Sport Ice hockey Most recent CSKA CSKA Moscow | First award 2008 | |
Given for Team winning the first game of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League | ||
The Opening Cup (Russian: Кубок Открытия, Kubok Otkrytiya), is the trophy awarded to the winner of the first game of every regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. This match is played between the previous season's play-off champion and runner-up. The game is played on the home ice of the previous season's play-off champion.
History
During the first season of the KHL the match was played between the winner and runner up of the 2007–08 play-offs of the Russian Superleague.
The Western Conference in the 2010 Opening Cup game was represented by UHC Dynamo because the 2009–10 Western Conference champion, HC MVD, merged with Dynamo Moscow to form the new team after the 2009–10 season.
On September 10, 2011, three days after the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, the KHL head office decided to honor the deceased in the 2011 Opening Cup.