| 2016–17 KHL season | |
| League: | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | 22 August 2016 – 16 April 2017 |
| No Of Games: | 60 |
| No Of Teams: | 29 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: |  CSKA Moscow |
| Season Champ Name: | Continental Cup winner |
| Top Scorer: | Sergei Mozyakin |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Western |
| Conf1 Champ: | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| Conf2: | Eastern |
| Conf2 Champ: | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Ak Bars Kazan |
| Finals: | Gagarin Cup |
| Finals Champ: | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Finals Mvp Link: |
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| Seasonslist: | KHL#Seasons overview |
| Seasonslistnames: | KHL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015–16 KHL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017–18 KHL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017–18 |
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.
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.
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.
Like in the 2015–16 season, each team played 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.[6]
How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[7] [8] [9] [10]
| Western Conference | Eastern Conference |
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See main article: 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs.
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.
As of 18 February 2017
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 48 | 37 | 85 | +10 | 4 | |||
| 60 | 32 | 46 | 78 | +28 | 47 | |||
| 50 | 26 | 50 | 76 | +33 | 22 | |||
| 57 | 24 | 47 | 71 | +33 | 8 | |||
| 53 | 30 | 36 | 66 | +33 | 39 |
Source: KHL
As of 18 February 2017
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 2092:48 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 9 | .950 | 1.29 | |||
| 30 | 1718:50 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 5 | .953 | 1.43 | |||
| 39 | 2276:14 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 5 | .929 | 1.61 | |||
| 39 | 2190:49 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 8 | .937 | 1.64 | |||
| 21 | 1169:05 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 4 | .929 | 1.69 |
Source: KHL
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 |
