Kontinental Hockey League
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| Current season or competition: 2011–12 KHL season |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Founded | 2008 |
| Commissioner | Alexander Medvedev |
| Motto | Хоккей – наша игра! (Hockey is our game!)[1] |
| No. of teams | 24 |
| Country(ies) |  Belarus (1 team) Kazakhstan (1 team) Latvia (1 team) Russia (20 teams) Slovakia (1 team)[2] |
| Most recent champion(s) | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| Most championships | Ak Bars Kazan (2) |
| TV partner(s) | KHL-TV (Russia (as part of the NTV Plus package), USA and Canada (part of ViaNetTV),[3] Latvia and international through KHL's website) Russia 2 (Russia)[4] Viasat (Finland, Sweden,[4] Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)[5] LTV7 (Latvia) Nova Sport (Czech Republic, Slovakia)[6][7][8] Sportdigital.tv (Germany) |
| Official website | KHL.ru (English) |
| Related competitions | Russian Championship VHL Minor Hockey League |
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (Russian: Континентальная Хоккейная Лига, Kontinental'naya Khokkeynaya Liga) is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008.
Teams in 2011–12 [change]
References [change]
- ↑ "Новый игровой ролик КХЛ "Пробка"" (in Russian). khl.ru. http://www.khl.ru/video/1295/. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ↑ "Back to 24". khl.ru. 2011-05-09. http://en.khl.ru/news/2011/5/9/24094.html.
- ↑ "Crossing the Atlantic". khl.ru. 2010-04-20. http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/4/20/23845.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kontinental Hockey League And TV Channel Sport Ratified An Agreement On KHL Championship Games Broadcast In 2009/2010 Season". en.khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/8/25/13755.html. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ↑ "Kontinental Hockey League Signed An Agreement With Viasat". khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/3/31/13551.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ↑ "Nova Sport je blízko k uzavření kontraktu na hokejovou KHL". DigiZone.cz. http://www.digizone.cz/aktuality/nova-sport-je-blizko-k-uzavreni-kontraktu-na/. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ↑ "Jágr a KHL budou v televizi. Práva koupil Nova sport". Týden.cz. http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/sport/hokej/kontinentalni-liga/jagr-a-khl-budou-v-televizi-prava-koupil-nova-sport_130407.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ↑ "KHL Games Broadcast In The Czech Republic And Slovakia". khl.ru. http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/7/24/13717.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
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