2010–11 KHL season

2010–11 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League Ice hockey 200px 8 September 2010 – 16 April 2011 23 Regular season RUS Avangard Omsk Continental Cup winner RUS 16px Alexander RadulovSalavat Yulaev Ufa RUS 16px Alexander RadulovSalavat Yulaev Ufa Playoffs Western RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast RUS 16px Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Eastern RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa RUS 16px Metallurg Magnitogorsk Gagarin Cup RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa RUS 16px Atlant Moscow Oblast RUS Konstantin BarulinAtlant Moscow Oblast #Awards KHL#Seasons overview KHL 2009–10 KHL season 2009–10 2011–12 KHL season 2011–12 The 2010–11 KHL season was the third season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 8 September 2010 and ended on 16 April 2011. The season started with the Opening Cup game between the last season's finalists, Ak Bars Kazan and UHC Dynamo, the new team that was created by merging last season's Western conference winner HC MVD with Dynamo Moscow. Salavat Yulaev Ufa won the Gagarin Cup and the Russian Championship after beating Atlant Moscow Oblast 4–1 in the play-off final series. League changes Team changes Folding of Lada Togliatti Lada Togliatti dropped out of the league and joined the Russian Major League instead, after failing to meet the league's financial requirements. Merger of HC MVD and Dynamo Moscow On 30 April 2010, it was announced that HC MVD would merge with Dynamo Moscow to form UHC Dynamo, which for the time being will play the majority of their games at Megasport Arena in Moscow, while also attempting to play some games in Balashikha. The current plan is to have a new, large and modernized arena constructed in Balashikha by 2012.http://dynamo.ru/press.php?full=12866 Святослав Петрушко: ОХК "Динамо" будет играть и в Москве, и в Балашихе 1 May 2010 October 2010 H3llBot Expansion teams By the deadline of 1 April 2010, six new teams from four different countries applied for KHL membership for this season: HC Yugra, Krylya Sovetov Moscow and Gazovik Tyumen from Russia; HC Budivelnyk from Kyiv, Ukraine; HC Lev from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; and Vėtra Vilnius from Lithuania.http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/4/1/27043.html Завершен прием заявок от клубов, желающих вступить в КХЛ khl.ru 2010-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100404050009/http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/4/1/27043.html 4 April 2010 live Of these teams, Budivelnyk and Yugra were initially accepted into the KHL,http://budivelnik.org/news.php?id=100 Medvedev: "Budivelnik" will play in the KHL " 1 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104455/http://budivelnik.org/news.php?id=100 2011-07-25 usurped but on 24 June 2010 Budivelnyk announced it is unable to participate in the KHL in the 2010–11 season because their stadium is not ready.http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/6/26/23872.html Budivelnik will not play in KHL 26 June 2010 Kontinental Hockey League 26 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100702203922/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/6/26/23872.html 2 July 2010 live On 16 July 2010, HC Lev, which in the meantime has been moved to Poprad in Slovakia, was accepted into the KHL,http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/7/19/23874.html HC Lev to join KHL 19 July 2010 Kontinental Hockey League 19 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100722182908/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/7/19/23874.html 22 July 2010 live but after the Slovak Hockey Federation's delay to give permit to the team, the KHL excluded Lev from the 2010–11 season.http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/7/28/27728.html ru:"Лев" не сыграет в ближайшем сезоне ru khl.ru 2010-07-28 Other changes Play-off format Unlike in the previous seasons, all play-off series were played in a best-of-seven format.http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/7/21/27709.html ru:Контуры сезона 21 July 2010 Kontinental Hockey League 21 July 2010 ru https://web.archive.org/web/20100724062251/http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/7/21/27709.html 24 July 2010 live Vuvuzelas ban The KHL administration has explicitly banned the sale and use of vuvuzelas, infamous since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in ice hockey arenas.http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/7/23/27717.html ru:КХЛ налагает запрет на использование вувузел 23 July 2010 Kontinental Hockey League 23 July 2010 ru https://web.archive.org/web/20100724235452/http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/7/23/27717.html 24 July 2010 live Regular season The regular season started on 8 September 2010 with the Opening Cup and ended on 20 February 2011. There were short breaks in November, December and February for international matches and for the all-star game. Each team played 54 games during the regular season. Notable events Opening Cup The first game of the season is traditionally the "Opening Cup" and is played between the two Gagarin Cup finalists from the previous season. Because previous season's runner-up HC MVD merged with Dynamo Moscow, the Opening Cup was played between defending champion Ak Bars Kazan and the newly formed UHC Dynamo. The game took place on 8 September 2010 at the TatNeft Arena in Kazan where UHC Dynamo beat Ak Bars Kazan 3–1. KHL versus NHL exhibition games List of KHL vs NHL games The Carolina Hurricanes played SKA Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in Saint Petersburg, Russia on October 4 (SKA won 5–3), and the Phoenix Coyotes played Dinamo Riga at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia on October 6 (Riga lost 1–3).http://www.khlnhl.ru/en/ Exhibition game KHL – NHL Kontinental Hockey League 26 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100729032920/http://www.khlnhl.ru/en/ 2010-07-29 dead Game in Switzerland On 23 December 2010, before the Spengler Cup started, the two participants from the KHL, SKA Saint Petersburg and Spartak Moscow, played an official regular-season game in the Vaillant Arena in Davos, Switzerland. It was the first KHL game played in central Europe. All-Star Game The All-Star weekend took place on 5 and 6 February 2011 in Saint Petersburg. League standings Source: KHL.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/ KHL Regular season standings KHL.ru 2010-09-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206031545/http://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/ 2010-02-06 dead Points were 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 Conference standings The conference standings determined the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference were reserved for the division winners. Western Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA PtsRUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl54 33 1 1 4 1 14 203 143 108RUS UHC Dynamo54 28 1 1 4 4 16 149 131 96RUS SKA Saint Petersburg54 23 3 6 5 4 13 171 144 96RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast54 21 4 7 4 2 16 138 115 91RUS Severstal Cherepovets54 25 2 3 0 4 20 145 142 89RUS Spartak Moscow54 24 1 1 3 3 22 129 142 82LAT Dinamo Riga54 20 2 5 5 2 20 160 149 81BLR Dinamo Minsk54 17 3 5 5 2 22 150 155 74RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod54 18 5 3 1 2 25 144 151 73RUS CSKA Moscow54 13 0 7 4 2 28 136 169 59RUS Vityaz Chekhov54 13 1 3 3 2 32 119 178 52 Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/standings/conference185/ Western Conference KHL.ru 2011-04-27 https://archive.today/20120708192252/http://en.khl.ru/standings/conference185/ 2012-07-08 dead Eastern Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA PtsRUS Avangard Omsk54 31 9 2 2 1 9 176 120 118RUS Ak Bars Kazan54 29 2 3 5 3 12 181 133 105RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa54 29 5 4 4 0 12 210 144 109RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk54 27 1 5 3 4 14 167 141 100RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk54 22 0 6 6 3 17 145 151 87Russia HC Sibir Novosibirsk54 22 2 4 1 4 21 133 131 83KAZ Barys Astana54 20 2 2 6 3 21 155 152 77RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk54 22 1 2 1 2 26 159 162 75RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk54 14 6 2 5 1 26 142 166 64RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg54 10 6 4 2 1 31 134 184 53Russia Amur Khabarovsk54 13 1 1 3 4 32 112 173 50Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk54 8 1 3 4 5 33 105 186 41 Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/standings/conference185/ Eastern Conference KHL.ru 2011-04-27 https://archive.today/20120708192252/http://en.khl.ru/standings/conference185/ 2012-07-08 dead Divisional standings Western Conference Bobrov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA PtsRUS UHC Dynamo54 28 1 1 4 4 16 149 131 96RUS SKA Saint Petersburg54 23 3 6 5 4 13 171 144 96RUS Spartak Moscow54 24 1 1 3 3 22 129 142 82LAT Dinamo Riga54 20 2 5 5 2 20 160 149 81RUS CSKA Moscow54 13 0 7 4 2 28 136 169 59 Tarasov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA PtsRUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl54 33 1 1 4 1 14 203 143 108RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast54 21 4 7 4 2 16 138 115 91RUS Severstal Cherepovets54 25 2 3 0 4 20 145 142 89BLR Dinamo Minsk54 17 3 5 5 2 22 150 155 74RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod54 18 5 3 1 2 25 144 151 73RUS Vityaz Chekhov54 13 1 3 3 2 32 119 178 52 Eastern Conference Kharlamov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA PtsRUS Ak Bars Kazan54 29 2 3 5 3 12 181 133 105RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk54 27 1 5 3 4 14 167 141 100RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk54 22 0 6 6 3 17 145 151 87RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk54 22 1 2 1 2 26 159 162 75RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk54 14 6 2 5 1 26 142 166 64RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg54 10 6 4 2 1 31 134 184 53 Chernyshev Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA PtsRUS Avangard Omsk54 31 9 2 2 1 9 176 120 118RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa54 29 5 4 4 0 12 210 144 109Russia Sibir Novosibirsk54 22 2 4 1 4 21 133 131 83KAZ Barys Astana54 20 2 2 6 3 21 155 152 77Russia Amur Khabarovsk54 13 1 1 3 4 32 112 173 50Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk54 8 1 3 4 5 33 105 186 41 League leaders Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/players/185/skaters/ KHL Statistics: Skaters KHL.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/players/185/goalies/ KHL Statistics: Goalies KHL.ru Goals CZE Roman Červenka (Omsk) 31 Assists RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 60 Points RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 80 Shots CAN Kevin Dallman (Astana) 225 Plus–minus RUS Alexei Morozov (Kazan) +27 Penalty minutes CAN Darcy Verot (Chekhov) 182 Wins (Goaltenders) FIN Karri Rämö (Omsk) 33 Goals against average RUS Konstantin Barulin (Mytischi) 1.91 Save percentage KAZ Vitali Yeremeyev (Astana) 92.7 Shutouts CZE Dominik Hašek (Moscow) 7 Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played Scoring leaders Source: khl.ru http://www.khl.ru/stat/leaders/185/pts/ Player Stats: 2010–2011 Regular season: All Skaters – Total Points Kontinental Hockey League GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Alexander Radulov Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 20 60 80 +27 83NOR Patrick Thoresen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 29 36 65 +21 30CZE Roman Červenka Avangard Omsk 51 31 30 61 +15 56RUS Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast 54 27 34 61 +10 12SVK Pavol Demitra Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 54 18 43 61 +12 29RUS Aleksey Morozov Ak Bars Kazan 53 21 35 56 +27 24CZE Josef Vašíček Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 54 24 31 55 +16 34CZE Jaromír Jágr Avangard Omsk 49 19 32 51 +6 48CAN Matt Ellison Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 53 21 29 50 –6 28SWE Mattias Weinhandl SKA Saint Petersburg 54 21 28 49 +14 42 Leading goaltenders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/186/gaa/ Player Stats: 2010–2011 Regular season: Goalie – Goals Against Average Kontinental Hockey League GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Min W L SOL GA SO SV% GAARUS Konstantin Barulin Atlant Moscow Oblast 28 1504:47 13 9 4 48 6 .925 1.91FIN Karri Rämö Avangard Omsk 44 2592:49 33 6 4 85 5 .925 1.97CZE Jakub Štěpánek SKA Saint Petersburg 32 1844:06 16 8 5 63 3 .923 2.05BLR Vitali Koval Atlant Moscow Oblast 34 1766:55 12 10 9 61 2 .921 2.07FIN Petri Vehanen Ak Bars Kazan 43 2538:01 25 12 6 89 2 .926 2.10 Playoffs The playoffs started on 23 February 2011. The fifth and final game of the final series for the Gagarin Cup was played on 16 April 2011. main Bracket 0 Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals Eastern Conference Western Conference 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 RUS Avangard 4 RUS Neftekhimik 3 RUS Ak Bars 4 KAZ Barys 0 RUS Salavat Yulaev 4 RUS Sibir 0 RUS Metallurg Mg 4 RUS Yugra 2 RUS Lokomotiv 4 BLR Dinamo Mn 3 RUS UHC Dynamo 2 LAT Dinamo Rg 4 RUS SKA 4 RUS Spartak 0 RUS Atlant 4 RUS Severstal 2 2 RUS Ak Bars 1 3 RUS Salavat Yulaev 4 1 RUS Avangard 3 4 RUS Metallurg Mg 4 1 RUS Lokomotiv 4 7 LAT Dinamo Rg 1 3 RUS SKA 3 4 RUS Atlant 4 3 RUS Salavat Yulaev 4 4 RUS Metallurg Mg 3 1 RUS Lokomotiv 2 4 RUS Atlant 4 3 RUS Salavat Yulaev 4 4 RUS Atlant 1 Playoff leaders Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/players/186/skaters/ KHL Statistics: Skaters KHL.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/players/186/goalies/ KHL Statistics: Goalies KHL.ru Goals RUS Gleb Klimenko (Magnitogorsk) 10 Assists CZE Josef Vašíček (Yaroslavl)SVK Pavol Demitra (Yaroslavl)NOR Patrick Thoresen (Ufa)RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 15 Points CZE Josef Vašíček (Yaroslavl) 22 Shots RUS Sergey Mozyakin (Mytishchi) 77 Plus–minus NOR Patrick Thoresen (Ufa)RUS Ilya Gorokhov (Mytishchi) +11 Penalty minutes RUS Fedor Fedorov (Mytishchi) 65 Wins (Goaltenders) SWE Erik Ersberg (Ufa) 15 Goals against average FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 1.32 Save percentage FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 95.7 Shutouts FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan)SWE Erik Ersberg (Ufa) 3 Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played Scoring leaders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/186/pts/ Player Stats: 2010–2011 Playoffs: All Skaters – Total Points Kontinental Hockey League GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMCZE Josef Vašíček Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 18 7 15 22 +6 16RUS Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast 23 8 13 21 –2 2SVK Pavol Demitra Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 18 6 15 21 +10 4NOR Patrick Thoresen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 21 3 15 18 +11 16RUS Alexander Radulov Salavat Yulaev Ufa 21 3 15 18 +10 42 Leading goaltenders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/186/gaa/ Player Stats: 2010–2011 Playoffs: All Goaltenders – Goals Against Average Kontinental Hockey League GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAAFIN Petri Vehanen Ak Bars Kazan 9 543:49 5 4 12 3 .957 1.32SWE Erik Ersberg Salavat Yulaev Ufa 20 1118:23 15 3 36 3 .933 1.93USA Robert Esche Dinamo Minsk 4 215:38 2 2 7 0 .942 1.95RUS Konstantin Barulin Atlant Moscow Oblast 22 1286:09 11 10 44 2 .928 2.05CZE Jakub Štěpánek SKA Saint Petersburg 11 698:22 7 4 25 1 .920 2.15 Final standings RankTeam 1 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa 2 RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast 3 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 4 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5 RUS Avangard Omsk 6 RUS Ak Bars Kazan 7 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg 8 LAT Dinamo Riga 9 RUS Dynamo Moscow 10 RUS Severstal Cherepovets 11 RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 12 RUS Sibir Novosibirsk 13 RUS Spartak Moscow 14 KAZ Barys Astana 15 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 16 BLR Dinamo Minsk 17 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 18 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk 19 RUS HC CSKA Moscow 20 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 21 RUS Vityaz Chekhov 22 RUS Amur Khabarovsk 23 RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk Awards Players of the Month Best KHL players of each month. MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookieSeptemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/10/1/23906.html September's stars KHL.ru 2010-10-01 2010-10-17 2012-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323155824/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/10/1/23906.html deadAUT Bernd Brückler (Torpedo)LAT Sandis Ozoliņš (Riga)RUS Denis Platonov (Magnitogorsk)RUS Yaroslav Khabarov (Magnitogorsk)Octoberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/10/3/23945.html October's finest KHL.ru 2010-11-01 2010-12-27 2012-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323155938/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/10/3/23945.html deadRUS Mikhail Biryukov (Khanty-Mansiysk)RUS Maxim Soloviev (Dynamo M)CZE Roman Červenka (Omsk)RUS Aleksandr Osipov (Khabarovsk)Novemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/12/2/23968.html November's finest KHL.ru 2010-12-02 2011-01-16 2012-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323155953/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/12/2/23968.html deadFIN Karri Rämö (Omsk)SWE Johan Fransson (St. Petersburg)RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)RUS Dinar Khafizullin (Chekhov)Decemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2011/1/3/23992.html.html December's finest KHL.ru 2011-01-03 2011-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160035/http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/1/3/23992.html.html 2012-03-23 deadFIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan)RUS Alexander Guskov (Yaroslavl)RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)RUS Alexander Pankov (Ufa)Januaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2011/2/1/24025.html January's finest KHL.ru 2011-02-02 2011-02-02 2012-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160103/http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/2/1/24025.html deadCZE Dominik Hašek (Spartak)CAN Kevin Dallman (Astana)SVK Pavol Demitra (Yaroslavl)RUS Grigory Zheldakov (Spartak)Februaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2011/3/1/24044.html February's finest KHL.ru 2011-03-01 2011-03-04 2012-03-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160446/http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/3/1/24044.html deadFIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan)CZE Karel Rachůnek (Yaroslavl)RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa)BLR Mikhail Stefanovich (Minsk)Marchhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2011/4/4/24078.html March's finest KHL.ru 2011-03-01 2011-04-05 2011-05-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110515105309/http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/4/4/24078.html deadSWE Erik Ersberg (Ufa)RUS Marat Kalimulin (Yaroslavl)RUS Gleb Klimenko (Magnitogorsk)RUS Pavel Zdunov (Magnitogorsk) KHL Awards On 20 May 2011, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 20 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media.http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/5/20/24098.html The League's Finest KHL.ru 2011-05-20 2011-05-23 2011-07-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726185008/http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/5/20/24098.html dead The most important trophies are listed in the table below. Golden Stick Award (regular season MVP) RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa) Best coach CZE Miloš Říha (Atlant) Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) RUS Pavel Zdunov (Magnitogorsk) The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team: Forwards RUS Alexander RadulovSalavat Yulaev Ufa RUS Igor GrigorenkoSalavat Yulaev Ufa RUS Sergei MozyakinAtlant Moscow Oblast Defense LAT Sandis OzoliņšDinamo Riga RUS Kirill KoltsovSalavat Yulaev Ufa Goalie SWE Erik ErsbergSalavat Yulaev Ufa References KHL regular season calendar in English KHL playoffs format in English KHL Official Rulebook in Russian 2 Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons 1 1