2016–17 KHL season

The 2016–17 KHL season was the ninth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 22 August 2016 and ended on 16 April 2017.[1][2] SKA Saint Petersburg defeated Metallurg Magnitogorsk four games to one to win their second Gagarin Cup Championship in three seasons.

2016–17 KHL season
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration22 August 2016 – 16 April 2017
Number of games60
Number of teams29
Regular season
Continental Cup winner CSKA Moscow
Top scorer Sergei Mozyakin
Playoffs
Western champions SKA Saint Petersburg
  Western runners-up Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Eastern champions Metallurg Magnitogorsk
  Eastern runners-up Ak Bars Kazan
Gagarin Cup
Champions SKA Saint Petersburg
  Runners-up Metallurg Magnitogorsk

The KHL had the third highest average attendance in Europe, averaging 6,121 spectators,[3] and the highest total attendance in Europe with 5.32 million spectators in the regular season.

Team changes

The Chinese club HC Kunlun Red Star from Beijing, China joined the league, to become its 29th team.[4][5]

The Russian Club Metallurg Novokuznetsk was relegated due to debt.

Divisions and regular season format

In this season, like in 2015–16 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.[2][6]

How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[7][8][9][10]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Dinamo Minsk CSKA Moscow Ak Bars Kazan Admiral Vladivostok
Dinamo Riga Dynamo Moscow Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Amur Khabarovsk
Jokerit HC Sochi Lada Togliatti Avangard Omsk
Medveščak Zagreb Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Metallurg Magnitogorsk Barys Astana
SKA Saint Petersburg Severstal Cherepovets Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HC Kunlun Red Star
Slovan Bratislava Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Traktor Chelyabinsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Spartak Moscow Vityaz Podolsk Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CSKA Moscow 60 41 3 8 8 183 110 +73 137 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 SKA Saint Petersburg 60 39 7 6 8 249 114 +135 137
3 Dynamo Moscow 60 29 10 5 16 164 111 +53 112 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 60 32 4 6 18 163 130 +33 110
5 Dinamo Minsk 60 27 10 4 19 171 150 +21 105
6 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 60 27 8 7 18 145 124 +21 104
7 Vityaz Podolsk 60 26 7 5 22 162 158 +4 97
8 Jokerit 60 23 6 12 19 149 165 −16 93
9 HC Sochi 60 24 7 2 27 139 145 −6 88
10 Slovan Bratislava 60 22 7 5 26 144 166 −22 85
11 Severstal Cherepovets 60 18 5 10 27 133 163 −30 74
12 Medveščak Zagreb 60 19 4 4 33 138 186 −48 69
13 Spartak Moscow 60 18 3 6 33 125 168 −43 66
14 Dinamo Riga 60 11 10 5 34 116 158 −42 58
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2017. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of their conference.

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 60 36 5 6 13 197 135 +62 124 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 Avangard Omsk 60 30 8 3 19 156 127 +29 109
3 Ak Bars Kazan 60 29 9 4 18 155 127 +28 109 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Traktor Chelyabinsk 60 27 3 10 20 130 120 +10 97
5 Barys Astana 60 25 6 3 26 151 167 −16 90
6 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 60 21 6 13 20 169 174 −5 88
7 Admiral Vladivostok 60 24 3 8 25 147 153 −6 86
8 HC Kunlun Red Star 60 24 4 3 29 139 144 −5 83
9 Sibir Novosibirsk 60 20 8 7 25 133 138 −5 83
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 60 20 8 4 28 143 155 −12 80
11 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 60 19 6 10 25 139 165 −26 79
12 Amur Khabarovsk 60 20 5 6 29 110 130 −20 76
13 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 60 18 4 4 34 112 148 −36 66
14 Lada Togliatti 60 16 5 7 32 146 180 −34 65
15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 60 8 6 4 42 97 194 −97 40
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2017. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of its conference.

Gagarin Cup Playoffs
Main article: 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs
Gagarin Cup

The playoffs started on 21 February 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on 16 April 2017.[2]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1 Metallurg Mg 4     1 Metallurg Mg 4  
8 Kunlun Red Star 1     5 Barys 0  
2 Avangard 4 Eastern Conference
7 Admiral 2  
    1 Metallurg Mg 4  
  3 Ak Bars 0  
3 Ak Bars 4  
6 Salavat Yulaev 1  
4 Traktor 2   2 Avangard 2
5 Barys 4     3 Ak Bars 4  
  1 Metallurg Mg 1
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  2 SKA 4
1 CSKA 4     1 CSKA 2
8 Jokerit 0     4 Lokomotiv 4  
2 SKA 4
7 Vityaz 0  
  4 Lokomotiv 0
  2 SKA 4  
3 Dynamo Msk 4  
6 Torpedo 1   Western Conference
4 Lokomotiv 4   2 SKA 4
5 Dinamo Mn 1     3 Dynamo Msk 1  
  • 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.

Final standings
RankTeam
1 SKA Saint Petersburg
2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
3 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
4 Ak Bars Kazan
5 CSKA Moscow
6 Dynamo Moscow
7 Avangard Omsk
8 Barys Astana
9 Dinamo Minsk
10 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
11 Traktor Chelyabinsk
12 Vityaz
13 Jokerit
14 Salavat Yulaev Ufa
15 Admiral Vladivostok
16 HC Kunlun Red Star
17 Sochi
18 Slovan Bratislava
19 Sibir Novosibirsk
20 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
21 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
22 Amur Khabarovsk
23 Severstal Cherepovets
24 Medveščak Zagreb
25 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
26 Spartak Moscow
27 Lada Togliatti
28 Dinamo Riga
29 Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

As of 18 February 2017

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Sergei MozyakinMetallurg Magnitogorsk60483785+104
Ilya KovalchukSKA Saint Petersburg60324678+2847
Vadim ShipachyovSKA Saint Petersburg50265076+3322
Nikita GusevSKA Saint Petersburg57244771+338
Evgenii DadonovSKA Saint Petersburg53303666+3339

Source: KHL

Leading goaltenders

As of 18 February 2017

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Alexander YeryomenkoDynamo Moscow372092:482445459.9501.29
Pavel FrancouzTraktor Chelyabinsk301718:501493415.9531.43
Ilya SorokinCSKA Moscow392276:142576615.9291.61
Igor ShestyorkinSKA Saint Petersburg392190:492746608.9371.64
Viktor FasthCSKA Moscow211169:051522334.9291.69

Source: KHL

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September[11] Ilya Proskuryakov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok)
October[12] Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg) Chris Lee (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA Saint Petersburg) Artyom Zagidulin (Kunlun Red Star)
November[13] Vasily Demchenko (Traktor Chelyabinsk) Zakhar Arzamastsev (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Dmitry Shulenin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
December[14] Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Yegor Martynov (Avangard Omsk) Richard Gynge (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok)
January[15] Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Juuso Hietanen (Dynamo Moscow) Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Artyom Ilenko (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
February[16] Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Jakub Nakládal (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Denis Alexeyev (Admiral Vladivostok)
March[17] Vasily Koshechkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Vladislav Gavrikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Grigori Dronov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
April

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  13. "November's finest: Demchenko, Arzamastsev, Mozyakin and Shulenin". khl.ru. 2016-12-01.
  14. "December's finest: Yeryomenko, Martynov, Gynge and Tkachev". khl.ru. 2017-01-02.
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  16. "February's finest: Yeryomenko, Nakladal, Mozyakin and Alexeyev". khl.ru. 2017-03-01.
  17. "March's finest: Koshechkin, Gavrikov, Zaripov and Dronov". khl.ru. 2017-04-01.
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