KHL

The hockey world lost not just one legendary coach yesterday in Pat Quinn, but also legendary Russian coach Viktor Tikhonov. Born June 4, 1930 in Moscow, Tikhonov began his career as a defenseman during his service in the Soviet Air Force after being drafted. Starting his playing career at age 18, Tikhonov saw great success as a player, winning four …

It was four years ago today that one of the most devastating hockey tragedies of all-time occurred. At approximately 4:05pm Moscow Time on September 7th 2011, Yak-Service Flight 9633 carrying both players and coaching staff of KHL’s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ran off the runway before lifting off, struck a tower mast, caught fire and crashed a little over a mile from …

The Philadelphia Flyers will be looking to improve their defense this offseason after being eliminated by the New York Rangers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Friday, however, things got worse before they could even start to get better. According to multiple reports, 25-year-old Flyers’ defenseman Erik Gustafsson signed Friday with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental …

You can add Nik Antropov to the list of players who are heading to the KHL from the NHL for next season. The big, veteran center who scored the first goal in the history of the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 in 2011, is bound for the Russian league. Sport-Express in Russia reported he was heading overseas and then on Thursday the twitter account for Astana Barys in …

Sergei Bobrovsky, the 24 year-old who made a name for himself with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2013 season winning the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender, has reportedly been offered a deal from SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL. The contract negotiations between SKA and Bobrovsky were held alongside Alexander Medvedev, who is the KHL president and a …

The Toronto Maple Leafs may be short one of their penalty killing wingers for the next season. Leo Komarov, a native of Finland, has signed a contract with the Kontinental Hockey League’s (KHL) Dynamo Moscow. Komarov played for Dynamo Moscow before coming over to the NHL this year. Komarov spent some time in the AHL with the Marlies during the …

Another top 10 today for SWAG. Here are some of the latest and greatest goals scored in the KHL all throughout last week.  

Today on SWAG we are giving you not one goal but a top 10 countdown of some pretty goals all from last week in the KHL. So sit back and enjoy as the countdown begins with #10:

RTH is back and just in time to kickoff your weekday on the right foot. Today, RTH features not one but a great top 10 hits in the KHL thus far this season. Many of which would be called illegal in the NHL but that’s what makes the KHL a little more interesting….cause frankly sometimes the refs just let it …

Last night, ESPN was doing something they haven’t done, at least by my recollection, in almost 10 years: airing a hockey game. They featured two of the game’s biggest names in their broadcast of Alex Ovechkin’s HC Dynamo Moscow vs.  Zdeno Chara’s HC Lev Praha. (First, let me preface the rest of this article by acknowledging the fact that I …