2011–12 KHL season

From International Hockey Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
2011–12 KHL season
KHL 4th season logo.png
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 12 September 2011 – 25 April 2012
Number of teams 23
Regular season
Continental Cup winner Traktor Chelyabinsk
Season MVP Alexander Radulov
Top scorer Alexander Radulov
Playoffs
Western champions Dynamo Moscow
  Western runners-up SKA Saint Petersburg
Eastern champions Avangard Omsk
  Eastern runners-up Traktor Chelyabinsk
Gagarin Cup
Finals champions Dynamo Moscow
  Runners-up Avangard Omsk
Gagarin Cup MVP Alexander Eremenko
Dynamo Mosocw
KHL seasons

The 2011–12 KHL season was the fourth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began with the Opening Cup game on 7 September 2011, but because of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, which occurred during the first period of the Cup game and killed all but one member of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team, further play was delayed until 12 September 2011.[1] The tragedy forced Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to cancel their participation in the KHL season.[2] The Opening Cup was renamed the Lokomotiv Cup in honor of those lost in the tragedy. The regular season ended on 26 February 2012 and the following playoffs ended on 25 April.[3]

The Gagarin Cup was won by Dynamo Moscow, defeating Avangard Omsk in a seven-game final series. Dynamo Moscow is the first champion from the Western Conference of the KHL.

League changes

Team changes

Expansion to Slovakia

With the admission of Lev Poprad from Poprad, Slovakia the league expanded beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union.[4] This brought the number of teams to 24. However, following a plane crash that claimed the lives of the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl squad, Lokomotiv withdrew from the season, leaving only 23 teams as in the previous season.

Regular season

The regular season was supposed to start on 7 September 2011 with the Opening Cup and end on 26 February 2012 with short breaks in November, December and February for international matches and for the all-star game.[5] However, after the Yaroslavl plane tragedy the schedule had to be modified: the start of the season was postponed to 12 September and the number of games for each team was reduced to 54 as in the previous season, when also only 23 teams participated.[3]

Notable events

Yaroslavl plane tragedy

On September 7, 2011, the day of the season opening, a tragic airplane accident occurred in Yaroslavl in which the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team was killed. After the news broke in Ufa, where the Opening Cup game between Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Atlant Moscow Oblast was already underway, the match was abandoned.[1] Later, the KHL announced that the start of the season would be postponed to 12 September, and that pre-game ceremonies would be held to honour the Lokomotiv team, while arena entertainment would be cancelled.[6] On 10 September, at Lokomotiv's public memorial service team president Yuri Yakovlev announced that they would not participate in the 2011–12 KHL season.[7]

All-star game

The All-star weekend took place on 20–21 January 2012 in Riga, Latvia.[5] Team Fedorov defeated Team Ozoliņš with 15–11.

League standings

Source: KHL.ru[8]

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

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference

R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
1 z – SKA Saint Petersburg BOB 54 32 1 5 3 2 11 205 130 113
2 y – Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod TAR 54 24 0 6 5 2 17 157 132 91
3 Dynamo Moscow BOB 54 31 1 3 3 1 15 144 116 105
4 Atlant Moscow Oblast TAR 54 20 4 7 4 0 19 130 134 86
5 Severstal Cherepovets TAR 54 23 0 5 4 2 20 142 133 85
6 Dinamo Minsk TAR 54 21 0 7 3 3 20 158 148 83
7 Dinamo Riga BOB 54 20 2 4 7 0 21 129 136 79
8 CSKA Moscow BOB 54 19 3 0 7 0 25 119 129 70
9 Spartak Moscow BOB 54 15 2 5 3 2 27 124 163 64
10 Lev Poprad BOB 54 13 0 3 5 4 29 125 162 54
11 Vityaz Chekhov TAR 54 10 1 5 1 1 36 108 193 44
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Withdrew due to the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster

y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division);
BOB - Bobrov Division, TAR - Tarasov Division

Source: khl.ru[9]

Eastern Conference

R Div GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
1 c – Traktor Chelyabinsk KHA 54 32 2 5 4 0 11 163 116 114
2 y – Avangard Omsk CHE 54 26 0 5 4 1 18 133 115 93
3 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHA 54 29 1 1 1 2 20 150 137 94
4 Ak Bars Kazan KHA 54 27 1 2 4 1 19 167 136 92
5 Salavat Yulaev Ufa CHE 54 23 3 4 5 1 18 173 152 89
6 Barys Astana CHE 54 25 2 1 3 1 22 160 160 85
7 Amur Khabarovsk CHE 54 23 1 4 3 2 21 166 139 84
8 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk KHA 54 19 1 9 3 3 19 139 134 83
9 Metallurg Novokuznetsk CHE 54 18 2 4 9 0 21 108 130 75
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHA 54 20 2 3 3 1 25 142 165 74
11 Sibir Novosibirsk CHE 54 12 2 4 7 2 27 132 154 57
12 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHA 54 9 3 4 5 3 30 105 165 49

y – Won division; c – Won Continental Cup (best record in KHL);
CHE - Chernyshev Division, KHA - Kharlamov Division

Source: khl.ru[9]

Playoffs

The playoffs started on 29 February 2012 with the top eight teams from both conferences and ended on 25 April with the seventh game of the Gagarin Cup final.

  Conference Quarter-Finals
Conference Semi-Finals
Conference Finals
Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1  Traktor Chelyabinsk 4     1  Traktor Chelyabinsk 4  
8  Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 1     4  Ak Bars Kazan 2  


2  Avangard Omsk 4 Eastern Conference
7  Amur Khabarovsk 0  
    1  Traktor Chelyabinsk 1  
  2  Avangard Omsk 4  
3  Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4  
6  Barys Astana 3  
4  Ak Bars Kazan 4   2  Avangard Omsk 4
5  Salavat Yulaev Ufa 2     3  Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1  


  2  Avangard Omsk 3
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  3  Dynamo Moscow 4
1  SKA Saint Petersburg 4     1  SKA Saint Petersburg 4
8  CSKA Moscow 1     4  Atlant Moscow Oblast 2  
2  Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 4
7  Dinamo Riga 3  
  1  SKA Saint Petersburg 0
  3  Dynamo Moscow 4  
3  Dynamo Moscow 4  
6  Dinamo Minsk 0   Western Conference
4  Atlant Moscow Oblast 4   2  Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 2
5  Severstal Cherepovets 2     3  Dynamo Moscow 4  

Final standings

Bold indicates playoff teams.

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

References

External links

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).