2008–09 KHL season

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The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural campaign of the Kontinental Hockey League, marking the launch of a new top-tier professional ice hockey league across Russia and several other Eurasian countries.

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KHL 2008–09 season 1

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instanceOf Kontinental Hockey League season
sports season
averageAttendancePerGame around 5,800
champion Ak Bars Kazan NERFINISHED
conferenceFormat two conferences
continent Asia
Europe
country Russia
divisionFormat four divisions
EasternConferenceChampion Ak Bars Kazan NERFINISHED
endTime 2009-04-12
finalsSeriesResult Ak Bars Kazan 4–3 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
GagarinCupWinner Ak Bars Kazan NERFINISHED
governingBody Kontinental Hockey League NERFINISHED
introducedTrophy Gagarin Cup NERFINISHED
involvedCountry Belarus NERFINISHED
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED
Latvia NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
isInauguralSeasonOf Kontinental Hockey League NERFINISHED
league Kontinental Hockey League NERFINISHED
mostValuablePlayer Alexei Morozov NERFINISHED
MVPTeam Ak Bars Kazan NERFINISHED
nextSeason 2009–10 KHL season NERFINISHED
notableEvent first season after replacement of Russian Superleague by KHL
launch of multinational top-tier professional league in Eurasia
numberOfGames 684
numberOfTeams 24
overtimeOrShootoutLossPoints 1
overtimeOrShootoutWinPoints 2
playoffFormat best-of-seven series
playoffsEnd 2009-04-12
playoffsStart 2009-03-11
previousSeason 2007–08 Russian Superleague season NERFINISHED
regularSeasonChampion Salavat Yulaev Ufa NERFINISHED
regularSeasonEnd 2009-02-26
regularSeasonStart 2008-09-02
regulationLossPoints 0
regulationWinPoints 3
runnerUp Lokomotiv Yaroslavl NERFINISHED
seasonNumber 1
sport ice hockey
startTime 2008-09-02
topScorer Sergei Mozyakin NERFINISHED
topScorerTeam Atlant Moscow Oblast NERFINISHED
totalAttendance approximately 4,000,000
WesternConferenceChampion Lokomotiv Yaroslavl NERFINISHED

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Barys Astana joinedLeague 2008–09 KHL season
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Atlant Moscow Oblast leagueJoinSeason 2008–09 KHL season