2008–09 KHL season

2008–09 KHL season
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2, 2008 – April 12, 2009
Number of teams24
Regular season
Regular-season winner Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Season MVP Danis Zaripov
Ak Bars Kazan
Top scorer Sergei Mozyakin
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Alexei Morozov
Ak Bars Kazan
Gagarin Cup
Champions Ak Bars Kazan
  Runners-up Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on April 12, 2009. 24 teams each played 56 games.