Start date August 22, 2016 | Number of games 62 Number of teams 29 | |
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Duration 22 August 2016 – April 2017 Similar 2011–12 KHL season, 2015–16 NHL season, 2016–17 NHL season, 2016 IIHF World Championship | ||
The 2016–17 KHL season is the ninth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 22 August 2016.
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Team changes
The Chinese club Kunlun Red Star joined the league, to become its 29th team.
Divisions and regular season format
In this season, like in 2015–16 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.
How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.
Gagarin Cup Playoffs
The playoffs started on 21 February 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 2017.
Scoring leaders
As of 18 February 2017
Source: KHL
Leading goaltenders
As of 18 February 2017
Source: KHL
Players of the Month
Best KHL players of each month.