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Aivis Kalnins' Archive

KHL to have one less team for the 2020/2021 season

April 1, 2020 - 12:28 PM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins KHL has stopped their season, cancelling the Gagarin Cup playoffs and league is already setting up for the upcoming season. However - they are going to have to play with one less squad in 2020/2021. Admiral Vladivostok announced tod...

KHL officially announces that Admiral is out for 2020/2021 season

April 2, 2020 - 2:52 PM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins On Wednesday Admiral Vladivostok team announced that the team would be missing the upcoming 2020/2021 KHL season due to authorities of Primorye region deciding to suspending funding for professional sports teams to save the funds in fig...

Leafs and Panthers get their KHL reinforcements

April 7, 2020 - 10:39 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins KHL has headed into the off-season, has already begun preparations for the upcoming season and with free agency soon approaching - some of the KHL stars are looking for permanent homes across the pond. On Tuesday the Toronto Maple L...

As many as ten CSKA Moscow players could be NHL bound

April 8, 2020 - 3:09 PM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins With KHL free agency looming the rumors are starting to pop up like it's Christmas. Russian media portal R-Sport reported that as many as 10 CSKA Moscow players have been offered NHL contracts and while that isn't surprising it's truly...

KHL elects new board of directors; Anton Slepyshev update

April 9, 2020 - 5:06 PM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins During the general meeting of the Kontinental Hockey League that was held from a far terminated the powers of their board of directors and elected a new one. KHL's Board of Directors consists of 21 members and is led by chairman of t...

KHL season was cancelled but what about Russian Junior hockey?

April 10, 2020 - 12:52 PM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins Less than a month ago KHL and their junior league suspended their season due to Covid-19 outbreak. It wasn't long after that, when KHL announced that they are cancelling their season but that doesn't seem to be the case of MHL. Previ...

Ilya Sorokin is ready for New York [Updated]

April 12, 2020 - 11:58 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins CSKA Moscow is losing talent this off-season, Kirll Kaprizov is finally making the jump to North America and now a fellow Russian is following in his path. As per source Ilya Sorokin has turned down a multi-year contract offer from...

KHL president Alexei Morozov talks KHL's future

April 14, 2020 - 3:08 PM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins The president of KHL - Alexei Morozov in his short tenure has addressed media and fans more than the previous presidents combined, and it's good to finally hear from the ''chief'' himself. Morozov went on to talk about the plans for th...

Bill Peters finds a new hockey job, Alexander Romanov update

April 15, 2020 - 6:41 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins Early morning on Wednesday was quite eventful for those in Russia. Two major news breaking at early hours. First Sport Express' Igor Eronko broke the news that the Jekaterinburgh Avtomobilist team of the KHL have signed Bill Peters t...

Slava Voynov to attempt another NHL comeback

April 16, 2020 - 10:33 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins Slava Voynov is a name that just keeps on popping up each and every year and this one will be no different. A source has suggested to Hockeybuzz that Slava Voynov has informed KHL teams which had expressed interest in the 30-year-old...

Mikhail Grigorenko finds a new NHL home

April 20, 2020 - 10:04 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins The Russian free agents are storming the NHL, mainly because of pay-cuts that the players will get if they decide to sign in the KHL due to the salary cap introduction in the Russian league starting next season. On Monday Mikhail Gr...

Montreal Canadiens land a KHL goalie

April 21, 2020 - 11:09 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins Another day, another KHL free agent signs in the NHL. (Hopefully this contract won't be voided as it was the case for Grigorenko. On Tuesday Agent Dan Milstein announced that his client has signed an NHL contract with the Montreal C...

IIHF has announced the new ranking, USA - Canada in same Olympic group

April 24, 2020 - 6:28 AM ET

The IIHF announced their new ranking on Friday which meant that they Olympic groups were also determined. Per IIHF: The 2020 rankings include points from the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program in the men’s senior category. For tournaments that were not played due to the coronav...

KHL cancels another one of their events

April 28, 2020 - 9:08 AM ET

Follow me for KHL/IIHF/NHL hockey coverage Follow @A_Kalnins On Tuesday KHL announced that their annual KHL Closing Ceremony - KHL Awards night is cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. So this year, no fancy suits, dresses and a ceremony but that doesn't mean that the awards will be forgotten....