2012–13 KHL season

The 2012–13 KHL season was the fifth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. For the first time, the league consisted of 26 teams from 7 different countries.[1] Dynamo Moscow successfully defended their title after beating Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Gagarin Cup finals.

2012–13 KHL season
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration4 September 2012
– 17 April 2013
Number of teams26
Total attendance4,126,720 (Regular season)
Regular season
Continental Cup winner SKA Saint Petersburg
Season MVP Sergei Mozyakin
Top scorer Sergei Mozyakin
Playoffs
Western champions Dynamo Moscow
  Western runners-up SKA Saint Petersburg
Eastern champions Traktor Chelyabinsk
  Eastern runners-up Ak Bars Kazan
Gagarin Cup
Champions Dynamo Moscow
  Runners-up Traktor Chelyabinsk
Finals MVP Alexander Eremenko
Dynamo Mosocw

Changes

Team changes

After withdrawing from the previous season in the wake of the plane crash that killed the team's entire active roster, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl returned to the KHL with new players.

Lev Poprad was disbanded, but a team of the same name, Lev Prague, was established in Prague, Czech Republic, while Slovan Bratislava joined the KHL and thus continues the league's presence in Slovakia.[2] Also HC Donbass from Donetsk, Ukraine joined the league. The team previously played in the VHL.[3] This brought the total number of teams to 26, representing 7 different countries.

Salary cap

The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.[4]

Season structure

The regular season consisted of 52 games for each team — twice (home and away) against each other team in the league and two extra games against a selected "rival" opponent (typically a geographically close team). This was a change from previous seasons, where all intra-division opponents were played more frequently. The top 8 teams from each conference qualified for the play-offs, which are played as best-of-seven series in each round.

Nadezhda Cup tournament

In January 2013, a new repechage tournament known as the Nadezhda Cup (Cup of Hope) was announced, which was held alongside the playoffs. Six teams from the Western Conference and four teams from the Eastern Conference who had not qualified for the playoffs competed in the tournament, whose prize includes the first overall pick in the next KHL Junior Draft. The new tournament was intended to extend the season, and help maintain interest in hockey for fans and players in preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[5] The first Cup of Hope was won by Dinamo Riga.

Regular season

The regular season started on 4 September 2012 with the Lokomotiv Cup between the finalists of the previous season, Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk and ended on 17 February 2013 after every team has played 52 matches.

NHL lockout

The league set up rules for the NHL lockout which lasted 16 September 2012 to early January 2013. According to the special regulations, each KHL team was allowed to add up to 3 NHL players to their roster, among them at most one foreign player.[6]

Proposed matches in New York

Two regular season games between Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg were planned to take place in the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York in January 2013. However, the KHL reverted this decision in October 2012 and thus these matches will be played in Russia.[8]

All-star game

The 5th KHL all-star game was played on 13 January 2013 in Chelyabinsk, with Team East, captained by Aleksey Morozov, winning 18–11 over Team West, captained by Ilya Kovalchuk.

League standings

Source: KHL.ru[9]

Points are awarded as follows:

  • 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
  • 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or a penalty shootout ("SOW")
  • 1 Point for a loss in overtime ("OTL") or a penalty shootout ("SOL")
  • 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")

The conference standings determine the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners.

Western Conference

R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
1c – SKA Saint Petersburg BOB5236112111182116115
2y – CSKA Moscow TAR522358101515110996
3Dynamo Moscow BOB52273 61 114150115 101
4Lokomotiv Yaroslavl TAR522428001813112192
5Severstal Cherepovets TAR52 21163 51613711785
6Slovan Bratislava BOB52173 8 5 01912412778
7Lev Prague BOB52230123 23132133 76
8Atlant Moscow Oblast TAR521913442113714173
9HC Donbass BOB521725612113414272
10Dinamo Minsk TAR521851232312514871
11Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod TAR521902442314214669
12Vityaz Chekhov BOB521116622611915155
13Spartak Moscow TAR521142522810615152
14Dinamo Riga BOB521322223110915151

y – Won division; c – Won Continental Cup (best record in KHL);
BOB – Bobrov Division, TAR – Tarasov Division

Source: khl.ru[10]

Eastern Conference

R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
1z – Ak Bars Kazan KHA5228155310 157112104
2y – Avangard Omsk CHE5226634211149121102
3Traktor Chelyabinsk KHA522803621315212098
4Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHA522700751316712193
5Salavat Yulaev Ufa CHE52242 3601714814088
6Barys Astana CHE52233 2 24 1817516185
7Sibir Novosibirsk CHE5221154 31712411984
8Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHA52175 5 4 2 1914415077
9Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk KHA521943302315316374
10Metallurg Novokuznetsk CHE521531322813217758
11Amur Khabarovsk CHE521114103511516744
12Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHA52701753210418035

y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division);
CHE – Chernyshev Division, KHA – Kharlamov Division

Source: khl.ru[10]

Scoring leaders

Updated on 17 February 2013. Source: khl.ru[11]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Sergei MozyakinMetallurg Magnitogorsk 48354176+216
Alexander RadulovCSKA Moscow 48224668+1286
Evgeni MalkinMetallurg Magnitogorsk 37234265+2358
Patrick ThoresenSKA Saint Petersburg 52213051+1749
Jori LehteräSibir Novosibirsk 52173148+1848
Evgeny KuznetsovTraktor Chelyabinsk 51192544–142
Dmitri KagarlitskyHC Donbass 51143044–512
Mikhail VarnakovTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod 51222143+962
Nikolay ZherdevAtlant Moscow Oblast 50152843–729
Dmitri MakarovTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod 52133043–214

Leading goaltenders

Updated on 17 February 2013. Source: khl.ru[12]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Rastislav StaňaCSKA Moscow341944:581862574.9341.76
Lars HaugenDinamo Minsk221289:291371392.9331.81
Alexander EremenkoDynamo Moscow301783:441776555.9311.85
Stanislav GalimovAtlant Moscow Oblast251389:581463454.9431.94
Sergei BobrovskySKA Saint Petersburg241419:361832464.9321.94

Playoffs

The playoffs started on 20 February 2013 with the top eight teams from both conferences and ended on 17 April with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.

During the first three rounds home ice was determined by seeding number within the Conference, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with better seeding number had home ice advantage. If the seeding numbers were equal, the regular season record was taken into account.[13]

  Conference Quarter-Finals
Conference Semi-Finals
Conference Finals
Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1 Ak Bars 4     1 Ak Bars 4  
8 Neftekhimik 0     5 Salavat Yulaev 3  
2 Avangard 4 Eastern Conference
7 Sibir 3  
    1 Ak Bars 3  
  3 Traktor 4  
3 Traktor 4  
6 Barys 3  
4 Metallurg Mg 3   2 Avangard 1
5 Salavat Yulaev 4     3 Traktor 4  
  3 Traktor 2
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  3 Dynamo Msk 4
1 SKA 4     1 SKA 4
8 Atlant 1     5 Severstal 0  
2 CSKA 4
7 Lev 0  
  1 SKA 2
  3 Dynamo Msk 4  
3 Dynamo Msk 4  
6 Slovan 0   Western Conference
4 Lokomotiv 2   2 CSKA 1
5 Severstal 4     3 Dynamo Msk 4  
  • During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Petri KontiolaTraktor Chelyabinsk 2510919+1012
Viktor TikhonovSKA Saint Petersburg 1510818+1120
Jakub PetružálekDynamo Moscow 199716+44
Tony MårtenssonSKA Saint Petersburg 1561016+88
Denis KokarevDynamo Moscow 1811516+110

Playoff leading goaltenders

Updated on 17 April 2013. Source: khl.ru[14]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Alexander EremenkoDynamo Moscow211309:24165038393.41.74
Rastislav StaňaCSKA Moscow9551:1254016093.91.74
Konstantin BarulinAk Bars Kazan181233:41117036294.11.75
Ilya EzhovSKA Saint Petersburg11645:2764019293.31.77
Jeff GlassSibir Novosibirsk7406:4734012294.11.77

Nadezhda Cup

Preliminary round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
W14 Dinamo Riga 2
W9 HC Donbass 2
W14 Dinamo Riga 3
W10 Dinamo Minsk 0
W13 Spartak Moscow 0
W10 Dinamo Minsk 3
W14 Dinamo Riga 3
E11 Amur Khabarovsk 1
E12 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2
E9 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 2
E12 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2
E11 Amur Khabarovsk 2
E11 Amur Khabarovsk 3
E10 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 1

Final standings

RankTeam
1 Dynamo Moscow
2 Traktor Chelyabinsk
3 SKA Saint Petersburg
4 Ak Bars Kazan
5 Avangard Omsk
6 CSKA Moscow
7 Salavat Yulaev Ufa
8 Severstal Cherepovets
9 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
10 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
11 Barys Astana
12 Sibir Novosibirsk
13 Slovan Bratislava
14 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
15 Lev Prague
16 Atlant Moscow Oblast
17 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
18 HC Donbass
19 Dinamo Minsk
20 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
21 Metallurg Novokuznetsk
22 Vityaz Chekhov
23 Spartak Moscow
24 Dinamo Riga
25 Amur Khabarovsk
26 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September[15] Konstantin Barulin (Ak Bars) Yevgeny Medvedev (Ak Bars) Jori Lehterä (Sibir) Daniil Apalkov (Lokomotiv)
October[16] Alexander Eremenko (Dynamo Moscow) Anton Belov (Avangard) Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA) Nail Yakupov (Neftekhimik)
November[17] Rastislav Staňa (CSKA) Victor Hedman (Barys) Artem Anisimov (Lokomotiv) Viktor Antipin (Magnitogorsk)
December[18] Karri Rämö (Avangard) Sergei Gonchar (Magnitogorsk) Evgeni Malkin (Magnitogorsk) Alexander Sharychenkov (Dynamo Moscow)
January[19] Vasiliy Koshechkin (Severstal) Dmitri Kalinin (SKA) Igor Skorokhodov (Yugra) Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor)
February[20] Vasiliy Koshechkin (Severstal) Yakov Rylov (CSKA) Mikhail Varnakov (SKA) Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor)
March[21] Michael Garnett (Traktor) Dominik Graňák (Dynamo Moscow) Viktor Tikhonov (SKA) Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor)

KHL Awards

On 22 May 2013, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 23 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.[22]

Golden Stick Award (regular season MVP) Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)
Best coach Oļegs Znaroks (Dynamo Msc)
Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor)

The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team:

Forwards Alexander Radulov
SKA Saint Petersburg
Viktor Tikhonov
SKA Saint Petersburg
Sergei Mozyakin
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Defense Ilya Nikulin
Ak Bars Kazan
Ilya Gorokhov
Dynamo Moscow
Goalie Alexander Eremenko
Dynamo Moscow

References

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  2. "Lev from Slovakia to Prague". IIHF.com. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013.
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  5. "Cup of Hope". khl.ru. 22 January 2013.
  6. "Door opens for NHL men". khl.ru. 17 September 2012.
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  8. "Динамо" и СКА сыграют в Москве и Санкт-Петербурге (in Russian). khl.ru. 26 October 2012.
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  10. "2012–13 KHL Standings". KHL.ru. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
  11. "Player Stats: 2012–2013 Regular season: All Skaters – Total Points". Kontinental Hockey League.
  12. "Player Stats: 2012–2013 Regular season: Goalie – Goals Against Average". Kontinental Hockey League.
  13. KHL Sports Regulations 2011-2014, revised
  14. "Player Stats: 2012–2013 Playoffs: Goalie – Goals Against Average". Kontinental Hockey League.
  15. "September's finest". KHL.ru. 3 October 2012.
  16. "October's finest". KHL.ru. 6 November 2012.
  17. "Novembers's finest". KHL.ru. 6 December 2012.
  18. "Decembers's finest". KHL.ru. 1 January 2013.
  19. "January's finest". KHL.ru. 1 February 2013.
  20. "February's finest". KHL.ru. 4 March 2013.
  21. "March's finest". KHL.ru. 4 March 2013.
  22. "High Five. Season closing ceremony". KHL.ru. 22 May 2013.
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