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Lokomotiv Will Play in 2011-12; Memorial Service on Saturday
A significant amount of news has been decided upon in the wake of the tragedy. The KHL season is officially postponed until Monday, Sept. 12. The games that were to take place from yesterday's opener through Sunday will be made up at a later date. This is being done to allow players and league...
It's Time to Mourn Before We Play Again
I spent the evening at a charity dinner here in Saskatoon, and while it helped me get my mind off the tragedy that consumed my thoughts during the day, it also gave me a bit of separation from the non-stop, horrid accounts that made it seem like the end of hockey in the area, and possibly the KHL...
List of Passengers On Board Fatal Yak-42 Flight
An official listing of the passengers on board the flight that killed nearly the entire KHL club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (team logo on right) has been released. Investigation into the flight and aircraft is being conducted, and this story will play itself out in the coming weeks and months. The KHL...
Plane Carrying Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Crashes, Entire Team Killed
This is really tough to write about. Reports say at least 40 people of 42 total passengers have died in a horrific plane crash in Yaroslavl, Russia. The plane crashed just 2 km after takeoff, and was en route to Minsk, Belarus. The plane was carrying the entire KHL team Lokomotiv who were going...
2011-12 KHL Season Begins with Cup Rematch
Well, the pre-season activity is now over, and we're staring down a 672 game regular season schedule for Europe and Asia's top professional hockey league. The KHL is back up to 24 franchises, avoiding a team failure for the first offseason while adding a new expansion market in Poprad,...
How Good is the KHL?
There has been some notable shifts in the balance of European hockey in the past half decade, and the emergence of the Kontinental Hockey League is front and centre in that. So how exactly has it changed the power structure of the various leagues? I've decided to go through the statistical...
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