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26-453: The Bobrov Division is currently made up of the following teams: In the first KHL season , the division alignment was determined by team strength and the Bobrov division consisted of: Salavat Yulaev Ufa , Atlant Moscow Oblast , HC Dinamo Minsk , Metallurg Novokuznetsk , Severstal Cherepovets and Spartak Moscow . With the geographical alignment of the divisions for the 2009–10 season ,

52-674: 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

78-561: 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

104-620: A newly formed team that is based in Poprad , Slovakia . The expansion to 26 teams for the 2012–13 season caused some re-alignments among the Western conference divisions. The two newcomers Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia and HC Donbass from Ukraine were added to the Bobrov division. In the meantime, two Moscow teams, Spartak and CSKA were moved to the Tarasov Division , while Vityaz Chekhov moved to Bobrov. HC Lev Poprad

130-468: A protégé of previous Belarus national team head coach Curt Fraser . But after the first twelve games, the team was ranked next to the last place and Jim Hughes was dismissed. The new vacancy was taken by Russian specialist Vasili Spiridonov whose efforts were not enough to raise Dinamo Minsk from the bottom of the tournament table. The club ended the season ranked 22nd out of 24 teams. The next season team began under command of Glen Hanlon , who brought

156-656: 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

182-704: The Belarus Cup twice. On 26 March 26, 2008, the KHL confirmed the Belarusian club's inclusion in the Bobrov Division. Dinamo Minsk started to play on the ice of Minsk Palace of Sports and was relocated to the newly built Minsk-Arena in December 2009. The first head coach of the club was Paul Gardner , however he was dismissed prior to the beginning of the season. The next head coach became Jim Hughes,

208-509: The Belarus national team to the sixth place at WC2006 in Riga . The team roster was filled with world-famous players Ville Peltonen and Ossi Väänänen , and also one of the best Belarusian goaltenders Andrei Mezin . The 2009–10 season was similar to the previous one. The team did not show good result and Glen Hanlon was substituted by the head coach of HK Homiel . Dinamo Minsk finished at

234-403: The Tarasov Division and replaced by Dinamo Minsk and CSKA Moscow . Lev Praha had to withdraw prior to the 2014–15 season for financial reasons, whereas Jokerit from Helsinki , Finland joined. Furthermore, CSKA Moscow and Atlant Moscow Oblast Spartak Moscow returned to the KHL for the 2015–16 season , while Atlant Moscow Oblast left the league. KHL Medveščak Zagreb left

260-741: The Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League . Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playoffs ( Gagarin Cup ) four times: in the 2010–11 , 2011–12 , 2014–15 and 2016–17 KHL seasons. The team has not won a single round in the Gagarin Cup playoffs, losing in all four series. Dinamo was founded in 2003, taking the name of the Minsk club Dinamo , and won the Belarusian Extraleague championship title once and

286-407: The "Bisons" were in the playoff zone and breaking a number of club records. They first collected 105 points in a regular season and took eighth place in the general standings of the KHL. But in the playoffs, Dinamo did not succeed. Again, as six years ago, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl became the rival at the first stage. The series ended in five games - 1-4. Also during the season, in December 2016, Dinamo for

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312-545: The 17th spot in the KHL while missing the playoffs, but still managed to win Spengler Cup under the guidance of Alexander Andrievsky . The 2010–11 season was Dinamo Minsk's best season in the KHL. Marek Sýkora , who is widely thought of as one of the best coaches in the KHL , was appointed head coach. He brought Metallurg Magnitogorsk to the final games in 2005 and a rookie of the KHL Avtomobilist to

338-630: The KHL - Jhonas Enroth , Quinton Howden , Justin Fontaine and Jack Skille . Some of them showed great performance: Enroth joined the Sweden national team to participate in the Olympics in Pyeongchang and became the best player of the season in the opinion of the fans, and Howden took the second place in the list of the team's top scorers. But in general, the season for Dinamo was unsuccessful:

364-476: The KHL and returned to EBEL for the 2017–18 season . Dynamo Moscow and Severstal Cherepovets joining, both Slovan Bratislava and Dinamo Minsk swapped divisions to Tarasov Division . Sochi and Vityaz Podolsk joining Bobrov division, but Dinamo Riga and Dynamo Moscow swapped divisions to Tarasov Division . Severstal Cherepovets leaving Bobrov Division and joining Tarasov Division 2008%E2%80%9309 KHL season The 2008–09 KHL season

390-462: 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 Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk or HC Dinamo Minsk, ( Russian : Дина́мо-Минск ; Belarusian : Дынама-Мінск , Dynama-Minsk ) is an ice hockey team based in Minsk , Belarus . They are members of

416-540: The KHL playoffs in 2010. Dinamo Minsk under his command managed not only to get into the playoffs but was byt one step removed from the Western Conference semi-finals when Lokomotiv prevailed in the decisive game seven of the series. The 2011–12 season of Dinamo Minsk was to have begun on 8 September 2011, versus Lokomotiv Yaroslavl . However, on 7 September 2011, the plane carrying the Lokomotiv team to

442-1183: 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,

468-452: The composition of the Bobrov division was completely changed. Only Spartak Moscow and Dinamo Minsk remained in the division. They were joined by the two other teams from Moscow, CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow , as well as SKA Saint Petersburg and Dinamo Riga . Thus, the division was made up of the most westerly teams of the KHL. In 2010, Dynamo Moscow merged with HC MVD (from the Tarasov Division ). The new team, UHC Dynamo , took

494-466: The game in Minsk had crashed during takeoff , killing all but one of Lokomotiv's roster. Four days later, a memorial ceremony took place at the Minsk-Arena , with Minsk players paying tribute to the victims. In the 2016–17 season , the assistant coach of the Belarus national team Craig Woodcroft , became the head coach of Dinamo Minsk. From the very beginning to the end of the regular season,

520-506: The place of the old Dynamo in this division. Dinamo Minsk left for the Tarasov Division and was replaced by HC Lev Poprad in this division. However, later Lev was excluded from the league and the Bobrov Division became the first division in the history of the KHL to have the number of teams at 5 instead of 6. In 2011, the KHL expanded for the first time beyond the borders of the post-Soviet states by admitting HC Lev Poprad ,

546-767: The second time took part in the Spengler Cup . Woodcroft had a three-year contract, but elected to leave the team in spring to head the Swiss club Genève-Servette HC . Gordie Dwyer was appointed head coach for the 2017–18 season . The roster had to be formed taking into account the financial difficulties that arose at the end of the previous season, so the team was weakened. Leaders like Ben Scrivens , Kevin Lalande , Raman Hrabarenka , Matt Ellison , Rob Klinkhammer , Sergei Kostitsyn , Andrei Stas and Nikita Komarov left. Instead of these players came mainly young Belarusians and four hockey players who had not previously played in

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572-415: The team finished in the 10th place in the conference and did not qualify for the playoffs. Dinamo Minsk called Minsk Sports Palace as their home until they moved to the new Minsk-Arena in 2010. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/shootout wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/shootout losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points Updated 16 September 2024. These are

598-508: 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

624-506: 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

650-518: Was dissolved and replaced by a new organization, Lev Praha from Prague , Czech Republic . This brought the number of teams in the Bobrov division to 7, representing 5 different countries. The expansion to 28 teams for the 2013–14 season caused some re-alignments among the Western conference divisions; as such, Croatian newcomer KHL Medveščak Zagreb were added to the Borbov division, while HC Vityaz , HC Donbass and Dynamo Moscow were moved to

676-469: 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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