Kazakh ice hockey championship 1996/97

	Kazakh ice hockey championship
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Master:	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
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The 1996/97 season was the fifth season of the Kazakh ice hockey professional league . Two clubs, which made up a total of five teams, took part in the competition. The title of Kazakh champion was secured for the fifth time by Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk . Ust-Kamenogorsk won the championship title for the fifth time in a row.

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The five participants played in a double round, so that each team had eight games. The team with the most points secured the championship in the end.

For a win in the regular playing time of 60 minutes, a team received two points, the losing opponent received nothing. In the event of a tie, each team received one point.

Closing table

After the eight rounds, Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk secured the championship title just ahead of their own second team. The team from Ust-Kamenogorsk provided four of the five participants. After Stroitel Karaganda had disbanded after the 1995/96 season , Torpedo allowed the club's U18 and U17 juniors to participate in the championship alongside the first and second senior teams. The U18 juniors made the dominance of the club clear with their third place. The HK Bulat Temirtau , who attended the only other team in the championship, he only came in fourth place, which was only slightly ahead of the Under-17 Junior torpedoes.

Due to the dissolution of the International Hockey League in the summer of 1996 and the establishment of the Super League , it was no longer possible for the Kazakh clubs to be represented in the top Russian league. Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk therefore played in parallel in the second-rate Russian Wysschaja League during the season . Although a second rank in the main round, the team was not entitled to participate in the relegation round to the Super League. The second team Torpedos and the HK Bulat Temirtau were represented in the third class Pervaya League .

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, pts = points

	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt
Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	8th	7th	0	1	84:27	14: 02
Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 2	8th	6th	0	2	58:42	12: 04
Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk U18	8th	4th	0	4th	46:52	08: 08
HK Bulat Temirtau	8th	2	0	6th	39:30	04:12
Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk U17	8th	1	0	7th	22:98	02:14

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Pavel Makarov	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk U18
	15 points (12 goals + 3 assists)

Web links

• Official website (russian)
• Kazakh ice hockey championship 1996/97 at hockeyarchives.info (french)