Stories tagged with "khl"

Viktor Kozlov: "I Really Enjoyed My Time in Washington"

by tuvanhillbilly on Aug 1, 2009 9:45 AM EDT

[Viktor Kozlov has traded one capital city for another. From the capital of the free world to the capital of Bashkortostan. Yesterday's issue of the Russian-language SportsDaily website caught up with...

A Potential Nylander Move to the KHL: Questions Answered

by David M. Getz on Jun 15, 2009 12:28 PM EDT

When we first noted that Michael Nylander might be headed to the Continental Hockey League for the 2009-10 season we more or less dismissed it as speculation by a less-than-reputable Russia media sour...

Viktor Kozlov: Headed to the KHL?

by tuvanhillbilly on May 15, 2009 10:00 AM EDT

[File this one under "wild rumors and speculation," but it's one that seems to be picking up steam. The following article appeared in Monday's edition of the Russian sporting news websi...

Clarifying Ken Campbell

by J.P. on Sep 8, 2008 5:58 PM EDT

Ken Campbell of The Hockey News is a hell of a hockey writer, but I've got to take issue with something he wrote in today's edition of Campbell's Cuts, in which he notes the urgent need for a new tran...

Backstrom: We Are A Good And Hungry Team

by J.P. on Aug 21, 2008 6:19 AM EDT

Innumerable thanks to Gavlegirl for stalking, err, tracking down Nicklas Backstrom for an interview earlier this month in his hometown of Gavle, translating and transcribing the chat, and sending it a...

"Plan The Parade" And Other Miscellany

by J.P. on Aug 7, 2008 6:08 AM EDT

Someone much smarter than I (the one and only JavaGeek) ran the numbers and says the Caps will be the best team in hockey next season. So what if he has Matt Pettinger still on the Caps (among other l...

Ovechkin On Fedorov, Free Agency

by J.P. on Jun 30, 2008 8:53 PM EDT

Thanks to our good friend Dmitry Chesnokov for passing along the translation of a portion of SovSport's Pavel Lysenkov's conversation with Alex Ovechkin from earlier today:PL: People wonder if you eve...

Avangard Omsk Woos Jagr

by J.P. on Jun 28, 2008 9:00 AM EDT

Yesterday we mentioned that Jaromir Jagr has been offered a ridiculous sum of money to play next season for Avangard Omsk, a member club in the newly fortified KHL and one of the teams for which he pl...

Could Simeon Varlamov Be Headed To The KHL?

by J.P. on Sep 8, 2008 8:28 PM EDT

This evening brings us yet another interesting interview translation over at the Alex Ovetjkin blog, this time with Caps top goaltending prospect Simeon Varlamov... 's father. Money quote:Q. In your o...

Catching Up With Clymer

by J.P. on Nov 2, 2008 2:07 PM EST

Former Cap and current Dynamo Minsk forward Ben Clymer has a blog (who knew?) over at The Hockey News, and in his most recent entry, he writes about playing against Avangard Omsk in the team's first g...