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KHL still eyes European expansion
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Kontinental Hockey League will expand to include clubs in central and western Europe. The Interfax news agency reported that Putin said the KH...
The declining influence of Russia and Central Europe in the NHL draft
Following up on this post breaking down the 2009 draft by nationality, here's a glance at the make up of players selected in the NHL draft in the 30-team era: Two pretty obvious trends there, just ov...
Russia takes over world rankings
After a gold medal at the world championships yesterday in Switzerland, Russia has passed Canada for top spot in the IIHF's world rankings. The next big international even is the 2010 Olympics in Vanc...
Where NHLers come from: Russia
I did a pretty extensive series about where NHLers come from back in December, but for whatever reason, there were a few countries I missed and I've had the related graphs sitting on my desktop for a ...
An interview with Ilya Kovalchuk
One of the great things we've seen sprout up on the blogosphere in the past year or so is a whole bunch of foreign-language translations that have given us quite a bit more insight into (mainly) the...
KHL teams could fail as league hits hard times
We've certainly heard enough lately about how challenging economic times could lead to some real difficulties for NHL teams, but what's happening in Russia with the Continental Hockey League takes th...
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