2014–15 KHL season

2014–15 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League Ice hockey 3 September 2014 – 19 April 2015 60 28 Regular season RUS CSKA Moscow Continental Cup winner RUS Alexander Radulov Playoffs 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs Western RUS SKA Saint Petersburg RUS 16px CSKA Moscow Eastern RUS Ak Bars Kazan RUS 16px Sibir Novosibirsk Gagarin Cup RUS SKA Saint Petersburg RUS Ak Bars Kazan #Awards KHL#Seasons overview KHL 2013–14 KHL season 2013–14 2015–16 KHL season 2015–16 The 2014–15 KHL season was the seventh season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 3 September with the Opening Cup between defending champions Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow, replacing Lev Praha, last year's runner up who did not participate this season.http://www.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2014-2015_regular.pdf КАЛЕНДАРЬ МАТЧЕЙ КХЛ СЕЗОНА 2014-15 2014-07-17 2014-07-18 Team changes Prior to the season, the KHL added three more teams: Jokerit from Helsinki, Lada Togliatti (an earlier member of the KHL that spent the last four seasons in the VHL) and HC Sochi, an expansion team from Sochi.http://en.khl.ru/news/2014/04/30/27837.html Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada 2014-04-30 2014-05-03 HC Donbass did not play in the league this season, due to the war in Donbas, which caused a devastating fire at their home arena. Donbass intended to rejoin KHL for the 2015–16 season,http://en.khl.ru/news/2014/06/19/227566.html Donbass to miss 2014-15 season 2014-06-19 2014-06-19 but ultimately joined the new Ukrainian Hockey Extra League. HC Lev Praha didn't participate in KHL this season either, because of financial problems.http://www.hokej.cz/cz/lev-v-khl/smutne-ocekavani-potvrzeno-prazsky-lev-neprezil-klinickou-smrt-v-pristi-sezone-khl-bude-chybet/?1=rw Smutné očekávání potvrzeno! Pražský Lev nepřežil klinickou smrt, v příští sezoně KHL bude chybět 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115632/http://www.hokej.cz/cz/lev-v-khl/smutne-ocekavani-potvrzeno-prazsky-lev-neprezil-klinickou-smrt-v-pristi-sezone-khl-bude-chybet/?1=rw 2014-07-14 In addition, Spartak Moscow did not participate in the league this season, after missing the deadline for shoring up its finances.У министра конструктивная позиция по легионерам http://www.championat.com/hockey/article-195235-prezident-kkhl--o-ska-spartake-limite-fkhr.html 2014-04-22 2014-05-10 Divisions and regular season format New for this season, is that the teams primarily play games against teams in their own division, and secondarily against teams in their own conference, and finally against teams in the other conference. According to the new format (subject to final approval by the League management) each team will play a total of 60 games during the regular season as follows: 24 games against the other teams in their division (two at home and two on the road against each opponent), 14 games (one at home and one on the road against each opponent), against the teams in the other division in their conference, 14 more against teams from the other conference (comprising seven home games versus teams from one division and seven road games against teams from the other), 8 games where four will be against teams in their own conference (two at home, two on the road) and four against opposition from the other conference (again, two at home and two on the road). When determining the opponents and venues for these additional 8 games, the League consider practical things, including the geographical locations and the availability of the arenas.http://en.khl.ru/news/2014/07/09/27893.html Regular Season Format Unveiled 2014-07-09 2014-07-11 How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences are shown in the table below. Western ConferenceEastern Conference Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division FIN Jokerit RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS Ak Bars Kazan RUS Admiral Vladivostok BLR Dinamo Minsk RUS CSKA Moscow RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg RUS Amur Khabarovsk LAT Dinamo Riga RUS Dynamo Moscow RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Avangard Omsk RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk KAZ Barys Astana CRO Medveščak Zagreb RUS Severstal Cherepovets RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk RUS SKA Saint Petersburg RUS HC Sochi RUS Lada Togliatti RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa SVK Slovan Bratislava RUS Vityaz Podolsk RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS Sibir Novosibirsk Regular season The regular season began on 3 September 2014 with the Opening Cup between Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow. Metallurg won the game 6–1.http://en.khl.ru/game/266/41559/resume/ Game resume, khl.ru 3 September 2014 4 September 2014 Player statistics Scoring leaders GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes 24 Feb 2015 Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 46 24 47 71 +37 143CZE Jan KovářMetallurg Magnitogorsk 60 24 44 68 +15 50 RUS Danis Zaripov Metallurg Magnitogorsk 60 24 40 64 +13 40FRA Stéphane Da Costa CSKA Moscow 46 30 32 62 +26 12RUS Artemy Panarin SKA Saint Petersburg 54 26 36 62 +18 37 BLR Charles Linglet Dinamo Minsk 54 22 36 58 –2 59 USA Steve Moses Jokerit 60 36 21 57 +11 20CAN Matt Ellison Dinamo Minsk 58 24 33 57 –2 38 CAN Nigel Dawes Barys Astana 60 32 24 56 +18 48RUS Denis Parshin Avangard Omsk 60 25 31 56 +18 40 Leading goaltenders GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average 24 Feb 2015 Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA BLR Kevin Lalande CSKA Moscow 23 1297:10 16 3 2 30 6 .934 1.39 RUS Alexander Lazushin Dynamo Moscow 21 1156:59 13 3 1 28 5 .946 1.45 SWE Anders Nilsson Ak Bars Kazan 38 2247:52 20 9 8 64 5 .936 1.71 RUS Emil Garipov Ak Bars Kazan 23 1383:26 16 5 2 41 1 .933 1.78 RUS Stanislav Galimov CSKA Moscow 35 2055:31 23 5 5 61 6 .919 1.78 Russian Ice Hockey Championship At the end of the regular season of the KHL Championship the following teams became medalists of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship:KHL Sports Regulations. Seasons 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017ru RankTeamImage:gold medal icon.svg RUS CSKA MoscowImage:silver medal icon.svg RUS SKA Saint PetersburgImage:bronze medal icon.svg RUS Dynamo Moscow Playoffs 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs right|thumb|200px|Gagarin Cup The playoffs started on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 19th with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/02/25/233267.html All Set for Quarter-Finals khl.ru 2015-02-25 SKA Saint Petersburg won the trophy for the first time in its history after defeating Ak Bars Kazan in the final series. Before that, they won the conference final after trailing 0-3 against CSKA Moscow, which is the only reverse sweep in the history of the KHL. https://www.khl.ru/news/2024/03/22/529406.html Отыграться с 0-3 и проклятие Кубка Континента khl.ru 2024-03-22 Bracket Bracket Final standings RankTeam 1 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg 2 RUS Ak Bars Kazan 3 RUS CSKA Moscow 4 RUS Sibir Novosibirsk 5 RUS Dynamo Moscow 6 FIN Jokerit 7 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk 8 RUS Avangard Omsk 9 BLR Dinamo Minsk 10 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 11 KAZ Barys Astana 12 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 13 RUS HC Sochi 14 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa 15 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk 16 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 17 RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast 18 RUS Severstal Cherepovets 19 RUS Admiral Vladivostok 20 RUS Vityaz Podolsk 21 LAT Dinamo Riga 22 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 23 CRO Medveščak Zagreb 24 RUS Lada Togliatti 25 RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 26 SVK Slovan Bratislava 27 RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk 28 RUS Amur Khabarovsk Awards Players of the Month Best KHL players of each month. MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookieSeptemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2014/10/02/229023.html September's finest: Galimov, Belov, Shirokov & Kamenev khl.ru 2014-10-02 RUS Stanislav Galimov (CSKA Moscow) RUS Anton Belov (SKA St. Petersburg) RUS Sergei Shirokov (Avangard Omsk) RUS Vladislav Kamenev (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)Octoberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2014/11/05/230263.html October's finest: Kasutin, Chudinov, Panarin and Nalimov khl.ru 2014-11-05 RUS Ivan Kasutin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) RUS Maxim Chudinov (SKA St. Petersburg) RUS Artemy Panarin (SKA St. Petersburg) RUS Ivan Nalimov (Admiral Vladivostok)Novemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2014/12/02/231010.html November's finest: Koskinen, Misharin, Grigorenko & Koledov khl.ru 2014-12-02 FIN Mikko Koskinen (Sibir Novosibirsk) RUS Georgi Misharin (CSKA Moscow) RUS Igor Grigorenko (CSKA Moscow) RUS Pavel Koledov (HC Sochi)Decemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/01/01/231838.html December's finest: Garnett, Bailen, Kugryshev & Musin khl.ru 2015-01-01 CAN Michael Garnett (Traktor Chelyabinsk) USA Nick Bailen (Dinamo Minsk) RUS Dmitri Kugryshev (Sibir Novosibirsk) RUS Damir Musin (Ak Bars Kazan)Januaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/02/03/232764.html January's finest: Lazushin, Semenov, Varnakov & Leshchenko khl.ru 2015-02-03 RUS Alexander Lazushin (Dynamo Moscow) RUS Alexei Semenov (Vityaz Podolsk) RUS Mikhail Varnakov (Ak Bars Kazan) RUS Vyacheslav Leshchenko (Atlant Moscow Oblast)Februaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/03/02/233411.html February's finest: Nilsson, Quint, Linglet & Mamin khl.ru 2015-03-02 SWE Anders Nilsson (Ak Bars Kazan) USA Deron Quint (Traktor Chelyabinsk) CAN BLR Charles Linglet (Dinamo Minsk) RUS Maxim Mamin (CSKA Moscow)Marchhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/04/01/234157.html March's finest: Nilsson, Denisov, Radulov & Semyonov khl.ru 2015-04-01 SWE Anders Nilsson (Ak Bars Kazan) RUS Denis Denisov (CSKA Moscow) RUS Alexander Radulov (CSKA Moscow) RUS Kirill Semyonov (Avangard Omsk)Aprilhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/04/22/234158.html April's finest: Koskinen, Chudinov and Dadonov khl.ru 2015-04-22 FIN Mikko Koskinen (SKA St. Petersburg) RUS Maxim Chudinov (SKA St. Petersburg) RUS Evgenii Dadonov (SKA St. Petersburg) Not awarded Milestones On September 13, 2014, the Metallurg Magnitogorsk forward Sergei Mozyakin recorded his 400th KHL regular season career point. He became the first player in league history to reach this milestone. On September 24, 2014, the Metallurg Magnitogorsk forward Danis Zaripov recorded his 300th KHL regular season career point. He became the third player in league history to reach this milestone. On October 5, 2014, Ak Bars Kazan coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov coached his 800th career game in Russian championships. On October 6, 2014, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod forward Wojtek Wolski set a new league record for the fastest hat-trick in the game against Sibir Novosibirsk scoring in 1 minute 46 seconds. On February 18, 2015, Jokerit forward Steve Moses scored his 36th goal against Atlant Moscow Oblast and broke the league record for the most goals scored during one season. References 30em Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons 1 1 Category:2014–15 in Finnish ice hockey