Kharlamov Cup
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The Kharlamov Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the Minor Hockey League (MHL) playoffs, and is named after ice hockey
player Valeri Kharlamov, considered to be one of the greatest ice hockey players of the World.
The cup was designed by Frank Meisler.
The top 8 teams of the regular season (the teams with most points) of the Eastern Conference reach the playoffs together with the top 8 teams of the Western Conference. In the opening round of the playoffs the 1st team of the East is paired against the 8th team of the West and the 1st team of the West against the 8th team of the East, the 2nd team of the East against the 7th team of the West and so on. In the quarter-finals and semifinals pairings are not re-seeded. The bracket is as follows:
If the two teams that reach the finals or the match for the 3rd place occupied the same place in the regular season (for axample the finals ale played between the 5th team of the West and the 5th team of the East) the home ice advantage goes to the team that has a better ratio of points to the total number of games played in the regular season. A ratio is used instead of the number of points because teams of the East and West play a different total number of games in the regular season. If the ratio is the same there are other tiebreaking criteria.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player Valeri Kharlamov, considered to be one of the greatest ice hockey players of the World.
The cup was designed by Frank Meisler.
2009–10 season regulations
16 teams participate in the playoffs. Opening round, quarter-finals, semifinals and finals are a best-of-five series. The match for third place (played between the losing semifinalists) is a two-legged tie. First match for the third place is played on the home ice of the team that ended lower in the regular season standings.The top 8 teams of the regular season (the teams with most points) of the Eastern Conference reach the playoffs together with the top 8 teams of the Western Conference. In the opening round of the playoffs the 1st team of the East is paired against the 8th team of the West and the 1st team of the West against the 8th team of the East, the 2nd team of the East against the 7th team of the West and so on. In the quarter-finals and semifinals pairings are not re-seeded. The bracket is as follows:
If the two teams that reach the finals or the match for the 3rd place occupied the same place in the regular season (for axample the finals ale played between the 5th team of the West and the 5th team of the East) the home ice advantage goes to the team that has a better ratio of points to the total number of games played in the regular season. A ratio is used instead of the number of points because teams of the East and West play a different total number of games in the regular season. If the ratio is the same there are other tiebreaking criteria.
2010–11 season regulations
Best 4 teams of each division in the regular season reach the playoffs. Unlike the inaugural season teams from opposite conferences will only meet in the Kharlamov Cup finals and the match for third place because playoffs will consist of conference 1/4-finals, conference 1/2-finals and conference finals, all of which are best-of-5 series. The Kharlamov Cup finals between the Western conference playoffs winner and Eastern conference playoffs winner will be a best-of-7 series. The match for third place will be a two-legged tie as in the inaugural season.Cup winners
| Game played on eventual playoffs winner's home ice | |
| Game played on eventual playoffs runner up's home ice | |
| W | Western Conference member |
| E | Eastern Conference member |
| Season | Playoffs winner | Playoffs runner up | Playoffs final series score | Game scores | Series-winning goal scorer | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 2009-10 | E | Steel Foxes | E | Kuznetsk Bears | 3–1 | 5 – 3 | 4 – 3 | 0 – 2 | 3 – 2 | Bogdan Potekhin Bogdan Potekhin Bogdan Potekhin is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.Potekhin scored the winning goal to secure the 2010 Kharlamov Cup for the Steel Foxes.... (34:06) |
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See also
- Gagarin CupGagarin CupThe Gagarin Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League playoffs, and is named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space...
, awarded to the winner of KHL playoffs - Bratina CupBratina CupThe Bratina Cup was the trophy awarded to the winner of the play-off of the Major League until 2010 and is one of the two trophies awarded to the winner of the play-off of the Major Hockey League since the 2010–11 season. The names of winning clubs inscribed on the trophy are from the 1999–00...
, awarded to the winner of the VHL playoffs
External links
- http://mhl.khl.ru/photos/index.php?PAGE_NAME=detail&SECTION_ID=66&ELEMENT_ID=1557, Play-offs finals 2010 match 4 official gallery with Mikhail Churlyaev of Steel Foxes holding the trophy
- Section about the Kharlamov Cup with a photo of the cup on the official website of MHL