KHL Conference Finals

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The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Conference Finals are the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Championship series of the KHL. The Conference Finals are best-of-seven series. The two series are played after the first and second rounds of the playoffs and before the Gagarin Cup Finals. The final two teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference face off. The series are the conference equivalents of the Gagarin Cup Finals. The conferences were established during the second season of competition. In the inaugural season there were no conferences, only four divisions. The respective winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals receive the Eastern Conference winner cup (Russian : Кубок Победителю конференции Восток, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Vostok) and Western Conference winner cup.(Russian : Кубок Победителю конференции Запад, Kubok Pobeditelyu konferentsii Zapad). [1]

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Eastern Conference

SeasonEast ChampionSeriesEast Runner-UpEventual Cup Winner
2009–10 Flag of Russia.svg Ak Bars Kazan 4–2 Flag of Russia.svg Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2010–11 Flag of Russia.svg Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4–3 Flag of Russia.svg Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2011–12 Flag of Russia.svg Avangard Omsk 4–1 Flag of Russia.svg Traktor Chelyabinsk
2012–13 Flag of Russia.svg Traktor Chelyabinsk 4–3 Flag of Russia.svg Ak Bars Kazan
2013–14 Flag of Russia.svg Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4–1 Flag of Russia.svg Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2014–15 Flag of Russia.svg Ak Bars Kazan 4–1 Flag of Russia.svg Sibir Novosibirsk
2015–16 Flag of Russia.svg Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4–1 Flag of Russia.svg Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2016–17 Flag of Russia.svg Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4–0 Flag of Russia.svg Ak Bars Kazan
2017–18 Flag of Russia.svg Ak Bars Kazan 4–0 Flag of Russia.svg Traktor Chelyabinsk

Western Conference

SeasonWest ChampionSeriesWest Runner-UpEventual Cup Winner
2009–10 Flag of Russia.svg MVD Balashikha 4–3 Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2010–11 Flag of Russia.svg Atlant Moscow Oblast 4–2 Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2011–12 Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow 4–0 Flag of Russia.svg SKA Saint Petersburg
2012–13 Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow 4–2 Flag of Russia.svg SKA Saint Petersburg
2013–14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lev Prague 4–1 Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2014–15 Flag of Russia.svg SKA Saint Petersburg 4–3 Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow
2015–16 Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow 4–0 Flag of Russia.svg SKA Saint Petersburg
2016–17 Flag of Russia.svg SKA Saint Petersburg 4–0 Flag of Russia.svg Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2017–18 Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow 4–2 Flag of Russia.svg SKA Saint Petersburg

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References

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