Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup named after Yuri Gagarin
The Gagarin Cup ( Russian Кубок Гагарина ) is the winner's trophy of the Continental Hockey League . The trophy was named after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and was awarded for the first time when the KHL was founded in the 2008/09 season .
A total of 28 teams play for this cup, 16 of which qualify for the play-offs after the preliminary round . The entire play-offs, including the final series, will be played in best-of-seven mode. The winner of the final round of the play-offs will receive the Gagarin Cup.
Cup winners
| season | winner | finalist | series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | HK CSKA Moscow | HK Awangard Omsk | 4-0 |
| 2017/18 | Ak Bars Kazan | HK CSKA Moscow | 4: 1 |
| 2016/17 | SKA St. Petersburg | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 4: 1 |
| 2015/16 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | HK CSKA Moscow | 4: 3 |
| 2014/15 | SKA Saint Petersburg | Ak Bars Kazan | 4: 1 |
| 2013/14 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | HC Lev Prague | 4: 3 |
| 2012/13 | HK Dynamo Moscow | HK tractor Chelyabinsk | 4: 2 |
| 2011/12 | OHK dynamo | HK Awangard Omsk | 4: 3 |
| 2010/11 | Salawat Yulayev Ufa | Atlant Mytishchi | 4: 1 |
| 2009/10 | Ak Bars Kazan | HK MWD Balashikha | 4: 3 |
| 2008/09 | Ak Bars Kazan | Yaroslavl locomotive | 4: 3 |