Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said that Khabarovsk Amur could be expelled from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) due to debts. His words provide guidance “Match TV”.
“Amur had a debt of ₽750 million in 2020 and then received a letter of expulsion from the KHL for the next season. In the end, they left us a coffer full of money, beat Metallurg in the play-offs and increased marketing by two or three times,” Degtyarev said.
The current champions of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) are Metallurg Magnitogorsk. In the final, they won a landslide victory over Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL play-off finals Gagarin Cup. Metallurg won four games in a row and closed the final series with a score of 4-0.
On September 3, in the opening match of the new season, the Yaroslavl team avenged its defeat in the final and won with a score of 3:2.
In February 2024, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) extended the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian national teams. The organization reported that the IIHF Council will continue to monitor the situation and will consider the reintegration of the Russian and Belarusian national teams for the 2025/26 season in May 2025.
The reason why foreign players came to the KHL before explained money.