Russian Ice Hockey Championship 1996/1997

Russian Ice Hockey Championship 1996/1997
Russian Ice Hockey Championship 1996/1997
Tournament Data
Dates	September 10, 1996 - April 24, 1997
Location	Russia
Number of teams	26
Final arrangement
Champion	Torpedo (Yar)
Silver medalist	Lada
Bronze medalist	Salavat Yulaev

The Russian Ice Hockey Championship 1996/1997 was the first Russian championship after the dissolution of the International Hockey League, organized by the Russian Hockey League . The Yaroslavl Torpedo became the champion for the first time in its history, the Togliatti Lada took the second place, and the Ufa Salavat Yulaev took the third place.

Content

Rules

The Russian Super League Championship was held from September 10, 1996 to April 24, 1997. 26 teams, divided by 13 according to the territorial principle into the Western and Eastern zones, held the first stage of the tournament - 2 games between each team in the zone. 3 weakest teams from each zone played in a transition tournament with 4 strongest Major League clubs for the right to play in the Super League next season - 4 games between each team. The 10 strongest teams from each zone in the second stage of the tournament identified 16 playoff participants - 2 games between each team. In the 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 finals and series for third place, the winner was the best in three games, and in the final - the best in five games.

West Zone

	Club	AND	AT	N	P	SHZ	SHP	ABOUT
one.	AK Bars	24	17	3	four	77	40	37
2.	Torpedo (Yar)	24	sixteen	four	four	65	31	36
3.	HC CSKA	24	12	five	7	58	58	29th
four.	Wings of Soviets	24	12	3	9	83	61	27
five.	Dynamo (Moscow time)	24	12	3	9	60	55	27
6.	Spartak (Moscow time)	24	eleven	3	ten	62	63	25
7.	Chemist	24	9	6	9	65	63	24
eight.	Petrochemist	24	ten	four	ten	47	49	24
9.	Severstal	24	6	ten	eight	56	59	22
ten.	SKA	24	7	five	12	46	59	nineteen
eleven.	Torpedo (NN)	24	6	four	14	47	64	sixteen
12.	Dieselist	24	6	3	15	52	81	15
13.	Crystal (Al)	24	four	3	17	44	79	eleven

East Zone

	Club	AND	AT	N	P	SHZ	SHP	ABOUT
one.	Lada	24	20	2	2	116	43	42
2.	Ruby	24	15	3	6	81	61	33
3.	Metallurgist (Mg)	24	15	3	6	81	50	33
four.	Vanguard	24	14	3	7	75	47	31
five.	Salavat Yulaev	24	14	one	9	83	58	29th
6.	Tractor	24	ten	6	eight	60	56	26
7.	Crystal (sv)	24	ten	one	13	76	87	21
eight.	Metallurg (Nk)	24	eight	four	12	65	81	20
9.	CSK Air Force	24	9	one	14	65	72	nineteen
ten.	Siberia	24	eight	2	14	62	106	18
eleven.	SKA-Cupid	24	6	five	13	62	84	17
12.	Spartak (Ekb)	24	6	one	17	68	104	13
13.	Hammer-Prikamye	24	five	0	nineteen	50	95	ten

Transitional Tournament

	Club	AND	AT	N	P	SHZ	SHP	ABOUT
one.	SKA-Cupid	36	23	3	ten	125	76	49
2.	Crystal (Al)	36	21	7	eight	117	86	49
3.	Mechel	36	21	five	ten	107	78	47
four.	PHK CSKA	36	21	four	eleven	115	90	46
five.	Torpedo (NN)	36	17	five	14	103	88	39
6.	Dieselist	36	14	3	nineteen	93	107	31
7.	Oilman (Ak)	36	eleven	6	nineteen	79	100	28
eight.	HC Lipetsk	36	ten	eight	18	111	128	28
9.	Spartak (Ekb)	36	ten	6	20	96	125	26
ten.	Hammer-Prikamye	36	6	five	25	57	125	17

Summary Stage

	Club	AND	AT	N	P	SHZ	SHP	ABOUT
one.	Lada	38	thirty	3	five	146	63	63
2.	AK Bars	38	25	five	eight	113	78	55
3.	Torpedo (Yar)	38	24	6	eight	120	62	54
four.	Metallurgist (Mg)	38	23	four	eleven	134	91	50
five.	Vanguard	38	nineteen	7	12	126	84	45
6.	Dynamo (Moscow time)	38	17	7	14	105	88	41
7.	Salavat Yulaev	38	17	6	15	116	97	40
eight.	Ruby	38	17	five	sixteen	114	106	39
9.	Wings of Soviets	38	17	four	17	112	105	38
ten.	Severstal	38	14	ten	14	95	92	38
eleven.	Tractor	38	13	9	sixteen	82	95	35
12.	Chemist	38	13	eight	17	97	114	34
13.	HC CSKA	38	12	ten	sixteen	83	104	34
14.	Petrochemist	38	12	9	17	65	85	33
15.	Crystal (sv)	38	14	four	20	102	125	32
sixteen.	CSK Air Force	38	14	four	20	85	114	32
17.	Spartak (Moscow time)	38	13	five	20	95	119	31
18.	SKA	38	eight	7	23	85	116	23
nineteen.	Metallurg (Nk)	38	7	eight	23	77	122	22
20.	Siberia	38	eight	five	25	78	170	21

Top scorers

Player	Club	W	P	ABOUT
Nikolai Borschevsky	Spartak (Moscow time)	15	29th	44
Mikhail Ivanov	Severstal	25	14	39
Maxim Sushinsky	Vanguard	20	sixteen	36
Sergey Gomolyako	Metallurgist (Mg)	15	21	36
Nikolay Babenko	Ruby	eleven	25	36
Sergey Korolev	Chemist	eleven	25	36
Roman Ilyin	Dynamo (Moscow time)	17	18	35
Alexander Nesterov	Lada	15	20	35
Igor Stepanov	Crystal (sv)	18	sixteen	34
Yuri Zlov	Lada	17	17	34

Playoffs

1/8 finals			1/4 finals			1/2 finals			The final

one	Lada	2
sixteen	CSK Air Force	0
			one	Lada	2

			eight	Ruby	one
eight	Ruby	2

9	Wings of Soviets	0
						one	Lada	2

						four	Metallurgist (Mg)	one
five	Vanguard	2

12	Chemist	0
			five	Vanguard	one

			four	Metallurgist (Mg)	2
four	Metallurgist (Mg)	2

13	HC CSKA	0
									one	Lada	0

									3	Torpedo (Yar)	3
3	Torpedo (Yar)	2

14	Petrochemist	0
			3	Torpedo (Yar)	2

			6	Dynamo (Moscow time)	0
6	Dynamo (Moscow time)	2

eleven	Tractor	0
						3	Torpedo (Yar)	2

						7	Salavat Yulaev	0
7	Salavat Yulaev	2

ten	Severstal	one
			7	Salavat Yulaev	2

			15	Crystal (Saratov)	one
2	AK Bars	one

15	Crystal (sv)	2

Series for third place: Metallurg (Mg) - Salavat Yulaev 1: 2

Champions of Russia

Champion of Russia

Torpedo (Yaroslavl)

Goalkeepers: Radmir Faizov , Egor Podomatsky

Defenders: Alexey Amelin , Alexey Vasiliev , Ilya Gorokhov , Mikhail Donika , Sergey Zhukov , Vladimir Dig , Dmitry Krasotkin , Oleg Polkovnikov , Andrey Sobolev

Forwards: Vladimir Antipov , Alexander Ardashev , Dmitry Vlasenkov , Sergey Gorbachev , Alexey Gorshkov , Anatoly Koveshnikov , Vitaliy Litvinenko , Roman Lyashenko , Alexander Nizhivy , Vladimir Samylin , Andrey Skabelka , Alexey Traseukh , Sergey Chernyavsky , Denis Shvidky

Head coach: Pyotr Vorobyov

Links

Russian Ice Hockey Championship 1996/1997 . hockeyarchives.ru