Continental Cup (KHL)
| Continental Cup | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Awarded for | Team finished 1st in the KHL standings after the regular season |
| History | |
| First award | 2009–10 KHL season |
| First winner | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| Most wins | CSKA Moscow (6) |
| Most recent | CSKA Moscow (2020–21 ) |
The Continental Cup[1][2] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta), also known as the Kontinental Cup,[3] is the trophy presented to the winner of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, i.e. the team with the most points at the end of the regular season.
The name and trophy were introduced during the second season of the competition. In the first season it was simply named the regular season winner. The name of the trophy was voted on by visitors of the KHL website. Other candidates for the name of the trophy included Leader Cup, Suvorov Cup, Peoples' Friendship Cup and "Our Game" Cup. More than 24,000 people voted. Continental Cup received 58.57% of the votes (14 118 votes).[4]
During the history of KHL, the winner of Continental Cup had never won Gagarin Cup in the same season before 2018–19, when CSKA Moscow became the first team to win both trophies.
Cup winners[]
| W | Western Conference member |
| E | Eastern Conference member |
Bold Team with the most points ever accumulated in a season during the trophy's existence.
| Season | Team | Games | Points | Playoff result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | E |  Salavat Yulaev Ufa
|
56 | 129 | Lost in Conference Finals (AKB) |
| 2010–11 | E | Avangard Omsk
|
54 | 118 | Lost in Conference Semi-Finals (MMG) |
| 2011–12 | E | Traktor Chelyabinsk
|
54 | 114 | Lost in Conference Finals (AVG) |
| 2012–13 | W | SKA Saint Petersburg
|
52 | 115 | Lost in Conference Finals (DYN) |
| 2013–14 | W | Dynamo Moscow
|
54 | 115 | Lost in Conference Quarter-Finals (LOK) |
| 2014–15 | W | CSKA Moscow
|
60 | 139 | Lost in Conference Finals (SKA) |
| 2015–16 | W | CSKA Moscow
|
60 | 127 | Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals (MMG) |
| 2016–17 | W | CSKA Moscow
|
60 | 137 | Lost in Conference Semi-Finals (LOK) |
| 2017–18 | W | SKA Saint Petersburg
|
56 | 138 | Lost in Conference Finals (CSK) |
| 2018–19 | W | CSKA Moscow
|
62 | 106 | Won Gagarin Cup (AVG) |
| 2019–20 | W | CSKA Moscow
|
62 | 94 | playoffs not completed |
| 2020–21 | W | CSKA Moscow
|
60 | 91 | Lost in Gagarin Cup Finals (AVG) |
See also[]
- Gagarin Cup, awarded to the winner of the KHL play-offs
- Presidents' Trophy, an NHL trophy having the same function as the Continental Cup
References[]
- ^ "Ufa's first trophy". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Новые трофеи Лиги". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Kontinental champion!". Kontinental Hockey League. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ ""Кубок Континента" – награда победителю регулярного чемпионата". khl.ru. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
External links[]
- [1], an article on the official website of Traktor Chelyabinsk with a picture of Mikhail Yurevich receiving the trophy from Alexander Medvedev
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- Kontinental Hockey League trophies and awards