Halfway through the Continental Hockey League’s (KHL) sixth season, Astana’s Barys hockey team is one of the league’s leading teams with 108 goals scored and was the first team to score more than 100 goals this season.
Their success has come following early-season European tour matches against Dinamo, Moscow CSKA, Slovan in Bratislava and Lion in Prague. The Barys lost to Rigans 2-3 in shootouts and lost in Moscow with a score of 0-3. The Barys have upcoming games against Slovak and Czech clubs.
At this point in the season, the Barys are in fourth position in the KHL league standings, second in the Eastern Conference and first in Chernyshev division.