Kontinental Hockey League

Kontinental Hockey League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 KHL season
Formerly Russian Superleague
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2008
President Dmitry Chernyshenko
Motto Хоккей – наша игра! Khokkey - nasha igra! (Hockey is our game!)[1]
No. of teams 28
Country  Belarus (1 team)
 Croatia (1 team)
 Finland (1 team)
 Kazakhstan (1 team)
 Latvia (1 team)
 Russia (22 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
Most recent champion(s) Metallurg Magnitogorsk (2nd title)
Most titles Ak Bars Kazan (2)
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (2)
Dynamo Moscow (2)
TV partner(s)
Related competitions Supreme Hockey League (VHL)
Hockey Premier League (HPL) (From 16/17[6])
Junior Hockey League (MHL)
Official website en.KHL.ru

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) (Russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya hokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises 28 member clubs based in Belarus, Croatia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, and Slovakia and it is planned to expand to more countries. It is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in Europe and Asia, and second in the world behind the NHL.[7]

The Gagarin Cup is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The title of Champion of Russia is given to the highest ranked Russian team.[8]

History

Establishment

Ak Bars Kazan winning the Gagarin Cup

The league formed from the Russian Superleague (RSL) and the champion of the 2007–08 season of the second division, with 24 teams: 21 from Russia and one each from Belarus, Latvia, and Kazakhstan. The teams were divided into four divisions, based on the performance in previous seasons. The first season ended in April 2009 with Ak Bars Kazan becoming the first ever winner of the Gagarin Cup. In an effort to reduce the large travel distances for the teams, the second season saw the introduction of two conferences (East and West) and the re-alignment of the divisions according to geographical criteria. In the Gagarin Cup finals, teams from the East dominated with Ak Bars Kazan winning twice and Salavat Yulaev Ufa once. The start of the fourth season was overshadowed by the Yaroslavl air disaster on 7 September 2011 in which almost all members of the team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl lost their lives shortly after take-off for their flight to their season opening game in Minsk. The Opening Cup game in Ufa, which was already under way when news of the disaster arrived, was abandoned and the start of the season postponed by five days. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was forced to withdraw from the KHL season, but later played part of the VHL season and returned to the KHL in 2012. In memory of the disaster, 7 September remains a day of mourning on which no KHL regular season games are held.[9]

Team changes

In the 2009-10 season, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg joined the KHL and Khimik Voskresensk was transferred to a lower league. Next season, HC Yugra joined the league.

After several attempts by teams from Central Europe and Scandinavia to join the KHL, expansion beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union was finally realized in 2011. Lev Poprad, a newly founded team based in Poprad, Slovakia was admitted to the league. But after only one season, Lev was replaced by a team of the same name, Lev Praha, from Prague, Czech Republic, while Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia and Ukraine's Donbass joined the KHL as expansion teams.[10] Lev and Slovan qualified for the playoffs in their first KHL season.

Croatian Medveščak joined the league in 2013.

In 2013, Medveščak from Croatia and Russian Admiral Vladivostok joined the league, thus expanding the league even further.[11] The league comprised 28 teams during the 2013-14 season, of which 21 are based in Russia and 7 more are located in the other countries.

In 2014, Finnish team Jokerit from Helsinki, Lada Togliatti (which previously played in the league), and newly created team HC Sochi joined the league.[12] However, HC Donbass is not playing in the league this season, due to the political instability in Ukraine, but intends to rejoin later.[13] Two other teams, Lev Praha and Spartak Moscow, also withdrew from the 2014-2015 season due to financial problems.[14][15]

Prior to the 2015–16 season, Atlant Moscow Oblast withdrew from the KHL, while Spartak Moscow returned.[16]

The Chinese club HC Red Star Kunlun[17] and the Swedish club Crowns have applied to join the league prior to the 2016–17 season.[18][19]

Season structure

Logo in Cyrillic script

Since 2009, the league is divided into East and West conferences. In the current season, each conference includes 14 teams divided into two divisions, 7 teams per division. In this season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 54 games (27 at home, 27 on the road), plus 6 additional games (3 at home, 3 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.[20]

The eight top-ranked teams in each conference receive playoff berths. Within each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are played before the conference winners play against each other for the Gagarin Cup. The division winners are seeded first and second in their conference, based on their regular season record. All playoff rounds are played as best-of-seven series. In each round, the top seeded remaining team is paired with the lowest seeded team etc.[21] In the playoffs, overtime periods last 20 minutes (or until a goal is scored). The number of overtime periods is not limited.

In the 2012–13 season, the Nadezhda Cup (Cup of Hope) was introduced, a consolation tournament for the teams who did not qualify for the playoffs. The winning team in the tournament wins the first overall pick in the KHL Junior Draft. The tournament is intended to extend the season and help maintain interest in hockey in the cities of these teams, and help players of national teams prepare for upcoming World Championship.[22]

Teams

Western conference teams (Divisions: : Bobrov, : Tarasov, : Moscow and Moscow Oblast: see separate Map)
Moscow Oblast teams (Divisions: : Bobrov, : Tarasov)
Division Team City/Area Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head Coach Captain
Western Conference
Bobrov Dinamo Minsk Belarus Minsk Minsk-Arena 15,000 2004 2008 Slovakia Ľubomír Pokovič Belarus Alexei Kalyuzhny
Dinamo Riga Latvia Riga Arena Riga 10,300 2008 Finland Kari Heikkilä Latvia Lauris Dārziņš
Jokerit Helsinki Finland Helsinki Hartwall Arena 13,349 1967 2014 Finland Erkka Westerlund Finland Niko Kapanen
Medveščak Zagreb Croatia Zagreb Arena Zagreb 16,200 1961 2013 Canada Gordie Dwyer Canada Andrew Murray
SKA Saint Petersburg Russia Saint Petersburg Ice Palace Saint Petersburg 12,300 1946 2008 Russia Andrei Nazarov Russia Ilya Kovalchuk
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia Bratislava Ondrej Nepela Arena 10,115 1921 2012 Czech Republic Miloš Říha Slovakia Milan Bartovič
Spartak Moscow Russia Moscow Luzhniki Minor Arena 8,700 1946 2008 Russia German Titov Russia Maksim Potapov
Tarasov CSKA Moscow Russia Moscow CSKA Ice Palace 5,600 1946 2008 Russia Dmitri Kvartalnov Russia Denis Denisov
Dynamo Moscow Russia Moscow VTB Ice Palace 12,000 1946 2008 Latvia Harijs Vītoliņš Russia Yuri Babenko
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Yaroslavl Arena 2000 9,000 1949 2008 Russia Alexei Kudashov Russia Ilya Gorokhov
Severstal Cherepovets Russia Cherepovets Ice Palace 6,000 1956 2008 Czech Republic Václav Sikora Russia Andrei Shefer
Sochi Russia Sochi Bolshoy Ice Dome 12,000 2014 Russia Slava Butsayev Russia Andrei Pervyshin
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Russia Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500 1947 2008 Latvia Pētr Skudra Russia Vadim Khomitsky
Vityaz Moscow Oblast Russia Podolsk Vityaz Ice Palace 5,500 1998* 2008 Russia Oleg Orekhovsky Russia Slava Solodukhin
Eastern Conference
Kharlamov Ak Bars Kazan Russia Kazan TatNeft Arena 10,000 1956 2008 Russia Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Russia Alexander Svitov
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Yekaterinburg KRK Uralets 5,500 2006 2009 Russia Andrei Razin Russia Sergey Gusev
Lada Togliatti Russia Tolyatti Lada Arena 6,600 1976 2014 b Russia Sergei Svetlov Russia Andrei Nikitenko
Metallurg Magnitogorsk Russia Magnitogorsk Arena Metallurg 7,700 1950 2008 Canada Mike Keenan Russia Sergei Mozyakin
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Russia Nizhnekamsk SCC Arena 5,500 1968 2008 Russia Vladimir Krikunov Russia Maxim Rybin
Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia Chelyabinsk Traktor Sport Palace 7,500 1947 2008 Russia Andrei Nikolishin Russia Stanislav Chistov
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Russia Khanty-Mansiysk Arena Ugra 5,500 2006 2010 Russia Pavel Yezovskikh Russia Andrei Ivanov
Chernyshev Admiral Vladivostok Russia Vladivostok Fetisov Arena 7,500 2013 Belarus Alexander Andrievsky Latvia Oskars Bārtulis
Amur Khabarovsk Russia Khabarovsk Platinum Arena 7,100 1966 2008 Russia Sergei Shepelev Russia Dmitri Tarasov
Avangard Omsk Russia Omsk Omsk Arena 10,318 1950 2008 Russia Evgeny Kornoukhov Russia Denis Kulyash
Barys Astana Kazakhstan Astana Barys Arena 12,000 1999 2008 Kazakhstan Yerlan Sagymbayev United States Brandon Bochenski
Metallurg Novokuznetsk Russia Novokuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace 8,040 1949 2008 Russia Nikolai Solovyov Russia Alexander Romanov
Salavat Yulaev Ufa Russia Ufa Ufa Arena 8,400 1957 2008 Russia Anatoly Emelin Russia Igor Grigorenko
Sibir Novosibirsk Russia Novosibirsk Ice Sports Palace Sibir 7,400 1962 2008 Belarus Andrei Skabelka Russia Alexei Kopeikin
Not participating in 2015–2016 season
Atlant Moscow Oblast Russia Mytishchi Mytishchi Arena 7,000 1953* 2008
HC Donbass a Ukraine Donetsk Druzhba Arena 4,130 2005 2012
Lev Praha Czech Republic Prague O2 Arena 17,383 2012 2012

a HC Donbass unable to play in 2015/16 due to military conflict in Donbass region.
b Lada Togliatti formerly played in Kontinental Hockey League from 2008/09 to 2009/10.

An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise relocation. See the respective team articles for more information.

Players

KHL match Lev Praha vs. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in O2 Arena, Prague

Though now not as restrictive in maintaining an exclusively Russian composition of players and teams, Russian teams are still not allowed to sign more than five foreign players, while non-Russian teams must have at least five players from their respective country. Foreign goaltenders on Russian teams have a limit regarding total seasonal ice time.[23]

Prior to the inaugural season, several KHL teams signed several players from the NHL.[24] A dispute between the two leagues over some of these signings was supposed to have been resolved by an agreement signed on July 10, 2008, 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),[25] leading to an investigation by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[26] On 4 October 2010, the conflict between the leagues was settled when both signed a new agreement to honor one another's contracts.[27]

The league set up rules for the NHL lockout which lasted from 16 September 2012 to 12 January 2013. According to the special regulations, each KHL team was allowed to add up to three NHL players to its roster, among them at most one foreign player.[28] More than 40 NHL players, the majority of them Russians, played in the KHL during the lockout.

KHL players are represented by the Kontinental Hockey League Players' Trade Union.[29]

Notable active players

The top five point scoring players in the 2015–16 season were Sergei Mozyakin (67 pts), Alexander Radulov (65 pts), Brandon Bochenski (61 pts), Vadim Shipachyov (60 pts), and Linus Omark (57 pts). The top goal scorers were Sergei Mozyakin with 32, followed by Nigel Dawes (31) and Matt Ellison (26). The top plus-minus rating went to Mat Robinson who was a +31. The top goaltenders (by save percentage) were Alexei Murygin (95.4%) and Ilya Sorokin (95.3%). [30]

Nationalities of players

During the current season, players representing 16 nations have played at least one game in the KHL.[31] A player's nationality is for various reasons sometimes ambiguous. For the table presented below, the nationality "is determined based on the last country that the player represented in international competition. If a player has never played for a national team, usually the country of birth is chosen as the player nationality, unless there is strong evidence indicating otherwise".[32] For players born in former Soviet republics, the situation is often more complex due to dual citizenship and naturalization. Therefore, a list of players born in Ukraine gives case-by-case details for some of those players. In some cases, players can change their nationality registration with the league on a year-by-year basis, and their nationality with the league may not match that of their International Ice Hockey Federation registration. Non-Russians represent about 40% of the KHL players, and are mostly Central European, Nordic, and North American. In 2015–16, more than 950 players played in the league (see table below).

Country (current number of teams)Players active
(2012–13)[33] 		Players active
(2013–14)[34] 		Players active
(2014–15)[35]		 Aktiva spelare
(2015–16)[36]
Belarus Belarus (1 team) 33 40 45 38
Canada Canada 36 69 56 41
Croatia Croatia (1 team) – 3 2 2
Czech Republic Czech Republic 46 47 29 35
Denmark Denmark – 1 2 4
Finland Finland (1 team) 40 37 50 47
France France - - 1 1
Germany Germany 1 3 3 1
Italy Italy - - - 1
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (1 team) 30 29 28 36
Latvia Latvia (1 team)a 35 32 29 33
Norway Norway 3 3 3 1
Russia Russia (22 teams) 540 573 594 634
Slovakia Slovakia (1 team) 51 43 32 27
Slovenia Slovenia – 2 4 4
Sweden Sweden 24 22 28 27
Ukraine Ukraineb 11 12 3 3
United States United States 13 20 27 21
Total863 909 936 956

a - For further information, see: List of Latvians in the KHL

b - For further information, see: List of Ukrainians in the KHL

Trophies and awards

Gagarin Cup

The winner of the playoff is awarded the Gagarin Cup, the KHL Champion title and the Russian Champion title, regardless of the country the club represents. The team ranked first in the standings after the regular season, i.e. the winner of the regular season, is awarded the Continental Cup[37] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta). The winners of the conference finals are awarded the Eastern Conference Champion Cup (Russian: Кубок Победителю конференции Восток, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Vostok) and the Western Conference Champion Cup (Russian: Кубок Победителю конференции Запад, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Zapad).[38]

The KHL presents annual awards to its most successful players. The KHL also awards the Opening Cup annually to the winner of the first game between the Gagarin Cup winner and the runner-up of the previous 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.[39]

Seasons overview

Season Gagarin Cup Winner Gagarin Cup finalist Final score Continental Cup Winner Top scorer
2008–09 Ak Bars Kazan Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 4–3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa* (129 points) Sergei Mozyakin (76 points: 34 G, 42 A)
2009–10 Ak Bars Kazan HC MVD 4–3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa (129 points) Sergei Mozyakin (66 points: 27 G, 39 A)
2010–11 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Atlant Moscow Oblast 4–1 Avangard Omsk (118 points) Alexander Radulov (80 points: 20 G, 60 A)
2011–12 Dynamo Moscow Avangard Omsk 4–3 Traktor Chelyabinsk (114 points) Alexander Radulov (63 points: 25 G, 38 A)
2012–13 Dynamo Moscow Traktor Chelyabinsk 4–2 SKA Saint Petersburg (115 points) Sergei Mozyakin (76 points: 35 G, 41 A)
2013–14 Metallurg Magnitogorsk HC Lev Praha 4–3 Dynamo Moscow (115 points) Sergei Mozyakin (73 points: 34 G, 39 A)
2014–15 SKA Saint Petersburg Ak Bars Kazan 4–1 CSKA Moscow (139 points) Alexander Radulov (71 points: 24 G, 47 A)
2015–16 Metallurg Magnitogorsk CSKA Moscow 4–3 CSKA Moscow (127 points) Sergei Mozyakin (67 points: 32 G, 35 A)

*: In the first season, Salavat Yulaev Ufa was the winner of the regular season, but the Continental Cup was not yet awarded.

Season Opening Cup Winner Nadezhda Cup Winner Gold Stick Award (MVP)
2008–09 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Nadezhda Cup not yet introduced Danis Zaripov
2009–10 Ak Bars Kazan Alexander Radulov
2010–11 Dynamo Moscow Alexander Radulov
2011–12 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Alexander Radulov
2012–13 Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Riga Sergei Mozyakin
2013–14 Dynamo Moscow Avangard Omsk Sergei Mozyakin
2014–15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Cancelled due to economic reasons Alexander Radulov
2015–16 CSKA Moscow Not contested Sergei Mozyakin

Statistics

Single season records

Regular season[40]

Record Name Season
Points 80 Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 2010–11
Goals 36 United States Steve Moses (Jokerit)
2014–15
Assists 60 Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 2010–11
Shots on goal 251 Canada Geoff Platt (Minsk) 2013–14
Plus/minus +46 Czech Republic Jan Kovář (Magintogorsk) 2013–14
Penalty minutes 374 Canada Darcy Verot (Chekhov) 2009–10
Wins 33 Finland Karri Rämö (Omsk) 2010–11
Shutouts 13 Russia Alexei Murygin (Yaroslavl) 2015-16

Playoffs[40]

Record Name Season
Points 33 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Magnitogorsk) 2013–14
Goals 15 Russia Evgenii Dadonov (SKA) 2014–15
Assists 20 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Magnitogorsk) 2013–14
Shots on goal 82 Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov (Chelyabinsk) 2012–13
Plus/minus +16 Slovakia Dominik Graňák (Dynamo Msc) 2012–13
Penalty minutes 69 Russia Grigori Panin (Kazan) 2008–09
Wins 16 Russia Alexander Eremenko (Dyn. Moscow)
Russia Vasily Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk)
Finland Mikko Koskinen (SKA)		 2011–12
2013–14
2014–15
Shutouts 6 Sweden Anders Nilsson (Kazan) 2014–15

Career records

Regular season[40]

Record Name Years
Points 512 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk) 2008–2016
Goals 236 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk) 2008–2016
Assists 323 Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 2008–2016
Games played 434 Russia Anton Glinkin (Chelyabinsk) 2008–2016
Plus/minus +194 Russia Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 2008–2016
Penalty minutes 798 Canada Darcy Verot (Chekhov, CSKA) 2008–2012
Wins 177 Russia Vasily Koshechkin (Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Cherepovets) 2008–2016
Shutouts 50 Russia Vasily Koshechkin (Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Cherepovets) 2008–2016

Playoffs[40]

Record Name Years
Points 93 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk) 2008–2015
Goals 40 Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Mytishchi, Magnitogorsk) 2008–2015
Assists 56 Norway Patrick Thoresen (Ufa, St. Petersburg) 2009–2015
Games played 108 Russia Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl, Ufa, Atlant, Dynamo Msc) 2008–2015
Plus/minus +40 Russia Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl, Ufa, Atlant, Dynamo Msc) 2008–2015
Penalty minutes 182 Russia Fedor Fedorov (Nizhnekamsk, Magnitogorsk, Atlant, SKA) 2008–2013
Wins 44 Russia Alexander Eremenko (Ufa, Dynamo Msc) 2008–2014
Shutouts 9 Finland Petri Vehanen (Kazan, Prague)
Russia Alexander Eremenko (Ufa, Dynamo Msc)		 2009–2014
2008–2014

All-time team records

Since its foundation in 2008, 34 different clubs have played in the KHL, and 30 of them have at least once qualified for the playoffs. Of the current 28 teams, only two have not yet played in the playoffs. The table gives the final regular-season ranks for all teams, with the playoff performance encoded in colors. The teams are ordered by their best championship results.

Club 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Ak Bars Kazan 2 8 4 6 2 4 4 12
Metallurg Magnitogorsk 6 3 5 4 7 2 6 8
Dynamo Moscow[a] 7 5 6 3 4 1 3 6
Salavat Yulaev Ufa 1 1 2 8 9 8 14 9
SKA Saint Petersburg 8 2 7 2 1 3 2 10
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl[b] 3 7 3 8 15 10 2
CSKA Moscow 4 12 19 18 6 12 1 1
Traktor Chelyabinsk 12 18 18 1 5 19 15 19
Avangard Omsk 16 11 1 5 3 20 8 5
Atlant Moscow Oblast 5 6 8 9 17 17 16
Lev Praha 15 5
HC MVD Balashikha 18 4
Sibir Novosibirsk 19 20 11 20 12 13 7 7
Jokerit Helsinki 5 3
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 14 9 15 17 14 25 22 16
Donbass Donetsk 18 6
Spartak Moscow 9 10 12 19 23 23 21
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 11 15 17 7 20 9 12 11
Barys Astana 15 14 14 10 10 7 11 17
Dinamo Riga 10 13 13 15 24 10 21 22
Severstal Cherepovets 17 16 9 11 11 18 17 27
Dinamo Minsk 22 17 16 13 19 26 9 18
Sochi 13 4
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 10 14 16 22 25 23
Amur Khabarovsk 20 21 22 12 25 28 28 25
Slovan Bratislava 13 21 26 15
Admiral Vladivostok 16 19 13
Medveščak Zagreb 11 23 20
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 19 20 22 26 14 18 14
Lada Togliatti 13 22 24 26
Metallurg Novokuznetsk 21 24 23 16 21 27 27 28
Vityaz Chekhov 23 23 21 23 22 24 20 24
Lev Poprad 21
Khimik Voskresensk 24

Color Result
Red Gagarin Cup Winner
Yellow Runner-up
Green Conference finalist
Light Blue Conference semifinalist
Blue Qualified for playoffs
Purple Nadezhda Cup Winner
Light Gray Not qualified for playoffs
Gray Did not play in the season

 [a]: Includes record of Dynamo Moscow before the merger with HC MVD in 2010

 [b]: Did not participate in the 2011-12 season due to the deadly air disaster on September 7, 2011, that killed the entire team

Attendance statistics

Total and average attendance in seasons.[41][42][43][44][45]

SeasonTotal AttendanceAverage Attendance
2008-09 3,883,947 5,298
2009-10[46] 4,219,305 5,474
2010-11 4,288,666 5,785
2011-12[47] 4,321,518 5,891
2012-13 4,775,366 6,106
2013-14 4,596,836 6,081
2014-15 5,395,035 6,422

All-Star Game

The Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game is an exhibition game held annually in the midway point (usually January or February) of the season, with the league's star players playing against each other. Previously played Russian players versus the "rest of the world", now it is Eastern versus Western Conference.

See also

References

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  42. ↑ Regular-Season average attendance Europe & Asia 2011–2012
  43. ↑ Regular-Season average league attendance Europe & Asia 2012–2013
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  45. ↑ KHL attendance stats 2014-15
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  47. ↑ Regular-Season average attendance Europe & Asia 2011-2012

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