SKA's new coaching line-up had been formed. The head coach will now be Oleg Znarok, and at the same time, he will keep his job with the Russian national team. The contract will run for two years until the Olympic Games in South Korea. Harijs Vītoliņš and Vladimir Fedosov will be his assistants. Yury Zhdanov will be the physical training coach, and Rishat Davydov and Marko Torenius will work with the goalkeepers.

Factfile:

Oleg Valerevich Znarok was born on the 2nd of January 1963. He is a USSR Master of Sports, and is a honoured Russian coach. He played for Traktor and Dinamo Riga as a player, and competed in Germany, North America and the Czech Republic. Since becoming a coach, he was worked with the Latvian national team, HC MVD and HD Dynamo Moscow. He has been the head coach of the Russian national team since the 26th of March 2014, and with the country, he has won gold, silver and bronze at the World Championships. He has also won the KHL Gagarin Cup twice, and was the best KHL coach in 2010, 2012 and 2013.