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SKA Metallurg lead pack in Russias KHL NHLcom Across the Pond Welcome PROFILE ACCOUNT SIGN OUT USERNAME or EMAILPASSWORDFORGOT YOUR USERNAME OR PASSWORDSIGN IN REGISTER SCORES LEAGUE SCORES NHL GAMECENTER LIVE SCHEDULE TODAY BY WEEK BY MONTH BY SEASON STANDINGS DIVISION CONFERENCE LEAGUE VS EAST VS WEST 2009 PRESEASON STATS LEAGUE LEADERS INDIVIDUALS TEAMS GAMEBYGAME CAREER SHOOTOUTS 2009 PRESEASON TEAMS Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St Louis Blues Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks Anaheim Ducks Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals PLAYERS SEARCH PLAYERS ROOKIES DRAFT HISTORY NEWS HEADLINES FEATURES NHL ENTRY DRAFT NHL AWARDS STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS NHL ALLSTAR GAME NHL WINTER CLASSIC HOCKEYS FINEST ALL NEWS STORIES NOUVELLES EN FRANAIS FANTASY PLAY FANTASY HOCKEY 09 VIDEO LIVE GAME VIDEO NHL NETWORK PHOTOS FANS NHL FANS NHL ON FACEBOOK NHL ON TWITTER NHL ON YOUTUBE NHL TOOLBARS SATURDAYNHLPICKS NHL TWITTER LISTS NHL TWEETMIXX WINTER CLASSIC TWEETUP MOBILE TICKETS NHL TICKETS BUY AND SELL NHL TICKETS SHOP SHOPNHLCOM AUCTIONS JERSEYS MEN WOMEN KIDS NYC NHL STORE HEADLINES DIVISION NOTES IN THE SPOTLIGHT ALL FEATURES FANTASY SKA Metallurg lead pack in Russias KHLWednesday 12092009 1026 AM Across the Pond By Bill Meltzer NHLcom Correspondent With 21 teams spread around Russia as well as single entries from Belarus Latvia and Kazakhstan the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) encompasses an enormous amount of territory in Europe and Eurasia Starting this season the league will award two separate prizes The playoff champion (Ak Bars Kazan are the defending titlist) wins the Gagarin Cup Starting this season the league has added a regular season championship similar to the NHLs Presidents Trophy called the Russian ChampionshipThe league has an Eastern Conference and Western Conference and there are two divisions in each The Eastern Conference has the Kharlamov and Chernyshev Divisions while the West has the Bobrov and Tarasov Divisions Currently Metallurg Magnitogorsk leads the Eastern Conference and is the front runner for the Russian Championship with 75 points SKA St Petersburg (73 points) holds the lead in the Western Conference Salavat Yulaev Ufa (70 points) is the runnerup in the East while HC MVD (60 points) is a distant second in the West but leads the Tarasov Division Th...