Super League (Russia) 2004/05

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Master:	HK Dynamo Moscow
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The 2004/05 season was the ninth season of the Superliga . The championship title was secured for the second time by HK Dynamo Moscow .

Main round

mode

The 16 teams of the Superliga initially played against each other in a common main round, with each team playing 60 season games. The eight best-placed teams then qualified for the play-offs, in which the champions were played, while the other eight teams had ended their playing time. Each team received three points for a win after regular time, two points for a win in overtime, and one point for a draw after overtime as well as a loss after overtime. No points were awarded for a defeat after normal time.

table

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	U	OTN	N	T	GT	Points
1.	HK Dynamo Moscow	60	35	5	7th	4th	9	179	106	126
2.	HK Lada Tolyatti	60	35	1	11	0	13	140	86	118
3.	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	60	34	2	5	4th	15th	193	124	115
4th	Ak Bars Kazan	60	34	3	5	1	17th	174	113	114
5.	Yaroslavl locomotive	60	29	2	12	2	15th	159	104	105
6th	HK Awangard Omsk	60	29	3	10	1	17th	182	148	104
7th	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	60	26th	1	12	2	19th	129	126	94
8th.	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	60	26th	2	7th	2	23	141	130	91
9.	Chimik Voskressensk	60	25th	1	6th	0	28	129	157	83
10.	HK CSKA Moscow	60	21st	3	9	3	24	156	147	81
11.	Severstal Cherepovets	60	21st	2	10	3	24	138	144	80
12.	SKA Saint Petersburg	60	22nd	1	5	3	29	133	169	76
13.	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	60	19th	1	7th	2	31	114	156	68
14th	HK Sibir Novosibirsk	60	12	2	12	2	32	97	138	54
15th	HK Spartak Moscow	60	10	0	10	2	38	89	164	42
16.	Molot-Prikamje Perm	60	5	2	4th	0	49	81	222	23

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
Maxim Sushinsky	Omsk	50	18th	37	55
Alexei Kaigorodov	Magnitogorsk	57	15th	33	48
Dmitri Satonsky	Omsk	59	23	24	47
Alexei Morozov	Kazan	58	20th	25th	45
Pavel Rosa	Dynamo Moscow	54	21st	23	44
Alexander Prokopyev	Omsk	60	14th	29	43
Nikolai Scherdew	CSKA Moscow	51	19th	22nd	41
Ilya Kovalchuk	Kazan	53	19th	22nd	41
Alexander Frolov	CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow	48	22nd	18th	40
Vladimir Antipov	Yaroslavl	58	18th	21st	39

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded , Sv% = catch quota ; Bold: Season best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Vitaly Jeremejew	Dynamo Moscow	26th	1575: 06	31	9	1.18	94.94
Jussi Markkanen	Tolyatti	54	3157: 37	63	11	1.20	94.09
Marc Lamothe	Yaroslavl	54	3297: 15	89	6th	1.62	93.16
Nikolai Chabibulin	Kazan	24	1457: 24	40	5	1.65	92.95
Vadim Tarasov	Novokuznetsk	35	1961: 10	60	4th	1.84	92.48

Playoffs

The quarter- and semi-finals as well as the final were held in the "Best-of-Five" mode.

Playoff tree

Quarter finals			Semifinals			final

1	HK Dynamo Moscow	3
8th	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk	0
			1	HK Dynamo Moscow	3

			6th	HK Awangard Omsk	1
3	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2

6th	HK Awangard Omsk	3
						1	HK Dynamo Moscow	3

						2	HK Lada Tolyatti	0
2	HK Lada Tolyatti	3

7th	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	1
			2	HK Lada Tolyatti	3

			5	Yaroslavl locomotive	0
4th	Ak Bars Kazan	2

5	Yaroslavl locomotive	3

Game for 3rd place: HK Awangard Omsk - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 0: 2 (3: 6, 4: 5)

Russian master

Russian champion HK Dynamo Moscow	Goalkeepers: Vitaly Jeremejew , Alexander Jerjomenko Defenders: Wladislaw Buljin , Andrei Markow , Ilya Nikulin , Oleg Orechowski , Jakow Rylow , Alexander Schdan , Andrei Skopinzew , Alexei Troschtschinski , Sergei Vysheedkevich , Nikolai Zulygin Attackers: Maxim Afinogenov , ľuboš bartečko , Alexander Kharitonov , Pavel Datsyuk , Alexander Frolov , Igor Mirnow , Alexander Ovechkin , Konstantin Romanov , Pavel Rosa , Sergei Samsonov , Wadym Schachrajtschuk , Alexei Tereshchenko , Alexei Tschupin , Igor Volkov , Vladimir Vorobyov Head coach: Vladimir Krikunov

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt
Jaromír Jágr	Omsk	11	4th	9	13
Maxim Sushinsky	Omsk	11	5	7th	12
Alexei Yashin	Yaroslavl	9	3	7th	10
Alexander Buturlin	Tolyatti	10	3	6th	9
Pavel Datsyuk	Dynamo Moscow	10	6th	2	8th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded , Sv% = catch quota ; Fat: best playoff value

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Vitaly Jeremejew	Dynamo Moscow	10	599: 56	9	3	0.90	96.12
Fred Brathwaite	Kazan	2	128: 12	2	1	0.94	95.92
Jussi Markkanen	Tolyatti	10	567: 05	14th	1	1.48	92.89
Sjarhej Schabanau	Novokuznetsk	4th	249: 48	9	0	2.16	93.57
Marc Lamothe	Yaroslavl	9	461: 09	7th	0	2.21	90.76

Awards

Award	player	team
Most Valuable Player (Golden Stick)	Pavel Datsyuk	HK Dynamo Moscow
Most valuable player in the playoffs	Pavel Datsyuk	HK Dynamo Moscow
Best goalkeeper	Vitaly Jeremejew	HK Dynamo Moscow
Best defender	Dmitri Yushkevich	Severstal Cherepovets
Best rookie	Yakov Rylow	HK Dynamo Moscow
Best veteran	Valery Kamensky	Chimik Voskressensk
Best trainer	Vladimir Krikunov	HK Dynamo Moscow
Fairest player	Nikolai Syomin	HK CSKA Moscow / HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Fairest player	Alexei Tertyschny	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Ironman Award (Most games in 3 years)	Alexander Prokopyev	HK Awangard Omsk
Timing Master (earliest and latest goal of the season)	Sergei Konkow (0:17)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Timing Master (earliest and latest goal of the season)	Jaromír Jágr (68:19)	HK Awangard Omsk
Top scorer trio	Dmitri Satonsky	HK Awangard Omsk
	Alexander Prokopyev
	Maxim Sushinsky
Most dangerous team	HK Dynamo Moscow (211 goals in 70 games)

All-Star Team

Attack:	Viktor Kozlov - Pavel Datsjuk - Jaromír Jágr
Defense:	Karel Rachůnek - Andrei Markow
Goal:	Vitaly Jeremejew

NHL season lockout

Due to the complete failure of the 2004/05 season of the North American National Hockey League because of the lockout , the teams of the Superliga could not be denied to take some players from the NHL under contract. In total over 50 players from overseas found their way to Russia during the season. Ak Bars Kazan had the largest contingent with 13 players, Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk was the only team not to sign a single player.