Super League (Russia) 1998/99

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Master:	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Relegated:	HK Spartak Moscow Krylya Sowetow Moscow HK tractor Chelyabinsk Chimik Voskressensk Rubin Tjumen
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The 1998/99 season was the third season of the Superliga . HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk secured the championship title for the first time , while five teams entered the following year as part of a league reduction from 22 to 20 teams with HK Spartak Moscow , Krylya Sovetov Moscow , HK Traktor Chelyabinsk , Chimik Voskressensk and Rubin Tyumen Wysschaja Liga relegated.

Main round

mode

The 22 teams in the Superliga played against each other in a common main round, with each team playing 42 games this season. The 16 best-placed teams eventually qualified for the play-offs in which the champions were played. The six last placed teams in the main round had to play against the six best second division teams in a round trip to stay up in the league, with the four best placed teams in the relegation being allowed to take part in the Superliga game in the following year. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	42	34	6th	2	180	80	74
2.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	42	32	2	8th	133	64	66
3.	HK Dynamo Moscow	42	26th	11	5	127	63	63
4th	HK Awangard Omsk	42	28	7th	7th	118	71	63
5.	Yaroslavl torpedo	42	26th	5	11	99	61	57
6th	HK Lada Tolyatti	42	20th	12	10	122	83	52
7th	Ak Bars Kazan	42	20th	10	12	105	75	50
8th.	Molot-Prikamje Perm	42	16	10	16	110	102	42
9.	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	42	14th	11	17th	98	113	39
10.	Amur Khabarovsk	42	16	6th	20th	85	100	38
11.	HK Lipetsk	42	13	11	18th	82	120	37
12.	HK CSKA Moscow	42	14th	9	19th	91	85	37
13.	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	42	13	11	18th	109	122	37
14th	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk	42	14th	9	19th	98	117	37
15th	Severstal Cherepovets	42	14th	8th	20th	98	112	36
16.	ZSK WWS Samara	42	17th	2	23	85	114	36
17th	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	42	12	10	20th	83	114	34
18th	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	42	13	6th	23	80	118	32
19th	HK Spartak Moscow	42	14th	4th	24	84	107	32
20th	SKA Saint Petersburg	42	10	12	20th	100	111	32
21st	Chimik Voskressensk	42	8th	2	32	68	140	18th
22nd	Ruby Tyumen	42	4th	4th	34	86	169	12

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

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt
Yevgeny Koreshkov	Magnitogorsk	40	25th	18th	43
Georgi Yevtyukhin	Spartak Moscow	41	14th	28	42
Alexander Koreshkov	Magnitogorsk	42	23	17th	40
Rawil Gusmanov	Magnitogorsk	42	14th	24	38
Sergei Petrenko	Dynamo Moscow	40	11	24	35
Pavel Agarkov	Novokuznetsk	41	18th	15th	33
Alexander Gulyavtsev	Perm	37	13	20th	33
Rinat Kasyanov	Nizhnekamsk	40	16	16	32
Andrei Rasin	Omsk	39	7th	25th	32
Maxim Sushinsky	Chelyabinsk	41	15th	16	31

Playoffs

The eighth, quarter and semi-finals were played in best-of-five mode, the final in best-of-seven mode.

Playoff tree

Round of 16			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final

1	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3
16	ZSK WWS Samara	0
			1	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3

			8th	Molot-Prikamje Perm	0
8th	Molot-Prikamje Perm	3

9	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	1
						1	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3

						5	Yaroslavl torpedo	1
4th	HK Awangard Omsk	3

13	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	0
			4th	HK Awangard Omsk	0

			5	Yaroslavl torpedo	3
5	Yaroslavl torpedo	3

12	HK CSKA Moscow	0
									1	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	4th

									2	HK Dynamo Moscow	2
3	HK Dynamo Moscow	3

14th	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk	0
			3	HK Dynamo Moscow	3

			6th	HK Lada Tolyatti	1
6th	HK Lada Tolyatti	3

11	HK Lipetsk	0
						3	HK Dynamo Moscow	3

						7th	Ak Bars Kazan	0
2	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	3

15th	Severstal Cherepovets	0
			2	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	0

			7th	Ak Bars Kazan	3
7th	Ak Bars Kazan	3

10	Amur Khabarovsk	0

Russian master

Russian champion HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Goalkeepers: Sergei Semchenok , Boris Tortunow Defenders: Vladimir Antipin , Vadim Glowazki , Aleh Lyawonzjeu , Aleh Mikultschyk , Valeri Nikulin , Andrei Saposhnikov , Igor Zemlyanoi , Ivan Sidorov , Andrei Sokolov , Sergei Tertyschny Attackers: Mikhail Borodulin , Alexander Golz , Sergei Gomoljako , Ravil Gusmanow , Valeri Karpov , Alexander Koreshkov , Yevgeny Koreshkov , Andrei Kudinov , Eldar Naschmutdinow , Sergei Osipov , Andrei Petrakow , Dmitri Popov , Andrei Razin , Konstantin Schafranow , Alexei Stepanov Head coach: Valery Belousov

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points; Fat: best playoff value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt
Maxim Afinogenov	Dynamo Moscow	16	10	6th	16
Valery Karpov	Magnitogorsk	16	6th	10	16
Yevgeny Koreshkov	Magnitogorsk	15th	4th	9	13
Alexander Koreshkov	Magnitogorsk	16	8th	4th	12
Andrei Petrakov	Magnitogorsk	15th	4th	8th	12

Relegation

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg	22nd	14th	5	3	72	39	33
2.	SKA Saint Petersburg	22nd	11	7th	4th	68	48	29
3.	Kristall Elektrostal	22nd	13	2	7th	58	46	28
4th	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	22nd	12	3	7th	80	44	27
5.	HK Sibir Novosibirsk	22nd	10	4th	8th	46	45	24
6th	Ruby Tyumen	22nd	9	5	8th	57	60	23
7th	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	22nd	8th	6th	8th	57	57	22nd
8th.	HK Spartak Moscow	22nd	9	2	11	50	64	20th
9.	Chimik Voskressensk	22nd	8th	3	11	41	50	19th
10.	Neftjanik Almetyevsk	22nd	6th	6th	10	51	69	18th
11.	HK CSKA Moscow	22nd	4th	5	13	45	64	13
12.	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	22nd	3	2	17th	38	77	8th

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

Awards

Award	player	team
Most valuable player in the playoffs	Yevgeny Koreshkov	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

All-Star Team

Attack:	Sergei Petrenko - Yevgeny Koreshkov - Maxim Afinogenov
Defense:	Vladimir Antipin - Andrei Markov
Goal:	Vadim Tarasov

All rookie team

Attack:	Maxim Rybin
Defense:	Witali Wischnewski - Kirill Safronow
Goal:	Andrei Medvedev

Web links

Superliga (Russia) 1998/99 at hockeyarchives.info (French)