2016-17 KHL season
| 2016–2017 KHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 22 August 2016 – 16 April 2017 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 29 |
| Regular season | |
| Continental Cup winner | CSKA Moscow |
| Top scorer | Sergei Mozyakin |
| Playoffs | |
| Western champions | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Western runners-up | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| Eastern champions | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Eastern runners-up | Ak Bars Kazan |
| Gagarin Cup | |
| Champions | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Runners-up | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
The 2016–17 KHL season was the ninth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 22 August 2016 and ended on 16 April 2017. SKA Saint Petersburg defeated Metallurg Magnitogorsk four games to one to win their second Gagarin Cup Championship in three seasons.
The Chinese club Kunlun Red Star joined the league, to become its 29th team.
In this season, like in 2015–16 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.
How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.
The playoffs started on 21 February 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on 16 April 2017.
As of 18 February 2017
Source: KHL
As of 18 February 2017
Source: KHL
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