2013–14 KHL season

The 2013–14 KHL season was the sixth season of the Kontinental Hockey League.
The league's 28 teams played a 54-game balanced schedule. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Traktor Chelyabinsk. The all-star game took place on 11 January in Bratislava, Slovakia and was followed by a 27-day break for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi from 30 January to 25 February. The last day of the regular season was 4 March.http://en.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2013-2014_regular_en.pdf
Sixteen teams, eight from each conference, advanced to the Gagarin Cup playoffs, which began on 7 March. The winner of each conference, Metallurg Magnitogorsk from the East and Lev Prague from the West, met in the Gagarin Cup Final. The seventh and last game was played on 30 April, with Metallurg winning 7-4. All four playoff rounds were best-of-seven series.http://en.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2013-2014_playoff_en.pdf
==Changes==
===Team changes===
In late April 2013 it was announced that a newly created team from Vladivostok would be admitted to league and become the league's second far-eastern team. The team is called Admiral Vladivostok and its name and emblem were chosen by the public. Its initial roster was filled in an expansion draft on 17 June.
A few days after Vladivostok was admitted to the league it was also confirmed that KHL Medveščak from Zagreb, Croatia would join the league. Medveščak previously played in Austrian-based EBEL league. This made Croatia the eighth country with a KHL team.
In June 2013 Vityaz Chekhov officially announced its relocation to nearby Podolsk, Moscow Oblast where it can play in a bigger arena.
==Regular season==
The regular season began on 4 September 2013 with the Lokomotiv Cup between the finalists of the previous season, Dynamo Moscow and Traktor Chelyabinsk and ended on 4 March 2014 after every team has played 54 matches.
===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 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.
===Player statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/–	PIM
Sergei Mozyakin 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	54	34	39	73 	+43	8
Jan Kovář 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	54	23	45	68 	+46	46
Danis Zaripov 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	53	25	39	64 	+42	32
Brandon Bochenski	Barys Astana 	54	28	30	58 	+17	55
Nigel Dawes 	Barys Astana 	54	26	23	49 	+7 	18
Sakari Salminen 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 	54	18	29	47 	+8 	16
Fedor Malykhin 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	54	22	22	44 	+14	26
Kyle Wilson 	Dinamo Riga 	49	17	27	44 	+9 	26
Jori Lehterä 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	48	12	32	44 	+14	22
Marcel Hossa 	Dinamo Riga 	50	22	19	41 	+9 	33
====Leading goaltenders====
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
Emil Garipov 	Ak Bars Kazan 	20	1219:36	13	5 	2 	29	3 	.952	1.43
Vitali Kolesnik 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	19	955:45 	7 	4 	5 	24	3 	.946	1.51
Georgi Gelashvili	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	20	1163:32	12	6 	1 	31	5 	.939	1.60
Petri Vehanen 	HC Lev Praha 	41	2495:22	20	13	8 	69	4 	.932	1.66
Mikko Koskinen 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	41	2361:35	20	11	8 	67	3 	.939	1.70
==Playoffs==
The playoffs started on 7 March 2014, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and ended on 30 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.KHL Sports Regulations 2011-2014, revised
===Player statistics===
====Playoff scoring leaders====
Updated on 30 April 2014. Source: khl.ru
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/–	PIM
Sergei Mozyakin	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	21	13	20	33 	+14	8
Danis Zaripov 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	21	11	15	26 	+12	34
Jan Kovář 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	21	8 	18	26 	+12	16
Justin Azevedo 	HC Lev Praha 	22	13	7 	20 	+4 	6
Roman Červenka 	SKA Saint Petersburg 	10	6 	11	17 	+6 	8
====Playoff leading goaltenders====
Updated on 30 April 2014. Source: khl.ru</small>
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	SOL	GA	SO	SV% 	GAA
Ivan Kasutin 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	6 	390:53 	3	3	0 	10	1 	94.4	1.53
Ján Laco 	HC Donbass 	8 	385:20 	3	3	0 	11	0 	93.4	1.71
Jakub Sedláček 	Dinamo Riga 	5 	270:01 	3	2	0 	8 	0 	93.8	1.78
Curtis Sanford 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	18	1124:50	9	9	0 	36	2 	93.4	1.92
Alexander Salák	SKA Saint Petersburg 	10	621:32 	6	4	0 	20	2 	94.0	1.93
==Nadezhda Cup==
The 12 teams that do not advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs participate in Nadezhda Cup. The teams ranked 9-th and 10-th in their conferences are seeded and start their games from Quarterfinals, while the other teams start their games from the First Round. The First Round consists of two games. In case there is a 1-1 tie in the end of the First Round, 5-minute overtime and a penalty shootout, if necessary, follow after Game 2. The other rounds consist of up to four games. If there is a 2-2 tie in the end of such a round, the series is decided in a 20-minute overtime with a shootout if necessary.http://en.khl.ru/news/2014/2/26/26137.html
* Note: Spartak Moscow was excluded from Nadezhda Cup 2014 tournament due to financial issues.Spartak won't play in Nadezhda Cup 
== Final standings ==
Rank	Team
1 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2 	Lev Praha
3 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
4 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
5 	SKA Saint Petersburg
6 	HC Donbass
7 	Barys Astana
8 	Sibir Novosibirsk
9 	Dynamo Moscow
10 	Ak Bars Kazan
11 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
12 	Dinamo Riga
13 	Medveščak Zagreb
14 	CSKA Moscow
15 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
16 	Admiral Vladivostok
17 	Atlant Moscow Oblast
18 	Severstal Cherepovets
19 	Traktor Chelyabinsk
20 	Avangard Omsk
21 	Slovan Bratislava
22 	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
23 	Spartak Moscow
24 	Vityaz Chekhov
25 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
26 	Dinamo Minsk
27 	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
28 	Amur Khabarovsk
==Awards==
===Players of the Month===
Best KHL players of each month.
Month 	Goaltender 	Defense 	Forward 	Rookie
September	Konstantin Barulin (Kazan) 	Chris Lee (Magintogorsk) 	Maxim Pestushko (Dyn. Moscow) 	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
October 	Barry Brust (Zagreb) 	Maxim Chudinov (St. Petersburg)	Danis Zaripov (Magintogorsk) 	Yaroslav Dyblenko (Atlant)
November 	Alexander Salák (St. Petersburg) 	Deron Quint (Spartak) 	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
December 	Jakub Kovář (Yekatarinburg) 	Dominik Graňák (Dyn. Moscow) 	Brandon Bochenski (Astana) 	Mark Skutar (Novokusnetsk)
January 	Jakub Kovář (Yekatarinburg) 	Viktor Antipin (Magintogorsk) 	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Sergei Shmelyov (Atlant)
February 	not awarded (Olympic break) 	not awarded (Olympic break) 	not awarded (Olympic break) 	not awarded (Olympic break)
March 	Curtis Sanford (Yaroslavl) 	Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl) 	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
April 	Vasiliy Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk)	Ondřej Němec (Prague) 	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
==References==
Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons
Category:2014 in hockey