Kazakh ice hockey championship 2003/04

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Master:	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
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The 2003/04 season was the twelfth season of the Kazakh ice hockey professional league . Six clubs, which made up a total of seven teams, took part in the competition. Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk secured the title of Kazakh Master for the eleventh time . Ust-Kamenogorsk won the championship title for the fifth time in a row. At the same time, the Kazakh Ice Hockey Cup was held for the third time , which Ust-Kamenogorsk also won, making the third double in a row perfect.

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The seven participants played in a quadruple round, so that each team had the number of 24 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 24 rounds, Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk confidently secured the championship title. The team won 22 of their 24 games and thus defended the title. Last year's runner-up, Kasachmys Karaganda, had to cede second place to Gornjak Rudny . Rudny was runner-up for the first time. The champions' juniors, who played under the name Ustinka Ust-Kamenogorsk , were knocked off bottom of the table with one point.

Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Kasachmys Karaganda played in parallel in the second-rate Russian Vysschaja League during the season . The second teams Ust-Kamenogorsks and Karagandas ran up in the third-rate Russian Pervaya League . In addition, with Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Kasachmys Karaganda, two Kazakh teams took part in the IIHF Continental Cup for the first time in the 2003/04 season. While Karaganda failed in the first round, Ust-Kamenogorsk was already seeded for the second round and reached the semifinals for the first time.

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

	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt
Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	24	22nd	1	1	226: 032	45: 03
Gornjak Rudny	24	18th	1	5	152: 059	37:11
Kasachmys Karaganda	24	17th	2	5	163: 047	36:12
Jenbek Almaty	24	11	2	11	131: 086	24:24
Barys Astana	24	6th	1	17th	081: 171	13:35
HK CSKA Temirtau	24	6th	0	18th	066: 198	12:36
Ustinka Ust-Kamenogorsk	24	0	1	23	039: 262	01:47

Awards

Award	player	team
Most Valuable Player (Journalist Choice)	Anatoly Filatov	Salawat Yulayev Ufa ( Super League )

Web links

• Official website (russian)
• Kazakh Ice Hockey Championship 2003/04 at hockeyarchives.info (French)