KHL conference finals

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) conference finals are the Eastern Conference and Western Conference championship series of the KHL. The conference finals are best-of-seven series. The two series are played after the first and second rounds of the playoffs and before the Gagarin Cup finals. The final two teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference face off. The series are the conference equivalents of the Gagarin Cup finals. The conferences were established during the second season of competition. In the inaugural season there were no conferences, only four divisions. The respective winners of the Eastern and Western Conference finals receive the Eastern Conference winner cup (Russian: Кубок Победителю конференции Восток, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Vostok) and Western Conference winner cup.(Russian: Кубок Победителю конференции Запад, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Zapad).^[1]

Eastern Conference

Season	East champion	Series	East runner-up	Eventual cup winner
2009–10	Ak Bars Kazan	4–2	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	•
2010–11	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	4–3	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	•
2011–12	Avangard Omsk	4–1	Traktor Chelyabinsk
2012–13	Traktor Chelyabinsk	4–3	Ak Bars Kazan
2013–14	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	4–1	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	•
2014–15	Ak Bars Kazan	4–1	Sibir Novosibirsk
2015–16	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	4–1	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	•
2016–17	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	4–0	Ak Bars Kazan
2017–18	Ak Bars Kazan	4–0	Traktor Chelyabinsk	•

Western Conference

Season	West champion	Series	West runner-up	Eventual cup winner
2009–10	MVD Balashikha	4–3	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2010–11	Atlant Moscow Oblast	4–2	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2011–12	Dynamo Moscow	4–0	SKA Saint Petersburg	•
2012–13	Dynamo Moscow	4–2	SKA Saint Petersburg	•
2013–14	Lev Prague	4–1	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2014–15	SKA Saint Petersburg	4–3	CSKA Moscow	•
2015–16	CSKA Moscow	4–0	SKA Saint Petersburg
2016–17	SKA Saint Petersburg	4–0	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	•
2017–18	CSKA Moscow	4–2	SKA Saint Petersburg

References

1. "Новые трофеи Лиги". khl.ru. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

External links

• , official Eastern Conference final 2010 match 6 gallery, photo of Aleksey Morozov receiving the Eastern Conference winner cup
• , official Eastern Conference final 2010 match 6 gallery, photo of Ak Bars Kazan team members with the Eastern Conference winner cup
• , official Western Conference final 2010 match 7 gallery, photo of Vladimir Gorbunov receiving the Western Conference winner cup
• , official Western Conference final 2010 match 7 gallery, photo of Martin Štrbák and Filip Novák with the Western Conference winner cup