2012–13 KHL season
| 2012–13 KHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 4 September 2012 – 17 April 2013 |
| Number of teams | 26 |
| Total attendance | 4,126,720 (Regular season) |
| Regular season | |
| Continental Cup winner |
 SKA Saint Petersburg
|
| Season MVP |
Sergei Mozyakin
|
| Top scorer |
Sergei Mozyakin
|
| Playoffs | |
| Western champions |
Dynamo Moscow
|
| Western runners-up |  SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Eastern champions |
Traktor Chelyabinsk
|
| Eastern runners-up | Ak Bars Kazan |
| Gagarin Cup | |
| Champions |
Dynamo Moscow
|
| Runners-up | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| Finals MVP |
Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Mosocw |
The 2012–13 KHL season was the fifth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. For the first time, the league consisted of 26 teams from 7 different countries.Dynamo Moscow successfully defended their title after beating Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Gagarin Cup finals.
After withdrawing from the previous season in the wake of the plane crash that killed the team's entire active roster, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl returned to the KHL with new players.
Lev Poprad was disbanded, but a team of the same name, Lev Prague, was established in Prague, Czech Republic, while Slovan Bratislava joined the KHL and thus continues the league's presence in Slovakia. Also HC Donbass from Donetsk, Ukraine joined the league. The team previously played in the VHL. This brought the total number of teams to 26, representing 7 different countries.
The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.
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