2009 Gagarin Cup Finals

From right, back row, center : KHL President Alexander Medvedev, KHL chairman Vyacheslav Fetisov, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, Vladislav Tretyak, president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, and HC Ak Bars Head Coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov seen during the awards ceremony after the KHL final match between HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and HC Ak Bars in Kazan. Ak Bars beat Lokomotiv 1–0, winning the Gagarin Cup.

The 2009 Gagarin Cup Final was a best-of-seven playoff series that determined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) champion for the 2008–09 season. As a culmination of the 2009 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Ak Bars Kazan defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, four games to three, and were awarded the Gagarin Cup.

The series

Game one

April 2, 2009

Ak Bars

0 : 3 (0:0, 0:3, 0:0)

Lokomotiv

TatNeft Arena

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Game two

April 3, 2009

Ak Bars

4 : 3 ОТ (1:3, 0:0, 2:0, 1:0)

Lokomotiv

TatNeft Arena

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Game three

April 5, 2009

Lokomotiv

3 : 0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Ak Bars

Arena 2000

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Game four

April 6, 2009

Lokomotiv

2 : 5 (1:2, 1:3, 0:0)

Ak Bars

Arena 2000

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Game five

April 8, 2009

Ak Bars

2 : 3 (1:0, 0:1, 1:2)

Lokomotiv

TatNeft Arena

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Game six

April 10, 2009

Lokomotiv

2 : 3 ОТ (0:1, 0:0, 2:1, 0:1)

Ak Bars

Arena 2000

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Game seven

April 12, 2009

Ak Bars

1 : 0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)

Lokomotiv

TatNeft Arena

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