Regular KHL championship for the second time in history won SKA

SKA hockey players from St. Petersburg ahead of schedule became the owners of the Council Cup named after V.V. Tikhonov, handed over to the best KHL team following the results of the regular championship.

On Friday, CSKA, who ranks second in the standings, in Ufa lost to the Salavat Yulaev club with a score of 1: 2.

The assets of the metropolitan army, who remained to spend four matches in the regular season, are 118 points left. SKA has 132 points. Thus, the St. Petersburg club became inaccessible to the closest pursuer and ensured a prematurely victory in the regular championship.

SKA for the second time in their history won the continent Cup. For the first time, the St. Petersburg Club finished the regular KHL championship in the first position in the 2012/13 season.

In the previous three seasons, CSKA was received by CSKA. Note that the winner of the regular championship has never won the Gagarin Cup in the history of the KHL.