MOSCOW, May 19, Vasily Bogdanov. President of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Alexei Morozov said that he considers the current limit on foreign players optimal for the league. In the KHL, for Russian clubs, there is a limit on foreign players — no more than five foreign players in the application for the match, but their number in the application for the season is not limited. Earlier, the Chairman of the Board of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR), Arkady Rotenberg, told reporters that the limit for legionnaires in the KHL next season would be five foreigners, and three in the 2023/24 season. «Three legionnaires in the KHL from the 2023/24 season? «We didn't have such a conversation with the FHR at all. As you know, the FHR sent a paper to the Ministry of Sports about reducing the number of legionnaires. After this news, we met at the site of the Ministry of Sports, for our part, argued in favor of maintaining the current limit. We consider this number to be optimal. In The Ministry of Sports heard us, and today I received confirmation that nothing will change next season. As for the 2023/24 season, there has been no discussion yet,» Morozov told reporters. Earlier it was reported that the FHR proposed that the total number of foreign players declared by the club of the KHL or the Major Hockey League (VHL) for the match, did not exceed three, including one goalkeeper.
