Opening Cup
Opening Cup | |
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Established | 2008 |
Current holder(s) | Dynamo Moscow |
Awarded to the | Team winning the first game of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League |
The Opening Cup (Russian: Кубок Открытия, Kubok Otkrytiya), is the trophy awarded to the winner of the first game of every regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. This match is played between the previous season's play-off champion and runner-up. The game is played on the home ice of the previous season's play-off champion.
History
During the first season of the KHL the match was played between the winner and runner up of the 2007–08 play-offs of the Russian Superleague.
The Western Conference in the 2010 Opening Cup game was represented by UHC Dynamo because the 2009–10 Western Conference champion, HC MVD, merged with Dynamo Moscow to form the new team after the 2009–10 season.[1]
On September 10, 2011, three days after the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, the KHL head office decided to honor the deceased in the 2011 Opening Cup.[2]
Winners
W | Western Conference member |
E | Eastern Conference member |
N/A | N/A, KHL conferences established during the second season of competition |
Season | Match date | Previous season play-off champion |
Previous season play-off runner-up |
Result | Venue | Ref | ||
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2008–09 | 2 September 2008 | N/A | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | N/A | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 4 – 1 | Ufa Arena, Ufa | |
2009–10 | 10 September 2009 | E | Ak Bars Kazan | W | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 3 – 2 (OT) | TatNeft Arena, Kazan | |
2010–11 | 8 September 2010 | E | Ak Bars Kazan | W | Dynamo Moscow† | 1 – 3 | TatNeft Arena, Kazan | [1] |
2011–12 | 12 September 2011 | E | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | W | Atlant Moscow Oblast | 5 – 3 | Ufa Arena, Ufa | [3] |
2012–13 | 4 September 2012 | W | Dynamo Moscow | E | Avangard Omsk | 3 – 2 (SO) | Megasport Arena, Moscow | |
2013–14 | 4 September 2013 | W | Dynamo Moscow | E | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 5 – 1 | Minor Arena Luzhniki, Moscow |
† 2009–10 season's finalist HC MVD united with HC Dynamo after the 2009–10 season, thus Dynamo Moscow participated in the 2010 Opening Cup.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Calendar 2010/2011". khl.ru. "Third season of the Kontinental Hockey League starts September 8th with Gagarin Cup holders Ak Bars entertaining UHC Dynamo Moscow in Kazan in a clash for Opening Cup."
- ↑ Официальное заявление КХЛ, 4 сентября 2012 года (ru)
- ↑ Game originally scheduled 7 September; because of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash during the playing of the Opening Cup, the game was abandoned and rescheduled for 12 September.
External links
- Official September 2009 Opening Cup match gallery (photo of Alexander Medvedev, Vladislav Tretiak and the Opening Cup trophy during the pre-match press conference)
- Official September 2009 Opening Cup match gallery (photo of Aleksey Morozov, captain of Ak Bars Kazan, receiving the trophy)
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