Eastern Conference (KHL)

Eastern Conference

League	Kontinental Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2009
No. of teams	12
Most recent champion(s)	Avangard Omsk
Most titles	Ak Bars Kazan & Metallurg Magnitogorsk (3 titles)

The Eastern Conference (Russian: Восточная Конференция) is one of two conferences in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Its counterpart is the Western Conference.

Divisions

Kharlamov Division	Chernyshev Division
Ak Bars Kazan Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Metallurg Magnitogorsk Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Traktor Chelyabinsk	Amur Khabarovsk Avangard Omsk Barys Nur-Sultan Kunlun Red Star Beijing Salavat Yulaev Ufa Sibir Novosibirsk

Eastern Conference Cup winners

Season	Winner
2009–10	Ak Bars Kazan
2010–11	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2011–12	Avangard Omsk
2012–13	Traktor Chelyabinsk
2013–14	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2014–15	Ak Bars Kazan
2015–16	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2016–17	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2017–18	Ak Bars Kazan
2018–19	Avangard Omsk
2019–20[1]	–

Team in Bold

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Gagarin Cup winner in same season

Notes

1.^ 2020 Gagarin Cup playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

See also

• Kontinental Hockey League team changes