KHL will not name champion after pausing post-season due to COVID-19

CSKA's and SKA's players clash during a KHL game. (Vladimir Fedorenko/Sputnik via AP)

MOSCOW — The Kontinental Hockey League says it will not name a champion after it stopped the season part-way through the playoffs because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Russia-based league shut down in March but didn’t immediately decide how the final standings would be determined. The league is widely considered to be the strongest outside the NHL.

The KHL says the eight teams still in the playoffs at the time the season ended will be ruled as jointly finishing in the top eight positions

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