2012–13 KHL season

November 2016 2012–13 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League Ice hockey 200px 4 September 2012– 17 April 2013 26 4,126,720 (Regular season) Regular season RUS SKA Saint Petersburg Continental Cup winner RUS Sergei Mozyakin RUS Sergei Mozyakin Playoffs Western RUS Dynamo Moscow RUS 16px SKA Saint Petersburg Eastern RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS 16px Ak Bars Kazan Gagarin Cup RUS Dynamo Moscow RUS 16px Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS Alexander EremenkoDynamo Moscow #Awards KHL#Seasons overview KHL 2011–12 KHL season 2011–12 2013–14 KHL season 2013–14 The 2012–13 KHL season was the fifth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. The league consisted of 26 teams from 7 countries for the first time.http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/6/27/24639.html D-Day, 4th of September! khl.ru 2012-06-27 27 June 2012 3 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120903233120/http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/6/27/24639.html dead Dynamo Moscow successfully defended their title after beating Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Gagarin Cup finals. Changes Team changes After withdrawing from the previous season in the wake of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash that killed the team's entire active roster, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl returned to the KHL with new players. Lev Poprad was disbanded, but a team of the same name, Lev Prague, was established in Prague, Czech Republic, while Slovan Bratislava joined the KHL and thus continues the league's presence in Slovakia.http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6557.html Lev from Slovakia to Prague IIHF.com 2012-03-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130824052336/http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6557.html 24 August 2013 dmy-all Also HC Donbass from Donetsk, Ukraine joined the league. The team previously played in the VHL.http://www.hcdonbass.com/home/news/news/18261?lang=ru November 2016 This brought the total number of teams to 26, representing 7 countries. Salary cap The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/7/18/24651.html Improvements for new season khl.ru 2012-07-28 Season structure The regular season consisted of 52 games for each team — twice (home and away) against each other team in the league and two extra games against a selected "rival" opponent (typically a geographically close team). This was a change from previous seasons, where all intra-division opponents were played more frequently. The top 8 teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs, which are played as best-of-seven series in each round. Nadezhda Cup tournament In January 2013, a new repechage tournament known as the Nadezhda Cup (Cup of Hope) was announced, which was held alongside the playoffs. Six teams from the Western Conference and four teams from the Eastern Conference who had not qualified for the playoffs competed in the tournament, whose prize includes the first overall pick in the next KHL Junior Draft. The new tournament was intended to extend the season, and help maintain interest in hockey for fans and players in preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics.Cup of Hope http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/01/22/25012.html khl.ru 22 January 2013 27 January 2013 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122203/http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/01/22/25012.html dead The first Cup of Hope was won by Dinamo Riga. Regular season The regular season started on 4 September 2012 with the Lokomotiv Cup between the finalists of the previous season, Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. It ended on 17 February 2013 after every team had played 52 matches. Notable events NHL lockout The league set up rules for the NHL lockout which lasted from 16 September 2012 to early January 2013. According to the special regulations, each KHL team was allowed to add up to 3 NHL players to their roster, among them at most one foreign player.http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/9/17/24719.html Door opens for NHL men 2012-09-17 khl.ru List of NHL players signing KHL lockout contractsSource: eliteprospect.comhttp://www.eliteprospects.com/lockout.php NHL Lockout Transactions 2012-09-21 eliteprospects.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120920215419/http://www.eliteprospects.com/lockout.php 20 September 2012 dmy-all Date Player NHL team KHL Team09/16/2012RUS Evgeni Malkin (C)(from) Pittsburgh Penguins(to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk09/16/2012RUS Sergei Gonchar (D)(from) Ottawa Senators(to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk09/16/2012UKR Ruslan Fedotenko (LW)(from) Philadelphia Flyers(to) HC Donbass09/16/2012UKR Alexei Ponikarovsky (LW)(from) Winnipeg Jets(to) HC Donbass09/16/2012RUS Anton Khudobin (G)(from) Boston Bruins(to) Atlant Moscow Oblast09/17/2012SVK Ľubomír Višňovský (D)(from) New York Islanders(to) Slovan Bratislava09/17/2012LAT Kaspars Daugaviņš (LW)(from) Ottawa Senators(to) Dinamo Riga09/17/2012RUS Nikolai Kulemin (RW)(from) Toronto Maple Leafs(to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk09/17/2012RUS Ilya Kovalchuk (RW)(from) New Jersey Devils(to) SKA Saint Petersburg09/18/2012CZE Jakub Voráček (RW)(from) Philadelphia Flyers(to) Lev Prague09/18/2012FIN Niklas Bäckström (G)(from) Minnesota Wild(to) Dinamo Minsk09/18/2012RUS Semyon Varlamov (G)(from) Colorado Avalanche(to) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl09/19/2012RUS Alexander Ovechkin (LW)(from) Washington Capitals(to) Dynamo Moscow09/19/2012RUS Pavel Datsyuk (C)(from) Detroit Red Wings(to) CSKA Moscow09/19/2012RUS Ilya Bryzgalov (G)(from) Philadelphia Flyers(to) CSKA Moscow09/20/2012CZE Jiří Hudler (LW)(from) Calgary Flames(to) Lev Prague 09/20/2012KAZ Nik Antropov (C)(from) Winnipeg Jets(to) Barys Astana09/20/2012RUS Artem Anisimov (C)(from) Columbus Blue Jackets(to) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl09/21/2012BLR Mikhail Grabovski (C)(from) Toronto Maple Leafs(to) CSKA Moscow09/21/2012RUS Sergei Bobrovsky (G)(from) Columbus Blue Jackets(to) SKA Saint Petersburg9/21/2012RUS Vladimir Tarasenko (RW)(from) St. Louis Blues(to) SKA Saint Petersburg09/24/2012RUS Dmitri Kulikov (D)(from) Florida Panthers(to) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 09/25/2012RUS Nikita Nikitin (D)(from) Columbus Blue Jackets(to) Avangard Omsk 09/25/2012FIN Pekka Rinne (G)(from) Nashville Predators(to) Dinamo Minsk 09/27/2012RUS Anton Babchuk (D)(from) Calgary Flames(to) HC Donbass09/27/2012SVK Andrej Sekera (D)(from) Buffalo Sabres(to) Slovan Bratislava 09/28/2012SWE Victor Hedman (D)(from) Tampa Bay Lightning(to) Barys Astana 09/28/2012CAN Evander Kane (LW)(from) Winnipeg Jets(to) Dinamo Minsk 10/02/2012SVK Zdeno Chára (D)(from) Boston Bruins(to) Lev Prague 10/02/2012SWE Tom Wandell (LW)(from) Dallas Stars(to) Severstal Cherepovets 10/03/2012RUS Andrei Markov (D)(from) Montreal Canadiens(to) Vityaz Chekhov 10/04/2012RUS Anton Volchenkov (D)(from) New Jersey Devils(to) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 10/05/2012USA Joe Pavelski (C)(from) San Jose Sharks(to) Dinamo Minsk 10/07/2012BLR Sergei Kostitsyn (LW)(from) Nashville Predators(to) Avangard Omsk10/11/2012USA Ryan McDonagh (D)(from) New York Rangers(to) Dynamo Moscow10/19/2012SWE Nicklas Bäckström (C)(from) Washington Capitals(to) Dynamo Moscow10/30/2012CAN Joffrey Lupul (RW)(from) Toronto Maple Leafs(to) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg11/20/2012SWE Viktor Stålberg (RW)(from) Chicago Blackhawks(to) Atlant Moscow Oblast12/07/2012CAN Ryan O'Reilly (C)(from) Colorado Avalanche(to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk01/04/2013CAN Kris Letang (D)(from) Pittsburgh Penguins(to) SKA Saint Petersburg Proposed matches in New York Two regular season games between Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg were planned to take place at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York in January 2013. However, the KHL reverted this decision in October 2012 and thus these matches were played in Russia.http://www.khl.ru/news/2012/10/26/45813.html ru:"Динамо" и СКА сыграют в Москве и Санкт-Петербурге khl.ru ru 2012-10-26 All-star game The 5th KHL all-star game was played on 13 January 2013 in Chelyabinsk, with Team East, captained by Aleksey Morozov, winning 18–11 over Team West, captained by Ilya Kovalchuk. League standings Source: KHL.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/standings/conference202/ KHL Regular season standings KHL.ru dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110929134137/http://en.khl.ru/standings/conference202/ 29 September 2011 dmy-all Points are awarded as follows: 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W") 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or a penalty shootout ("SOW") 1 Point for a loss in overtime ("OTL") or a penalty shootout ("SOL") 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L") The conference standings determine the seedings for the playoffs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners. Western Conference R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 c – SKA Saint Petersburg BOB52 36 1 1 2 1 11 182 1161152 y – CSKA Moscow TAR52 23 5 8 1 0 15 151 109 963 Dynamo Moscow BOB52 27 3 6 1 1 14 150115 1014 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl TAR52 242 8 0 0 18 131 121 925 Severstal CherepovetsTAR52 21 1 6 3 5 16 137 117 856 Slovan BratislavaBOB52 17 3 8 5 0 19 124 127 787 Lev Prague BOB52 23 0 1 2 3 23 132133 768 Atlant Moscow OblastTAR52 19 1 3 4 4 21 137 141 739 HC DonbassBOB52 17 2 5 6 1 21134 1427210 Dinamo MinskTAR52 1851 2 3 23 125 1487111 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodTAR5219 0 2 4 4 23 1421466912 Vityaz ChekhovBOB52 11 1 66 2 26 119 151 5513 Spartak Moscow TAR52 11 4 2 5 2 28 106 1515214 Dinamo RigaBOB52 13 2 2 2 2 31 109151 51 y – Won division; c – Won Continental Cup (best record in KHL); BOB – Bobrov Division, TAR – Tarasov Division Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/standings/league222/ 2012–13 KHL Standings KHL.ru dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120918031605/http://en.khl.ru/standings/league222/ 18 September 2012 dmy-all Eastern Conference R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1z – Ak Bars KazanKHA5228 1 5 5 3 10 157 112 1042y – Avangard Omsk CHE52 26 6 3 4 211 149121 1023 Traktor ChelyabinskKHA52 28 0 3 6 2 13 152120 984 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHA52 27 0 0 7 5 13 167 121935 Salavat Yulaev UfaCHE52 24 2 36 0 17 148 140886 Barys AstanaCHE52 23 3 2 2 4 18 175 161 857 Sibir NovosibirskCHE52 21 1 5 4 3 17124119 848 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHA5217 5 5 4 2 19 144 150 779 Yugra Khanty-MansiyskKHA5219 4 3 3 0 23 1531637410 Metallurg NovokuznetskCHE52 15 3 1 3 2 28 132 177 5811 Amur KhabarovskCHE52 11 1 4 1 0 35 115 1674412 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgKHA52 7 0 1 7 5 32104 180 35 y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division); CHE – Chernyshev Division, KHA – Kharlamov Division Source: khl.ru Player statistics Scoring leaders Updated on 17 February 2013. Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/222/pts/ Player Stats: 2012–2013 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 +/– PIM Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 48 35 41 76 +21 6 Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 48 22 46 68 +12 86 Evgeni Malkin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 37 23 42 65 +23 58 Patrick Thoresen SKA Saint Petersburg 52 21 30 51 +17 49 Jori Lehterä Sibir Novosibirsk 52 17 31 48 +18 48 Evgeny Kuznetsov Traktor Chelyabinsk 51 19 25 44 –1 42 Dmitri Kagarlitsky HC Donbass 51 14 30 44 –5 12 Mikhail Varnakov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 51 22 21 43 +9 62 Nikolay Zherdev Atlant Moscow Oblast 50 15 28 43 –7 29 Dmitri Makarov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 52 13 30 43 –2 14 Leading goaltenders Updated on 17 February 2013. Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/222/gaa/ Player Stats: 2012–2013 Regular season: Goalie – Goals Against Average Kontinental Hockey League 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 Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA Rastislav Staňa CSKA Moscow 34 1944:58 18 6 2 57 4 .934 1.76 Lars Haugen Dinamo Minsk 22 1289:29 13 7 1 39 2 .933 1.81 Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow 30 1783:44 17 7 6 55 5 .931 1.85 Stanislav Galimov Atlant Moscow Oblast 25 1389:58 14 6 3 45 4 .943 1.94 Sergei Bobrovsky SKA Saint Petersburg 24 1419:36 18 3 2 46 4 .932 1.94 Playoffs 2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs The playoffs started on 20 February 2013 with the top eight teams from both conferences and ended on 17 April with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final. During the first three rounds home ice was determined by seeding number within the Conference, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with better seeding number had home ice advantage. If the seeding numbers were equal, the regular season record was taken into account.KHL Sports Regulations 2011-2014, revised Bracket Bracket Player statistics Playoff scoring leaders GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM Petri Kontiola Traktor Chelyabinsk 25 10 9 19 +10 12 Viktor Tikhonov SKA Saint Petersburg 15 10 8 18 +11 20 Jakub Petružálek Dynamo Moscow 19 9 7 16 +4 4 Tony Mårtensson SKA Saint Petersburg 15 6 10 16 +8 8 Denis Kokarev Dynamo Moscow 18 1 15 16 +11 0 Playoff leading goaltenders Updated on 17 April 2013. Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/223/gaa/ Player Stats: 2012–2013 Playoffs: 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 SOP GA SO SV% GAAAlexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow 21 1309:24 16 5 0 38 3 93.4 1.74Rastislav Staňa CSKA Moscow 9 551:12 5 4 0 16 0 93.9 1.74 Konstantin Barulin Ak Bars Kazan 18 1233:41 11 7 0 36 2 94.1 1.75Ilya Ezhov SKA Saint Petersburg 11 645:27 6 4 0 19 2 93.3 1.77Jeff Glass Sibir Novosibirsk 7 406:47 3 4 0 12 2 94.1 1.77 Nadezhda Cup Preliminary round Dinamo Riga vs Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod(4–1, 3–4, Riga wins extra overtime) Spartak Moscow vs Vityaz Chekhov (2–2, 1–0) Quarterfinals Semifinals Final W14 Dinamo Riga 2 W9 HC Donbass 2 W13 Spartak Moscow 0 W10 Dinamo Minsk 3 E12 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2 E9 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 2 E11 Amur Khabarovsk 3 E10 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 1 W14 Dinamo Riga 3 W10 Dinamo Minsk 0 E12 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2 E11 Amur Khabarovsk 2 W14 Dinamo Riga 3 E11 Amur Khabarovsk 1 Final standings RankTeam 1 RUS Dynamo Moscow 2 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk 3 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg 4 RUS Ak Bars Kazan 5 RUS Avangard Omsk 6 RUS CSKA Moscow 7 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa 8 RUS Severstal Cherepovets 9 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk 10 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 11 KAZ Barys Astana 12 RUS Sibir Novosibirsk 13 SVK Slovan Bratislava 14 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 15 CZE Lev Prague 16 RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast 17 RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 18 UKR HC Donbass 19 BLR Dinamo Minsk 20 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 21 RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk 22 RUS Vityaz Chekhov 23 RUS Spartak Moscow 24 LAT Dinamo Riga 25 RUS Amur Khabarovsk 26 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Awards Players of the Month Best KHL players of each month. MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookieSeptemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2012/10/03/24760.html September's finest KHL.ru 2012-10-03 3 October 2012 17 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017055425/http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/10/03/24760.html dead RUS Konstantin Barulin (Ak Bars) RUS Yevgeny Medvedev (Ak Bars) FIN Jori Lehterä (Sibir) RUS Daniil Apalkov (Lokomotiv)Octoberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2012/11/6/24835.html https://archive.today/20130417114200/http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/11/6/24835.html dead 17 April 2013 October's finest KHL.ru 2012-11-06 RUS Alexander Eremenko (Dynamo Moscow) RUS Anton Belov (Avangard) RUS Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA) RUS Nail Yakupov (Neftekhimik)Novemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2012/12/06/24899.html Novembers's finest KHL.ru 2012-12-06 8 December 2012 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022939/http://en.khl.ru/news/2012/12/06/24899.html dead SVK Rastislav Staňa (CSKA) SWE Victor Hedman (Barys) RUS Artem Anisimov (Lokomotiv) RUS Viktor Antipin (Magnitogorsk)Decemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2013/1/1/24966.html https://archive.today/20130417000457/http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/1/1/24966.html dead 17 April 2013 Decembers's finest KHL.ru 2013-01-01 FIN Karri Rämö (Avangard) RUS Sergei Gonchar (Magnitogorsk) RUS Evgeni Malkin (Magnitogorsk) RUS Alexander Sharychenkov (Dynamo Moscow)Januaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2013/02/01/25035.html January's finest KHL.ru 2013-02-01 1 February 2013 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000922/http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/02/01/25035.html dead RUS Vasiliy Koshechkin (Severstal) RUS Dmitri Kalinin (SKA) RUS Igor Skorokhodov (Yugra) RUS Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor)Februaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2013/3/4/25083.html https://archive.today/20130417000224/http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/3/4/25083.html dead 17 April 2013 February's finest KHL.ru 2013-03-04 RUS Vasiliy Koshechkin (Severstal) RUS Yakov Rylov (CSKA) RUS Mikhail Varnakov (SKA) RUS Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor)Marchhttp://www.khl.ru/news/2013/04/02/108855.html March's finest KHL.ru 2013-03-04 CAN Michael Garnett (Traktor) SVK Dominik Graňák (Dynamo Moscow) RUS Viktor Tikhonov (SKA) RUS Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor) KHL Awards On 22 May 2013, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 23 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/05/22/25155.html High Five. Season closing ceremony KHL.ru 2013-05-22 25 May 2013 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233825/http://en.khl.ru/news/2013/05/22/25155.html dead Golden Stick Award (regular season MVP) RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk) Best coach LAT Oļegs Znaroks (Dynamo Msc) Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) RUS Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor) The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team: Forwards RUS Alexander RadulovSKA Saint Petersburg RUS Viktor TikhonovSKA Saint Petersburg RUS Sergei MozyakinMetallurg Magnitogorsk Defense RUS Ilya NikulinAk Bars Kazan RUS Ilya GorokhovDynamo Moscow Goalie RUS Alexander EremenkoDynamo Moscow References 2 Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons 1 1 1 1