The KHL 's Kharlamov Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration. It is one of four divisions and part of the Eastern Conference since the second season of the KHL when the conferences were established. It is named in honor of 3x Olympic medalist and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Valeri Kharlamov .
15-478: The Kharlamov Division is made up of the following teams: In the first KHL season , the division alignment was determined by team strength and the Kharlamov Division consisted of: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl , Amur Khabarovsk , Avangard Omsk , Dinamo Riga , Lada Togliatti and Sibir Novosibirsk . With the geographical alignment of the divisions for the 2009–10 season , the composition of the Kharlamov Division
30-664: 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
45-561: 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
60-652: 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
75-468: The Tarasov Division to this division in order to balance out the two conferences. Lada Togliatti returned to the league after a four-year absence and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod has been moved back to the Tarasov Division . Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod returns to the division, though Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk and Lada Togliatti leave the division and league altogether due to poor performance; they join
90-664: The VHL . Sibir Novosibirsk returns to the division after 11 years in the Chernyshev Division , and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod returns to Tarasov Division and the Western Conference altogether. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod returns to the division a third time from the Bobrov Division . Sibir Novosibirsk leaves the division and returns to the Chernyshev Division . 2008%E2%80%9309 KHL season The 2008–09 KHL season
105-611: 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 MVD HC MVD ( Russian : ХК МВД ) was a professional ice hockey club based in Balashikha , Moscow Oblast , Russia . They were members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League . They are best known for winning
120-1178: 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,
135-505: The first time, losing to Ak Bars Kazan in a hard-fought series. In 2007, they moved again (this time to Balashikha ) for the KHL size arena. Since the season 2009–10 was formed the new team Sheriff Balashikha as a farm team of HC Dynamo Moscow in the newly created JHL . In the season 2010/2011, after the unification of the basic commands HC MVD and HC Dynamo Moscow into the United Hockey Club "Dynamo" (Moscow) , farm clubs of
150-480: The same teams were also united and made their debut in the restructured Higher Hockey League VHL as part of the newly formed "Dinamo" (Tver), and the youth team, dubbed Sheriff Balashikha JHL , was moved to Tver to home arena the Ice Palace of sports "Jubilee". In the season 2011/2012, both farm teams, the youth — renamed Dynamo Balashikha (in the VHL ), and the junior hockey team, renamed HC MVD-junior (playing in
165-555: The silver medal in the KHL backstopped by all star goaltender Michael Garnett in 2010. The team merged with Dynamo Moscow to form UHC Dynamo after the 2009–10 season . MVD Moscow Oblast was founded in 1949 as Spartak Kalinin , and adopted its last name, MVD, in 2004 as part of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and their move to Podolsk . In the same year, they qualified for the Russian Superleague play-off for
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#1732891714308180-508: 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
195-492: 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
210-457: Was completely changed. Only Lada Togliatti remained and was joined by Ak Bars Kazan , Metallurg Magnitogorsk , Traktor Chelyabinsk , Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg . After Lada Togliatti had to withdraw from the KHL in 2010, they were replaced by Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk from Khanty-Mansiysk . With the addition of two teams in 2013, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod moved from
225-466: 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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