2008–09 KHL season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2008–09 KHL season

| league = Kontinental Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

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| duration = September 2, 2008 – April 12, 2009

| no_of_teams = 24

| attendance =

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| season =Regular season

| season_champs = {{flagicon|RUS}} Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| season_champ_name= Regular-season winner

| league_champs =

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| second_place =

| MVP = {{flagicon|RUS|size=16px}} Danis Zaripov
Ak Bars Kazan

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| top_scorer = {{flagicon|RUS|size=16px}} Sergei Mozyakin
Atlant Moscow Oblast

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| promote =

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| relegate =

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| playoffs = Playoffs

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| conf1 =

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| conf1_champ =

| conf1-runner-up =

| conf2 =

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| conf2_champ =

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| playoffs_MVP = {{flagicon|RUS|size=16px}} Alexei Morozov
Ak Bars Kazan

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| finals = Gagarin Cup

| finals_link = 2009 Gagarin Cup Finals

| finals_champ = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ak Bars Kazan

| finals_runner-up = {{flagicon|RUS|size=16px}} Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = Kontinental Hockey League#Seasons overview

| seasonslistnames = KHL

| prevseason_link =2007–08 Russian Superleague season

| prevseason_year =2007–08

| nextseason_link =2009–10 KHL season

| nextseason_year =2009–10

}}

The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on April 12, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.fhr.ru/news_english/eng_Calendar_of_KHL_for_a_season |title = Russian Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=2008-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828042455/http://www.fhr.ru/news_english/eng_Calendar_of_KHL_for_a_season |archive-date=2008-08-28 }} 24 teams each played 56 games.

League business

=NHL player transfer=

KHL teams signed several players from the NHL, including Jaromír Jágr, Alexander Radulov, Ray Emery,{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242925 |title=Emery signs one-year deal with Russian team – tsn.ca |access-date=2017-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715184121/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242925 |archive-date=2008-07-15 |url-status=dead }} Sergei Brylin, Ladislav Nagy, Jozef Stümpel, Marcel Hossa, Ben Clymer, Alexei Zhitnik, Bryan Berard and Chris Simon.

==Dispute==

A dispute between the two leagues over some of these signings was supposed to have been resolved by an agreement signed on July 10, whereby each league would honor the contracts of the other, but the signing of Alexander Radulov was made public one day after the agreement (though it was actually signed two days prior to the agreement taking effect),{{Cite web |url=http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/07/11/radulov-on-his-return-to-russia/ |title=Radulov on His Return to Russia – NHL FanHouse |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-date=2009-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901075114/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/07/11/radulov-on-his-return-to-russia/ |url-status=dead }} leading to an investigation by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/radulov-inks-debatable-deal.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=7ad8380bb7 Predator inks debatable deal – iihf.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216075636/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/radulov-inks-debatable-deal.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=7ad8380bb7 |date=2008-12-16 }}

=Finances=

==Ownership==

On a deal dated October 30, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works bought 11.76% of the KHL.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/315629 |title=Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works bought 11.76% of the authorized capital of KHL – sovsport.ru |access-date=2008-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215000001/http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/315629 |archive-date=2012-02-15 |url-status=dead }}

==Salary cap==

The league has implemented a salary cap.

==Economic trouble==

Metallurg Novokuznetsk experienced difficulty financing its operations due to the Great Recession. Team sponsor Evraz Group was rumoured to cut funding.

HC MVD experienced delays in paying players, while Khimik Voskresensk has run itself into debt. Metallurg Magnitogorsk has been forced to cut staff expenditures by 30%. Avangard Omsk owner Roman Abramovich has promised to continue financial support so long as the team maintains good results. Other teams experiencing financial limitations are Vityaz Chekhov, Atlant Moscow Oblast, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, HC CSKA Moscow.

As far as the league is concerned it has devised a "crisis package" for dealing with the economic turmoil. Cuts will be made to non-salary expenditures, such as pre-game activity, training camps, and elimination of pre-season tournaments. Mid-level player salaries may also be rolled back. Divisional re-alignment will also take place for the 2009–10 season to cut down on travel costs.

=Inaugural All-Star Game=

The inaugural KHL All-Star Game took place on January 10, 2009. Each team consisted of ten forwards, five defensemen, and two goaltenders. The starting rosters were voted upon on the KHL.ru website and decided by December 22. The secondary lines and goaltenders were to be voted upon by the media, and announced December 26, with the following players and reserves announced by January 8. The game took place in Moscow's Red Square, with Team Jágr (International All-Stars) defeating Team Yashin (Russian All-Stars) 7–6.

Regular season

=Death of Alexei Cherepanov=

On October 13, 2008 during a match between Avangard Omsk and Vityaz Chekhov, forward Alexei Cherepanov died due to a heart condition.

On December 29, 2008, Russian investigators revealed that he suffered from myocarditis, a condition where not enough blood gets to the heart, and that he should not have been playing professional hockey. The federal Investigative Committee also announced that a chemical analysis of Cherepanov's blood and urine samples allowed experts to conclude "that for several months Alexei Cherepanov engaged in doping".{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261215 |title=Russian investigators say Cherepanov was 'doping' |publisher=The Sports Network |date=2008-12-29 |access-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231160631/http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261215 |archive-date=31 December 2008 |url-status=live }} Official sources have stated the banned substance taken was nikethamide, a stimulant, and that it had been taken 3 hours prior to the game in which he died.{{cite web|url=http://www.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=10149 |title=Заявление Континентальной хоккейной лиги по итогам расследования обстоятельств смерти хоккеиста Алексея Черепанова |publisher=KHL.ru |date=2008-12-30 |access-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113155549/http://www.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=10149 |archive-date=13 January 2009 |url-status=live }}

Omsk club director Mikhail Denisov has since been fired, whereas the league Disciplinary Committee has since removed Omsk's doctors from that role with the club, and has suspended Avangard general manager Anatoly Bardin and team president Konstantin Potapov. The KHL Disciplinary Committee met on this matter on January 5,{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261479 |title=KHLfires Omsk doctors |publisher=The Sports Network |date=2008-12-31 |access-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112162335/http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=261479 |archive-date=12 January 2009 |url-status=live }} and also suspended Chekhov's team president.{{cite web|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=263478&lid=sublink04&lpos=headlines_main|title=Officials suspended|publisher=The Sports Network|date=2008-01-15|access-date=16 January 2009 |archive-date=2011-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015715/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=263478&lid=sublink04&lpos=headlines_main|url-status=dead}}

=League standings=

Final standings.{{Cite web |url=http://www.khl.ru/statistics/index160.php?lang=en |title=KHL Official Statistics for season 2008/2009 |access-date=2009-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161931/http://www.khl.ru/statistics/index160.php?lang=en |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}

Points have been awarded as follows:

3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW")
1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL")
0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")

class="wikitable"

style="background:#ccf;"|

|Division winner

style="background:#cfc;"|

|Qualified for playoffs

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| Rank ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" \|Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts
class="wikitable sortable"
style="background:#ccf;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|1	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Salavat Yulaev Ufa	56	38	4	1	3	2	8	203	116	129
style="background:#ccf;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|2	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Ak Bars Kazan \|56	36	1	3	3	3	10	189	123	122
style="background:#ccf;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|3	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Lokomotiv Yaroslavl \|56	32	2	2	4	3	13	175	111	111
style="background:#ccf;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|4	{{flagicon\|Russia}} CSKA Moscow \|56	27	4	3	7	4	11	176	141	106
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|5	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Atlant Moscow Oblast \|56	35	3	4	2	1	11	189	111	122
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|6	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Metallurg Magnitogorsk \|56	25	2	11	2	1	15	174	148	104
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|7	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Dynamo Moscow \|56	27	4	3	3	2	17	184	143	100
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|8	{{flagicon\|Russia}} SKA Saint Petersburg \|56	26	2	7	4	0	17	143	105	100
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|9	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Spartak Moscow \|56	26	1	5	2	1	21	173	158	93
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|10	{{flagicon\|Latvia}} Dinamo Riga \|56	24	3	2	3	1	23	132	156	86
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|11	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod \|56	24	2	2	3	1	24	162	162	84
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|12	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Traktor Chelyabinsk \|56	24	0	2	5	3	22	142	166	84
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|13	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Lada Togliatti \|56	21	3	5	2	3	22	120	116	84
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|14	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk \|56	22	2	1	5	2	24	146	140	79
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|15	{{flagicon\|Kazakhstan}} Barys Astana \|56	20	3	4	2	2	25	174	191	78
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|16	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Avangard Omsk \|56	19	2	6	1	4	24	161	164	78
style="text-align:left;"\|17	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Severstal Cherepovets \|56	19	1	7	2	2	25	142	171	77
style="text-align:left;"\|18	{{flagicon\|Russia}} HC MVD \|56	20	2	4	1	0	29	142	159	73
style="text-align:left;"\|19	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Sibir Novosibirsk \|56	15	1	5	2	5	28	146	172	64
style="text-align:left;"\|20	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Amur Khabarovsk \|56	15	2	2	6	1	30	111	158	60
style="text-align:left;"\|21	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Metallurg Novokuznetsk \|56	12	3	2	5	2	31	127	157	54
style="text-align:left;"\|22	{{flagicon\|Belarus}} Dinamo Minsk \|56	12	1	2	5	2	34	124	197	49
style="text-align:left;"\|23	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Vityaz Chekhov \| 56	6	2	3	7	5	33	134	225	40
style="text-align:left;"\|24	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Khimik Voskresensk \|56	8	3	0	7	2	36	108	187	39

=Divisional standing=

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| DR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| LR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" \| Bobrov Division ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts
class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|1	1	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Salavat Yulaev Ufa \|56	38	4	1	3	2	8	203	116	129
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|2	5	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Atlant Moscow Oblast \|56	35	3	4	2	1	11	189	111	122
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|3	9	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Spartak Moscow \|56	26	1	5	2	1	21	173	158	93
style="text-align:left;"\|4	17	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Severstal Cherepovets \|56	19	1	7	2	2	25	142	171	77
style="text-align:left;"\|5	21	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Metallurg Novokuznetsk \|56	12	3	2	5	2	31	127	157	54
style="text-align:left;"\|6	22	{{flagicon\|Belarus}} Dinamo Minsk \|56	12	1	2	5	2	34	124	197	49

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| DR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| LR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" \| Tarasov Division ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts
class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|1	4	{{flagicon\|Russia}} CSKA Moscow \|56	27	4	3	7	4	11	176	141	106
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|2	6	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Metallurg Magnitogorsk \|56	25	2	11	2	1	15	174	148	104
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|3	8	{{flagicon\|Russia}} SKA Saint Petersburg \|56	26	2	7	4	0	17	143	105	100
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|4	12	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Traktor Chelyabinsk \|56	24	0	2	5	3	22	142	166	84
style="text-align:left;"\|5	18	{{flagicon\|Russia}} HC MVD \|56	20	2	4	1	0	29	142	159	73
style="text-align:left;"\|6	24	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Khimik Voskresensk \|56	8	3	0	7	2	36	108	187	39

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| DR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| LR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" \| Kharlamov Division ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts
class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|1	3	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Lokomotiv Yaroslavl \|56	32	2	2	4	3	13	175	111	111
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|2	10	{{flagicon\|Latvia}} Dinamo Riga \|56	24	3	2	3	1	23	132	156	86
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|3	13	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Lada Togliatti \|56	21	3	5	2	3	22	120	116	84
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|4	16	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Avangard Omsk \|56	19	2	6	1	4	24	161	164	78
style="text-align:left;"\|5	19	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Sibir Novosibirsk \|56	15	1	5	2	5	28	146	172	64
style="text-align:left;"\|6	20	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Amur Khabarovsk \|56	15	2	2	6	1	30	11	158	60

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| DR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" \| LR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" \| Chernyshev Division ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOW ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| SOL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts
class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|1	2	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Ak Bars Kazan \|56	36	1	3	3	3	10	189	123	122
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|2	7	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Dynamo Moscow \|56	27	4	3	3	2	17	184	143	100
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|3	11	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod \|56	24	2	2	3	1	24	162	162	84
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|4	14	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk \|56	22	2	1	5	2	24	146	140	79
bgcolor="#DDFFDD" \|style="text-align:left;"\|5	15	{{flagicon\|Kazakhstan}} Barys Astana \|56	20	3	4	2	2	25	174	191	78
style="text-align:left;"\|6	23	{{flagicon\|Russia}} Vityaz Chekhov \| 56	6	2	3	7	5	33	134	225	40

=League leaders=

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\| Goals	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jan Marek (Magnitogorsk)	35
\| Assists	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)	42
\| Points	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)	76
\| Shots	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Kevin Dallman (Astana)	218
\| Plus–minus	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Tereschenko (Ufa)	+41
\| Penalty minutes	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Chris Simon (Chekhov)	263
\| Wins (Goaltenders)	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)	30
\| Goals against average	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Dmitri Yachanov (SKA)	1.47
\| Save percentage	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitaly Kolesnik (Atlant)	.945

Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played

=Scoring leaders=

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" \| Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| A ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| +/– ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| PIM
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{{flagicon\|RUS}} {{sortname\|Sergei\|Mozyakin}}	Atlant Moscow Oblast	56	34	42	76	+34	14
{{flagicon\|CZE}} {{sortname\|Jan\|Marek\|Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)}}	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	53	35	37	72	+26	62
{{flagicon\|RUS}} {{sortname\|Aleksey\|Morozov\|Alexei Morozov}}	Ak Bars Kazan	49	32	39	71	+22	22
{{flagicon\|RUS}} {{sortname\|Danis\|Zaripov}}	Ak Bars Kazan	56	34	31	65	+26	26
{{flagicon\|CAN}} {{sortname\|Kevin\|Dallman}}	Barys Astana	53	28	30	58	+6	137
{{flagicon\|RUS}} {{sortname\|Alexei\|Tereschenko}}	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	55	28	30	58	+41	22
{{flagicon\|CZE}} {{sortname\|Jaromír\|Jágr}}	Avangard Omsk	55	25	28	53	−1	62
{{flagicon\|RUS}} {{sortname\|Alexander\|Korolyuk}}	Atlant Moscow Oblast	56	21	32	53	+21	32
{{flagicon\|KAZ}} {{sortname\|Alexander\|Perezhogin}}	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	55	28	24	52	+34	32
{{flagicon\|RUS}} {{sortname\|Konstantin\|Glazachev}}	Barys Astana	56	28	24	52	−7	30

Playoffs

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{{16TeamBracket | RD1=Preliminary Round
(best of 5)

| RD2=Quarter-finals
(best of 5)

| RD3=Semi-finals
(best of 7)

| RD4=Gagarin Cup Finals
(best of 7)

| team-width=170

| RD1-seed03=1

| RD1-team03= {{flagicon|RUS}} Salavat Yulaev

| RD1-score03=1

| RD1-seed04=16

| RD1-team04= {{flagicon|RUS}} Avangard

| RD1-score04=3

| RD1-seed01=2

| RD1-team01= {{flagicon|RUS}} Ak Bars

| RD1-score01=3

| RD1-seed02=15

| RD1-team02= {{flagicon|KAZ}} Barys Astana

| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09= {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv

| RD1-score09=3

| RD1-seed10=14

| RD1-team10= {{flagicon|RUS}} Neftekhimik

| RD1-score10=1

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05= {{flagicon|RUS}} CSKA

| RD1-score05=3

| RD1-seed06=13

| RD1-team06= {{flagicon|RUS}} Lada

| RD1-score06=2

| RD1-seed13=5

| RD1-team13= {{flagicon|RUS}} Atlant

| RD1-score13=3

| RD1-seed14=12

| RD1-team14= {{flagicon|RUS}} Traktor

| RD1-score14=0

| RD1-seed15=6

| RD1-team15= {{flagicon|RUS}} Metallurg Mg

| RD1-score15=3

| RD1-seed16=11

| RD1-team16= {{flagicon|RUS}} Torpedo

| RD1-score16=0

| RD1-seed07=7

| RD1-team07= {{flagicon|RUS}} Dynamo Msk

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=10

| RD1-team08= {{flagicon|LAT}} Dinamo Rg

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-seed11=8

| RD1-team11= {{flagicon|RUS}} SKA

| RD1-score11=0

| RD1-seed12=9

| RD1-team12= {{flagicon|RUS}} Spartak

| RD1-score12=3

| RD2-seed01=2

| RD2-team01= {{flagicon|RUS}} Ak Bars

| RD2-score01=3

| RD2-seed02=16

| RD2-team02= {{flagicon|RUS}} Avangard

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05= {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv

| RD2-score05=3

| RD2-seed06=9

| RD2-team06= {{flagicon|RUS}} Spartak

| RD2-score06=0

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03= {{flagicon|RUS}} CSKA

| RD2-score03=0

| RD2-seed04=7

| RD2-team04= {{flagicon|RUS}} Dynamo Msk

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed07=5

| RD2-team07= {{flagicon|RUS}} Atlant

| RD2-score07=1

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-team08= {{flagicon|RUS}} Metallurg Mg

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=2

| RD3-team01= {{flagicon|RUS}} Ak Bars

| RD3-score01=4

| RD3-seed02=7

| RD3-team02= {{flagicon|RUS}} Dynamo Msk

| RD3-score02=2

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03= {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv

| RD3-score03=4

| RD3-seed04=6

| RD3-team04= {{flagicon|RUS}} Metallurg Mg

| RD3-score04=1

| RD4-seed01=2

| RD4-team01= {{flagicon|RUS}} Ak Bars

| RD4-score01=4

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-team02= {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv

| RD4-score02=3

}}

=Playoff leaders=

Source: khl.ru{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/stat/players/186/skaters/|title=KHL Playoff Statistics: Skaters|publisher=KHL.ru| access-date= 28 February 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/stat/players/186/goalies/|title=KHL Playoff Statistics: Goalies|publisher=KHL.ru| access-date= 28 February 2011 }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
\| Goals	{{flagicon\|FIN}} Jukka Hentunen (Kazan)	9
\| Assists	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Morozov (Kazan) {{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Yashin (Yaroslavl)	11
\| Points	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Morozov (Kazan)	19
\| Shots	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov (Kazan)	71
\| Plus–minus	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Ilya Nikulin (Kazan)	+13
\| Penalty minutes	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Grigori Panin (Kazan)	69
\| Wins (Goaltenders)	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)	13
\| Goals against average	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitali Yeremeyev (Dynamo M)	1.63
\| Save percentage	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Pimankin (Nizhny Novgorod)	94.4
\| Shutouts	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)	5

Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played

==Scoring leaders==

Source: khl.ru{{cite web |url= http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/165/pts/ |title= Player Stats: 2008–2009 Playoffs: All Skaters – Total Points |publisher= Kontinental Hockey League | access-date= 28 February 2011 }}

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" \| Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| A ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| +/– ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| PIM
class="wikitable sortable"
{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Morozov	align=left\| Ak Bars Kazan \| 21	8	11	19	+8	12
{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Yashin	align=left\| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl \| 19	7	11	18	+3	10
{{flagicon\|SWE}} Tony Mårtensson	align=left\| Ak Bars Kazan \| 21	7	9	16	+10	2
{{flagicon\|SWE}} Mattias Weinhandl	align=left\| Dynamo Moscow \| 12	6	10	16	+8	4
{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov	align=left\| Ak Bars Kazan \| 21	6	10	16	+9	8

== Leading goaltenders ==

Source: khl.ru{{cite web |url= http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/165/gaa/ |title= Player Stats: 2009–2010 Playoff: Goalie – Goals Against Average |publisher= Kontinental Hockey League | access-date= 28 February 2011 }}

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

style="width: 14em;" \| Player ! style="width: 13em;" \| Team ! style="width: 3.5em;" \| GP ! style="width: 6em;" \| Min ! style="width: 3.5em;" \| W ! style="width: 3.5em;" \| L ! style="width: 4em;" \| GA ! style="width: 3.5em;" \| SO ! style="width: 4em;" \| SV% ! style="width: 4em;" \| GAA
class="wikitable sortable"
{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitali Yeremeyev	Dynamo Moscow	12	700:01	8	4	19	1	.927	1.63
{{flagicon\|RUS}} Stanislav Galimov	Ak Bars Kazan	7	396:05	3	2	11	1	.926	1.67
{{flagicon\|FIN}} Jussi Markkanen	CSKA Moscow	7	379:16	3	3	11	2	.934	1.74
{{flagicon\|RUS}} Georgi Gelashvili	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	19	1,129:56	13	6	33	5	.933	1.75
{{flagicon\|CAN}} Ray Emery	Atlant Moscow Oblast	7	418:56	4	3	13	1	.941	1.86

Awards

=Players of the Month=

Best KHL players of each month.[http://www.khl.ru/news/?SECTION_ID=567 KHL Best players (in Russian)]

\|Month !\|Goaltender !\|Defense !\|Forward !\|Rookie
class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
style="text-align:left;"\|September	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Eremenko (Ufa) \|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Magnus Johansson (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Maxim Kitsyn (Novokuznetsk)
style="text-align:left;"\|October	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitaly Kolesnik (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Ilya Nikulin (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jan Marek (Magnitogorsk) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Andrei Kolesnikov (Chekhov)
style="text-align:left;"\|November	{{flagicon\|USA}} Robert Esche (St. Petersburg) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Tereshchenko (Ufa) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Stanislav Galimov (Kazan)
style="text-align:left;"\|December	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Martin Prusek (Riga) \|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Karel Rachůnek (Dynamo M) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexandr Vasiliev (Chekhov)
style="text-align:left;"\|January	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitaliy Yeremeyev (Dynamo M) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vitali Proshkin (Ufa) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Korolyuk (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexandr Vasiliev (Chekhov)
style="text-align:left;"\|February	{{flagicon\|GER}} Dimitrij Kotschnew (Spartak) \|{{flagicon\|SVK}} Peter Podhradský (Torpedo) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Stepan Zakharchuk (Togliatti)
style="text-align:left;"\|March	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Ilya Nikulin (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo M) \|

=KHL Awards=

On 15 May 2009, the KHL held their first award ceremony. A total of 23 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media.[http://en.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13647 Kontinental Hockey League Awarded Laureates Of 2008/2009 Season] khl.ru, 2009-05-15. Accessed 2009-06-20. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724220223/http://en.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13647 Archived] 2009-06-22. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.

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\| Golden Hockey Stick Trophy (regular-season MVP)	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov (Kazan)
\| Play-off Master Award (play-off MVP)	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Morozov (Kazan)
\| Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie)	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Ilya Proskuryakov (Magnitogorsk)

References

Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons

\|Month !\|Goaltender !\|Defense !\|Forward !\|Rookie
class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
style="text-align:left;"\|September	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Eremenko (Ufa) \|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Magnus Johansson (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Maxim Kitsyn (Novokuznetsk)
style="text-align:left;"\|October	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitaly Kolesnik (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Ilya Nikulin (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jan Marek (Magnitogorsk) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Andrei Kolesnikov (Chekhov)
style="text-align:left;"\|November	{{flagicon\|USA}} Robert Esche (St. Petersburg) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexei Tereshchenko (Ufa) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Stanislav Galimov (Kazan)
style="text-align:left;"\|December	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Martin Prusek (Riga) \|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Karel Rachůnek (Dynamo M) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexandr Vasiliev (Chekhov)
style="text-align:left;"\|January	{{flagicon\|KAZ}} Vitaliy Yeremeyev (Dynamo M) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Vitali Proshkin (Ufa) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexander Korolyuk (Atlant) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alexandr Vasiliev (Chekhov)
style="text-align:left;"\|February	{{flagicon\|GER}} Dimitrij Kotschnew (Spartak) \|{{flagicon\|SVK}} Peter Podhradský (Torpedo) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Danis Zaripov (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Stepan Zakharchuk (Togliatti)
style="text-align:left;"\|March	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl) \|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Ilya Nikulin (Kazan) \|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo M) \|