MOSCOW, 25 Feb. The Finnish club «Jokerit» was awarded technical defeats in the series of the first round of the Gagarin Cup with Moscow «Spartak», according to the website of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). «Jokerit» on Friday announced the early end of the season against the backdrop of aggravated Russian-Ukrainian relations. «According to clause 20, article 30 of the KHL disciplinary regulations, a team that does not show up for a match or disrupts it is awarded a forfeit defeat. Refusal of HC Jokerit to participate in the Gagarin Cup (official letter received on 02/25/2022) means his absence from the matches series of the first round of the playoffs with Spartak. Based on the results of four technical defeats of Jokerit, Spartak becomes the winner of the series and advances to the semi-finals of the Western Conference,» the statement says. Western Conference, «Spartacus» — the seventh.
