2011 – 12 KHL season was the fourth season of the Kontinental Hockey League . The regular season began with the Opening Cup game on 7 September 2011 , but because of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash , which occurred during the first period of the Cup game and killed all but one member of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team , further play was delayed until 12 September 2011 . The tragedy forced Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to cancel their participation in the KHL season . The Opening Cup was renamed the Lokomotiv Cup in honor of those lost in the tragedy . The regular season ended on 26 February 2012 and the following playoffs ended on 25 April
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
2011–12 KHL season