Greetings from Omsk, Russia. I am so glad that foreigners are interested in our hockey (KHL, VHL and MHL), just as we Russians are interested in your hockey (NHL and AHL). I really dream that there will be meetings between NHL and KHL teams, especially matches between the champions of the Stanley Cup and Gagarin Cup!!! I support Omsk Avangard. The 1st Avangard attack team is considered one of the best in the KHL, it includes: Vladimir Tkachev #19, Ryan Spooner #51 and Reed Boucher #86!

@MedvedProspekt34

15 күн бұрын

Добро пожаловать! I am a big fan of Omsk, that 2021 team is one of my favorite KHL teams of all time. I will try to make a video about them at some point if I am able to find enough footage. Go hawks!

@RedWingsninetyone

14 күн бұрын

I'm sad that Sergei Fedorov is no longer coaching in the KHL. Still hoping to see his number retired in Detroit one day.

@julienbeaudry-tardif7982

12 күн бұрын

Can you imagine the skill difference in the NHL versus the KHL when your team 1st line would be a 4th line in the nhl at best, crazy

@spiidipaa

12 күн бұрын

Slava Ukraini!

@jonahcraft7

10 күн бұрын

Ryan spooner play in the nhl

Learned a lot more about the KHL and I’m from Eastern Europe. Thank you! Also you forgot to mention HC Slovan Bratislava was in the KHL at one point. My country Slovakia 🇸🇰

@A350Airways

18 күн бұрын

And Lev Poprad before that...

@ggwp-ne1fx

13 күн бұрын

@@A350Airways And also Medvescak from Zagreb

Great video but one mistake, the Continental Cup is named after Viktor Tikhonov, an ex Soviet defenseman and most of all, head coach of the Soviet hockey team from 1977 to 1991 (& Russian national team until 1994). He was known for his brutal and dictatorial coaching and hated by many players, Slava Fetisov being very vocal about it in the documentary "Red Army". Viktor Tikhonov, the Coyotes player is his grandson.

@alexusss1000

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, brutal and all, but nevertheless he made Slava one of the top defensemen of all time...Path to success ain't a cake walk, hey? Oh, and yes... there was one small detail missed....Viktor Tikhonov is THE most decorated Soviet / Russian coach. I think it'd make a whole lot of more sense to name things after HIM and not just another "brutal" coach....Just saying....

There were more foreign teams from Croatia and Slovakia, but nice video anyway! And theres new limit for international players in upcoming season. Waiting for next parts!

@MedvedProspekt34

17 күн бұрын

Whoops! Thanks for the correction can’t believe I missed those. Next part should be coming out Monday

@turk914

10 күн бұрын

I saw the Croatian team play twice, once in Prague and once in Helsinki. They weren't very good, but had great fans.

Well done! Look forward to the rest. Thank you.

Great video. Tried to follow the khl last year by watching the highlights but would love to watch the games in full. As well as I would love to try and follow their other leagues like the VHL and the MHL but haven’t found any way to watch those either. Glad I found your channel and look forward to the next videos in this series

@MedvedProspekt34

20 күн бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you found me. I got into watching the KHL the same way through highlights and game recaps. Full games are a bit trickier to find without a subscription but there are some sites that stream games. You can watch both the MHL and VHL on youtube by searching MHL_RU and which is their channel where they livestream games. Its all in Russian so hard to navigate if you don't speak the language but lots of fun to watch! I'll have some more videos about the MHL coming in the next few months.

@turk914

10 күн бұрын

I discovered the Russian Super League when the NHL went on strike in the early 2000s. Paid some guy in Russia to send me games recorded on DVD so I could watch the NHL players that went over, and discovered young Russian prospects like Ovechkin, who was then on Dynamo Moscow. Even learned to phonetically read Russian so I could read the backs of the jerseys. Years later, I attended KHL games in Czechia, Finland and Latvia. And coincidentally, married a Russian woman, although that had nothing to do with hockey...

I remember when they used to have a russian league in the old NHL games 09 is what I remember specifically it was really cool.

Great video! As a North American fan it’s cool to learn about Russian hockey and how it’s set up. It seems like a high level. Need to find a team to root for

Well, Tikhonov cup is actually named after Victor Tikhonov sr., Red Army and USSR coach in the 80's, Victor Tikhonov jr is his grandson

@MedvedProspekt34

20 күн бұрын

@@mtopn interesting. I must have misread. Thanks for the correction!

@ariccua6101

18 күн бұрын

Yes, the coach with probably the harshest coaching style in hockey.

@tumyp38

15 күн бұрын

@@MedvedProspekt34 why the hell the local President's trophy would be named after a fringe nhler Victor Tikhonov lmao

As a Zauralie fan, looking forward to the VHL video!

@MedvedProspekt34

17 күн бұрын

Good to know. I’m mainly going to focus on the affiliated teams but I’m going to do some research to make sure I give some focus towards all.

became a fan of lokomotiv becuase i could track it during school, sad that they lost this year

@MedvedProspekt34

18 күн бұрын

I'm a big fan of Loko too. They will be very good next season and i'm hoping Radulov can make the difference towards a championship

@canadianbacon2205

12 күн бұрын

@@MedvedProspekt34 Ressir, one of the best goal horn/song combos ive heard

Id love to watch more but its hard to find games living in North America. They used to be on espn+.

@MedvedProspekt34

17 күн бұрын

For sure. it was so much more convenient when ESPN+ had access. There’s a couple streaming sites like onhockey.tv which have every game.

@stephengiannone5449

17 күн бұрын

@MedvedProspekt34 yea i know of the site but i always seem to have issue even with ad blocker. I have a iptv service and get matchy or however its spelled. They have games on sometimes.

Just a curious thought with the 10 foreign skaters rule, how much do you think the NHL teams would be affected if the teams also had a 10 max foreign players rule

@MedvedProspekt34

15 күн бұрын

Doubt that would ever happen but we would see nearly every player from the USHL, CHL. and NCAA drafted each year. European leagues would get a whole heck of a lot better as well!

Why aren’t the names on the jersey in Cyrillic?

@MedvedProspekt34

11 күн бұрын

I don't know for sure but i'm pretty sure its to make the league more accessible to non Russian speakers. A lot of the broadcasts have english text on the scoreboard and stat cards as well but they still speak in Russian on the PxP

@porthouse91

11 күн бұрын

@@MedvedProspekt34 thank you

@turk914

10 күн бұрын

They used to be. But when they expanded into other countries, they changed to English so they could be more universally read. I actually learned to phonetically read Cyrillic when I watched the old Russian Super League, so I could identify the players during the NHL strike. Actually, with the non-Russian teams (other than Belarus) leaving the KHL, I assumed they might go back to Cyrillic.

Mettalurg is pun intended is such a Metal Name for a hockey team

@turk914

10 күн бұрын

There are two of them. Magnitogorsk and Novokuznesk. Obviously, this just means "Metallurgists" in Russian, because these are both cities with large steel industries.

@juckoosaurus

8 күн бұрын

@@turk914 thanks magnitogorsk has such a cool jersey though my favourite is SKA Petersburgs

Big SKA AND CSKA fan beascue of these two people krill kaprizov from cska and Yaroslav Askarov fron SKA

Thanks for this lesson I love the no-draft youth through pro model, you get never do that in Nth America with non hockey markets, they started the draft because of the Habs 😂 There were some filth plays in there. Man I wish Russia wasn't the enigma wrapped in a riddle, floating in perfume, and served in man's hat, that it is. It would be so awesome if they were a western nation and not always the enemy and we could all play more 🏒

@A350Airways

18 күн бұрын

The early KHL had a draft, but it was ineffectual since teams could protect players (3, and, because of Lokomotiv's disaster in 2011, Lokomotiv could protect as many players as they wanted for the next 5 seasons after that) and teams frequently used draft picks on protected players.

@mvk4343

18 күн бұрын

Russia isn't the "enemy". your enemies are the capitalists of your own country.

@MedvedProspekt34

17 күн бұрын

Such a fun league to watch. It gets a bad wrap because of everything that has gone on in Russia but there’s a ton of great talent playing right now and some super passionate fan bases which make watching the games fun.

Sure, in the early 2010s, the KHL supposedly had a high enough level of talent to fit between the AHL and the NHL, but it shows my knowledge of the league is a little dated.

@turk914

10 күн бұрын

The talent is a bit down, as when the Ukraine invasion happened, not only did all the non-Russian franchises leave (with the exception of Belarus), but a lot of foreign players left Russia, mostly to go to European leagues. I'd say right now, it's probably somewhat comparable to the SHL (Sweden) or Liga (Finland).

Few teams owned by oil companies dominating league. Year after year same play-offs. Tired to watch this.

ТОЛЬКО СКА И ТОЛЬКО ПОБЕДА! Hello from Saint-Petersburg.

@MedvedProspekt34

17 күн бұрын

Добро пожаловать, мой друг!

@spiidipaa

12 күн бұрын

Slava Ukraini!

putin's propaganda league