The new vacancy was taken by Russian specialist Vasili Spiridonov whose efforts were not enough to raise Dinamo Minsk from the bottom of the tournament table.

The team roster was filled with world-famous players Ville Peltonen and Ossi Väänänen, and also one of the best Belarusian goaltenders Andrei Mezin.

The team did not show good result and Glen Hanlon was substituted by the head coach of HK Homiel.

Dinamo Minsk finished at the 17th spot in the KHL while missing the playoffs, but still managed to win Spengler Cup under the guidance of Alexander Andrievsky.

Dinamo Minsk under his command managed not only to get into the playoffs but was byt one step removed from the Western Conference semi-finals when Lokomotiv prevailed in the decisive game seven of the series.

From the very beginning to the end of the regular season, the "Bisons" were in the playoff zone and breaking a number of club records.

[citation needed] Woodcroft had a three-year contract, but elected to leave the team in spring to head the Swiss club Genève-Servette HC.

The roster had to be formed taking into account the financial difficulties that arose at the end of the previous season, so the team was weakened.

Leaders like Ben Scrivens, Kevin Lalande, Raman Hrabarenka, Matt Ellison, Rob Klinkhammer, Sergei Kostitsyn, Andrei Stas and Nikita Komarov left.