2016–17 KHL season

2016–17 KHL season
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 22 August 2016 – 16 April 2017
Number of games 60
Number of teams 29
Regular season
Continental Cup winner Russia CSKA Moscow
Top scorer Russia Sergei Mozyakin
Playoffs
Western champions Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
  Western runners-up Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Eastern champions Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
  Eastern runners-up Russia Ak Bars Kazan
Gagarin Cup
Champions Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
  Runners-up Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk

The 2016–17 KHL season was the ninth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 22 August 2016 and ended on 16 April 2017.[1][2] SKA Saint Petersburg defeated Metallurg Magnitogorsk four games to one to win their second Gagarin Cup Championship in three seasons.

The KHL had the third highest average attendance in Europe, averaging 6,121 spectators,[3] and the highest total attendance in Europe with 5.32 million spectators in the regular season.

Team changes

The Chinese club HC Kunlun Red Star from Beijing, China joined the league, to become its 29th team.[4][5]

Divisions and regular season format

In this season, like in 2015–16 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.[2][6]

How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[7][8][9][10]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Belarus Dinamo Minsk Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Ak Bars Kazan Russia Admiral Vladivostok
Latvia Dinamo Riga Russia Dynamo Moscow Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Amur Khabarovsk
Finland Jokerit Russia HC Sochi Russia Lada Togliatti Russia Avangard Omsk
Croatia Medveščak Zagreb Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Kazakhstan Barys Astana
Russia SKA Saint Petersburg Russia Severstal Cherepovets Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk China HC Kunlun Red Star
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Russia Spartak Moscow Russia Vityaz Podolsk Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russia Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CSKA Moscow 60 41 3 8 8 183 110 +73 137 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 SKA Saint Petersburg 60 39 7 6 8 249 114 +135 137
3 Dynamo Moscow 60 29 10 5 16 164 111 +53 112 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 60 32 4 6 18 163 130 +33 110
5 Dinamo Minsk 60 27 10 4 19 171 150 +21 105
6 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 60 27 8 7 18 145 124 +21 104
7 Vityaz Podolsk 60 26 7 5 22 162 158 +4 97
8 Jokerit 60 23 6 12 19 149 165 −16 93
9 HC Sochi 60 24 7 2 27 139 145 −6 88
10 Slovan Bratislava 60 22 7 5 26 144 166 −22 85
11 Severstal Cherepovets 60 18 5 10 27 133 163 −30 74
12 Medveščak Zagreb 60 19 4 4 33 138 186 −48 69
13 Spartak Moscow 60 18 3 6 33 125 168 −43 66
14 Dinamo Riga 60 11 10 5 34 116 158 −42 58
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2017. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of their conference.

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 60 36 5 6 13 197 135 +62 124 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 Avangard Omsk 60 30 8 3 19 156 127 +29 109
3 Ak Bars Kazan 60 29 9 4 18 155 127 +28 109 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Traktor Chelyabinsk 60 27 3 10 20 130 120 +10 97
5 Barys Astana 60 25 6 3 26 151 167 −16 90
6 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 60 21 6 13 20 169 174 −5 88
7 Admiral Vladivostok 60 24 3 8 25 147 153 −6 86
8 HC Kunlun Red Star 60 24 4 3 29 139 144 −5 83
9 Sibir Novosibirsk 60 20 8 7 25 133 138 −5 83
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 60 20 8 4 28 143 155 −12 80
11 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 60 19 6 10 25 139 165 −26 79
12 Amur Khabarovsk 60 20 5 6 29 110 130 −20 76
13 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 60 18 4 4 34 112 148 −36 66
14 Lada Togliatti 60 16 5 7 32 146 180 −34 65
15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 60 8 6 4 42 97 194 −97 40
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2017. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of its conference.

Gagarin Cup Playoffs

Gagarin Cup

The playoffs started on 21 February 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on 16 April 2017.[2]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1 Russia Metallurg Mg 4     1 Russia Metallurg Mg 4  
8 China Kunlun Red Star 1     5 Kazakhstan Barys 0  
2 Russia Avangard 4 Eastern Conference
7 Russia Admiral 2  
    1 Russia Metallurg Mg 4  
  3 Russia Ak Bars 0  
3 Russia Ak Bars 4  
6 Russia Salavat Yulaev 1  
4 Russia Traktor 2   2 Russia Avangard 2
5 Kazakhstan Barys 4     3 Russia Ak Bars 4  
  1 Russia Metallurg Mg 1
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  2 Russia SKA 4
1 Russia CSKA 4     1 Russia CSKA 2
8 Finland Jokerit 0     4 Russia Lokomotiv 4  
2 Russia SKA 4
7 Russia Vityaz 0  
  4 Russia Lokomotiv 0
  2 Russia SKA 4  
3 Russia Dynamo Msk 4  
6 Russia Torpedo 1   Western Conference
4 Russia Lokomotiv 4   2 Russia SKA 4
5 Belarus Dinamo Mn 1     3 Russia Dynamo Msk 1  
  • During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Final standings

RankTeam
1Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
2Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
3Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
4Russia Ak Bars Kazan
5Russia CSKA Moscow
6Russia Dynamo Moscow
7Russia Avangard Omsk
8Kazakhstan Barys Astana
9Belarus Dinamo Minsk
10Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
11Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk
12Russia Vityaz
13Finland Jokerit
14Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
15Russia Admiral Vladivostok
16China HC Kunlun Red Star
17Russia Sochi
18Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
19Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
20Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
21Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
22Russia Amur Khabarovsk
23Russia Severstal Cherepovets
24Croatia Medveščak Zagreb
25Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
26Russia Spartak Moscow
27Russia Lada Togliatti
28Latvia Dinamo Riga
29Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

As of 18 February 2017

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Russia Sergei MozyakinMetallurg Magnitogorsk60483785+104
Russia Ilya KovalchukSKA Saint Petersburg60324678+2847
Russia Vadim ShipachyovSKA Saint Petersburg50265076+3322
Russia Nikita GusevSKA Saint Petersburg57244771+338
Russia Evgenii DadonovSKA Saint Petersburg53303666+3339

Source: KHL

Leading goaltenders

As of 18 February 2017

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Russia Alexander YeryomenkoDynamo Moscow372092:482445459.9501.29
Czech Republic Pavel FrancouzTraktor Chelyabinsk301718:501493415.9531.43
Russia Ilya SorokinCSKA Moscow392276:142576615.9291.61
Russia Igor ShestyorkinSKA Saint Petersburg392190:492746608.9371.64
Sweden Viktor FasthCSKA Moscow211169:051522334.9291.69

Source: KHL

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September[11] Russia Ilya Proskuryakov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) Canada Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok)
October[12] Russia Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg) Canada Chris Lee (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA Saint Petersburg) Russia Artyom Zagidulin (Kunlun Red Star)
November[13] Russia Vasily Demchenko (Traktor Chelyabinsk) Russia Zakhar Arzamastsev (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Dmitry Shulenin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
December[14] Russia Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Yegor Martynov (Avangard Omsk) Sweden Richard Gynge (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) Russia Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok)
January[15] Russia Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Finland Juuso Hietanen (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Artyom Ilenko (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
February[16] Russia Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Czech Republic Jakub Nakládal (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Denis Alexeyev (Admiral Vladivostok)
March[17] Russia Vasily Koshechkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Vladislav Gavrikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Russia Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Grigori Dronov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
April

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule for 2016/2017 season confirmed". 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mark your Calendars! 2016-17 Season Schedule". 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "KHL is on the 3rd place by attendance". IIHF. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Enter the Dragon! Beijing club to join KHL". 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "It's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL". 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Bobrov Division". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Tarasov Division". 17 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Kharlamov Division". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Chernyshev Division". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "September's finest: Proskuryakov, Robinson, Mozyakin and Tkachyov". khl.ru. 2016-10-07.
  12. ↑ "October's finest: Shestyorkin, Lee, Kovalchuk and Zagidulin". khl.ru. 2016-11-01.
  13. ↑ "November's finest: Demchenko, Arzamastsev, Mozyakin and Shulenin". khl.ru. 2016-12-01.
  14. ↑ "December's finest: Yeryomenko, Martynov, Gynge and Tkachev". khl.ru. 2017-01-02.
  15. ↑ "January's finest: Yeryomenko, Hietanen, Mozyakin and Ilyenko". khl.ru. 2017-02-01.
  16. ↑ "February's finest: Yeryomenko, Nakladal, Mozyakin and Alexeyev". khl.ru. 2017-03-01.
  17. ↑ "March's finest: Koshechkin, Gavrikov, Zaripov and Dronov". khl.ru. 2017-04-01.
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