Vysschaya League 1978/79

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Vysschaya League
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Master: CSKA Moscow
Relegated: Salawat Yulayev Ufa
• Vysschaya League |  Pervaya League ↓   |  Wtoraja Liga ↓↓

The 1978/79 season of the Vysschaya League was the 33rd season of the highest Soviet ice hockey division . The Soviet championship title was secured for the 22nd time by CSKA Moscow , while Salawat Yulayev Ufa was relegated to the second division.

mode

The twelve teams of the Vysschaya League played four times against each opponent in a common main round, making the total number of games per team 44. The team with the highest points became champions, while the bottom of the table was relegated directly to the second division. The teams in places ten and eleven had to compete in the relegation against the second and third in the second division. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Main round

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. CSKA Moscow 44 35 2 7th 277 131 72
2. Dynamo Moscow 44 27 8th 9 210 124 62
3. Spartak Moscow 44 25th 2 17th 179 167 52
4th Krylya Sovetov Moscow 44 20th 7th 17th 166 151 47
5. Torpedo Gorky 44 19th 8th 17th 172 163 46
6th Dinamo Riga 44 19th 7th 18th 150 132 45
7th Chelyabinsk tractor 44 18th 6th 20th 126 140 42
8th. Chimik Voskressensk 44 15th 10 19th 136 154 40
9. Sokil Kiev 44 16 2 26th 127 155 34
10. Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk 44 13 7th 24 151 219 33
11. SKA Leningrad 44 11 7th 26th 150 232 29
12. Salawat Yulayev Ufa 44 11 4th 29 120 196 26th

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

Relegation

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. SKA Leningrad 6th 3 2 1 40 25th 8th
2. Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk 6th 3 2 1 31 22nd 8th
3. Crystal Saratov 6th 3 1 2 25th 26th 7th
4th Sibir Novosibirsk 6th 0 1 5 23 46 1

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

In the relegation, SKA Leningrad and Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk were able to secure relegation, while Kristall Saratov and Sibir Novosibirsk remained in the second division, the Pervaya League .

Top scorer

Bold: Season best

player team Gates Assists Points
Vladimir Petrov CSKA Moscow 26th 37 63
Pyotr Prirodin Dynamo Moscow 32 30th 62
Boris Mikhailov CSKA Moscow 30th 24 54
Alexander Golikov Dynamo Moscow 31 22nd 53
Alexander Wolchkov CSKA Moscow 28 20th 48
Helmuts Balderis CSKA Moscow 24 24 48
Valery Kharlamov CSKA Moscow 22nd 26th 48
Yuri Lebedev Krylya Sovetov 18th 30th 48
Alexander Skvortsov Torpedo Gorky 26th 21st 47
Nikolai Drosdezki SKA Leningrad 27 17th 44

Soviet master

Master CSKA Moscow
Logo of CSKA Moscow

Goalkeeper: Wladislaw Tretyak

Defenders: Sergei Babinow , Vyacheslav Fetissov , Sergei Gimajew , Alexei Kassatonow , Vladimir Luttschenko , Alexei Wolchenkov , Gennady Zygankov

Attackers: Vyacheslav Anissin , Helmuts Balderis , Valeri Kharlamov , Sergei Kapustin , Vladimir Krutov , Alexander Lobanov , Sergei Makarov , Boris Michailow , Vladimir Petrov , Viktor Schluktow , Vladimir Wikulov , Alexander Volkhkov

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeystars.ru, championship team

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