KHL to air on ESPN3 TONIGHT

Let there be hockey... The hockey gods have given us light... Yes you heard it first on Pink Hat Nation... The KHL is going to air 5 games on ESPN3 to start the season off in October for us North American hockey pucks to get our fix... You know ESPN hates the NHL when they strike a deal to air KHL games during the NHL's lockout... WOW

Here are some of the familiar names in these games...

Dynamo Moscow: Alex Ovechkin
SKA: Ilya Kovalchuk, Sergei Bobrobsky, Maxim Afinogeno, Vladimir Tarasenko
Lev Prague: Zdeno Chara, Jiri Hudler, 
CSKA: Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Brysgalov, Mikehail Grabovski
Slovan: Nobody of note from the NHL
Ak Bars: Nobody of note from the NHL

5 Game Schedule

• Wed 10/3: Dynamo Moscow vs. Ak Bars
• Saturday 10/6: Lev Prague vs SKA
• Sunday 10/7: Slovan vs Dynamo
• Monday 10/8: CSKA vs SKA
• Tuesday 10/9: Lev Prague vs Dynamo Moscow

It might not be crazy to think that some of us will be tuning into our laptops on ESPN3 at odd hours in the morning/day/night but you can't blame us... We will turn to D1 hockey (locally here) in November, but for now its the KHL, hockey pucks... Enjoy

I have also listed all of the signings of NHL talent to go overseas since Sept 15th's NHL Lockout

Date	Player	NHL Team	New Team	League
Oct. 02	Patrice Bergeron, C		HC Lugano	Swiss National A League
Oct. 02	Tommy Wingels, C		Kookoo	Mestis (Finland, Div II)
Oct. 02	Matt Duchene, C		Frolunda HC	Swedish Elite League
Oct. 02	Andrei Markov, D		HC Vityaz	KHL
Oct. 02	Zdeno Chara, D		HC Lev Praha	KHL
Oct. 02	Tom Wandell, C		Severstal Cherepovets	KHL
Oct. 02	Craig Smith, C		KalPa	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Oct. 02	Andreas Nodl, RW		HC TWK Innsbruck	EBEL (Austria)
Oct. 02	Jamie Benn, RW		Hamburg Freezers	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Oct. 02	Corey Potter, D		Vienna Capitals	EBEL (Austria)
Oct. 01	Thomas Vanek, LW		Graz 99ers	EBEL (Austria)
Oct. 01	Cody Franson, D		Brynas	Swedish Elite League
Sept. 30	Matt Read, RW		Sodertalje SK	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sept. 28	Carl Hagelin, LW		Sodertalje SK	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sept. 28	Evander Kane, LW		HC Dinamo Minsk	KHL
Sept. 28	John Tavares, C		SC Bern	Swiss National A League
Sept. 28	Brooks Laich, C		Kloten Flyers	Swiss National A League
Sept. 27	Dmitry Kulikov, D		HC Lokomotiv	KHL
Sept. 27	Semyon Varlamov, G		HC Lokomotiv	KHL
Sept. 27	Andrej Sekera, D		HC Slovan Bratislava	KHL
Sept. 27	Philip Larsen, D		Lukko	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 27	Mikkel Boedker, RW		Lukko	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 27	Frans Nielsen, C		Lukko	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 26	Erik Karlsson, D		Jokerit	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 26	Viktor Stalberg, LW		Frolunda HC	Swedish Elite League
Sept. 26	Patrick O'Sullivan, C		HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 26	Kris Russell, D		TPS Turku	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 25	Michal Roszival, D		HC Plzen	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 25	Victor Hedman, D		HC Barys	KHL
Sept. 25	Alexander Steen, LW		Modo	Swedish Elite League
Sept. 25	Pekka Rinne, G		HC Dinamo Minsk	KHL
Sept. 25	Tuukka Rask, G		HC Plzen	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 25	Alexander Semin, RW		Sokol Krasnoyarsk	VHL (Russia)
Sept. 25	Sean Bergenheim, RW		HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga (Finland)
Sept. 24	Anthony Stewart, RW		Nottingham Panthers	EIHL (UK)
Sept. 24	Chris Stewart, RW		Eispiraten Crimmitschau	ESBG (Germany)
Sept. 24	Wayne Simmonds, LW		Eispiraten Crimmitschau	ESBG (Germany)
Sept. 24	Mikhail Grabovski, C		CSKA	KHL
Sept. 24	Vladimir Tarasenko, RW		SKA St. Petersburg	KHL
Sept. 24	Rich Peverley, C		JYP	SM-Liiga (Finland)
Sept. 24	Max Pacioretty, LW		HC Ambri-Piotta	Swiss National A League
Sept. 24	Nikita Nikitin, D		Avangard Omsk Oblast	KHL
Sept. 22	Michael Frolik, RW		Pirati Chomutov	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 21	Marcel Goc, C		Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sept. 21	Dennis Seidenberg, D		Adler Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sept. 21	Sergei Bobrovsky, G		SKA St. Petersburg	KHL
Sept. 21	Jared Spurgeon, D		SCL Tigers	Swiss National A League
Sept. 21	Tyler Ennis, LW		SCL Tigers	Swiss National A League
Sept. 21	Rostislav Klesla, D		HC Ocelari Trinec	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 21	Tomas Kaberle, D		HC Kladno	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 20	Anton Babchuk, D		HC Donbass	KHL
Sept. 20	Douglas Murray, D		Djurgardens IF	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sept. 20	Patric Hornqvist, C		Djurgardens IF	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sept. 20	Tomas Tatar, RW		SHK 37 Piestany	Slovak Extraliga
Sept. 20	Roman Polak, D		HC Vitkovice	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 20	Tyler Seguin, C		EHC Biel	Swiss National A League
Sept. 20	Ladislav Smid, D		HC Ocelari Trinec	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 20	Jakub Kindl, D		CSOB Pojistovna Pardubice	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 20	Artem Anisimov, C		HC Lokomotiv	KHL
Sept. 20	Roman Josi, D		HC Bern	Swiss National A League
Sept. 20	Nail Yakupov, RW		HC Neftekhimik	KHL
Sept. 19	Andrew Ference, D		Mountfield Ceske Budejovice	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 19	Valtteri Filppula, C		Jokerit	SM-liiga (Finland)
Sept. 19	Ilya Bryzgalov, G		CSKA	KHL
Sept. 19	Pavel Datsyuk, C		CSKA	KHL
Sept. 19	Nik Antropov, C		HC Barys	KHL
Sept. 19	Alex Ovechkin, LW		HC Dynamo Moscow	KHL
Sept. 19	Jason Spezza, C		Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Swiss National A League
Sept. 19	Luca Sbisa, D		HC Lugano	Swiss National A League
Sept. 18	Radek Martinek, D		Mountfield Ceske Budejovice	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 18	Anze Kopitar, C		Mora IK	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sept. 18	Lennart Petrell, C		HIFK Helsinki	SM-liiga (Finland)
Sept. 18	Patrick Berglund, C		VIK Vasteras HK	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sept. 18	Niklas Backstrom, G***		HC Dinamo Minsk	KHL
Sept. 18	Marek Zidlicky, D		HC Kladno	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 18	Yannick Weber, D		HC Geneva	Swiss National A League
Sept. 18	Michal Neuvirth, G		Sparta Praha	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 17	Jakub Voracek, RW		HC Lev Praha	KHL
Sept. 17	Christian Ehrhoff, D		Krefeld Pinguine	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sept. 17	Rick Nash, LW		HC Davos	Swiss National A League
Sept. 17	Joe Thornton, C		HC Davos	Swiss National A League
Sept. 17	Logan Couture, C		HC Geneva	Swiss National A League
Sept. 17	Rapheal Diaz, D		EV Zug	Swiss National A League
Sept. 17	Ales Hemsky, RW		CSOB Pojistovna Pardubice	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 17	Mark Streit, D		SC Bern	Swiss National A League
Sept. 17	Nikolai Kulemin, LW		Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL
Sept. 17	Jiri Tlusty, C		HC Kladno	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 17	Roman Cernenka, C		Slavia Praha	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 17	Vladimir Sobotka, LW		Slavia Praha	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 17	Lubomir Visnovsky, D		HC Slovan Bratislava	KHL
Sept. 16	Anton Khudobin, G		HC Atlant Moscow Oblast	KHL
Sept. 16	Jiri Hudler, RW		HC Lev Praha	KHL
Sept. 16	Jason Demers, D		Oulu Karpat	SM-liiga (Finland)
Sept. 16	Jussi Jokinen, C		Oulu Karpat	SM-liiga (Finland)
Sept. 16	Ondrej Pavelec, G		HC Ocelari Trinec	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 16	Kaspars Daugavins, LW		Dinamo Riga	KHL
Sept. 16	Pavel Kubina, D		HC Vitkovice Steel	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 16	Ruslan Fedotenko, LW		HC Donbass	KHL
Sept. 16	Ilya Kovalchuk, LW		SKA St. Petersburg	KHL
Sept. 16	Alexei Ponikarovsky, RW		HC Donbass	KHL
Sept. 16	Tomas Plekanec, C		HC Kladno	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 16	Jaromir Jagr, RW		HC Kladno	Czech Extraliga
Sept. 16	Sergei Gonchar, D		Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL
Sept. 16	Evgeni Malkin, C		Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL