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CSKA won 6-5 over SKA at home, and that is now six straight KHL wins for the Moscow side. There were 11 goals between the two clubs, and SKA took 5 of them away from CSKA's building. Nikolai…
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Toronto now have the forward Columbus had refused to give away cheaply. Kirill Marchenko has signed a six-year, $75m contract with the Maple Leafs after a trade from the Blue Jackets, his agent Dan…
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SKA keep winning, and Igor Larionov is not entirely happy with how they are doing it. The 5:3 win over Barys in Astana was a fourth straight and, according to one report, a seventh in 8 games , which…
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Neftekhimik now lead the Eastern Conference. The Nizhnekamsk side won 6:3 away at Barys and have 13 points from 9 games, which puts them above Metallurg. According to one report, the game was settled…
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The death of Alexander Kuzmenko, head coach of the National Hockey Centre and father of Andrei Kuzmenko, is confirmed by six sources. He died after a bear attack in Tuva. The news arrives with the…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 23.09.2026
The Islanders have their second goaltender back after almost two years. Semyon Varlamov , 38, played his first game since November 2024, after two operations according to reports. He replaced Ilya…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 22.09.2026
Omsk are staring at a run they cannot stop. Torpedo beat Avangard 5-1 in Nizhny Novgorod, a third straight defeat for Guy Boucher's side and a first win for the hosts after seven losses in a row.…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 21.09.2026
Ak Bars have lost their new forward after five games: Kevin Hayes is leaving Kazan and retiring. Four outlets confirm it. The former Pittsburgh and New York Rangers forward leaves a squad that…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 20.09.2026
Yaroslavl's unbeaten start is over, and it went in one direction only: Lokomotiv lost 0:5 at home to Barys . The Astana side now have 4 wins from 6 and travel better than their recent reputation…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 19.09.2026
Dinamo Moscow arrived in Khabarovsk on a run and left it behind them: Amur's 4-0 was the club's 400th win in the KHL. Oleg Li finished with 3 (1+2) points. Leonid Tambiev put the result on the…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 18.09.2026
Yaroslavl are 6-0 from the start of the season and now sit top of the Western Conference, and they have got there the same way each time: low totals, a lead protected, the game seen out. Lokomotiv…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 17.09.2026
Winnipeg open camp without their first-choice goaltender, and it is the club that put him there: Connor Hellebuyck did not report, and the Jets suspended him, ESPN reported. While the suspension…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 16.09.2026
Winnipeg have gone public with a standoff with their best player. The club suspended Connor Hellebuyck after the goaltender did not report to training camp, ESPN reported, and a second outlet has…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 15.09.2026
Ryan Leonard's eight-year, $84m deal with Washington ties the 21-year-old forward to the club until 2034 and settles the most expensive piece of business in the league this week. The money puts him…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 14.09.2026
Nizhny Novgorod finally has its new home, and Torpedo christened Volga Arena with a 3-2 win over Ak Bars. The result was not secure until late: Torpedo forward Vladislav Firstov suggested afterwards…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 13.09.2026
The champions left Moscow with 2 points. Lokomotiv won 3:2 away to CSKA and stay top of the Western Conference. CSKA also had a goal ruled out. Dmitry Kvartalnov said the call belonged to the…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 12.09.2026
Traktor are without Vitali Kravtsov . The forward has left the Chelyabinsk squad, flown home and said he will not play for the club while Ivan Savin is general manager. By one report, the…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 11.09.2026
A video-analysis official has been stood down after the KHL's officiating department accepted that CSKA's goal against Admiral should have stood. The admission changes nothing on the scoresheet:…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 10.09.2026
Barry Melrose, who played 300 games in the NHL and coached Los Angeles to the 1993 Stanley Cup final, has died at 70, ESPN reported . For most viewers he was not a coach at all but the man in the…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 09.09.2026
Spartak have tied down the man who has played more KHL games than anyone, with forward Sergei Lukyantsev signing a fresh deal announced on the club's website and confirmed by two outlets. The timing…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 08.09.2026
Jean-Sébastien Dea has stopped playing at 32, an age at which most forwards of his standing are still filing contracts rather than closing the file on them. The Quebec forward's career ran through…
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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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Ice hockey: the main stories of 06.09.2026
Magnitogorsk have lost the man whose name is on most of the club's records: Sergei Mozyakin has left his post as Metallurg's development director. The Olympic champion and the KHL's all-time leading…
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Ice hockey: the main stories of 05.09.2026
Vancouver have tied up their best young defenceman before he ever reaches free agency: Zeev Buium , 20, has put his name to eight years at 9.38 million dollars a season, with the deal only beginning…
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