The Montréal Canadiens signed multi-year contract extensions (starting for 2026-27, reported to be 5 years) with hockey executive Jeff Gorton and General Manager Kent Hughes. They also annnounced that Gorton became President of Hockey Operations. (October 13)

The Montréal Canadiens signed defenseman Lane Hutson to a eight-year contract extension (2026-27 to 2033-34). (October 13)

Defenseman Dmitri Kostenko signed with HK Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga. (October 6)

 

All games are at Eastern time

October 21 games

Traktor Chelyabinsk at Salavat Yulaev Ufa 10:00 am

Alexander Zharovsky -

Shanghai Dragons at Spartak Moscow 12:30 pm

Daniil Sobolev -

Buran Voronezh at Khimik Voskresensk 11:30 am - Watch online

Yevgeni Volokhin -

TPS Turku at Kärpät Oulu 12:30 pm

Aatos Koivu -

ZSC Lions at HC Lugano 1:45 pm

Vinzenz Rohrer -

October 20 game

Sokol Krasnoyarsk 4 Gornyak-UGMK 2 (Final) - Watch online

Alexander Gordin - one assist

October 19 games

Lada Togliatti 3 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 5 (Final)

Bogdan Konyushkov - no points

HK Nitra 4 HK Dukla Trenčín 1 (Final)

Dmitri Kostenko - one assist

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 8 Shawinigan Cataractes 5 (Final)

Arseni Radkov - 5 goals on 36 shots

Kitchener Rangers 3 London Knights 2 (Final OT)

Andrew MacNiel - no points

Kelowna Rockets 1 Tri-City Americans 3 (Final) - Watch online

Hayden Paupanekis - no points

Medicine Hat Tigers 1 Vancouver Giants 3 (Final) - Watch online

Bryce Pickford - no points