With the NHL lockout still far from a resolution, a hockey fan’s lonely eyes turn to Europe, where the KHL features some of the world’s best players, including many NHL refugees.
2012 KHL Schedule: Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk in action
Four KHL games on Thursday feature nine NHL players, including Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk, and Niklas Backstrom.
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Thursday's schedule features three teams with trios of NHL players playing together. First off is Evgeni Malkin's Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a team which also features Ottawa's Sergei Gonchar. A later slate of games includes a matchup of Moscow teams including CSKA, temporary home of Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, and a game featuring Dynamo Minsk, where Minnesota's Niklas Backstrom and Winnipeg's Evander Kane are playing.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins; Sergei Gonchar, Ottawa Senators; Nikolai Kulemin, Toronto Maple Leafs) vs. Sibir Novosibirsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk vs. Traktor Chelyabinsk
Spartak Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow (Ilya Bryzgalov, Philadelphia Flyers; Mikhail Grabovski, Toronto Maple Leafs; Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings)
Dynamo Minsk (Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild; Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators; Evander Kane, Winnipeg Jets) vs. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Although the KHL reached an agreement to broadcast several games on ESPN3, Thursday’s games are unavailable.
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