- Continental Cup (KHL)
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Continental Cup Established 2010 Current holder(s) Avangard Omsk Awarded to the Team finished 1st in the KHL standings after the regular season The Continental Cup[1][2] (Russian: Кубок Континента, Kubok Kontinenta) 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. It was introduced during the second season of the competition. Earlier, the winner of the first season 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).[3]
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Cup winners
Key to colors W Western Conference member E Eastern Conference member * Team wins Gagarin Cup % Team loses in the Gagarin Cup finals ^ Team loses in preliminary round of playoffs Season Team Games Points Playoff result 2009–10 E Salavat Yulaev Ufa 56 129 Lost Conference final 2010–11 E Avangard Omsk 54 118 Lost Conference semi-final 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. http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/3/5/23808.html. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Новые трофеи Лиги". khl.ru. http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/3/4/26511.html. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "«Кубок Континента» – награда победителю регулярного чемпионата". khl.ru. http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/2/3/26271.html. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
External links
- [1], an article on the official website of Salavat Yulayev Ufa with a picture of Vitali Proshkin hoisting the trophy
- [2], another article on Ufa's website with a picture of the trophy
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- Kontinental Hockey League
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