the khl and nbc
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International Hockey:The KHL
By: Rachel Broner
The KHL
• Kontinental Hockey League
• All throughout Europe and Asia
• Founded in 2008
• Season starts in September and the
playoffs ends in April
Website and Headquarters Location
• Website: http://en.khl.ru
• Location: 9, Strastnoi blvd., Moscow,
127006, Russian Federation
Commissioner
• Dmitry Chernyshenko
• Was the president of the Sochi 2014
Olympic Organizing Committee for
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Past KHL Players
Pavel Datsyuk Evgeni Malkin
AlexanderOvechkin
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
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
Championship Trophy
Most recent champion:Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Gagarin Cup
Professional Article
• KHL Chairman Anticipates Increased
International Participation as League
Grows
• Source: PR Newswire from Proquest
• http
://search.proquest.com/abicomplete/docvi
ew/1042093408/3E488552571E43DFPQ/3?
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14068
Non-League Company
• NBC – National Broadcasting
Company
• American commercial broadcast
television and radio network
• First air date: 1926 (Radio), 1939
(TV)
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
Linked In Profile
• NBC Universal
Website and Jobs
• www.nbc.com
• http://www.nbcunicareers.com
/our-businesses/nbc-sports-group#