Super League (Russia) 1996/97

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Master: Logo of Torpedo Yaroslavl Yaroslavl torpedo
Relegated: Spartak Yekaterinburg
Molot-Prikamee Perm
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The 1996/97 season was the first season of the Superliga. The championship title was secured for the first time by Torpedo Yaroslavl , while Spartak Yekaterinburg and Molot-Prikamje Perm were relegated to the Vysschaya League .

Main round

mode

The 26 teams of the Superliga first played in the main round in a western and an eastern conference with 13 teams each, each team playing 24 season games. The top ten teams from each conference eventually qualified for the final round, with the top 16 teams qualified for the play-offs. The last three of each conference had to play against the four best second division teams in a double round to stay in the league. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

West conference

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. Ak Bars Kazan 24 17th 3 4th 77 40 37
2. Yaroslavl torpedo 24 16 4th 4th 65 31 36
3. HK CSKA Moscow 24 12 5 7th 58 58 29
4th Krylya Sovetov Moscow 24 12 3 9 83 61 27
5. HK Dynamo Moscow 24 12 3 9 60 55 27
6th HK Spartak Moscow 24 11 3 10 62 63 25th
7th Chimik Voskressensk 24 9 6th 9 65 63 24
8th. Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk 24 10 4th 10 47 49 24
9. Severstal Cherepovets 24 6th 10 8th 56 59 22nd
10. SKA Saint Petersburg 24 7th 5 12 46 59 19th
11. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 24 6th 4th 14th 47 64 16
12. Diselist Penza 24 6th 3 15th 52 81 15th
13. Kristall Elektrostal 24 4th 3 17th 44 79 11

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

East conference

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. HK Lada Tolyatti 24 20th 2 2 116 43 42
2. Ruby Tyumen 24 15th 3 6th 81 61 33
3. HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk 24 15th 3 6th 81 50 33
4th HK Awangard Omsk 24 14th 3 7th 75 47 31
5. Salawat Yulayev Ufa 24 14th 1 9 83 58 29
6th HK tractor Chelyabinsk 24 10 6th 8th 60 56 26th
7th Crystal Saratov 24 10 1 13 76 87 21st
8th. Metallurg Novokuznetsk 24 8th 4th 12 65 81 20th
9. ZSK WWS Samara 24 9 1 14th 65 72 19th
10. HK Sibir Novosibirsk 24 8th 2 14th 62 106 18th
11. Amur Khabarovsk 24 6th 5 13 62 84 17th
12. Spartak Yekaterinburg 24 6th 1 17th 68 104 13
13. Molot-Prikamje Perm 24 5 0 19th 50 95 10

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Final round

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. HK Lada Tolyatti 38 30th 3 5 146 63 63
2. Ak Bars Kazan 38 25th 5 8th 113 78 55
3. Yaroslavl torpedo 38 24 6th 8th 120 62 54
4th HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk 38 23 4th 11 134 91 50
5. HK Awangard Omsk 38 19th 7th 12 126 84 45
6th HK Dynamo Moscow 38 17th 7th 14th 105 88 41
7th Salawat Yulayev Ufa 38 17th 6th 15th 116 97 40
8th. Ruby Tyumen 38 17th 5 16 114 106 39
9. Krylya Sovetov Moscow 38 17th 4th 17th 112 105 38
10. Severstal Cherepovets 38 14th 10 14th 95 92 38
11. HK tractor Chelyabinsk 38 13 9 16 82 95 35
12. Chimik Voskressensk 38 13 8th 17th 97 114 34
13. HK CSKA Moscow 38 12 10 16 83 104 34
14th Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk 38 12 9 17th 65 85 33
15th Crystal Saratov 38 14th 4th 20th 102 125 32
16. ZSK WWS Samara 38 14th 4th 20th 85 114 32
17th HK Spartak Moscow 38 13 5 20th 95 119 31
18th SKA Saint Petersburg 38 8th 7th 23 85 116 23
19th Metallurg Novokuznetsk 38 7th 8th 23 77 122 22nd
20th HK Sibir Novosibirsk 38 8th 5 25th 78 170 21st

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Best scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, V = assists , pts = points; Bold: Season best

player team T V Pt
Nikolai Borschtschewski Spartak Moscow 15th 29 44
Mikhail Ivanov Cherepovets 25th 14th 39
Maxim Sushinsky Omsk 20th 16 36
Sergei Gomolyako Magnitogorsk 15th 21st 36
Nikolai Babenko Tyumen 11 25th 36
Sergei Korolyov Voskressensk 11 25th 36
Roman Ilyin Dynamo Moscow 17th 18th 35
Alexander Nesterov Tolyatti 15th 20th 35
Igor Stepanov Saratov 18th 16 34
Juri Slow Tolyatti 17th 17th 34

Playoffs

The eighth, quarter and semi-finals, as well as the game for third place, were played in best-of-three mode, the final in best-of-five mode.

Playoff tree

  Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
                                     
1 HK Lada Tolyatti 2                  
16 ZSK WWS Samara 0  
1 HK Lada Tolyatti 2
  8th Ruby Tyumen 1  
8th Ruby Tyumen 2
 
9 Krylya Sovetov Moscow 0  
1 HK Lada Tolyatti 2
  4th HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1  
4th HK Awangard Omsk 2      
 
13 Chimik Voskressensk 0  
5 HK Awangard Omsk 1
  4th HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2  
7th HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2
 
10 HK CSKA Moscow 0  
1 HK Lada Tolyatti 0
  3 Yaroslavl torpedo 3
3 Yaroslavl torpedo 2            
 
14th Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk 0  
3 Yaroslavl torpedo 2
  6th HK Dynamo Moscow 0  
6th HK Dynamo Moscow 2
 
11 HK tractor Chelyabinsk 0  
3 Yaroslavl torpedo 2
  7th Salawat Yulayev Ufa 0  
7th Salawat Yulayev Ufa 2      
 
10 Severstal Cherepovets 1  
7th Salawat Yulayev Ufa 2
  15th Crystal Saratov 1  
2 Ak Bars Kazan 1
 
15th Crystal Saratov 2  

Game for 3rd place: HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Salawat Julajew Ufa 1: 2

Russian master

Russian master torpedo Yaroslavl
Logo of Torpedo Yaroslavl

Goalkeepers: Oleg Bratasch , Yegor Podomazki

Defenders: Alexei Amelin , Mikhail Donika , Ilya Gorochov , Uladsimir Kopaz , Dmitri Krassotkin , Oleg Polkownikow , Sergei Zhukov , Andrei Sobolew , Alexei Wassiljew

Attackers: Vladimir Antipov , Alexander Ardaschew , Sergei Gorbachev , Alexei Gorshkov , Anatoly Koweschnikow , Roman Ljaschenko , Vitaly Lytwynenko , Aleksandrs Ņiživijs , Vladimir Samylin , Denis Schwidki , Andrei Skabelka , Alexei Trasseuch , Sergei Tschernjawski , Dmitri Wlassenkow

Head coach: Pyotr Vorobyov

Relegation

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. Amur Khabarovsk 36 23 3 10 125 76 49
2. Kristall Elektrostal 36 21st 7th 8th 117 86 49
3. HK Metschel Chelyabinsk 36 21st 5 10 107 78 47
4th CSKA Moscow 36 21st 4th 11 115 90 46
5. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 36 17th 5 14th 103 88 39
6th Diselist Penza 36 14th 3 19th 93 107 31
7th Neftjanik Almetyevsk 36 11 6th 19th 79 100 28
8th. HK Lipetsk 36 10 8th 18th 111 128 28
9. Spartak Yekaterinburg 36 10 6th 20th 96 125 26th
10. Molot-Prikamje Perm 36 6th 5 25th 57 125 17th

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

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