2008–09 KHL season

2008–09 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League Ice hockey 200px September 2, 2008 – April 12, 2009 24 Regular season RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa Regular-season winner RUS 16px Danis Zaripov Ak Bars Kazan RUS 16px Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast Playoffs RUS 16px Alexei Morozov Ak Bars Kazan Gagarin Cup 2009 Gagarin Cup Finals RUS Ak Bars Kazan RUS 16px Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League#Seasons overview KHL 2007–08 Russian Superleague season 2007–08 2009–10 KHL season 2009–10 The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on April 12, 2009.http://www.fhr.ru/news_english/eng_Calendar_of_KHL_for_a_season Russian Ice Hockey Federation 2008-08-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080828042455/http://www.fhr.ru/news_english/eng_Calendar_of_KHL_for_a_season 2008-08-28 24 teams each played 56 games. League business NHL player transfer KHL teams signed several players from the NHL, including Jaromír Jágr, Alexander Radulov, Ray Emery,https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242925 Emery signs one-year deal with Russian team – tsn.ca 2017-12-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080715184121/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242925 2008-07-15 dead Sergei Brylin, Ladislav Nagy, Jozef Stümpel, Marcel Hossa, Ben Clymer, Alexei Zhitnik, Bryan Berard and Chris Simon. Dispute A dispute between the two leagues over some of these signings was supposed to have been resolved by an agreement signed on July 10, whereby each league would honor the contracts of the other, but the signing of Alexander Radulov was made public one day after the agreement (though it was actually signed two days prior to the agreement taking effect),http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/07/11/radulov-on-his-return-to-russia/ Radulov on His Return to Russia – NHL FanHouse 2008-12-17 2009-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090901075114/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/07/11/radulov-on-his-return-to-russia/ dead leading to an investigation by the International Ice Hockey Federation.Predator inks debatable deal – iihf.com https://web.archive.org/web/20081216075636/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/radulov-inks-debatable-deal.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=7ad8380bb7 2008-12-16 Finances Ownership On a deal dated October 30, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works bought 11.76% of the KHL.http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/315629 Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works bought 11.76% of the authorized capital of KHL – sovsport.ru 2008-12-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215000001/http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/315629 2012-02-15 dead Salary cap The league has implemented a salary cap. Economic trouble Metallurg Novokuznetsk experienced difficulty financing its operations due to the Great Recession. Team sponsor Evraz Group was rumoured to cut funding. HC MVD experienced delays in paying players, while Khimik Voskresensk has run itself into debt. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has been forced to cut staff expenditures by 30%. Avangard Omsk owner Roman Abramovich has promised to continue financial support so long as the team maintains good results. Other teams experiencing financial limitations are Vityaz Chekhov, Atlant Moscow Oblast, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, HC CSKA Moscow. As far as the league is concerned it has devised a "crisis package" for dealing with the economic turmoil. Cuts will be made to non-salary expenditures, such as pre-game activity, training camps, and elimination of pre-season tournaments. Mid-level player salaries may also be rolled back. Divisional re-alignment will also take place for the 2009–10 season to cut down on travel costs. Inaugural All-Star Game The inaugural KHL All-Star Game took place on January 10, 2009. Each team consisted of ten forwards, five defensemen, and two goaltenders. The starting rosters were voted upon on the KHL.ru website and decided by December 22. The secondary lines and goaltenders were to be voted upon by the media, and announced December 26, with the following players and reserves announced by January 8. The game took place in Moscow's Red Square, with Team Jágr (International All-Stars) defeating Team Yashin (Russian All-Stars) 7–6. Regular season Death of Alexei Cherepanov Alexei Cherepanov#Death On October 13, 2008 during a match between Avangard Omsk and Vityaz Chekhov, forward Alexei Cherepanov died due to a heart condition. On December 29, 2008, Russian investigators revealed that he suffered from myocarditis, a condition where not enough blood gets to the heart, and that he should not have been playing professional hockey. The federal Investigative Committee also announced that a chemical analysis of Cherepanov's blood and urine samples allowed experts to conclude "that for several months Alexei Cherepanov engaged in doping".https://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261215 Russian investigators say Cherepanov was 'doping' The Sports Network 2008-12-29 5 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20081231160631/http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261215 31 December 2008 live Official sources have stated the banned substance taken was nikethamide, a stimulant, and that it had been taken 3 hours prior to the game in which he died.http://www.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=10149 Заявление Континентальной хоккейной лиги по итогам расследования обстоятельств смерти хоккеиста Алексея Черепанова KHL.ru 2008-12-30 5 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090113155549/http://www.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=10149 13 January 2009 live Omsk club director Mikhail Denisov has since been fired, whereas the league Disciplinary Committee has since removed Omsk's doctors from that role with the club, and has suspended Avangard general manager Anatoly Bardin and team president Konstantin Potapov. The KHL Disciplinary Committee met on this matter on January 5,https://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261479 KHLfires Omsk doctors The Sports Network 2008-12-31 5 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090112162335/http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261479 12 January 2009 live and also suspended Chekhov's team president.http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=263478&lid=sublink04&lpos=headlines_main Officials suspended The Sports Network 2008-01-15 16 January 2009 2011-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015715/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=263478&lid=sublink04&lpos=headlines_main dead League standings Final standings.http://www.khl.ru/statistics/index160.php?lang=en KHL Official Statistics for season 2008/2009 2009-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161931/http://www.khl.ru/statistics/index160.php?lang=en 2011-07-21 dead Points have been awarded as follows: 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W") 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW") 1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL") 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")     Division winner     Qualified for playoffs RankTeam GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa56 38 4 1 3 2 8 203 116 1292 Russia Ak Bars Kazan56 36 1 3 3 3 10 189 123 1223 Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl56 32 2 2 4 3 13 175 111 1114 Russia CSKA Moscow56 27 4 3 7 4 11 176 141 1065 Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast56 35 3 4 2 1 11 189 111 1226 Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk56 25 2 11 2 1 15 174 148 1047 Russia Dynamo Moscow56 27 4 3 3 2 17 184 143 1008 Russia SKA Saint Petersburg56 26 2 7 4 0 17 143 105 1009 Russia Spartak Moscow56 26 1 5 2 1 21 173 158 9310 Latvia Dinamo Riga56 24 3 2 3 1 23 132 1568611 Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod56 24 2 2 3 1 24 162 162 8412 Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk56 24 0 2 5 3 22 142 166 8413 Russia Lada Togliatti56 21 3 5 2 3 22 120 116 8414 Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk56 22 2 1 5 2 24 146 140 7915 Kazakhstan Barys Astana56 20 3 4 2 2 25 174 191 7816 Russia Avangard Omsk56 19 2 6 1 4 24 161 164 7817 Russia Severstal Cherepovets56 19 1 7 2 2 25 142 171 7718 Russia HC MVD56 20 2 4 1 0 29 142 159 7319 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk56 15 1 5 2 5 28 146 172 6420 Russia Amur Khabarovsk56 15 2 2 6 1 30 111 158 6021 Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk56 12 3 2 5 2 31 127 157 5422 Belarus Dinamo Minsk56 12 1 2 5 2 34 124 197 4923 Russia Vityaz Chekhov 566 2 3 7 5 33 134 225 4024 Russia Khimik Voskresensk56 8 3 0 7 2 36 108 187 39 Divisional standing DR LR Bobrov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 1 Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa56 38 4 1 3 2 8 203 116 1292 5 Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast56 35 3 4 2 1 11 189 111 1223 9 Russia Spartak Moscow56 26 1 5 2 1 21 173 158 934 17 Russia Severstal Cherepovets56 19 1 7 2 2 25 142 171 775 21 Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk56 12 3 2 5 2 31 127 157 546 22 Belarus Dinamo Minsk56 12 1 2 5 2 34 124 197 49 DR LR Tarasov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 4 Russia CSKA Moscow56 27 4 3 7 4 11 176 141 1062 6 Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk56 25 2 11 2 1 15 174 148 1043 8 Russia SKA Saint Petersburg56 26 2 7 4 0 17 143 105 1004 12 Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk56 24 0 2 5 3 22 142 166 845 18 Russia HC MVD56 20 2 4 1 0 29 142 159 736 24 Russia Khimik Voskresensk56 8 3 0 7 2 36 108 187 39 DR LR Kharlamov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 3 Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl56 32 2 2 4 3 13 175 111 1112 10 Latvia Dinamo Riga56 24 3 2 3 1 23 132 156863 13 Russia Lada Togliatti56 21 3 5 2 3 22 120 116 844 16 Russia Avangard Omsk56 19 2 6 1 4 24 161 164 785 19 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk56 15 1 5 2 5 28 146 172 646 20 Russia Amur Khabarovsk56 15 2 2 6 1 30 11 158 60 DR LR Chernyshev Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 2 Russia Ak Bars Kazan56 36 1 3 3 3 10 189 123 1222 7 Russia Dynamo Moscow56 27 4 3 3 2 17 184 143 1003 11 Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod56 24 2 2 3 1 24 162 162 844 14 Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk56 22 2 1 5 2 24 146 140 795 15 Kazakhstan Barys Astana56 20 3 4 2 2 25 174 191 786 23 Russia Vityaz Chekhov 566 2 3 7 5 33 134 225 40 League leaders Goals CZE Jan Marek (Magnitogorsk) 35 Assists RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) 42 Points RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) 76 Shots CAN Kevin Dallman (Astana) 218 Plus–minus RUS Alexei Tereschenko (Ufa) +41 Penalty minutes CAN Chris Simon (Chekhov) 263 Wins (Goaltenders) RUS Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl) 30 Goals against average RUS Dmitri Yachanov (SKA) 1.47 Save percentage KAZ Vitaly Kolesnik (Atlant) .945 Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played Scoring leaders GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast 56 34 42 76 +34 14CZE Jan Marek Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 53 35 37 72 +26 62RUS Aleksey Morozov Alexei Morozov Ak Bars Kazan 49 32 39 71 +22 22RUS Danis Zaripov Ak Bars Kazan 56 34 31 65 +26 26CAN Kevin Dallman Barys Astana 53 28 30 58 +6 137RUS Alexei Tereschenko Salavat Yulaev Ufa 55 28 30 58 +41 22CZE Jaromír Jágr Avangard Omsk 55 25 28 53 −1 62RUS Alexander Korolyuk Atlant Moscow Oblast 56 21 32 53 +21 32KAZ Alexander Perezhogin Salavat Yulaev Ufa 55 28 24 52 +34 32RUS Konstantin Glazachev Barys Astana 56 28 24 52 −7 30 Playoffs 2009 Gagarin Cup Finals right|175px|thumb|The Gagarin Cup Preliminary Round(best of 5) Quarter-finals(best of 5) Semi-finals(best of 7) Gagarin Cup Finals(best of 7) 170 1 RUS Salavat Yulaev 1 16 RUS Avangard 3 2 RUS Ak Bars 3 15 KAZ Barys Astana 0 3 RUS Lokomotiv 3 14 RUS Neftekhimik 1 4 RUS CSKA 3 13 RUS Lada 2 5 RUS Atlant 3 12 RUS Traktor 0 6 RUS Metallurg Mg 3 11 RUS Torpedo 0 7 RUS Dynamo Msk 3 10 LAT Dinamo Rg 0 8 RUS SKA 0 9 RUS Spartak 3 2 RUS Ak Bars 3 16 RUS Avangard 2 3 RUS Lokomotiv 3 9 RUS Spartak 0 4 RUS CSKA 0 7 RUS Dynamo Msk 3 5 RUS Atlant 1 6 RUS Metallurg Mg 3 2 RUS Ak Bars 4 7 RUS Dynamo Msk 2 3 RUS Lokomotiv 4 6 RUS Metallurg Mg 1 2 RUS Ak Bars 4 3 RUS Lokomotiv 3 Playoff leaders Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/players/186/skaters/ KHL Playoff Statistics: Skaters KHL.ru 28 February 2011 http://en.khl.ru/stat/players/186/goalies/ KHL Playoff Statistics: Goalies KHL.ru 28 February 2011 Goals FIN Jukka Hentunen (Kazan) 9 Assists RUS Alexei Morozov (Kazan)RUS Alexei Yashin (Yaroslavl) 11 Points RUS Alexei Morozov (Kazan) 19 Shots RUS Danis Zaripov (Kazan) 71 Plus–minus RUS Ilya Nikulin (Kazan) +13 Penalty minutes RUS Grigori Panin (Kazan) 69 Wins (Goaltenders) RUS Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl) 13 Goals against average KAZ Vitali Yeremeyev (Dynamo M) 1.63 Save percentage RUS Alexander Pimankin (Nizhny Novgorod) 94.4 Shutouts RUS Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl) 5 Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played Scoring leaders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/165/pts/ Player Stats: 2008–2009 Playoffs: All Skaters – Total Points Kontinental Hockey League 28 February 2011 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Alexei Morozov Ak Bars Kazan 21 8 11 19 +8 12RUS Alexei Yashin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 19 7 11 18 +3 10SWE Tony Mårtensson Ak Bars Kazan 21 7 9 16 +10 2SWE Mattias Weinhandl Dynamo Moscow 12 6 10 16 +8 4RUS Danis Zaripov Ak Bars Kazan 21 6 10 16 +9 8 Leading goaltenders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/165/gaa/ Player Stats: 2009–2010 Playoff: Goalie – Goals Against Average Kontinental Hockey League 28 February 2011 GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAAKAZ Vitali Yeremeyev Dynamo Moscow 12 700:01 8 4 19 1 .927 1.63RUS Stanislav Galimov Ak Bars Kazan 7 396:05 3 2 11 1 .926 1.67FIN Jussi Markkanen CSKA Moscow 7 379:16 3 3 11 2 .934 1.74RUS Georgi Gelashvili Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 19 1,129:56 13 6 33 5 .933 1.75CAN Ray Emery Atlant Moscow Oblast 7 418:56 4 3 13 1 .941 1.86 Awards Players of the Month Best KHL players of each month.KHL Best players (in Russian) MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookieSeptemberRUS Alexander Eremenko (Ufa)SWE Magnus Johansson (Atlant)RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)RUS Maxim Kitsyn (Novokuznetsk)OctoberKAZ Vitaly Kolesnik (Atlant)RUS Ilya Nikulin (Kazan)CZE Jan Marek (Magnitogorsk)RUS Andrei Kolesnikov (Chekhov)NovemberUSA Robert Esche (St. Petersburg)RUS Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA)RUS Alexei Tereshchenko (Ufa)RUS Stanislav Galimov (Kazan)DecemberCZE Martin Prusek (Riga)CZE Karel Rachůnek (Dynamo M)RUS Danis Zaripov (Kazan)RUS Alexandr Vasiliev (Chekhov)JanuaryKAZ Vitaliy Yeremeyev (Dynamo M)RUS Vitali Proshkin (Ufa)RUS Alexander Korolyuk (Atlant)RUS Alexandr Vasiliev (Chekhov)FebruaryGER Dimitrij Kotschnew (Spartak)SVK Peter Podhradský (Torpedo)RUS Danis Zaripov (Kazan)RUS Stepan Zakharchuk (Togliatti)MarchRUS Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)RUS Ilya Nikulin (Kazan)SWE Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo M) KHL Awards On 15 May 2009, the KHL held their first award ceremony. A total of 23 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media.Kontinental Hockey League Awarded Laureates Of 2008/2009 Season khl.ru, 2009-05-15. Accessed 2009-06-20. Archived 2009-06-22. The most important trophies are listed in the table below. Golden Hockey Stick Trophy (regular-season MVP) RUS Danis Zaripov (Kazan) Play-off Master Award (play-off MVP) RUS Alexei Morozov (Kazan) Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) RUS Ilya Proskuryakov (Magnitogorsk) References Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons 1 1