KHL.ru presents the regular season calendar for the 2022/2023 season.
The championship calendar was developed by a group of KHL specialists and an expert Vladimir Zhidkov. As with past seasons, much of the calendaring work has been automated.
KHL regular season 2022/2023 starts September 1, 2022 in Moscow at the CSKA Arena with a match between the current holder of the Gagarin Cup TsSCA and last season finalist Magnitogorsk Metallurgist.
The next game day, they will play their first home matches of the season Avtomobilist, Traktor, Kunlun Red Star, Spartak and JSC “Sochi”. On the first weekend of the new season, fans are waiting for bright matches – September 3 in Moscow “Dynamo” will accept Ak Barswhich this summer was strengthened by the ex-players of the blue and white Vadim Shipachev, Stanislav Galiev and Vyacheslav Voinovand became the new coach of Kazan Oleg Znarok, who won two Gagarin Cups with Dynamo. On the same day in St. Petersburg SKA will accept “Salavat Yulaev”and on Sunday 4 September “Tractor” fight with “Locomotive”.
The regular season will last until February 26, 2023 and will include 164 game days and 748 matches, and each club will hold record for the first part of the KHL championship 68 matches.
The structure of the formation of matches for each of the teams:
42 matches each against each (21 at home, 21 away);
20 matches with each team in their conference (10 at home, 10 away);
6 matches as part of the draw to improve the principal matches (3 at home, 3 away).
In the regular season, there will be only one pause for the matches of the national team – from 12 to 18 December 2022, which will be preceded by Week of Hockey Stars 2022 in Chelyabinsk on December 10 and 11. All this has reduced the average number of matches per day to 4.51 games.
The number of days without matches is also minimal – only two days on February 6 and 8, which is due to the simultaneous long loading of arenas at several clubs and the logistical features of the movement of teams during that period. The most busy arenas with other events during the regular season fell on the Moscow region (Dynamo, Spartak and CSKA), St. Petersburg and Omsk. Loading per day is from 44 to 97 days for a specific sports facility.
In the calendar of the 2022/2023 season, the maximum uniformity of the distribution of matches by months has been achieved:
|
Month
|
Matches |
|
September 2022 |
133 |
|
October 2022 |
133 |
|
November 2022 |
131 |
|
December 2022 |
101 |
|
January 2023 |
133 |
|
February 2023 |
117 |
Significant matches:
September 1, 2022 – the match for the Opening Cup between CSKA and Metallurg
September 3, 2022 – Dynamo Moscow will host Ak Bars, which was joined by the League’s top scorer in recent seasons Vadim Shipachein.
September 7, 2022 – Lokomotiv will play for the second time on the memorial day of the tragedy over Tunoshna.
September 12, 2022 – Salavat Yulaev defender Evgeny Biryukov may become the first player to play 900 games in the KHL. Ufa residents will play Spartak at home this day.
September 13, 2022 – the first Siberian derby of the season between Sibir and Avangard.
September 22, 2022 – Dynamo Moscow head coach Alexey Kudashov may become the 10th coach to play 400 games in the KHL. On this day, the blue and white will play away with Severstal.
September 26, 2022 – the first Moscow derby of the season between CSKA and Spartak.
September 27, 2022 – the first green derby of the season between Salavat Yulaev and Ak Bars.
October 1, 2022 – Avangard will play the first home match in Omsk in four years, the opponent will be Sibir.
October 3, 2022 – the first army derby of the season between CSKA and SKA.
October 4, 2022 – the first Ural derby of the season between Traktor and Metallurg.
October 8, 2022 – Ak Bars striker Vadim Shipachev can play the 843rd game in the KHL and break the record of Sergey Mozyakin among the forwards. “Ak Bars” this day will play at home with “Barys”.
October 17, 2022 – the first Moscow derby of the season between Dynamo and CSKA.
November 8, 2022 – Ak Bars head coach Oleg Znarok may become the 3rd coach in the history of the KHL, who spent 700 games in the League. On this day, Kazan will play away against Neftekhimik.
November 11, 2022 – Barys head coach Andrey Skabelka may become the 6th coach to play 500 games in the KHL. The Kazakh team will play away with Metallurg that day.
November 14, 2022 – the first derby of the season between Dynamo and Spartak.
November 26, 2022 – forward of Lokomotiv Egor Averin may become the 6th player to play 800 games in the KHL. Yaroslavl this day will play at home with Sibir.
November 28, 2022 – Vityaz head coach Vyacheslav Butsaev may become the 11th coach in KHL history to play 400 games in the League. On this day, the Moscow region team will play in Moscow against CSKA.
December 4, 2022 – SKA forward Evgeny Ketov may become the 7th player to play 800 games in the KHL. On this day, the army team will play away against Kunlun Red Star.
December 5, 2022 – the first Far Eastern derby of the season between Admiral and Amur.
December 10-11, 2022 – KHL All-Star Game in Chelyabinsk.
December 12-18, 2022 is the only break in the season for international matches.
January 31, 2023 – head coach of Metallurg Ilya Vorobyov may become the 7th coach to play 500 games in the KHL. On this day, Magnitogorsk will play away against Severstal.
February 7, 2023 – Forward of Neftekhimik Denis Parshin can become the 16th hockey player who played 1000 matches in the championships of Russia. Nizhnekamsk residents will play at home with Ak Bars that day.
February 18, 2023 – Captain “Salavat Yulaev” Grigory Panin can become the 17th hockey player who played 1000 matches in the championships of Russia. Ufimtsev this day will play at home with “Siberia”.