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KHL On ESPN?

10/02/2012 at 8:42am EDT

via RIANOVOSTI,

The KHL has struck a deal with ESPN to broadcast matches from the Russian-based league in the United States, officials said Tuesday.

The KHL covers six countries and is widely regarded as the second-best hockey league in the world after the NHL, which is under a lockout that has brought many of its top stars to the KHL.

The deal covers the “current KHL championship,” the league said in a statement.

The first KHL match on U.S. TV is to be champions Dynamo Moscow’s match against former champions Ak Bars Kazan on Wednesday, which is likely to feature Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin.

The broadcast agreement also covers Britain, the league said.

Two regular-season KHL games are to be played in New York’s newly built Barclays Center in January, pitting Dynamo against SKA St. Petersburg.

I did some additional searching to try to find anything on this from ESPN, but nothing so far.

added 8:48am

According to Puck Daddy, the games will be on ESPN3,

If you're not familiar with ESPN3, it's an online streaming service that's currently not available in the U.S. as a standalone digital cable channel.

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