Red Star launches Keenan era

With new head coach Mike Keenan behind the bench, Beijing-based Kunlun Red Star opens its second Kontinental Hockey League regular season tonight in Sochi, Russia.

Keenan, the only coach to win both the Stanley Cup (1994 New York Rangers) and the KHL's Gagarin Cup (2014 Metallurg Magnitogorsk) was hired by Kunlun at the end of last season following the unexpected resignation of Vladimir Yurzinov.

Few familiar faces remain from last season. Red Star's top eight scorers have all moved on, and the new-look lineup is led by Swedish center Richard Gynge and two former NHL stars: right winger Andrei Kostitsyn of Belarus and Poland-born Canadian left winger Wojtek Wolski. Keenan will be looking for the trio to generate the majority of Red Star's goals.