KHL - Western Conference - Part 1 (Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia & Latvia)

Bobrov Division
1 - HC Slovan Bratislava based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, they left the Slovak Extraliga and joined the international KHL. The club has won 8 Slovak championships (most recently in 2012) and one Czechoslovak championship (1979). They play their home games at the Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena. The team is nicknamed Belasí, which means the "sky blues" in English. They are captained by ex NHL player Miroslav Satan.

2 - HC Vityaz Chekhov based in Chekhov, Moscow, Russia. The team is widely known for playing a tough and physical North American-influenced style of hockey.

3 - HC Donbass are based in the Ukrainian City of Donetsk. Joining this season, they are the sole representative from Ukraine competing at the elite international level. Borys Kolesnikov, a prominent Ukrainian politician and businessman, purchased the team in 2010, and since this time the organization has become the most successful in Ukraine. The team takes its name from its geographic location in the heart of the Donets Basin (Donbas).

4 - HC Dynamo Moscow
Part of the Dynamo Moscow sports club, the team was founded in 1946 and in its early days was sponsored by the KGB. It was among Russia's most successful clubs, winning the Soviet Championship in 1947, 1954, 1990, and 1991, the Russian Championship in 1992, 1993, 1995, and 2000, and the Russian Superleague in 1999–2000 and 2005. They have also won the Spengler Cup in 1983 and 2008 and the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2006. In 2010 the club merged with HC MVD, another KHL team based in Balashikha and owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)

5 - HC Lev Praha - A team named HC Lev Hradec Králové was originally founded in 2010 and based in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, with the intention to join the KHL. However, the Czech Ice Hockey Association refused to give permission to the club. Therefore, the team was moved to Poprad, Slovakia and was finally able to join the KHL for the 2011-12 season. But after only one KHL season the team was disbanded. A change of owners before the season was out was enough for the CSLH to grant permission for a KHL team to be based in Prague. The club has an agreement with Extraliga club HC Sparta Praha, with both teams sharing the Tipsport Arena, although Lev play some games at the larger O2 Arena.

6 - Dinamo Riga based in Latvia, they are one of the 6 KHL teams that are not located in Russia. The club has an affiliated club HK Riga, which plays in the MHL. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of a former hockey team (also named "Dinamo Riga"), which was founded in 1946, but ceased to exist in 1995. Since being re-established, Dinamo Riga plays their home games at the Arena Riga, which can accommodate 10,300 spectators.
 
7 - SKA Saint Petersburg - In spite of their long history, they have never competed in a league final. In 2012, with an average of 10,126 spectators SKA became the first Russian club ever to average a five-digit attendance. On October 4, 2010, the team defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 in an exhibition game.