2014–15 KHL season
| 2014–15 KHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 3 September 2014 – 19 April 2015 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 28 |
| Regular season | |
| Continental Cup winner | Russia CSKA Moscow |
| Top scorer | Russia Alexander Radulov |
| Playoffs | |
| Western champions | Russia SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Western runners-up | Russia CSKA Moscow |
| Eastern champions | Russia Ak Bars Kazan |
| Eastern runners-up | Russia Sibir Novosibirsk |
| Gagarin Cup | |
| Champions | Russia SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Runners-up | Russia Ak Bars Kazan |
The 2014–15 KHL season was the seventh season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 3 September with the Opening Cup between defending champions Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow, replacing Lev Praha, last year's runner up who did not participate this season.[1]
Team changes
Prior to the season, the KHL added three more teams: Jokerit from Helsinki, Lada Togliatti (an earlier member of the KHL that spent the last four seasons in the VHL) and HC Sochi, an expansion team from Sochi.[2] HC Donbass did not play in the league this season, due to Russian invasion of Ukraine which culminated in a devastating fire at their home arena. Donbass intended to rejoin KHL for the 2015–16 season,[3] but ultimately joined the new Ukrainian Hockey Extra League. HC Lev Praha didn't participate in KHL this season either, because of financial problems.[4] In addition, Spartak Moscow did not participate in the league this season, after missing the deadline for shoring up its finances.[5]
Divisions and regular season format
New for this season, is that the teams primarily play games against teams in their own division, and secondarily against teams in their own conference, and finally against teams in the other conference. According to the new format (subject to final approval by the League management) each team will play a total of 60 games during the regular season as follows:
- 24 games against the other teams in their division (two at home and two on the road against each opponent),
- 14 games (one at home and one on the road against each opponent), against the teams in the other division in their conference,
- 14 more against teams from the other conference (comprising seven home games versus teams from one division and seven road games against teams from the other),
- 8 games where four will be against teams in their own conference (two at home, two on the road) and four against opposition from the other conference (again, two at home and two on the road). When determining the opponents and venues for these additional 8 games, the League consider practical things, including the geographical locations and the availability of the arenas.[6]
How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences[6] are shown in the table below.
| Western Conference | Eastern Conference |
|---|
Regular season
The regular season began on 3 September 2014 with the Opening Cup between Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow. Metallurg won the game 6–1.[7]
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
- As of 24 Feb 2015
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia Alexander Radulov | CSKA Moscow | 46 | 24 | 47 | 71 | +37 | 143 |
| Czech Republic Jan Kovář | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 60 | 24 | 44 | 68 | +15 | 50 |
| Russia Danis Zaripov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 60 | 24 | 40 | 64 | +13 | 40 |
| France Stéphane Da Costa | CSKA Moscow | 46 | 30 | 32 | 62 | +26 | 12 |
| Russia Artemy Panarin | SKA Saint Petersburg | 54 | 26 | 36 | 62 | +18 | 37 |
| Belarus Charles Linglet | Dinamo Minsk | 54 | 22 | 36 | 58 | –2 | 59 |
| United States Steve Moses | Jokerit | 60 | 36 | 21 | 57 | +11 | 20 |
| Canada Matt Ellison | Dinamo Minsk | 58 | 24 | 33 | 57 | –2 | 38 |
| Canada Nigel Dawes | Barys Astana | 60 | 32 | 24 | 56 | +18 | 48 |
| Russia Denis Parshin | Avangard Omsk | 60 | 25 | 31 | 56 | +18 | 40 |
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Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
- As of 24 Feb 2015
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus Kevin Lalande | CSKA Moscow | 23 | 1297:10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 6 | .934 | 1.39 |
| Russia Alexander Lazushin | Dynamo Moscow | 21 | 1156:59 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 5 | .946 | 1.45 |
| Sweden Anders Nilsson | Ak Bars Kazan | 38 | 2247:52 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 5 | .936 | 1.71 |
| Russia Emil Garipov | Ak Bars Kazan | 23 | 1383:26 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 1 | .933 | 1.78 |
| Russia Stanislav Galimov | CSKA Moscow | 35 | 2055:31 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 6 | .919 | 1.78 |
Russian Ice Hockey Championship
At the end of the regular season of the KHL Championship the following teams became medalists of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship:[8]
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| File:Gold medal icon.svg | Russia CSKA Moscow |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg | Russia SKA Saint Petersburg |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg | Russia Dynamo Moscow |
Playoffs
The playoffs started on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and will end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.[9]
Bracket
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia Ak Bars | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Russia Avtomobilist | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia Ak Bars | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Russia Avangard | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia Sibir | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Russia Traktor | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia Ak Bars | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia Sibir | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia Metallurg Mg | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Russia Salavat Yulaev | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia Sibir | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia Metallurg Mg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Russia Avangard | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Kazakhstan Barys | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia Ak Bars | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia SKA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia CSKA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Russia HC Sochi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia CSKA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Finland Jokerit | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia SKA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Russia Torpedo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia CSKA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia SKA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia Dynamo Msk | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Russia Lokomotiv | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia SKA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia Dynamo Msk | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Finland Jokerit | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Belarus Dinamo Mn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Final standings
Awards
Players of the Month
Best KHL players of each month.
| Month | Goaltender | Defense | Forward | Rookie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September[10] | Russia Stanislav Galimov (CSKA Moscow) | Russia Anton Belov (SKA St. Petersburg) | Russia Sergei Shirokov (Avangard Omsk) | Russia Vladislav Kamenev (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |
| October[11] | Russia Ivan Kasutin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) | Russia Maxim Chudinov (SKA St. Petersburg) | Russia Artemy Panarin (SKA St. Petersburg) | Russia Ivan Nalimov (Admiral Vladivostok) |
| November[12] | Finland Mikko Koskinen (Sibir Novosibirsk) | Russia Georgi Misharin (CSKA Moscow) | Russia Igor Grigorenko (CSKA Moscow) | Russia Pavel Koledov (HC Sochi) |
| December[13] | Canada Michael Garnett (Traktor Chelyabinsk) | United States Nick Bailen (Dinamo Minsk) | Russia Dmitri Kugryshev (Sibir Novosibirsk) | Russia Damir Musin (Ak Bars Kazan) |
| January[14] | Russia Alexander Lazushin (Dynamo Moscow) | Russia Alexei Semenov (Vityaz Podolsk) | Russia Mikhail Varnakov (Ak Bars Kazan) | Russia Vyacheslav Leshchenko (Atlant Moscow Oblast) |
| February[15] | Sweden Anders Nilsson (Ak Bars Kazan) | United States Deron Quint (Traktor Chelyabinsk) | Canada Belarus Charles Linglet (Dinamo Minsk) | Russia Maxim Mamin (CSKA Moscow) |
| March[16] | Sweden Anders Nilsson (Ak Bars Kazan) | Russia Denis Denisov (CSKA Moscow) | Russia Alexander Radulov (CSKA Moscow) | Russia Kirill Semyonov (Avangard Omsk) |
| April[17] | Finland Mikko Koskinen (SKA St. Petersburg) | Russia Maxim Chudinov (SKA St. Petersburg) | Russia Evgenii Dadonov (SKA St. Petersburg) | Not awarded |
Milestones
- On September 13, 2014, the Metallurg Magnitogorsk forward Sergei Mozyakin recorded his 400th KHL regular season career point. He became the first player in league history to reach this milestone.
- On September 24, 2014, the Metallurg Magnitogorsk forward Danis Zaripov recorded his 300th KHL regular season career point. He became the third player in league history to reach this milestone.
- On October 5, 2014, Ak Bars Kazan coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov coached his 800th career game in Russian championships.
- On October 6, 2014, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod forward Wojtek Wolski set a new league record for the fastest hat-trick in the game against Sibir Novosibirsk scoring in 1 minute 46 seconds.
- On February 18, 2015, Jokerit forward Steve Moses scored his 36th goal against Atlant Moscow Oblast and broke the league record for the most goals scored during one season.
References
- ↑ "КАЛЕНДАРЬ МАТЧЕЙ КХЛ СЕЗОНА 2014-15" (PDF). 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ↑ "Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada". 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ↑ "Donbass to miss 2014-15 season". 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ↑ "Smutné očekávání potvrzeno! Pražský Lev nepřežil klinickou smrt, v příští sezoně KHL bude chybět". 2014-07-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ↑ "У министра конструктивная позиция по легионерам". 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Regular Season Format Unveiled". 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ↑ "Game resume, khl.ru". 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ KHL Sports Regulations. Seasons 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017(in Russian)
- ↑ "All Set for Quarter-Finals". khl.ru. 2015-02-25.
- ↑ "September's finest: Galimov, Belov, Shirokov & Kamenev". khl.ru. 2014-10-02.
- ↑ "October's finest: Kasutin, Chudinov, Panarin and Nalimov". khl.ru. 2014-11-05.
- ↑ "November's finest: Koskinen, Misharin, Grigorenko & Koledov". khl.ru. 2014-12-02.
- ↑ "December's finest: Garnett, Bailen, Kugryshev & Musin". khl.ru. 2015-01-01.
- ↑ "January's finest: Lazushin, Semenov, Varnakov & Leshchenko". khl.ru. 2015-02-03.
- ↑ "February's finest: Nilsson, Quint, Linglet & Mamin". khl.ru. 2015-03-02.
- ↑ "March's finest: Nilsson, Denisov, Radulov & Semyonov". khl.ru. 2015-04-01.
- ↑ "April's finest: Koskinen, Chudinov and Dadonov". khl.ru. 2015-04-22.
