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2010–11 KHL season
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 8 September 2010 – 16 April 2011
Number of teams 23
Regular season
Continental Cup winner Flag of Russia Avangard Omsk
Season MVP Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Top scorer Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Playoffs
Western champions Flag of Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast
  Western runners-up Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Eastern champions Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
  Eastern runners-up Flag of Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk

The 2010–11 KHL season is the third season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 8 September 2010 and ended on 16 April 2011.

The season started with the Opening Cup game between the last season's finalists, Ak Bars Kazan and the new team that was created by merging last season's Western conference winner HC MVD with Dynamo Moscow.

Salavat Yulaev Ufa won the Gagarin Cup and the Russian Championship after beating Atlant Moscow Oblast 4–1 in the play-off final series.

League changes[]

Team changes[]

Folding of Lada Togliatti

Lada Togliatti dropped out of the league and joined the Russian Major League instead, after failing to meet the league's financial requirements.

Merger of HC MVD and Dynamo Moscow

On 30 April 2010, it was announced that HC MVD would merge with Dynamo Moscow to form UHC Dynamo, which for the time being will play the majority of their games at Megasport Arena in Moscow, while also attempting to play some games in Balashikha. The current plan is to have a new, large and modernized arena constructed in Balashikha by 2012.

Expansion teams

By the deadline of 1 April 2010, six new teams from four different countries applied for KHL membership for this season: HC Yugra, Krylya Sovetov Moscow and Gazovik Tyumen from Russia; HC Budivelnyk from Kiev, Ukraine; HC Lev from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; and Vėtra Vilnius from Lithuania.[1] Of these teams, Budivelnyk and Yugra were initially accepted into the KHL,[2] but on 24 June 2010 Budivelnyk announced it is unable to participate in the KHL in the 2010–11 season because their stadium is not ready.[3] On 16 July 2010, HC Lev, which in the meantime has been moved to Poprad in Slovakia, was accepted into the KHL[4], but after the Slovak Hockey Federation's delay to give permit to the team, the KHL excluded Lev from the 2010–11 season.[5]

Other changes[]

Play-off format

Unlike in the previous seasons, all play-off series will be played in a best-of-seven format.[6]

Vuvuzelas ban

The KHL administration has explicitly banned the sale and use of vuvuzelas, infamous since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in ice hockey arenas.[7]

Regular season[]

The regular season started on 8 September 2010 with the Opening Cup and ended on 20 February 2011. There were short breaks in November, December and February for international matches and for the all-star game.[6] Each team played 54 games during the regular season.

Notable events[]

Opening Cup

The first game of the season is traditionally the "Opening Cup" and is played between the two Gagarin Cup finalists from the previous season. Because previous season's runner-up HC MVD merged with Dynamo Moscow, the Opening Cup was played between defending champion Ak Bars Kazan and the newly formed UHC Dynamo. The game took place on 8 September 2010 at the TatNeft Arena in Kazan where UHC Dynamo beat Ak Bars Kazan 3-1.

KHL versus NHL exhibition games

The Carolina Hurricanes played SKA Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace Saint Petersburg in Saint Petersburg, Russia on October 4 (SKA won 5–3), and the Phoenix Coyotes played Dinamo Riga at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia on October 6 (Riga lost 1–3).[8]

Game in Switzerland

On 23 December 2010, before the Spengler Cup started, the two participants from the KHL, SKA Saint Petersburg and Spartak Moscow, played an official regular-season game in the Vaillant Arena in Davos, Switzerland. It was the first KHL game played in central Europe.

All-Star Game

The All-Star weekend took place on 5 and 6 February 2011 in Saint Petersburg.[6]

League standings[]

Source: KHL.ru[9]

Points were awarded as follows:

  • 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
  • 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW")
  • 1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL")
  • 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")
     Division winner
     Qualified for playoffs

Conference standings[]

The conference standings determined the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference were reserved for the division winners.

Western Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 54 33 1 1 4 1 14 203 143 108
Flag of Russia UHC Dynamo Moscow 54 28 1 1 4 4 16 149 131 96
Flag of Russia SKA Saint Petersburg 54 23 3 6 5 4 13 171 144 96
Flag of Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast 54 21 4 7 4 2 16 138 115 91
Flag of Russia Severstal Cherepovets 54 25 2 3 0 4 20 145 142 89
Flag of Russia HC Spartak Moscow 54 24 1 1 3 3 22 129 142 82
Flag of Latvia Dinamo Riga 54 20 2 5 5 2 20 160 149 81
Flag of Belarus Dinamo Minsk 54 17 3 5 5 2 22 150 155 74
Flag of Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 54 18 5 3 1 2 25 144 151 73
Flag of Russia CSKA Moscow 54 13 0 7 4 2 28 136 169 59
Flag of Russia Vityaz Chekhov 54 13 1 3 3 2 32 119 178 52

Source: khl.ru[10]

Eastern Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Avangard Omsk 54 31 9 2 2 1 9 176 120 118
Flag of Russia Ak Bars Kazan 54 29 2 3 5 3 12 181 133 105
Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 29 5 4 4 0 12 210 144 109
Flag of Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk 54 27 1 5 3 4 14 167 141 100
Flag of Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 54 22 0 6 6 3 17 145 151 87
Flag of Russia Sibir Novosibirsk 54 22 2 4 1 4 21 133 131 83
Flag of Kazakhstan Barys Astana 54 20 2 2 6 3 21 155 152 77
Flag of Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 54 22 1 2 1 2 26 159 162 75
Flag of Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk 54 14 6 2 5 1 26 142 166 64
Flag of Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 54 10 6 4 2 1 31 134 184 53
Flag of Russia Amur Khabarovsk 54 13 1 1 3 4 32 112 173 50
Flag of Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk 54 8 1 3 4 5 33 105 186 41

Source: khl.ru[11]

Divisional standings[]

Western Conference

Bobrov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia UHC Dynamo Moscow 54 28 1 1 4 4 16 149 131 96
Flag of Russia SKA Saint Petersburg 54 23 3 6 5 4 13 171 144 96
Flag of Russia HC Spartak Moscow 54 24 1 1 3 3 22 129 142 82
Flag of Latvia Dinamo Riga 54 20 2 5 5 2 20 160 149 81
Flag of Russia CSKA Moscow 54 13 0 7 4 2 28 136 169 59
Tarasov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 54 33 1 1 4 1 14 203 143 108
Flag of Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast 54 21 4 7 4 2 16 138 115 91
Flag of Russia Severstal Cherepovets 54 25 2 3 0 4 20 145 142 89
Flag of Belarus Dynamo Minsk 54 17 3 5 5 2 22 150 155 74
Flag of Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 54 18 5 3 1 2 25 144 151 73
Flag of Russia Vityaz Chekhov 54 13 1 3 3 2 32 119 178 52

Eastern Conference

Kharlamov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Ak Bars Kazan 54 29 2 3 5 3 12 181 133 105
Flag of Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk 54 27 1 5 3 4 14 167 141 100
Flag of Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 54 22 0 6 6 3 17 145 151 87
Flag of Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 54 22 1 2 1 2 26 159 162 75
Flag of Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk 54 14 6 2 5 1 26 142 166 64
Flag of Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 54 10 6 4 2 1 31 134 184 53
Chernyshev Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Avangard Omsk 54 31 9 2 2 1 9 176 120 118
Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 29 5 4 4 0 12 210 144 109
Flag of Russia Sibir Novosibirsk 54 22 2 4 1 4 21 133 131 83
Flag of Kazakhstan Barys Astana 54 20 2 2 6 3 21 155 152 77
Flag of Russia Amur Khabarovsk 54 13 1 1 3 4 32 112 173 50
Flag of Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk 54 8 1 3 4 5 33 105 186 41

League leaders[]

Source: khl.ru[12][13]

Goals Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Červenka (Omsk) 31
Assists Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa)
60
Points Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa)
80
Shots Flag of Canada Kevin Dallman (Astana) 225
Plus/minus Flag of Russia Alexei Morozov (Kazan)
+27
Penalty minutes Flag of Canada Darcy Verot (Chekhov) 182
Wins (Goaltenders) Flag of Finland Karri Rämö (Omsk) 33
Goals against average Flag of Russia Konstantin Barulin (Mytischi) 1.91
Save percentage Flag of Kazakhstan Vitali Yeremeyev (Astana) 92.7
Shutouts Flag of the Czech Republic Dominik Hašek (Moscow) 7

Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played

Scoring leaders[]

Source: khl.ru[14]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 20 60 80 +27 83
Flag of Norway Patrick Thoresen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 29 36 65 +21 30
Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Červenka Avangard Omsk 51 31 30 61 +15 56
Flag of Russia Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast 54 27 34 61 +10 12
Flag of Slovakia Pavol Demitra Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 54 18 43 61 +12 29
Flag of Russia Aleksey Morozov Ak Bars Kazan 53 21 35 56 +27 24
Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Vašíček Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 54 24 31 55 +16 34
Flag of the Czech Republic Jaromír Jágr Avangard Omsk 49 19 32 51 +6 48
Flag of Canada Matt Ellison Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 53 21 29 50 –6 28
Flag of Sweden Mattias Weinhandl SKA Saint Petersburg 54 21 28 49 +14 42

Leading goaltenders[]

Source: khl.ru[15]

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 SOL GA SO SV% GAA
Flag of Russia Konstantin Barulin Atlant Moscow Oblast 28 1504:47 13 9 4 48 6 .925 1.91
Flag of Finland Karri Rämö Avangard Omsk 44 2592:49 33 6 4 85 5 .925 1.97
Flag of the Czech Republic Jakub Štěpánek SKA Saint Petersburg 32 1844:06 16 8 5 63 3 .923 2.05
Flag of Belarus Vitali Koval Atlant Moscow Oblast 34 1766:55 12 10 9 61 2 .921 2.07
Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen Ak Bars Kazan 43 2538:01 25 12 6 89 2 .926 2.10

Playoffs[]

Kubok gagarina

The Gagarin Cup

The playoffs started on 23 February 2011. The fifth and final game of the final series for the Gagarin Cup was played on 16 April 2011.[6]

  Conference Quarter-Finals
Conference Semi-Finals
Conference Finals
Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1  Avangard 4  
8  Neftekhimik 3  
  2  Ak Bars 1  
  3  Salavat Yulaev 4  
2  Ak Bars 4
7  Barys 0  
  3  Salavat Yulaev 4  
Eastern Conference
  4  Metallurg Mg 3  
3  Salavat Yulaev 4  
6  Sibir 0  
  1  Avangard 3
  4  Metallurg Mg 4  
4  Metallurg Mg 4
5  Yugra 2  
  3  Salavat Yulaev 4
  4  Atlant 1
1  Lokomotiv 4  
8  Dynamo Minsk 3  
  1  Lokomotiv 4
  7  Dinamo Riga 1  
2  Dynamo Moscow 2
7  Dinamo Riga 4  
  1  Lokomotiv 2
Western Conference
  4  Atlant 4  
3  SKA 4  
6  Spartak 0  
  3  SKA 3
  4  Atlant 4  
4  Atlant 4
5  Severstal 2  

Playoff leaders[]

Source: khl.ru[16][17]

Goals Flag of Russia Gleb Klimenko (Magnitogorsk)
10
Assists Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Vašíček (Yaroslavl)
Flag of Slovakia Pavol Demitra (Yaroslavl)
Flag of Norway Patrick Thoresen (Ufa)
Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa)
15
Points Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Vašíček (Yaroslavl) 22
Shots Flag of Russia Sergey Mozyakin (Mytishchi) 77
Plus/minus Flag of Norway Patrick Thoresen (Ufa)
Flag of Russia Ilya Gorokhov (Mytishchi)
+11
Penalty minutes Flag of Russia Fedor Fedorov (Mytishchi) 65
Wins (Goaltenders) Flag of Sweden Erik Ersberg (Ufa)
15
Goals against average Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 1.32
Save percentage Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 95.7
Shutouts Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen (Kazan)
Flag of Sweden Erik Ersberg (Ufa)
3

Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played

Scoring leaders[]

Source: khl.ru[18]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Vašíček Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 18 7 15 22 +6 16
Flag of Russia Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast 23 8 13 21 –2 2
Flag of Slovakia Pavol Demitra Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 18 6 15 21 +10 4
Flag of Norway Patrick Thoresen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 21 3 15 18 +11 16
Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov Salavat Yulaev Ufa 21 3 15 18 +10 42

Leading goaltenders[]

Source: khl.ru[19]

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 GA SO SV% GAA
Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen Ak Bars Kazan 9 543:49 5 4 12 3 .957 1.32
Flag of Sweden Erik Ersberg Salavat Yulaev Ufa 20 1118:23 15 3 36 3 .933 1.93
Flag of the United States Robert Esche Dinamo Minsk 4 215:38 2 2 7 0 .942 1.95
Flag of Russia Konstantin Barulin Atlant Moscow Oblast 22 1286:09 11 10 44 2 .928 2.05
Flag of the Czech Republic Jakub Štěpánek SKA Saint Petersburg 11 698:22 7 4 25 1 .920 2.15

Final standings[]

Rank Team
1 Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2 Flag of Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast
3 Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
4 Flag of Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
5 Flag of Russia Avangard Omsk
6 Flag of Russia Ak Bars Kazan
7 Flag of Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
8 Flag of Latvia Dinamo Riga
9 Flag of Russia Dynamo Moscow
10 Flag of Russia Severstal Cherepovets
11 Flag of Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
12 Flag of Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
13 Flag of Russia Spartak Moscow
14 Flag of Kazakhstan Barys Astana
15 Flag of Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
16 Flag of Belarus Dinamo Minsk
17 Flag of Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
18 Flag of Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk
19 Flag of Russia CSKA Moscow
20 Flag of Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
21 Flag of Russia Vityaz Chekhov
22 Flag of Russia Amur Khabarovsk
23 Flag of Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Awards[]

Players of the Month[]

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September[20] Flag of Austria Bernd Brückler (Torpedo) Flag of Latvia Sandis Ozoliņš (Riga) Flag of Russia Denis Platonov (Magnitogorsk) Flag of Russia Yaroslav Khabarov (Magnitogorsk)
October[21] Flag of Russia Mikhail Biryukov (Khanty-Mansiysk) Flag of Russia Maxim Solovyev (Dynamo M) Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Červenka (Omsk) Flag of Russia Alexander Osipov (Khabarovsk)
November[22] Flag of Finland Karri Rämö (Omsk) Flag of Sweden Johan Fransson (St. Petersburg) Flag of Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) Flag of Russia Dinar Hafizulin (Chekhov)
December[23] Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen (Kazan) Flag of Russia Alexander Guskov (Yaroslavl) Flag of Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) Flag of Russia Alexander Pankov (Ufa)
January[24] Flag of the Czech Republic Dominik Hašek (Spartak) Flag of Canada Kevin Dallman (Astana) Flag of Slovakia Pavol Demitra (Yaroslavl) Flag of Russia Grigory Zheldakov (Spartak)
February[25] Flag of Finland Petri Vehanen (Kazan) Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Rachůnek (Yaroslavl) Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa) Flag of Belarus Mikhail Stefanovich (Minsk)
March[26] Flag of Sweden Erik Ersberg (Ufa) Flag of Russia Marat Kalimulin (Yaroslavl) Flag of Russia Gleb Klimenko (Magnitogorsk) Flag of Russia Pavel Zdunov (Magnitogorsk)

KHL Awards[]

On 20 May 2011, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 20 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media.[27] The most important trophies are listed in the table below.

Golden Stick Award (regular season MVP) Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa)
Best coach Flag of the Czech Republic Miloš Říha (Atlant)
Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) Flag of Russia Pavel Zdunov (Magnitogorsk)

The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team:

Forwards Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Flag of Russia Igor Grigorenko
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Flag of Russia Sergei Mozyakin
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Defense Flag of Latvia Sandis Ozoliņš
Dinamo Riga
Flag of Russia Kirill Koltsov
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Goalie Flag of Sweden Erik Ersberg
Salavat Yulaev Ufa

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