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The potential of including addition franchises to the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has been an ongoing topic since the league's inception. In June 2012, the league presented a plan that would see expansion to as many as 64 teams in up to 22 countries. It has later been stated that the league only can comprise 32 teams, because of problems with logistics with more teams. New teams the 2014–15 season were Jokerit from Helsinki, Lada Togliatti (earlier played in the league) and HC Sochi.〔(Welcome, Jokerit and Sochi; welcome back, Lada )〕 ==Proposed pan-European league== ''United Hockey Europe'' was the first proposed pan-European ice hockey league. It was announced at the International Ice Hockey Federation's September 2009 congress by Alexander Medvedev, president of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eye on Europe: Supersized KHL? )〕 The proposed league would consist of two conferences split into four divisions. The current KHL would make up one of the conferences. The other conference would be composed of a Scandinavian division and a Central European division. The winners of the two conferences would play each other for the overall championship.〔 The proposal of June 2012 at the International Hockey Forum in Barcelona was a more updated version of this plan, that would see two conferences of 32 teams each, playing a 62-game regular schedule followed by five rounds of playoffs.〔 The new league would essentially replace the current model of European hockey based on relegation and promotion within national systems, supplemented by an international tournament, most recently Champions Hockey League, and replace it with a system of franchises much like that of North American National Hockey League (NHL). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potential Kontinental Hockey League expansion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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