A look into the KHL and NBC

1. International Hockey:
The KHL
By: Rachel Broner

2. The KHL
• Kontinental Hockey League
• All throughout Europe and Asia
• Founded in 2008
• Season starts in September and the
playoffs ends in April

3. Website and Headquarters Location
• Website: http://en.khl.ru
• Location: 9, Strastnoi blvd., Moscow,
127006, Russian Federation

4. Commissioner
• Dmitry Chernyshenko
• Was the president of the Sochi 2014
Olympic Organizing Committee for the
2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

5. Past KHL Players
Pavel Datsyuk Evgeni Malkin
Alexander
Ovechkin

6. Teams
• 28 teams in total
• Russia, Finland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Slovakia, and Croatia
• 2 conferences: East and West
• 2 divisions in each conference: Kharlamov,
Chernyshev, Bobrov, and Tarasov

7. Playoff Format
• Top 8 teams in each conference qualify for the
playoffs
• Each conference has a quarterfinal, semifinal,
and final
• First team to win for 4 games moves onto the next
round
• The winners of each conference play in the Finals
for the Championship

8. Championship Trophy
Most recent champion:
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Gagarin Cup

9. Professional Article
• KHL Chairman Anticipates Increased
International Participation as League Grows
• Source: PR Newswire from Proquest
• http://search.proquest.com/abicomplete/d
ocview/1042093408/3E488552571E43DFPQ/3
?accountid=14068

10. Non-League Company
• NBC – National Broadcasting
Company
• American commercial broadcast
television and radio network
• First air date: 1926 (Radio), 1939 (TV)

11. Headquarters Location
• Comcast Building: 30 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, NY
• West coast location: 10 University City
Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
• NBC Sports location: Stamford,
Connecticut

12. Linked In Profile
• NBC Universal

13. Website and Jobs
• www.nbc.com
• http://www.nbcunicareers.com/our-
businesses/nbc-sports-group#