Kontinental Hockey League
Russia-based ice hockey league
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (Russian: Континентальная Хоккейная Лига, Kontinental'naya Khokkeynaya Liga) is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008.
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 KHL season | |
| Formerly | Russian Superleague |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 2008 |
| CEO | Alexander Medvedev |
| Motto | Хоккей – наша игра! (Hockey is our game!)[1] |
| No. of teams | 29 |
| Country |  Belarus (1 team) China (1 team) Croatia (1 team) Finland (1 team) Kazakhstan (1 team) Latvia (1 team)  Russia (22 teams)  Slovakia (1 team)[2] |
| Most recent champion(s) | CSKA Moscow |
| Most titles | Ak Bars Kazan (3) |
| TV partner(s) | KHL-TV (Russia (as part of the NTV Plus package), USA and Canada (part of ViaNetTV),[3] Latvia and international through KHL's website) Russia 2 (Russia)[4] Viasat (Finland, Sweden,[4] Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)[5] LTV7 (Latvia) Nova Sport (Czech Republic, Slovakia)[6][7][8] Sportdigital.tv (Germany) |
| Related competitions | Russian Championship VHL Minor Hockey League |
| Official website | KHL.ru (English) |
Teams in 2014–15Edit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Новый игровой ролик КХЛ "Пробка"" (in Russian). khl.ru. Archived from the original on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ "Back to 24". khl.ru. 2011-05-09.
- ↑ "Crossing the Atlantic". khl.ru. 2010-04-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kontinental Hockey League And TV Channel Sport Ratified An Agreement On KHL Championship Games Broadcast In 2009/2010 Season". en.khl.ru. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ↑ "Kontinental Hockey League Signed An Agreement With Viasat". khl.ru. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ↑ "Nova Sport je blízko k uzavření kontraktu na hokejovou KHL". DigiZone.cz. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ↑ "Jágr a KHL budou v televizi. Práva koupil Nova sport". Týden.cz. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ↑ "KHL Games Broadcast In The Czech Republic And Slovakia". khl.ru. Retrieved 2009-07-28.