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The general manager of the “Vityaz” proposed to return the KHL to the Superleague format

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4 years ago

July 25, 2022

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The general manager of the “Vityaz” proposed to return the KHL to the Superleague format

Photo: © KHL / Yury Kuzmin

Vityaz general manager Igor Varitsky shared his opinion on the current format of the KHL.

– Honestly, for me this question is not fundamental: to leave everything as it was and play the playoffs until the finals within the same conference, or immediately from the first round to do the East-West cross playoffs. But here the main thing is that before the start of the season we understand by what rules we play.

My personal subjective opinion is (it is necessary) to return to the Superleague format: play the season and determine the overall table, it will be more interesting for everyone. According to the results of the regular season, the first 16 teams go to the playoffs, and then in the Gagarin Cup, the 1st place plays with the 16th, the 2nd with the 15th, and so on. And then from year to year the same strong and interesting teams meet each other at the stage of the conference finals.

SKA and CSKA can fly to the Far East in the first round? Well, what to do? We have a big country, and the teams fly not on scheduled planes, but on comfortable charters. Those teams that you named should, according to their status, decide the series in four games, and I don’t see anything wrong with flying to Khabarovsk, Vladivostok or Siberia for two matches. This is my opinion, – said Varitsky.

Source: Sportbox

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Hockey

NHL. Hat trick with overtime goal, wins for Florida, Colorado and Anaheim

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2 hours ago

January 26, 2026

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NHL. Hat trick with overtime goal, wins for Florida, Colorado and Anaheim

Defending champion Florida beat Chicago 5-1 in NHL regular season play, capturing its sixth win in its last eight games.

The Panthers sit sixth in the Atlantic Division, four points behind the top 3.

Among other results, we note foreign player Ottawa’s unexpected victory over Vegas with a score of 7:1, Colorado’s 4:1 win over Toronto with a hat-trick from Brock Nelson, and Anaheim’s 4:3 win in overtime against Calgary.

Junior forward Beckett Sennekke had a hat trick for the Ducks, his first three-goal game in the NHL.

Anaheim is in the top 3 in its league and aims to return to the play-offs.

Regular season in NHL

Toronto – colorado 1:4

Seattle – New Jersey 4:2

Ottawa -Vegas 7:1

Vancouver – pittsburgh 2:3

Chicago – Florida1:5

Calgary – anaheim 3:4 in overtime

Source: Sport UA

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No feeling today. Sokol won and became the leader of the Ukrainian championship

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18 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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No feeling today. Sokol won and became the leader of the Ukrainian championship

The Ukrainian hockey championship match between Sokol and Storm took place.

If yesterday the current champion Kremenchuk sensationally conceded 9 goals and lost to the Odessa region, Sokol returned to first place by easily beating Storm 8:1.

Having defeated Kremenchug twice recently, the Kiev team took the lead in the championship, three points ahead of its main rival.

Ukrainian Hockey Championship

Hawk – Storm 8:1 (1:0, 2:0, 5:1)

Discs: 18:00 Attic (Tishchenko) – 1:0, 28:33 Tishchenko – 2:0, 31:14 Tsyura – 3:0, 42:50 Attic (Oleynik, Rymar) – 4:0, 44:36 Tsyura – 5:0, 44:46 Oleynik (Ceiling) – 6:0, 46:59 Tsyura (yanishevsky) – 7:0, 49:38 Ratushny (Aleksyuk) – 7:1, 51:38 Tolstushko (Tsyura, Zakharov) – 8:1

Source: Sport UA

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Hat-trick and 6 points for a defenseman in the NHL, Buffalo’s breakthrough, Florida’s victory

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22 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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Hat-trick and 6 points for a defenseman in the NHL, Buffalo’s breakthrough, Florida’s victory

In the NHL East, the leaders remain Detroit and Carolina, who won today and share first place with 69 points. The top 3 was completed by Tampa Bay, which unexpectedly conceded 8 goals from Columbus.

Buffalo is sensationally in the top 4 of the conference. The team, which has missed the play-offs for 13 consecutive seasons, has won 18 of the last 22 games and aims to make a quick entry into the post-regular season.

Florida won an important victory. The Panthers beat Minnesota on Brad Marchand’s double and hope to avoid missing the playoffs. The league champion is in the 6th place, 6 points behind the top 3.

In the West, Edmonton gave the super game and defeated Washington 6:5 with a hat-trick in overtime and got 6 points from defender Evan Bouchard. This was the first hat-trick in the player’s career.