2009-10 KHL season

2009–10 KHL season
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 10, 2009 – April 27, 2010
Number of teams	24
Regular season
Continental Cup winner	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Top scorer	Sergey Mozyakin
Playoffs
Western champions	HC MVD
Western runners-up	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Eastern champions	Ak Bars Kazan
Eastern runners-up	Salavat Yulayev Ufa

The 2009-10 KHL season is the second season of the Kontinental Hockey League.

League changes

On 16 June 2009, the KHL Board of Directors approved several changes to the league for the 2009–10 season.

Team changes

The league admitted a new team, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Khimik Voskresensk did not play in the 2009–10 season due to financial problems, but they retained KHL membership and may return at a later date, meanwhile playing in the Russian Major League. Overall, the number of teams playing in 2009–10 remained at 24.

Division realignment

Teams were geographically aligned to aid travel conditions. The league were divided into a Western and an Eastern conference, each containing two divisions of six teams. Each team played the other teams in the same division 4 times (for a total of 20 games) and each team in the other divisions 2 times (for a total of 36 games). The regular season thus consisted of 56 games for every team.

Play-off structure

The top eight teams from each conference qualified for the play-offs. Division winners were awarded the top two seeds. In each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played and the conference winners play for the Gagarin Cup. Conference quarterfinals were best-of-five series, the remaining rounds best-of-seven series. Overtime periods last 20 minutes or until the sudden death goal.

Salary cap

The aggregate income of all players of a team was limited to 620 million rubles ($20.77 million). Minimum aggregate salary for the players was 200 million rubles ($6.7 million). Each teams was allowed one "franchise player" exception, who did not count towards the cap.

Rosters

25 players are allowed to be in the major team roster and 25 in the junior team roster of every club. The number of foreign players is restricted to 5, at most one of them as goaltender.

Junior league

The league implemented a more advanced and organized junior hockey sub-league to focus on development. It features players from 17 to 21 years of age.

Entry draft

On 1 June 2009, the inaugural entry draft for the KHL was held. Each team's hockey school was able to protect 25 players from the 17-21 agegroup prior to the draft.

Goal crease

Goal crease was shrunk to the NHL dimensions.

Regular season

Final standings

Conference standings

The conference standings will determine the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division leaders.

2009-10 Western Conference standings
Western Conference	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
SKA Saint Petersburg	56	36	1	3	3	3	10	192	118	122
HC MVD	56	30	1	0	6	4	15	160	135	102
Dynamo Moscow	56	28	2	3	4	3	16	166	151	101
Atlant Moscow Oblast	56	24	4	9	1	2	16	173	137	101
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	56	26	3	2	4	4	17	163	132	96
HC Spartak Moscow	56	24	4	4	4	0	20	178	168	92
CSKA Moscow	56	22	3	5	4	1	21	148	135	87
Dinamo Riga	56	23	1	3	4	3	22	174	175	84
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	56	22	1	1	1	4	27	154	163	75
Severstal Cherepovets	56	16	2	7	6	2	23	151	162	74
Dynamo Minsk	56	17	1	5	2	0	31	139	164	65
Vityaz Chekhov	56	13	3	2	2	3	331	1421	2161	541

2009-10 Eastern Conference standings
Eastern Conference	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	56	37	4	3	3	1	8	215	116	129
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	56	34	2	4	1	0	15	167	111	115
Ak Bars Kazan	56	25	4	4	3	2	18	159	128	96
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	56	27	3	1	4	0	21	176	166	93
Avangard Omsk	56	24	2	2	6	4	181	1521	1281	901
Barys Astana	56	20	5	1	6	1	23	169	173	79
Traktor Chelyabinsk	56	18	0	3	2	2	31	137	192	64
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	56	14	2	6	2	4	28	127	159	64
Sibir Novosibirsk	56	15	2	5	3	1	30	147	190	63
Amur Khabarovsk	56	12	3	6	4	2	29	129	187	60
Lada Togliatti	56	14	0	2	6	3	31	115	173	55
Metallurg Novokuznetsk	56	13	1	2	2	5	33	105	159	52

¹ The KHL decided that as a result of the game between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk on 9 January 2010 being abandoned due to a mass brawl which left neither team having the required number of players to continue, the game would count as a 5-0 defeat for both teams with no points being awarded.

Divisional standings

Western Conference

2009-10 Bobrov Division standings
Bobrov Division	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
SKA Saint Petersburg	56	36	1	3	3	3	10	192	118	122
Dynamo Moscow	56	28	2	3	4	3	16	166	151	101
HC Spartak Moscow	56	24	4	4	4	0	20	178	168	92
CSKA Moscow	56	22	3	5	4	1	21	148	135	87
Dinamo Riga	56	23	1	3	4	3	22	174	175	84
Dynamo Minsk	56	17	1	5	2	0	31	139	164	65

2009-10 Tarasov Division standings
Tarasov Division	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
HC MVD	56	30	1	0	6	4	15	160	135	102
Atlant Moscow Oblast	56	24	4	9	1	2	16	173	137	101
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	56	26	3	2	4	4	17	163	132	96
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	56	22	1	1	1	4	27	154	163	75
Severstal Cherepovets	56	16	2	7	6	2	23	151	162	74
Vityaz Chekhov	56	13	3	2	2	3	33	142	216	54

Eastern Conference

2009-10 Chernyshev Division standings
Chernyshev Division	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	56	37	4	3	3	1	8	215	116	129
Avangard Omsk	56	24	2	2	6	4	18	152	128	90
Barys Astana	56	20	5	1	6	1	23	169	173	79
Sibir Novosibirsk	56	15	2	5	3	1	30	147	190	63
Amur Khabarovsk	56	12	3	6	4	2	29	129	187	60
Metallurg Novokuznetsk	56	13	1	2	2	5	33	105	159	52

2009-10 Kharlamov Division standings
Kharlamov Division	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	56	34	2	4	1	0	15	167	111	115
Ak Bars Kazan	56	25	4	4	3	2	18	159	128	96
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	56	27	3	1	4	0	21	176	166	93
Traktor Chelyabinsk	56	18	0	3	2	2	31	137	192	64
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	56	14	2	6	2	4	28	127	159	64
Lada Togliatti	56	14	0	2	6	3	31	115	173	55

League leaders

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

2009-10 KHL scoring leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Mozyakin, SergeiSergei Mozyakin	Atlant Moscow Oblast	56	27	39	66
Sushinski, MaximMaxim Sushinski	SKA Saint Petersburg	56	27	38	65
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	SKA Saint Petersburg	56	18	46	64
Radulov, AlexanderAlexander Radulov	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	54	24	39	63
Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl	Dynamo Moscow	56	26	34	60
Thoresen, PatrickPatrick Thoresen	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	56	24	33	57
Hossa, MarcelMarcel Hossa	Dinamo Riga	56	35	19	54
Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler	Dynamo Moscow	54	19	35	54
Radivojevič, BrankoBranko Radivojevič	Spartak Moscow	56	18	36	54
Zinovjev, SergeiSergei Zinovjev	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	47	17	36	53

Other leaders

Source: khl.ru

2009-10 League leaders
Goals	Marcel Hossa (Riga)	35
Assists	Alexei Yashin (SKA)	46
Points	Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)	66
Shots	Marcel Hossa (Riga)	216
Plus/minus	Patrick Thoresen (Ufa)	+45
Penalty minutes	Darcy Verot (Chekhov)	374
Wins (Goaltenders)	Robert Esche (SKA)	29
Goals against average	Petri Vehanen (Kazan)	1.73
Save percentage	Petri Vehanen (Kazan)	93.5
Shutouts	Vasily Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk)	8

Goaltenders: minimum 20 games played

Playoffs

The eight best teams of each conference qualified for the playoffs. The first three rounds are played within the conferences, then the two winners will play in the Gagarin Cup final. The playoffs started on 10 March and are scheduled to end on 27 April.

	Conference quarterfinals (best-of-5)					Conference semifinals (best-of-7)					Conference finals (best-of-7)					Gagarin Cup Finals (best-of-7)
	1	Salavat Yulaev	3
	8	Avtomobilist	1
						1	Salavat Yulaev	4
						4	Neftekhimik	2
	2	Metallurg Mg	3
	7	Traktor	1
											1	Salavat Yulaev	2
	Eastern Conference
										3	Ak Bars	4
	3	Ak Bars	3
	6	Barys	0
						2	Metallurg Mg	2
						3	Ak Bars	4
	4	Neftekhimik	3
	5	Avangard	0
																E	Ak Bars	4
																W	HC MVD	3
	1	SKA	1
	8	Dinamo Riga	3
						2	HC MVD	4
						8	Dinamo Riga	1
	2	HC MVD	3
	7	CSKA	0
											2	HC MVD	4
	Western Conference
										5	Lokomotiv	3
	3	Dynamo Moscow	1
	6	Spartak	3
						5	Lokomotiv	4
						6	Spartak	2
	4	Atlant	1
	5	Lokomotiv	3

Awards

Monthly awards

2009-10 KHL Monthly Awards
Month	Goaltender	Defense	Forward	Rookie
September	Ilya Proskuryakov (Magnitogorsk)	Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA)	Kirill Knyazev (Spartak)	Sergei Belokon (Vityaz)
October	Karri Rämö (Omsk)	Dmitri Kalinin (Ufa)	Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo M)	Linus Omark (Dynamo M)
November	Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)	Sergei Zubov (SKA)	Maxim Sushinsky (SKA)	Nikita Filatov (CSKA)
December	Vitaliy Yeremeyev (Dynamo M)	Dmitri Bykov (Atlant)	Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)	Nikolai Belov (Neftekhimik)
January	Robert Esche (SKA)	Sergei Zubov (SKA)	Jeff Platt (Minsk)	Alexander Komaristy (Chekhov)
February	Olympic break
March	Ivan Kasutin (Neftekhimik)	Alexander Guskov (Yaroslavl)	Alexander Radulov (Ufa)	Konstantin Plaksin (Traktor)

Transactions

2009-10 Transactions
Date	Player	From	To	Type of move
	Aleksei Anisimov	Amur Tigers Khabarovsk	Dizel Penza	Free agent
	Oleg Antonenko	HC MVD	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg	Free agent; 1 year contract
	Roman Berdnikov	Avangard Omsk	Owen Sound Attack	Junior
	Aleksandr Boikov	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	HC MVD	Free agent; 1 year contract
	Evgeni Dadonov	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Florida Panthers
	Yuri Dobryskhin	Atlant Mytischi	HC MVD
	Aleksei Egorov	Khimik Voskresensk	Atlant Mytischi
	Vadim Epanchintsev	CSKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow
	Evgeny Fedorov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	HC MVD	Free agent; 1 year contract
	Sergei Fedorov	Washington Capitals	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
	Martin Gerber	Ottawa Senators	Atlant Mytischi
	Aleksandr Golts	Vityaz Chekhov	Gazovik Tyumen
	Jiri Hudler	Detroit Red Wings	Dynamo Moscow
	Kirill Kabanov	Spartak Moscow	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
	Ilya Kablukov	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Spartak Moscow
	Dmitri Kalinin	Phoenix Coyotes	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
	Sergei Khoroshun	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Vityaz Chekhov
	Sergei Kochetkov	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Vitaly Kolesnik	Atlant Mytischi	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Free agent; 3 years contract
	Evgeny Korolev	SKA St. Petersburg	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
	Aleksei Krovopuskov	HC MVD	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Free agent; 1 year contract
	Andrei Kuzmin	Ak Bars Kazan	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
	Joel Kwiatkowski	SKA St. Petersburg	Atlanta Thrashers
	Joakim Lindström	Phoenix Coyotes	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
	Vladislav Luchkin	Molot-Prikamie Perm	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Steve McCarthy	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Anaheim Ducks
	Joe Motzko	Chicago Wolves	HC MVD
	Sergei Nemolodyshev	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Anatoly Nikontsev	Gazovik Tyumen	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Boris Novichenkov	Spartak Moscow	Krylia Sovetov	Free agent; 5 years contract
	Radek Philipp	Luleå HF	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Vadim Pokotilo	Amur Tigers Khabarovsk	Gazovik Tyumen
	Georgijs Pujacs	Dinamo Riga	Sibir Novosibirsk
	Maksim Rybin	Spartak Moscow	SKA St. Petersburg
	Evgeny Safronov	Molot-Prikamie Perm	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Artur Sarvarov	Ariada Volzhsk	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Artem Senkevich	Yunost Minsk	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Konstantin Simchuk	Sibir Novosibirsk	Sokil Kyiv
	Tomas Slovak	HC Kosice	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Maxim Sokolov	Khimik Voskresensk	SKA St. Petersburg
	Nikolai Stasenko	Yunost Minsk	Amur Tigers Khabarovsk
	Andrei Teljukin	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg
	Boris Tortunov	Vityaz Chekhov	HK Acroni Jesenice
	Dmitri Yushkevich	Sibir Novosibirsk	Djurgårdens IF
	Sergei Zinoviev	Dynamo Moscow	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Free agent; 5 years contract
	Alexey Yashin	Lokomotiv Yaroslavlsk	SKA Saint Petersburg
	Sergei Zubov	Dallas Stars	SKA Saint Petersburg