Wysschaja Liga 1996/97

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Vysschaya League
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Master: CSKA Moscow
HK Metschel Chelyabinsk
Newcomers: CSKA Moscow
HK Metschel Chelyabinsk
Relegated: Gornjak Olenogorsk
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The 1996/97 season of the Vysschaya League was the fifth season of the second highest Russian ice hockey division .

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The 17 teams of the Vysschaya League were divided into two conferences before the season according to regional criteria. The western conference contained nine participants, one more team than the eastern conference had eight participants. First of all, each team played four times against each team within their own conference, so that the number of games per team in the western conference was 32 and in the eastern conference 28. The first two teams in each conference then qualified for the qualifying round for promotion to the super league . However, since no non-Russian teams were allowed to participate in the Superliga, Neftjanik Almetjewsk received the relegation place of the Kazakh club Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk .

The teams in places three to eight of the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference then played against each other in a second round, in which they each played four games against the other five participants in their group, with the scores from the main round being taken over. Finally, the eight best remaining Russian teams in the Wysschaja Liga took part in a cup competition together with the four best third division teams.

Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

First round

West conference

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. CSKA Moscow 32 24 3 5 143 59 51
2. HK Lipetsk 32 23 2 7th 140 67 48
3. HK Voronezh 32 20th 4th 8th 112 65 44
4th Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk 32 19th 4th 9 115 82 42
5. Awangard Tambov 32 12 2 18th 68 119 26th
6th Motor Savolschye 32 10 5 17th 75 110 25th
7th Ischorez Saint Petersburg 32 9 4th 19th 62 103 22nd
8th. Chimik Engels 32 7th 7th 18th 74 107 21st
9. Gornjak Olenogorsk 32 3 3 26th 50 127 9

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 Metschel Chelyabinsk 28 21st 2 5 112 61 44
2. Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 28 20th 1 7th 148 77 41
3. Neftjanik Almetyevsk 28 17th 4th 7th 92 64 38
4th UralAZ Miass 28 17th 2 9 110 63 36
5. Kedr Novouralsk 28 8th 4th 16 70 110 20th
6th Progress Glazov 28 6th 4th 18th 52 117 16
7th Ishstal Izhevsk 28 6th 3 19th 67 116 15th
8th. Metallurgist Serov 28 6th 2 20th 66 109 14th

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

Second round

West conference

club Sp S. U N T GT Points
1. HK Voronezh 52 34 5 13 185 98 73
2. Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk 52 31 8th 13 182 120 70
3. Motor Savolschye 52 16 11 25th 129 166 43
4th Ischorez Saint Petersburg 52 16 9 27 115 156 41
5. Awangard Tambov 52 18th 2 32 105 201 38
6th Chimik Engels 52 12 9 31 106 178 33

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. UralAZ Miass 48 32 4th 12 205 116 68
2. Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 48 32 3 13 217 128 67
3. Metallurgist Serov 48 15th 5 28 124 162 35
4th Kedr Novouralsk 48 15th 5 28 119 192 35
5. Ishstal Izhevsk 48 14th 7th 27 135 168 35
6th Progress Glazov 48 8th 6th 34 99 222 22nd

Sp = games, W = wins, U = draws, N = defeats

Cup competition

After the second round of the Vysschaya League, its participants played the competition for the 50 Years of Ice Hockey Cup in Russia . UralAZ Miass won this .

  Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
                                     
O1 UralAZ Miass                  
bye  
O1 UralAZ Miass 2
  PL Yantar Seversk 0  
PL Yantar Seversk 2
 
O6 Progress Glazov 0  
O1 UralAZ Miass 2
  PL Progress Solikamsk 1  
O4 Kedr Novouralsk 0      
 
PL Progress Solikamsk 2  
PL Progress Solikamsk 2
  O3 Metallurgist Serov 0  
O3 Metallurgist Serov 2
 
O5 Ishstal Izhevsk 0  
O1 UralAZ Miass 3
  W2 Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk 1
W1 HK Voronezh            
 
bye  
W1 HK Voronezh 2
  PL Awangard Tambov 0  
W5 Awangard Tambov 2
 
W4 Ischorez Saint Petersburg 0  
W1 HK Voronezh 2
  W2 Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk 0  
PL Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II 0      
 
W2 Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk 2  
W2 Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk 2
  W3 Motor Savolschye 0  
W3 Motor Savolschye 2
 
PL HK Lada Tolyatti II 1  

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