It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four.

The four teams that win their playoff series qualify for the Final Four tournament, which decides the new champion.

[1] A total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan and one from Latvia.

In April 2018, it was announced that the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia will host the tournament.

[15] The last final four was held in 2012, as the league was decided through playoff series in the previous years.