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30-591: Togliatti were participants in the inaugural season of the KHL in 2008–09 . Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena, the KHL expelled the team and the team dropped one level to the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) for the 2010–11 season. They were allowed to rejoin the KHL for the 2014–15 season after the opening of the Lada Arena . However, the team was expelled again following the end of the 2017–18 season, and returned to

60-472: A 3–3 draw , but was widely hailed as one of the greatest games ever played. Another memorable game was played on 11 January 1976 against the Philadelphia Flyers , who at the time were the defending Stanley Cup Champions and were known as the "Broad Street Bullies" for their highly physical play. The game was notable for an incident where, after a body check delivered by Philadelphia's Ed Van Impe ,

90-514: A conflict with Tikhonov, CSKA major stars including Fetisov , Larionov , Krutov and Makarov left the team to make their careers in the NHL . During the 90s they were followed by younger talents like Bure , Fedorov and Samsonov . CSKA Moscow played a series of exhibitions games, and an all-star game with the American Hockey Association as part of the 1992–93 season. For a time in

120-618: A deal dated October 30, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works bought 11.76% of the KHL. The league has implemented a salary cap. 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

150-561: 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 ". Official sources have stated

180-740: A new arena, which is now called CSKA Arena , their present home arena in Moscow. The club was founded in 1946 as CDKA ( Centralnyy Dom Krasnoy Armii – Central House of the Red Army , referring to the Army community centre in Moscow). It was known as CDSA (with Red Army changed to Soviet Army ) from 1952 – 1954, as CSK MO (Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defense ) from 1955 – 1959, and acquired its current name in 1960. CSKA won 32 Soviet regular season championships during

210-626: A record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties. 34 of these games were played in Super Series , including the tour of North America in 1975/1976. The Super Series also introduced eventual Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Vladislav Tretiak of the CSKA squad to North American ice hockey fans. On New Year's Eve 1975, CSKA played the Montreal Canadiens , widely regarded as the league's finest team (and that year's eventual Stanley Cup winners). The game ended with

240-524: A row from 1978 to 1990. The team's first coach was Anatoli Tarasov , who would later become famous as the coach of the Soviet national team . Tarasov coached the Red Army Team, either alone or with co-coaches, for most of the time from 1946 to 1975. The team's greatest run came under Viktor Tikhonov , who was coach from 1977 to 1996—serving for most of that time as coach of the national team. The Red Army Team

270-704: Is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its affiliation with the Soviet Army , known as the Red Army until 1946, and the Russian Armed Forces . CSKA won more Soviet championships and European cups than any other team in history. It is owned by Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft , which

300-628: Is in turn majority-owned by the Russian government. In addition to nine division titles and record six Continental Cups , CSKA has reached the Gagarin Cup Finals six times, winning in 2019 , 2022 and 2023 . The club also became the first one to win both the Continental Cup and the Gagarin Cup in the same season. In 2018, after more than 50 seasons at the old Ice Palace , the team moved to

330-603: The 2009–10 season to cut down on travel costs. 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. On October 13, 2008 during

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360-640: The Russian Superleague and eventually reunited with the original CSKA in 2002. Although CSKA has remained one of the strongest teams in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it did not win a title in the KHL or its predecessors until 2015, when the club finished first in the regular season and became Russian champion for the first time in a long time, but failed to win the Gagarin Cup . From 2008 to 2015,

390-539: The CSKA's top player, Valeri Kharlamov (like Tretiak eventually a Hall of Famer), was left prone on the ice for a minute. CSKA coach Konstantin Loktev pulled his team off the ice in protest that no penalty was called. They were told by NHL president Clarence Campbell to return to the ice and finish the game, which was being broadcast to an international audience, or the Soviet Hockey Federation would not get paid

420-472: The KHL held their first 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. HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, Russian : ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии , Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow ) is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow . The club

450-656: The NHL in 1989, with mixed results. Krutov had the shortest NHL career, lasting only one season in Vancouver ; Makarov (who won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1990) and Kasatonov were out of the NHL by 1997; Fetisov and Larionov won the Stanley Cup twice together with Detroit before Fetisov retired in 1998; Larionov would win a third Cup with Detroit in 2002, before retiring from New Jersey in 2004. Not surprisingly, discipline

480-558: The Soviet League's 46-year existence, far and away the most in the league's history; no other team won more than five. This included all but six from 1955 to 1989 and 13 in a row from 1977 to 1989. By comparison, no NHL team has won more than five Stanley Cups in a row since the NHL took de facto control of the trophy in 1926. CSKA was just as dominant in the European Cup . They won all but two titles from 1969 to 1990, including 13 in

510-1047: The VHL. The team once again rejoined the KHL for the 2023–24 season. [REDACTED] IHL Championship (2) : 1994, 1996 [REDACTED] IHL Cup (1) : 1994 [REDACTED] IIHF Continental Cup (1) : 2006 [REDACTED] European Cup (1) : 1996 [REDACTED] Russian Superleague (2) : 1997, 2005 [REDACTED] Russian Superleague (2) : 2003, 2004 [REDACTED] IHL Championship (2) : 1993, 1995 [REDACTED] IHL Cup (2) : 1993, 1995 [REDACTED] European Cup (1) : 1994 [REDACTED] Spengler Cup (1) : 1995 Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: GP = Games played, RW = Regulation wins, OW = Overtime/Shootout wins, OL = Overtime/shootout losses, RL= Regulation losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference 2008-09 KHL season The 2008–09 KHL season

540-513: The Wings' consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1997 and 1998 . Dmitri Mironov joined the 1998 squad, following Konstantinov's career-ending injury on 13 June 1997; since Konstantinov was kept on the roster despite his injury, the 1998 squad marks the largest contingent of CSKA veterans (six) to win the Stanley Cup . During the late '80s and early '90s CSKA positions significantly weakened. After

570-1178: The banned substance taken was nikethamide , a stimulant , and that it had been taken 3 hours prior to the game in which he died. 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, and also suspended Chekhov's team president. Final standings. Points have been awarded as follows: Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes Source: khl.ru Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played Source: khl.ru GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes Source: khl.ru GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average Best KHL players of each month. On 15 May 2009,

600-538: The fee that they were entitled to. They eventually complied and lost the game 4–1. CSKA Moscow alumni have made a large impact on the NHL. In the mid-1990s, Sergei Fedorov , Vladimir Konstantinov , and Vyacheslav Kozlov had established themselves as key members of the Detroit Red Wings when they were joined by Fetisov and Larionov , forming the Russian Five . These five players would play an integral role in

630-595: The late 1990s and early 2000s, it was briefly unofficially known as "the Russian Penguins " after the Pittsburgh Penguins bought an interest in the team. The Russian Penguins played 13 games in the International Hockey League as part of the 1993–94 IHL season . In 1996 after a conflict with management of the club, Tikhonov created his own separate team called HC CSKA that spent two seasons in

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660-601: The team did not advance past the conference semifinals of the Gagarin Cup playoffs; they missed the playoffs altogether in 2011. In the 2015–16 season, the team advanced all the way to the Gagarin Cup final; however, they lost that series to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games. In the 2018–19 season, CSKA won its first Gagarin Cup, after beating Avangard Omsk in four games. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Swedes Joakim Nordstrom and Lucas Wallmark elected to leave

690-508: 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

720-1910: The team. Having lost the 2021 Gagarin Cup final to Avangard Omsk , CSKA returned to the final in 2022 to win its second Gagarin Cup against Metallurg Magnitogorsk . in 2023 , CSKA went back to back, winning the Gagarin Cup in 7 games against Ak Bars Kazan . [REDACTED] Soviet League Championship (32, record) : 1947–48 , 1948–49 , 1949–50 , 1954–55 , 1955–56 , 1957–58 , 1958–59 , 1959–60 , 1960–61 , 1962–63 , 1963–64 , 1964–65 , 1965–66 , 1967–68 , 1969–70 , 1970–71 , 1971–72 , 1972–73 , 1974–75 , 1976–77 , 1977–78 , 1978–79 , 1979–80 , 1980–81 , 1981–82 , 1982–83 , 1983–84 , 1984–85 , 1985–86 , 1986–87 , 1987–88 , 1988–89 [REDACTED] USSR Cup (12, record) : 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1988 [REDACTED] Vysshaya Liga Championship (1) : 1996–97 [REDACTED] Russian Championship (4) : 2014–15 , 2018–19 , 2019–20 , 2021–22 [REDACTED] Gagarin Cup (3) : 2019 , 2022 , 2023 [REDACTED] Continental Cup (6, record) : 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2018–19 , 2019–20 , 2020–21 [REDACTED] Opening Cup (2) : 2015–16 , 2022–23 [REDACTED] Intercontinental Cup (1) : 1971–72 [REDACTED] IIHF European Cup (20, record) : 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1976 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 [REDACTED] Spengler Cup (1) : 1991 [REDACTED] Pajulahti Cup (1) : 2005 [REDACTED] Hockeyades ( Vallée de Joux ) (2) : 2017, 2018 [REDACTED] Moscow Mayor Cup (4) : 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017 Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime/shootout wins; OTL = Overtime/shootout losses; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against Until

750-492: 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), leading to an investigation by the International Ice Hockey Federation. On

780-503: Was a substantial overlap between the rosters of the Red Army Team and the Soviet national team, which was one factor behind the Soviets' near-absolute dominance of international hockey from the 1950s through the early 1990s. By the late 1980s, however, the long run of Red Army dominance caused a significant dropoff in attendance throughout the league. One of the most feared lines in hockey history

810-536: Was able to pull off such a long run of dominance because during the Soviet era, the entire CSKA organization was a functioning division of the Soviet Armed Forces via the Ministry of Defence. As all able-bodied Soviet males had to serve in the military, the team was able to literally draft the best young hockey players in the Soviet Union onto the team. All players were commissioned officers in the Soviet Army . There

840-531: Was quite strict, especially under Tikhonov. His players practiced for as many as 11 months a year, and were confined to training camp (an Army barracks ) most of that time even if they were married. However, it became less restrictive after the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team , out of 6 players selected 4 players once played at CSKA Moscow. CSKA played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with

870-581: Was the KLM Line of the 1980s. The name came from the last names of the three players, Vladimir Krutov , Igor Larionov , and Sergei Makarov . Together with defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov , they were known as the Green Unit because they wore green jerseys in practice. The five-man unit formed a dominant force in European hockey throughout the decade. All five players were later permitted to go to

900-420: Was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League . It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on April 12, 2009. 24 teams each played 56 games. KHL teams signed several players from the NHL, including Jaromír Jágr , Alexander Radulov , Ray Emery , Sergei Brylin , Ladislav Nagy , Jozef Stümpel , Marcel Hossa , Ben Clymer , Alexei Zhitnik , Bryan Berard and Chris Simon . A dispute between

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