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Watch and bet KHL games online

KHL logoAlthough NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman may loath to admit it, the world’s top professional hockey league risks losing loyal fans (and bettors) if there is an extended lockout.

The world has changed dramatically since the last lockout in 2004, which resulted in the cancellation of the entire season. Thanks to a rapidly evolving Internet, there are now easily-accessible alternatives to the NHL, which hockey fans and bettors will no doubt discover in the weeks and possible months ahead.

One of the more intriguing alternatives will be the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Russia’s top professional hockey league will be the destination for many of the NHL’s top stars, including Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin (Metallurg), Washington’s Alex Ovechkin (Dynamo Moscow) and New Jersey’s Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA St. Petersburg).

During the last lockout, this would be of little consequence to hockey fans in North America, who would find it next to impossible to watch the games, let alone bet on them. Fast forward eight years and betting websites like bet365 not only take bets on the games, they also stream the games live on their website.

On Wednesday, the website streamed a game between Torpedo Novgorod and HC Neftekhimik Niznekamsk. Nail Yakupov, who was drafted first overall by the Edmonton Oilers at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, will soon be joining Niznekamsk.

Over the next week, bet365 will be streaming seven KHL games on their website. Below is a listing of the games (NHL players that will be joining these teams in parentheses):

Thursday, Sept. 20

  • Salavat Ulaev UFA vs. Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Sergei Gonchar, OTT, Nikolai Kulemin, TOR, Evgeni Malkin, PIT)
  • Lev Praha (Jiri Hudler, CGY, Jakub Voracek, PHI) vs. Avangard Omsk

Friday, Sept. 21

  • Atlant vs. Dynamo Riga (Kaspars Daugavins, OTT)

Saturday, Sept. 22

  • Sibir Novosibirsk vs. Dynamo Minsk (Niklas Backstrom, MIN)

Sunday, Sept. 24

  • Amur Khabarovsk vs. Vityaz Chekhov
  • CSKA Moscow (Pavel Datsyuk, DET, Alex Ovechkin, WAS) vs. Avangard Omsk

Monday, Sept. 25

  • Torpedo Nizhnyi Novgorod vs. Dinamo Riga (Kaspars Daugavins, OTT)

You must have a bet365 account to watch the games online. To open an account, click here.