Yesterday held final matches of the regular season Continental Hockey League (KHL). The final play-off party Gagarin Cup became club-league debutant – “Sochi».
top three CHL – CSKA, SKA, “Dynamo” (Moscow) – adopted the final appearance last week. However, this tournament – a prelude Gagarin Cup – finally in store some intrigue. In particular, in the Western Conference on Tuesday was to decide who will take still cherished the eighth line and fall into the play-off: «Sochi”, “Severstal” or “Atlant”? In the end, luck has caught the tail club of the Krasnodar Territory. Defeating “Lada” 3: 1, Sochi team for the first time in its short history made it to the cup round CHL.
In the Eastern Conference to finish the tournament intrigue accumulated unlike the more than West. Let the participants play-off in the East came to be known ahead of time, but with serial numbers in the top eight at once four clubs have understood only after the “final siren” regular season.
«Ak Bars” could give way first place in the conference table and lead in the division Kharlamov, if in the last match lost in Nizhnekamsk “Neftekhimik” and persecutor of the Kazan club – Magnitogorsk “Metallurg” beat away “Ugra”. Yes, “Tractor”, ranked sixth in the conference, in the case of loss of points in a home game with “Motorist”, could change places with “Salavat Yulaev”, if that, in turn, beat home the winner Chernyshev Division – “Siberia” .
As a result, Magnitogorsk club failed to circumvent the “Ak Bars”, losing in overtime, “Ugra” – 3: 4, while the Kazan club beat “Neftekhimik” – 6: 0 . But dashing “Salavat” the whole season to experience financial problems, could still jump on the table “Tractor”. Ufa club won “Siberia” in regular time – 3: 2, while the Chelyabinsk team defeated “Motorist” with the same account, but only in the shootout.
Champion of Russia – CSKA beat in overtime “Vityaz” -2: 1, and completed a triumphant for yourself tournament with a record figure CHL – 77.22% score. In addition, the top scorer (71 points), the first assistant (47 assists) and the most valuable player of the tournament (the “plus” 37) was the captain of CSKA Moscow Alexander Radulov.
As a result of of the regular season, the composition of the Western Conference quarterfinal pairs went like this: CSKA – “Sochi” SKA – “Torpedo”, “Dynamo” (Moscow) – “Lokomotiv”, “Jokerit” – “Dynamo” (Minsk). In the quarter-finals of the Eastern Conference will meet “Ak Bars” – “Motorist”, “Siberia” – “Tractor”, “Metallurg” (Magnitogorsk) – “Salavat Yulaev” and “Vanguard” – “Barys».
first quarterfinal match of “Westerners” will be held on February 27 and the East team to fight for the Gagarin Cup the next day. Cup series in the CHL last up to four wins.
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