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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....