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2009–10 KHL season

2009–10 KHL season

FieldValue
title2009–10 KHL season
leagueKontinental Hockey League
sportIce hockey
logo_size200px
duration10 September 2009 – 27 April 2010
no_of_teams24
seasonRegular season
season_champsRUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa
season_champ_nameContinental Cup winner
top_scorerRUS Sergei Mozyakin
Atlant Moscow Oblast
playoffsPlayoffs
conf1Western
conf1_champRUS HC MVD
conf1_runner-upRUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
conf2Eastern
conf2_champRUS Ak Bars Kazan
conf2_runner-upRUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa
finalsGagarin Cup
finals_champRUS Ak Bars Kazan
finals_runner-upRUS HC MVD
finals_MVPRUS Ilya Nikulin
finals_MVP_link2009–10 KHL season
seasonslistKHL#Seasons overview
seasonslistnamesKHL
prevseason_link2008–09 KHL season
prevseason_year2008–09
nextseason_link2010–11 KHL season
nextseason_year2010–11

Atlant Moscow Oblast | conf1_runner-up = RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | conf2_runner-up = RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa | finals_runner-up = RUS HC MVD The 2009–10 KHL season was the second season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 10 September 2009 to 27 April 2010, with a break for the Olympic winter games from 8 February to 3 March. Ak Bars Kazan defended their title by defeating Western conference winners HC MVD in a seven-game play-off final.

League changes

On 16 June 2009, the KHL Board of Directors approved several changes to the league for the 2009–10 season.

; Team changes The league admitted a new team, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Khimik Voskresensk did not play in the 2009–10 season due to financial problems, but they retained KHL membership and may return at a later date, meanwhile playing in the Russian Major League. Overall, the number of teams playing in 2009–10 remained at 24.

; Division realignment Teams were geographically aligned to aid travel conditions. The league were divided into a Western and an Eastern conference, each containing two divisions of six teams. Each team played the other teams in the same division 4 times (for a total of 20 games) and each team in the other divisions 2 times (for a total of 36 games). The regular season thus consisted of 56 games for every team.

; Play-off structure The top eight teams from each conference qualified for the play-offs. Division winners were awarded the top two seeds. In each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played and the conference winners play for the Gagarin Cup. Conference quarterfinals were best-of-five series, the remaining rounds best-of-seven series. Overtime periods last 20 minutes or until the sudden death goal.

; Salary cap The aggregate income of all players of a team was limited to 620 million rubles (~US$20 million). Minimum aggregate salary for the players was 200 million rubles (~US$6.5 million). Each teams was allowed one "franchise player" exception, who did not count towards the cap.

; Rosters 25 players are allowed to be in the major team roster and 25 in the junior team roster of every club. The number of foreign players is restricted to 5, at most one of them as goaltender.

; Junior league The league implemented a more advanced and organized junior hockey sub-league to focus on development. It features players from 17 to 21 years of age.

; Entry draft On 1 June 2009, the inaugural entry draft for the KHL was held. Each team's hockey school was able to protect 25 players from the 17-21 agegroup prior to the draft.

;Goal crease Goal crease was shrunk to the NHL dimensions.

Regular season

The regular season started on 10 September 2009 with the "Opening Cup" and ended on 7 March 2010. A few small breaks for the national team and the All-Star game as well as a large break for the Olympic winter games from 8 February to 3 March were scheduled. Each team played a total of 56 games (4 times against the division opponents and 2 times against all other teams). The winner of the regular season was awarded the Continental Cup.

Notable events

Opening Cup

The first game of each KHL season is the "Opening Cup" played between the two finalists of the last season. In 2009, the game was played at the TatNeft Arena in Kazan and won by last year's champion Ak Bars Kazan, beating runner-up Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3–2 in overtime. The two teams were wearing special uniforms with an Opening Cup logo.

Fetisov comeback

On 11 December 2009, Russian hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov gave a one-game comeback in professional hockey at the age of 51. In this game for CSKA Moscow he played for 8 minutes without a shot on the goal, but it created a very large media interest, not only for himself but also for CSKA Moscow and the KHL.

Mass brawl in Chekhov

On 9 January 2010, in the game between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk, a bench-clearing brawl broke out in the 4th minute of the first period, and a bench- and penalty-box-clearing brawl broke out 39 seconds later, forcing the officials to abandon the game, since only four players were left to play. Thirty-three players and both teams' coaches were ejected, and a world record total of 707 penalty minutes were incurred. The KHL imposed fines totaling 5.7 million rubles ($191,000), suspended seven players, and counted the game as a 5–0 defeat for both teams, with no points being awarded.

All-Star Game

The 2nd KHL All-star game was played on 30 January 2010 in the new Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus. As in the previous year, Team Jágr won against Team Yashin, this time with a score of 11–8.

Continental Cup

The first Continental Cup in the KHL history was won by Salavat Yulaev Ufa on 5 March 2010, after the club became unreachable by other clubs in the KHL standings one game before the end of the regular season, and extended their regular-season winning streak to three.

League standings

Source: khl.ru

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Conference standings

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

RankWestern ConferenceGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLGFGAPts
1RUS **SKA Saint Petersburg**5636133310192118**122**
2RUS **HC MVD**5630106415160135**102**
3RUS **Dynamo Moscow**5628234316166151**101**
4RUS **Atlant Moscow Oblast**5624491216173137**101**
5RUS **Lokomotiv Yaroslavl**5626324417163132**96**
6RUS **Spartak Moscow**5624444020178168**92**
7RUS **CSKA Moscow**5622354121148135**87**
8LAT **Dinamo Riga**5623134322174175**84**
9RUS *Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod*5622111427154163**75**
10RUS *Severstal Cherepovets*5616276223151162**74**
11BLR *Dinamo Minsk*5617152031139164**65**
12RUS *Vityaz Chekhov*5613322333**1**142**1**216**1****54****1**
RankEastern ConferenceGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLGFGAPts
1RUS **Salavat Yulaev Ufa**563743318215116**129**
2RUS **Metallurg Magnitogorsk**5634241015167111**115**
3RUS **Ak Bars Kazan**5625443218159128**96**
4RUS **Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk**5627314021176166**93**
5RUS **Avangard Omsk**5624226418**1**152**1**128**1****90****1**
6KAZ **Barys Astana**5620516123169173**79**
7RUS **Traktor Chelyabinsk**5618032231137192**64**
8RUS **Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg**5614262428127159**64**
9Russia *Sibir Novosibirsk*5615253130147190**63**
10Russia *Amur Khabarovsk*5612364229129187**60**
11RUS *Lada Togliatti*5614026331115173**55**
12Russia *Metallurg Novokuznetsk*5613122533105159**52**

1 The KHL decided that as a result of the game between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk on 9 January 2010 being abandoned due to a mass brawl which left neither team having the required number of players to continue, the game counted as a 5–0 defeat for both teams with no points being awarded.

Divisional standings

Western Conference

DRCRBobrov DivisionGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLGFGAPts
11RUS **SKA Saint Petersburg**5636133310192118**122**
23RUS **Dynamo Moscow**5628234316166151**101**
36RUS **HC Spartak Moscow**5624444020178168**92**
47RUS **CSKA Moscow**5622354121148135**87**
58LAT **Dinamo Riga**5623134322174175**84**
611BLR *Dinamo Minsk*5617152031139164**65**
DRCRTarasov DivisionGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLGFGAPts
12RUS **HC MVD**5630106415160135**102**
24RUS **Atlant Moscow Oblast**5624491216173137**101**
35RUS **Lokomotiv Yaroslavl**5626324417163132**96**
43RUS *Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod*5622111427154163**75**
53RUS *Severstal Cherepovets*5616276223151162**74**
612RUS *Vityaz Chekhov*5613322333142216**54**

Eastern Conference

DRCRKharlamov DivisionGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLGFGAPts
12RUS **Metallurg Magnitogorsk**5634241015167111**115**
23RUS **Ak Bars Kazan**5625443218159128**96**
34RUS **Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk**5627314021176166**93**
47RUS **Traktor Chelyabinsk**5618032231137192**64**
58RUS **Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg**5614262428127159**64**
611RUS *Lada Togliatti*5614026331115173**55**
DRCRChernyshev DivisionGPWOTWSOWSOLOTLLGFGAPts
11RUS **Salavat Yulaev Ufa**563743318215116**129**
25RUS **Avangard Omsk**5624226418152128**90**
36KAZ **Barys Astana**5620516123169173**79**
49Russia ''[HC Sibir NovosibirskSibir5615253130147190**63**
510Russia *[Amur Khabarovsk*5612364229129187**60**
612Russia *Metallurg Novokuznetsk*5613122533105159**52**

League leaders

Source: khl.ru

**Shutouts**RUS Vasily Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk)**8**

Goaltenders: minimum 20 games played

Scoring leaders

Source: khl.ru

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
RUSAtlant Moscow Oblast56273966+2444
RUSSKA Saint Petersburg56273865+2887
RUSSKA Saint Petersburg56184664+2138
RUSSalavat Yulaev Ufa54243963+4462
SWEDynamo Moscow56263460+1036
NORSalavat Yulaev Ufa56243357+4571
SVKDinamo Riga56351954–344
CZEDynamo Moscow54193554+7115
SVKSpartak Moscow56183654–418
RUSSalavat Yulaev Ufa47173653+2483

Leading goaltenders

Source: khl.ru

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

PlayerTeamGPMinWLSOLGASOSV%GAA
FIN Petri VehanenAk Bars Kazan251528:581555443.935**1.73**
RUS Alexander YeremenkoSalavat Yulaev Ufa321769:552450522.931**1.76**
RUS Ilya ProskuryakovMetallurg Magnitogorsk321809:311984584.927**1.92**
RUS Vasily KoshechkinMetallurg Magnitogorsk492840:4325168938.933**1.96**
CAN Michael GarnettHC MVD442561:5424154885.917**2.06**

Playoffs

The [[Gagarin Cup

The eight best teams of each conference qualified for the playoffs. The first three rounds are played within the conferences, then the two winners will play in the Gagarin Cup final. The playoffs started on 10 March 2010 and ended on 27 April with the seventh game of the Gagarin Cup final. Remarkably, each of all the fifteen play-off series was won by the team which won the first game in the series.

| RD2-group1=Eastern Conference | RD2-group2=Western Conference | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-seed4=7 | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-seed6=6 | RD1-seed7=4 | RD1-seed8=5 | RD1-seed9=1 | RD1-seed10=8 | RD1-seed11=2 | RD1-seed12=7 | RD1-seed13=3 | RD1-seed14=6 | RD1-seed15=4 | RD1-seed16=5

|RD1-team01 = RUS Salavat Yulaev |RD1-score01 =3 |RD1-team02 = RUS Avtomobilist |RD1-score02 =1 |RD1-team03 = RUS Metallurg Mg |RD1-score03 =3 |RD1-team04 = RUS Traktor |RD1-score04 =1 |RD1-team05 = RUS Ak Bars |RD1-score05 =3 |RD1-team06 = KAZ Barys |RD1-score06 =0 |RD1-team07 = RUS Neftekhimik |RD1-score07 =3 |RD1-team08 = RUS Avangard |RD1-score08 =0 |RD1-team09 = RUS SKA |RD1-score09 =1 |RD1-team10 = LAT Dinamo Riga |RD1-score10 =3 |RD1-team11 = RUS HC MVD |RD1-score11 =3 |RD1-team12 = RUS CSKA |RD1-score12 =0 |RD1-team13 = RUS Dynamo Moscow |RD1-score13 =1 |RD1-team14 = RUS Spartak |RD1-score14 =3 |RD1-team15 = RUS Atlant |RD1-score15 =1 |RD1-team16 = RUS Lokomotiv |RD1-score16 =3 |RD2-seed01 =1 |RD2-team01 = RUS Salavat Yulaev |RD2-score01 =4 |RD2-seed02 =4 |RD2-team02 = RUS Neftekhimik |RD2-score02 =2 |RD2-seed03 =2 |RD2-team03 = RUS Metallurg Mg |RD2-score03 =2 |RD2-seed04 =3 |RD2-team04 = RUS Ak Bars |RD2-score04 =4 |RD2-seed05 = 2 |RD2-team05 = RUS HC MVD |RD2-score05 = 4 |RD2-seed06 = 8 |RD2-team06 = LAT Dinamo Riga |RD2-score06 = 1 |RD2-seed07 = 5 |RD2-team07 = RUS Lokomotiv |RD2-score07 = 4 |RD2-seed08 = 6 |RD2-team08 = RUS Spartak |RD2-score08 = 2 |RD3-seed01 =1 |RD3-team01 = RUS Salavat Yulaev |RD3-score01 =2 |RD3-seed02 =3 |RD3-team02 = RUS Ak Bars |RD3-score02 =4 |RD3-seed03 =2 |RD3-team03 = RUS HC MVD |RD3-score03 =4 |RD3-seed04 =5 |RD3-team04 = RUS Lokomotiv |RD3-score04 =3 |RD4-seed01 =E |RD4-team01 = RUS Ak Bars |RD4-score01 =4 |RD4-seed02 =W |RD4-team02 = RUS HC MVD |RD4-score02 =3

Playoff leaders

Source: khl.ru

**Shutouts**RUS Ivan Kasutin (Nizhnekamsk)
FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan)
GER Dimitri Kotschnew (Moscow)
**2**

Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played

Scoring leaders

Source: khl.ru

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
RUS Alexander RadulovSalavat Yulaev Ufa1681119+710
FIN Niko KapanenAk Bars Kazan228917+36
RUS Alexei TsvetkovHC MVD2251116+614
RUS Alexander GalimovLokomotiv Yaroslavl168614+433
NOR Patrick ThoresenSalavat Yulaev Ufa155914+337

Leading goaltenders

Source: khl.ru

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

PlayerTeamGPMinWLGASOSV%GAA
RUS Ivan KasutinNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk9528:5854122.954**1.36**
FIN Petri VehanenAk Bars Kazan221388:40157372.937**1.60**
RUS Alexander EremenkoSalavat Yulaev Ufa12725:3484521.934**1.65**
RUS Georgi GelashviliLokomotiv Yaroslavl171050:13106331.933**1.89**
LAT Edgars MasaļskisDinamo Riga6373:3032121.934**1.93**

Final standings

RankTeam
1RUS Ak Bars Kazan
2RUS HC MVD
3RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa
4RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
5RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk
6RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
7RUS Spartak Moscow
8LAT Dinamo Riga
9RUS SKA Saint Petersburg
10RUS Dynamo Moscow
11RUS Atlant Mytishchi
12RUS Avangard Omsk
13RUS CSKA Moscow
14KAZ Barys Astana
15RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk
16RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
17RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
18RUS Severstal Cherepovets
19BLR Dinamo Minsk
20RUS Sibir Novosibirsk
21RUS Amur Khabarovsk
22RUS Lada Togliatti
23RUS Vityaz Chekhov
24RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookie
**September**RUS Ilya Proskuryakov (Magnitogorsk)RUS Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA)RUS Kirill Knyazev (Spartak)RUS Sergei Belokon (Vityaz)
**October**FIN Karri Rämö (Omsk)RUS Dmitri Kalinin (Ufa)SWE Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo M)SWE Linus Omark (Dynamo M)
**November**RUS Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)RUS Sergei Zubov (SKA)RUS Maxim Sushinsky (SKA)RUS Nikita Filatov (CSKA)
**December**KAZ Vitaliy Yeremeyev (Dynamo M)RUS Dmitri Bykov (Atlant)RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)RUS Nikolai Belov (Neftekhimik)
**January**USA Robert Esche (SKA)RUS Sergei Zubov (SKA)CAN Geoff Platt (Minsk)RUS Alexander Komaristy (Chekhov)
**February***Olympic break*
**March**RUS Ivan Kasutin (Neftekhimik)RUS Alexander Guskov (Yaroslavl)RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa)RUS Konstantin Plaksin (Traktor)
**April**FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan)RUS Ilya Nikulin (Kazan)RUS Alexei Tsvetkov (HC MVD)*not awarded*

KHL Awards

On 25 May 2010, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 20 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.

**Alexei Cherepanov Award** (best rookie)RUS Anatoli Nikontsev (Yekaterinburg)

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

**Goalie**CAN Michael Garnett
HC MVD

References

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