Continental Cup (KHL)

The Continental Cup[1][2] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta), also known as the Kontinental Cup,[3] is the trophy presented to the winner of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, i.e. the team with the most points at the end of the regular season.

Continental Cup
SportIce hockey
Awarded forTeam finished 1st in the KHL standings after the regular season
History
First award2009–10 KHL season
First winnerSalavat Yulaev Ufa
Most winsCSKA Moscow (6)
Most recentCSKA Moscow (2020–21 )

The name and trophy were introduced during the second season of the competition. In the first season it was simply named the regular season winner.[4] During the history of KHL, the winner of Continental Cup had never won Gagarin Cup in the same season before 2018–19, when CSKA Moscow became the first team to win both trophies.

Cup winners
Key to colors
W Western Conference member
E Eastern Conference member
   Team won the Gagarin Cup.
   Team lost in the Gagarin Cup Finals.
   Team lost in the first round of the playoffs.

Bold Team with the most points ever accumulated in a season during the trophy's existence.

Season Team Games Points Playoff result
2009–10 E Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa 56 129 Lost in Conference Finals (AKB)
2010–11 E Russia Avangard Omsk 54 118 Lost in Conference Semi-Finals (MMG)
2011–12 E Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk 54 114 Lost in Conference Finals (AVG)
2012–13 W Russia SKA Saint Petersburg 52 115 Lost in Conference Finals (DYN)
2013–14 W Russia Dynamo Moscow 54 115 Lost in Conference Quarter-Finals (LOK)
2014–15 W Russia CSKA Moscow 60 139 Lost in Conference Finals (SKA)
2015–16 W Russia CSKA Moscow 60 127 Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals (MMG)
2016–17 W Russia CSKA Moscow 60 137 Lost in Conference Semi-Finals (LOK)
2017–18 W Russia SKA Saint Petersburg 56 138 Lost in Conference Finals (CSK)
2018–19 W Russia CSKA Moscow 62 106 Won Gagarin Cup (AVG)
2019–20 W Russia CSKA Moscow 62 94 playoffs not completed
2020–21 W Russia CSKA Moscow 60 91 Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals (AVG)
2021–22 - Not awarded[lower-alpha 1] 45–50[lower-alpha 2] - -
2022–23 W Russia SKA Saint Petersburg 68 105 Lost in Conference Finals (CSK)

See also

Notes
  1. The 2021–22 regular season was ended prematurely at the Olympic break due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, teams finished with an uneven total of games played, and the final standings were instead determined by points percentage. At the time of the suspension, Metallurg Magnitogorsk led the league with 71 points in 48 games.
  2. The original season schedule called for 56 games per team; however, COVID-19-related postponements and the aforementioned premature conclusion of the season resulted in teams finishing with as few as 45 or as many as 50 games played.

References
  1. "Ufa's first trophy". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. "Новые трофеи Лиги". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. "Kontinental champion!". Kontinental Hockey League. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  4. ""Кубок Континента" – награда победителю регулярного чемпионата". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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