vityaz chekhov Stories - Japers' Rink
Lev Poprad Applies to Join KHL... Again.
The KHL had a deadline for prospective teams to submit applications for the 2011-12 season, and this year's has come with only one applicant: Lev Poprad, the Slovak team that tried to join last year. KHL President Alexander Medvedev confirmed this to Sport-Express, which was picked up by various...
I'm Saving Hockey: A BTN February 6th Recap
I'm proud of you guys. You got the poll right last week! Too bad I had to rig it like an election in Zaire. Now I need to really get down to business here, because a good soldier like Daniel Paille went down this week to the count of 4 games and I need to say something about this headshot issue....
Magintogorsk, Dynamo lead KHL through October
We're a week away from the second International Break of the European Hockey season (the first technically occurs in preseason), so it's a good time to catch up on what's been happening in league play. The European Goliath known as the Kontinental Hockey League has been in full throttle right from...
Moscovites Walk Away from Struggling Teams
While a lot of the international hype surrounding the KHL this year has focused on SKA St. Petersburg's big signings, questionable exhibition game tactics, coach firings and general struggles, the KHL's biggest market is hurting even more. The City of Moscow itself hosts 3 KHL teams, and two more...
Globetrotting: KHL's internet crackdown, brawl revisited
Recently, I've been posting video from a YouTube channel under the username "videoKHL", which has made it easy for me to share highlights from the top hockey league outside of North America with the readers. Well, that era is now over. The channel has been shutdown, and by rough translations in...
Russians Courting Brashear?
[Quo Vadis, Don? I found this interesting news article in today's issue of Sovietsky Sport, and given what we know of the Caps' enforcer's recent language lessons, perhaps the feeling is mutual.] The leadership of Vityaz Chekhov has decided to strengthen their line of tough-guys and is seriously...
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