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	Russian Super League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Russian Super League is the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia, and is commonly considered second-best in the world after the NHL.
		It is part of the Russian Pro Hockey League which is composed of two divisions, the Super League and the Vysshaya Liga (Premier League).
		The origins of the Super League are in the old Soviet League, which was founded in 1946.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Hockey_Super_League (231 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/19/2006 \| Russian club seeks to stop Penguins rookie sensation from playing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		NEW YORK - A Russian hockey club filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday against the NHL and the Pittsburgh Penguins, saying rookie Evgeni Malkin shouldn't be allowed to play in the league because he remains under contract in his native country.
		The NHL had previously said the league believes any player should have the right to choose where he wants to play as long as he is legally free to do so.
		The lawsuit, filed after a Russian arbitration panel ruled that Malkin is still under contract to Magnitogorsk, said the signing of Malkin to an NHL contract was a "blatant and deliberate tampering and interference" with the Russian team's existing agreement.
	www.belleville.com /mld/belleville/sports/hockey/15801263.htm (495 words)

	THE STATE OF HOCKEY IN RUSSIA
		Later, "Dynamo" Moscow inherited the right to "enlist" men into the Army to use their hockey skills, but not the way as it was in the past when the young, talented players were brought to Moscow by force to play for nothing for several years.
		Russian teams have some significance attached to their titles that tells you the primary industry in the town.
		Fortunately there are still some people in Russian hockey who believe in its future and work with the youth not only for the sake of money but for the revival of its old traditions.
	www.hockeyzoneplus.com /russia/russ01_e.htm (1214 words)

	Malkin is coming to Penguins soon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Russian hockey federation, which declined to participate in the transfer agreement worked out by the NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation last summer, plans to reverse course after a meeting yesterday between new federation head Vladislav Tretiak and management of teams from the Russian Super League.
		He is under contract to his hometown team in the Super League, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, through the 2007-08 season, but has repeatedly expressed his desire to play in North America this fall, something that will be possible now that the Russians have agreed to participate in the transfer agreement.
		Malkin was Magnitogorsk's dominant player, and the poster boy for Super League teams' contention that they should be allowed to negotiate individual fees for players NHL teams wanted to add to their roster.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06161/697168-61.stm (618 words)

	About the Russian Hockey League (RHL)
		The league is controlled by agreements with the "Federation of Russian Hockey" which also governs the sport of ice hockey throughout Russia.
		The Federation of Russian Hockey and The Russian Hockey League (RHL) are working to restore the organization of formal professional hockey play in Russia.
		To understand the theory behind European hockey and why it has and continues to produce the highest caliber of players take a few minutes to read the 12 part article by William Houston as it is very enlightening from a Canadian point of view.
	www.russianjerseys.com /fanpage/about.html (500 words)

	Hockey's Future: The #1 Online Prospects Magazine - Covering the WHL, QMJHL, AHL, OHL, College, The NHL Entry Draft, ...
		This summer marked the long awaited arrival of several Russian prospects, who were drafted high by their respective NHL clubs as long as six years ago, but who for various reasons are not making their NHL debut until this fall.
		Although, if the Senators are patient with his development and allow Kaigorodov to adjust to North American hockey at the NHL level and simply learn English, the club will enjoy significant dividends as early as during the second half of the 2006-07 season.
		While not as a polished or seasoned as some other Russian prospects coming to North America this season, Lisin has already proved himself at the Super League level, especially during the lockout season, when Russian hockey was filled with NHL veterans.
	hockeysfuture.com /article.php?sid=9132 (1334 words)

	AP Wire \| 11/16/2006 \| NHL gets edge in battle with Russia over player defections
		Led by Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Russian clubs sued in October claiming that the NHL broke U.S. antitrust law and improperly interfered in their business affairs by signing away players who were still under contract.
		The deal with the International Ice Hockey Federation calls for the NHL to pay a $200,000 fee when it signs European players, but Russian hockey officials declined to sign the agreement on the grounds that they were unfairly compensated for top talent.
		In retaliation, the Russian clubs asked the U.S. courts to issue an injunction benching the players in North America and returning them to their old teams while the case was fought.
	www.thestate.com /mld/thestate/sports/hockey/16021402.htm (580 words)

	CBA: Economics of the Russian Super League a mixed bag
		With the National Hockey League temporarily closed for business, some people say the strongest and richest hockey league in the world is now the Russian Super League.
		The Russian Super League is also in the second year of a contract to have its games broadcast on state-owned television, but no one knows how much the deal is worth.
		Russian contracts are supposed to be paid by a certain date, but most of the time they're five days or a week late.
	www.andrewsstarspage.com /CBA/10-10-04cba.htm (814 words)

	McKeen's Hockey Prospects - Malkin May Play in the NHL This Season
		Russian players have a lot of pride and Malkin has that in spades however, he can be modest as outlined in last year's World Junior Championship victory over Team USA.
		It has been rumored Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Russian Hockey are considering a lawsuit against the NHL to close the loophole.
		Now that the NHL has become a faster league with more room on the ice, a player like Malkin will be hard to contain including Metallurg Magnitogorsk and the Russian Hockey Federation.
	mckeenshockey.rivals.com /content.asp?CID=579713 (892 words)

	McKeen's Hockey Prospects - Would A European Super League Work?
		Those who know their hockey history, remember Bruce Norris, the former owner of the Detroit Red Wings and his plans to start a professional hockey league in Europe in the early 70s.
		Russian giants like AK Bars Kazan, Dynamo Moscow, Avangard Omsk and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl don't yet have the infrastructure, but they are backed up by very rich sponsors/owners who are prepared to pay monthly wages of 300.000 USD for top talent.
		This is as far the European national associations, their leagues and their clubs are prepared to go right now as far as international club competition is concerned.
	mckeenshockey.rivals.com /content.asp?CID=395200 (1697 words)

	USATODAY.com - Russian snag could endanger NHL in Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GENEVA — The Russian hockey federation refused to sign the player transfer agreement between the NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation, a move the sport's governing body said could jeopardize the NHL's participation at the 2006 Olympics.
		The Russians — the only European federation to reject the deal between the IIHF and the NHL —; didn't sign because their clubs unanimously rejected it at a meeting Monday.
		Russian team Avangard Omsk would have liked to deal directly with the Washington Capitals when Alexander Ovechkin — the No. 1 pick in the 2004 NHL draft — opted out of his contract with the Russian Super League club.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2005-08-02-russian-transfer_x.htm (692 words)

	washingtonpost.com: The Russian Evolution
		The best young Russian players such as Ovechkin still aim for the NHL, and many of those returning tend to be older and less able to find spots on North American teams.
		About 50 Russians have returned to play here in the last two or three years, estimates Igor Rabiner, a sportswriter who has a monthly column profiling returning NHL Russians for Moscow's Sport-Express newspaper.
		Russian hockey is different on the ice as well.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A34769-2004Apr22?language=printer (1614 words)

	Official Home of the Pittsburgh Penguins: PENS PROSPECT MALKIN DOMINATING RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Malkin, Pittsburgh’s second-overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, is dominating the Russian Super League for his hometown team Metallurg Magnitogorsk under King’s direction.
		Malkin is opening eyes around the hockey world with his play in the Russian Super League as well as with Russia in the international circuit.
		A lack of a transfer agreement between the Russian Hockey Federation and the NHL kept Malkin in his homeland this season.
	www.pittsburghpenguins.com /team/features/arts/1618.0.php (1741 words)

	Philadelphia Inquirer \| 10/20/2006 \| NHL \| Russian club sues to stop Malkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A Russian hockey club filed an antitrust lawsuit yesterday against the NHL and the Pittsburgh Penguins, saying rookie Evgeni Malkin shouldn't be allowed to play in the league because he remains under contract in his native country.
		The lawsuit, filed after a Russian arbitration panel ruled that Malkin is still under contract to Magnitogorsk, said the signing of Malkin to an NHL contract was a "blatant and deliberate tampering and interference" with the Russian team's agreement.
		In the lawsuit, the team said the Penguins knew or should have known that Malkin, the No. 2 pick in the 2004 NHL draft, was under contract to a Russian team.
	www.philly.com /mld/philly/sports/hockey/15802111.htm (603 words)

	Courageous Malkin Finally A Penguin \| INSIDE HOCKEY
		Loosely translated, it meant that the 20-year-old Russian was as happy to have finally arrived in Pittsburgh as the Penguins were to have him.
		Under Russian labor law, an employee is permitted to leave his job after serving two weeks notice, even if he is under contract, but Metallurg director Gennady Velichkin rejected Malkin’s notice as a “crude falsification” and claimed to have thrown it in the trash.
		A three-member arbitration committee of the Russian Hockey Federation is currently deciding whether Malkin breached his contract there; a decision is expected on September 15th.
	www.insidehockey.com /columns/27 (1151 words)

	ECAC Hockey League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In addition, he was chosen to the league's All-Decade Team for the 1990's and a finalist for the 1993 Hobey Baker Award.
		During the 1995-96 season, as a member of the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, he led the league in assists (71) on his way to a 105-point season and a selection as an AHL All-Star.
		After spending the 2003-04 season in the Russian Super League, Montgomery closed out his playing career in 2004-05 as a player/assistant coach with the Missouri River Otters in the United Hockey League, scoring 20 goals with 27 assists in 42 games.
	www.ecachockeyleague.com /news/men/montgomery_06-01 (786 words)

	The Moscow Times - Daily News on Business, Politics and Culture in Russia and the CIS
		Russian shares slipped 0.67 percent by the close Friday as investor enthusiasm ran out of steam amid uncertainty over the country's chances for more cash from the International Monetary Fund, dealers said.
		Russian producers and government sources Friday shrugged off traders' fears of the possibility that exports of palladium may be disrupted due to the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO forces.
		The Russian hockey super league is heading toward its climax with the start of the playoff semifinals Monday.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /indexes/1999/03/27/01.html (1485 words)

	Russia Hockey - Team Profile @ Hockeys Future
		For the fourth season in a row, the Russian Hockey Federation is sending an U20 squad to Canada to compete against the best players Canadian juniors can offer in the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge.
		Fifteen Russians were selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, with goaltender Semen Varlamov going first.
		Russian Super League Rookie of the Year Nikolai Kulemin had great test results at the recent NHL Combine.
	hockeysfuture.com /team/russia (251 words)

	Penguins top pick Evgeny Malkin reportedly leaves Russian team in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In another curious twist, the Russian daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported last week that Malkin recently opened a new restaurant in Metallurg designed to resemble a Russian jail, complete with bars on the windows, aluminum forks, waitresses in striped prison garb and portraits of Soviet dictators.
		But he did not play in the NHL last season because the league lacked a transfer agreement with the Russian ice hockey federation.
		Malkin, under heavy pressure to stay with his Russian team, presumably may have renegotiated his contract last weekend merely to buy time before deciding the best course to get to the NHL this season.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/hockey/060812/h081208.html (610 words)

	SBN: The Case of the Missing Russian Hockey Player
		Regardless of whether or not the Russian Hockey Federation reached a transfer agreement with the NHL, Evgeni Malkin was going to pursue his dream of playing in the National Hockey League.
		Saturday, Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported that Malkin had left the team, taken his passport, possibly obtained a Canadian visa and was reportedly on his way to the United States to sign a contract with the Penguins.
		The National Hockey League and the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) agree to negotiate a transfer agreement between September 1 and December 31.
	www.sportsbusinessnews.com /_news/news_349096.php (1542 words)

	HOCKEY TALK
		Malkin, 20, finished third in the Russian Super League in scoring during the 2005-06 season, recording 47 points (21+26) in 46 games with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
		Malkin led the league in plus/minus (+28), ranked second in goals and ranked third in assists.
		He grew up in hockey, he is steeped in hockey tradition, but he also is a progressive thinker who has done a tremendous job in helping to build first-class organizations in Ottawa and Nashville.
	www.hockeytalk.biz /PITPenguins.htm (1383 words)

	Malkin Resigns From Russian Super League, to Join NHL's Penguins - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evgeni Malkin has filed a letter of resignation with his Russian Super League team, a procedural move necessary for the star forward to sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins and begin his career in the National Hockey League, The Associated Press reports.
		Malkin’s acquaintances have suggested he was under considerable pressure and duress to agree to the deal, and it was reported in Russia that it took a bargaining session lasting until 3 a.m to complete the renegotiated contract.
		The NHL has not publicly stated its support for Malkin and his desire to play in the league, but deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the league believes any player should have the right to choose where he wants to play as long as he is legally free to do so.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2006/08/17/malkinresigns.shtml (880 words)

	Pittsburgh Penguins, National Hockey League - CBS SportsLine.com
		The NHL and the Russian hockey federation have been unable to reach a transfer agreement that would pay Russian teams when their players leave for the NHL.
		The Russian team could ask a U.S. court to uphold the arbitration panel ruling or sue either the Penguins, the NHL or both for compensation.
		The Russian arbitration panel ruled Sept. 9 that Andrei Taratukhin, of the Calgary Flames, and Alexei Mikhonov, of the Edmonton Oilers, violated their Russian Super League contracts with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl when they resigned their jobs and left the team.
	cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/story/9664357/rss (642 words)

	RussianProspects.com - Source for the Latest Hockey Prospect Related News, Interviews, Articles, Scouting Reports and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The topic of goaltending is a painful and rhetoric one for Russian hockey in the eyes of hockey coaches and experts.
		This is the topic that the Russian officials use when they begin another “rebuilding” process and the goaltending business itself is a very specific one.
		In a conversation with the Gazeta.Ru correspondent, the Russian junior team goaltender Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) said that he doesn’t understand how information about steroids could have surfaced and admitted that a second place would be a good result for the team at the World Junior Championships in Sweden.
	www.russianprospects.com /public/index.php (1638 words)

	Russian League - 2000/01 Season
		Two winners of the Higher League tournament will occupy their place for the next season respectively.
		Also for the first time in Russian League history, there will be no relegation tournament.
		First of all lots of clubs of both leagues, Super and Higher ones, have been very active at the hockey market buying and selling different crafty players.
	www.hockeyzoneplus.com /russia/russ57_e.htm (345 words)

	LCS Hockey: Born Again
		Sidney Crosby doesn't just lead the league in points-per-game average, he's making a mockery of the entire competition.
		Watch the great NHL action as the Detroit Red Wings compete at Joe Louis Arena, Dallas Stars play in the American Airlines Center and the Flyers defend the Wachovia Center.
		The Pittsburgh Penguins are considering sending Marc-Andre Fleury, LCS icon and the hero of millions from eight to 80, to the minor leagues.
	www.lcshockey.com (2168 words)

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