It has been reported that the Continental Hockey League (KHL) Board of Directors has included the hockey club “Lada” from Tolyatti in the list of participants of the 2023/24 season. official site leagues.
Thus, 23 teams will take part in the next KHL season.
Lada played in the KHL in the seasons 2008/2009, 2009/2010, as well as in the seasons 2014/2015 and 2017/2018. The club was expelled from the league due to poor performance determined by the league.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with the Governor of the Samara Region Dmitry Azarov, instructed the Ministry of Sports to resolve the issue of the return of Lada to the KHL. The club from Tolyatti this season has played in the Higher Hockey League (VHL) championship.
The playoff finalists for the 2022/23 season in the KHL were announced the previous day. They became the winners of the Western and Eastern conferences, respectively – CSKA Moscow and Ak Bars Kazan. CSKA is the current holder of the Gagarin Cup.
SKA St. Petersburg’s former head coach Roman Rotenberg shared his opinion About the reasons why the team lost to CSKA Moscow in the last series of the Western Conference.