Division Team City Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head Coach Captain Western Conference Bobrov Jokerit Helsinki Helsinki Hartwall Arena 13,349 1967 2014 Lauri Marjamäki Marko Anttila Severstal Cherepovets Cherepovets Ice Palace 5,583 1956 2008 Andrei Razin Yuri Trubachev SKA Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Ice Palace 12,300 1946 2008 Valeri Bragin Evgeny Ketov HC Sochi Sochi Bolshoy Ice Dome 12,000 2014 Alexander Andriyevsky Yuri Alexandrov Spartak Moscow Moscow CSKA Arena 12,100 1946 2008 Oleg Znarok Anatoli Nikontsev Vityaz Moscow Oblast Podolsk Vityaz Ice Palace 5,500 1996 2008 Mikhail Kravets Alexander Semin Tarasov CSKA Moscow Moscow CSKA Arena 12,100 1946 2008 Igor Nikitin Sergei Andronov Dinamo Minsk Minsk Minsk-Arena 15,086 2004 2008 Mikhail Grabovsky Rob Klinkhammer Dinamo Riga Riga Arēna Rīga 10,300 2008 Pēteris Skudra Lauris Dārziņš Dynamo Moscow Moscow VTB Arena 10,495 1946 2008 Vladimir Krikunov Vadim Shipachyov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Arena 2000 9,070 1959 2008 Andrei Skabelka Vacant Eastern Conference Kharlamov Ak Bars Kazan Kazan TatNeft Arena 8,895 1956 2008 Dmitri Kvartalnov Justin Azevedo Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg KRK Uralets 5,545 2006 2009 Bill Peters Pavel Datsyuk Metallurg Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk Arena Metallurg 7,704 1950 2008 Ilya Vorobiev Sergei Mozyakin Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk SCC Arena 5,500 1968 2008 Vyacheslav Butsayev Aleksandr Osipov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,500 1947 2008 David Nemirovsky Anton Shenfeld Traktor Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk Traktor Ice Arena 7,500 1947 2008 Anvar Gatiyatulin Sergey Kalinin Chernyshev Amur Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Platinum Arena 7,100 1966 2008 Pavel Torgayev Michal Jordán Avangard Omsk Omsk Balashikha Arena (temporary) 5,678 1950 2008 Bob Hartley Alexei Emelin Barys Nur-Sultan Nur-Sultan Barys Arena 11,502 1999 2008 Yuri Mikhailis Darren Dietz Red Star Kunlun Beijing ( Mytishchi) Mytishchi Arena[26] 7,000 2016 Alexei Kovalev Brandon Yip Salavat Yulaev Ufa Ufa Ufa Arena 8,070 1957 2008 Tomi Lämsä Grigori Panin Sibir Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Ice Sports Palace Sibir 7,420 1962 2008 Nikolai Zavarukhin Konstantin Alexeyev