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5 unusual facts about Kontinental Hockey League


Alexander Medvedev

Since 2008, Alexander Medvedev has served as president of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Kontinental Hockey League

Players not from Russia represent a minority of about 40% of the KHL players, and are mostly Central European, Nordic, and North American.

Sergei Olkhovtsev

Sergei Olkhovtsev (born October 19, 1987) is a professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Stepan Krivov

Stepan Krivov (born March 20, 1990) is a professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Vladimir Galuzin

Vladimir Galuzin (born 6 August 1988) is a professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).


Alexander Pankov

Alexander Sergeevich Pankov (born November 17, 1991, Ufa) is a Russian professional ice hockey player, forward who currently plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Andrei Karev

Karev played six games for Kontinental Hockey League team Dinamo Minsk in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.

Artūrs Kulda

In July 15th 2012, Kulda signed a one-year contract with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Konstantin Zakharov

Zakharov played four games for Kontinental Hockey League team Dinamo Minsk in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.

Ruslan Salei

Salei died on September 7, 2011, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League except for player Maxim Zyuzyakin and goaltending coach Jorma Valtonen, crashed near Yaroslavl on its way to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 KHL season.

Yuri Lukin

Yuri Lukin is the general manager of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a Russian professional ice hockey team playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).


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Boyd Kane

On July 3, 2013, Kane signed a one-year contract with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League, re-uniting with former Hershey Bears head coach Mark French.