In the first round of the 2014 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Barys defeated Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 4-0 in series.
[5] At the 2013 KHL Junior Draft, Barys selected Finnish Kalevan Pallo's player Kasperi Kapanen in the first round, twenty fifth overall.
The 50-year-old Finn has signed a two-year contract and fills the vacancy left by Vladimir Krikunov, who returns to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.
Assisting the new Barys chief on the coaching staff will be Andrei Shayanov, Raimo Helminen, Yerlan Sagymbayev and Alexander Achziger.
Barys Astana's picks at the 2013 KHL Junior Draft in Donetsk, Ukraine at the Druzhba Arena on May 25–26, 2013.