Tarasov Division
| Conference | Western Conference |
|---|---|
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice Hockey |
| Inaugural season | 2008–09 |
| Teams | |
| No. of teams | 7 |
| Championships | |
| Most recent Tarasov Division champion(s) | CSKA Moscow (4th title) |
| Most Tarasov Division titles | CSKA Moscow (4 titles) |
The KHL's Tarasov Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration. It is one of 4 divisions and part of the Western conference since the second season of KHL when the conferences were established. It is named in honor of Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Anatoli Tarasov, "the father of Russian hockey", who established the Soviet Union as "the dominant force in international competition".
The Tarasov Division currently consists of the following teams:
In the first KHL season, the division alignment was determined by team strength and the Tarasov division consisted of: CSKA Moscow, HC MVD, Khimik Voskresensk, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Traktor Chelyabinsk and SKA Saint Petersburg.
With the geographical alignment of the divisions for the 2009–10 season, the composition of the Tarasov division was completely changed and only HC MVD remained in the division. It was joined by two other teams from the Moscow region, Atlant Moscow Oblast and Vityaz Chekhov, as well as by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and Severstal Cherepovets.
First, HC Budivelnyk from Kiev, Ukraine were admitted to the league in 2010 to replace HC MVD after their merger with Dynamo Moscow. However, the team later dropped out of the league before the start of the season and instead Dinamo Minsk joined the division from the Bobrov Division.
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