Increased competition – welcome aboard, Ivan Nalimov!
21 August 2018
Ivan Nalimov is the latest player to join Red Star’s ranks ahead of the coming season. The goalie arrives after spending most of last season at Admiral and moving on to Salavat Yulaev as understudy to Ben Scrivens at Salavat Yulaev. The 23-year-old is not short of confidence in his abilities: drafted by Chicago, he recently requested that the Black Hawks trade his rights to an NHL organization less stocked with netminders – a rare instance of a player seeking a trade despite not having a contract with the club in question.
The bucket list
21 August 2018
On the ice, though, it was all about finding the net. SKA’s big summer signing Nail Yakupov needed just 34 seconds to grab his first goal for our opponent. Yakupov was the #1 pick in the 2012 NHL draft, but despite 350 games across the Atlantic, the Neftekhimik graduate never quite delivered on that promise. His return to the KHL highlights the depth of the challenge that Red Star faces in its bid to establish hockey in China. That’s something of a ‘bucket list’ task, a once in a lifetime opportunity to create something truly unique.
Old faces, new faces
21 August 2018
Red Star collected its first victory under Jussi Tapola with a 3-1 success against the host of this year’s Sochi Hockey Open.
Stepping it up
21 August 2018
The Sochi Hockey Open is a prestigious event. This season it includes a dress rehearsal for the Opening Cup clash between Ak Bars and SKA. It also offers an intriguing glimpse of what the next Olympics might look like, on the ice of the 2014 Olympic arena. For Jussi Tapola and his team, it’s a valuable staging post on the way to getting the roster ready for action come the start of December.
Czeching in
21 August 2018
Red Star’s pre-season camp in the Czech Republic concluded with the first warm-up games ahead of the coming campaign. And, despite two narrow losses, there has been plenty to encourage Jussi Tapola and his team in two very different encounters.
Jyrki Aho – a new challenge for his 44th birthday
30 July 2018
There’s not a lot of time for days off as Red Star revs up for the coming season – but Tuesday might give our assistant coach Jyrki Aho a brief day of respite. The Finnish expert, who is also in charge of China’s national team, celebrates his 44th birthday as our guys gear up for the start of the KHL season. Ahead of the party, we grabbed a quick chat with the birthday boy to find out about one of the most intriguing milestones of his life in hockey.
Getting ready in Riga
30 July 2018
This year, Red Star gathered in Riga to prepare for its third KHL campaign. Our players arrived in the Latvian capital from all over the world in time for the annual two-day medical checks, plus team-building activities and the first pre-season camp of the year.
Raitis Pilsetnieks: Inviting Keenan was no mistake
30 July 2018
Kunlun Red Star President and General Manager Raitis Pilsetnieks gave an interview to KHL.ru, in which he spoke about the 2017-18 season, the kind of system in place at this new club, and the global ambitions of Chinese hockey.
Jussi Tapola: KHL and Kunlun – a new challenge at a higher level
30 July 2018
The incoming head coach of Kunlun Red Star, Jussi Tapola, gave an interview to KHL.ru in which he spoke of his expectations for the Chinese club, his wealth of experience, the role of the KHL in the development of hockey, and much more.
Eyes on Finland! Jussi Tapola becomes our new head coach
30 July 2018
We are excited and honored to name Jussi Tapola as our new head coach. 43-year-old specialist will be guiding Kunlun Red Star in 2018-19 KHL Championship.
CARPENTER’S HAT TRICK: KUNLUN WINS TORONTO 6-0, GAINNING ELEVEN STRAIGHT
24 February 2018
In the early morning of January 15th Beijing time, the regular season of 2017-2018 CWHL(Canadian Women Hockey League) started a game once again. Carpenter who new joined the team scoring a hat-trick, Stark scored two goals and Chinese beauty Wang Yuting was the icing on the cake. Kunlun Red Star 6-0 defeated Toronto Furies and Won 11 straight games. Kunlun Red Star accumulated 26 points with 13 wins and 4 losses with 17 games and was second in the league.
FANG XIN WINS HONOR WITH SCORING A GOAL AGAIN; VANKE SNATCHES VICTORY ON PENALTIES
24 February 2018
on January 15, Beijing time, Vanke Rays had welcomed the last debate encounter with Markham Thunder in CWHL regular season. In the previous four games both sides won two games and drew.
