KHL conference finals explained

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) conference finals are the Eastern Conference and Western Conference championship series of the KHL. The conference finals are best-of-seven series. The two series are played after the first and second rounds of the playoffs and before the Gagarin Cup finals. The final two teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference face off. The series are the conference equivalents of the Gagarin Cup finals. The conferences were established during the second season of competition. In the inaugural season there were no conferences, only four divisions. The respective winners of the Eastern and Western Conference finals receive the Eastern Conference winner cup (ru|Кубок Победителю конференции Восток, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Vostok) and Western Conference winner cup.(ru|Кубок Победителю конференции Запад, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Zapad).[1]

Eastern Conference

Season East championSeriesEast runner-upEventual cup winner
Ak Bars Kazan 4–2
Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4–3
Avangard Omsk 4–1
Traktor Chelyabinsk 4–3
Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4–1 Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Ak Bars Kazan 4–1 Sibir Novosibirsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4–1 Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4–0
Ak Bars Kazan 4–0 Traktor Chelyabinsk

Western Conference

Season West championSeriesWest runner-upEventual cup winner
MVD Balashikha 4–3
Atlant Moscow Oblast 4–2
Dynamo Moscow 4–0
Dynamo Moscow 4–2
Lev Prague 4–1
SKA Saint Petersburg 4–3
CSKA Moscow 4–0
SKA Saint Petersburg 4–0
CSKA Moscow 4–2

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Новые трофеи Лиги . khl.ru . 24 April 2010.