The 2014
Gagarin Cup playoffs of the
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on March 7, 2014, after the conclusion of the
2013–14 KHL regular season. The 2013 Gagarin Cup Finals were held in April.
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The
Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
became the Western Conference regular season champions and
Continental Cup winners with 115 points. The
Metallurg Magnitogorsk were the Eastern Conference regular season champions, finishing the season with 104 points.
Admiral Vladivostok and
HC Donbass both made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
Draw
The playoffs started on 7 March 2014, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and will end no later than on 30 April with the last game of the
Gagarin Cup final.
During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number within the Conference, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with better seeding number has home ice advantage. If the seeding numbers are equal, the regular season record is taken into account.
[KHL Sports Regulations 2011-2014, revised]
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References
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2013–14 KHL season
Gagarin Cup