Sergei Fedorov named the Kontinental Hockey League’s Coach of the Year

After winning the Gagarin Cup in only his first year behind the bench of a professional hockey team, Sergei Fedorov has been named the Kontinental Hockey League’s top coach for the 2021–22 season. Fedorov, 52, joined KHL club CSKA Moscow as head coach in 2021–22 after previously serving as the team’s general manager from 2012 to 2017. He also won a silver medal as an assistant coach for Team ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) in the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. CSKA Moscow won the 2022 Gagarin Cup as KHL champions after defeating Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games in the final round of the playoffs. The series against Magnitogorsk capped off a strong year for CSKA, which went 29–13–5 in the regular season en route to its second KHL championship. Then coached by Igor Nikitin, CSKA lost in six games against Avangard Omsk in the 2021 Gagarin Cup Final. Fedorov subsequently led the club to redemption in the 2022 championship series. While his coaching career is still in its infancy, F