue the disorder was visible in the summer and to send the questions to Spartak's coaching council.

Zhamnov Praises Kotlyarov as Spartak Beat CSKA 3-2
Zhamnov Praises Kotlyarov as Spartak Beat CSKA 3-2

Fifteen years on from the Yak-42 crash outside Yaroslavl, Lokomotiv posted a tribute to the squad lost on 7 September 2011, players and staff of Shanghai Dragons laid flowers at the memorial, and former Sibir goaltender Yuri Kluchnikov spoke about his friendship with Stefan Liv. At the Ice Palace, SKA beat Dinamo Moscow 5-3, with Leonid Tambiev pointing to a goal conceded straight from a faceoff and a three-minute spell that cost his team the night. Avangard fared worse in their first game of the season: 0-4 at home to Salavat Yulaev, and Michael McLeod left the ice in the second period, with one report suggesting a long lay-off.

SKA rally past Dinamo Moscow for 5:3 win
SKA rally past Dinamo Moscow for 5:3 win
  • Barys beat Sibir 7-1, Vsevolod Logvin opening on the 13th minute; Sibir have now lost both of their opening fixtures.
  • Salavat Yulaev have taken two away wins from two, having beaten Severstal 3-2 before Omsk; they are at Avangard's expense top of the early standings on 4 points.
  • Ak Bars saw off Admiral 2-0, Anvar Gatiyatulin calling the performance a coherent one.
  • Traktor won 4-3 in overtime at Avtomobilist, whose coach Alexei Kudashov said the start at a full house was poor and that the new group is still settling.
  • Torpedo edged Dinamo Minsk 4-3 in a shootout; Alexei Isakov said 17-year-old Skvortsov has shown he can play in the league.
  • Sport-Express reports a three-way deal — Yegor Sokolov to Ak Bars, Vladimir Alistrov to Dinamo Minsk, Kolyachonok's rights to Nizhny Novgorod — so far on one report only.
  • Elliotte Friedman reports Minnesota and Quinn Hughes will meet shortly to discuss an extension.
  • NHL Network's top-50 list has Artemi Panarin 39th, Ilya Sorokin 35th, William Nylander 32nd and Cole Caufield 31st.
  • SKA presented a retro kit for the club's 80th anniversary, drawing on shirts from several eras.

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