1996–97 Vysshaya Liga season
The 1996–97 Vysshaya Liga season was the fifth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 17 teams participated in the league. CSKA Moscow won the Western Conference, and Metchel Chelyabinsk won the Eastern Conference. UralAZ Miass won the Cup competition.
First round
Western Conference
|
Club |
GP |
W |
T |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
1. | HC CSKA Moscow | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 143 | 59 | 51 |
2. | HC Lipetsk | 32 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 140 | 67 | 48 |
3. | HC Voronezh | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 112 | 65 | 44 |
4. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 115 | 82 | 42 |
5. | Avangard Tambov | 32 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 119 | 26 |
6. | Motor Zapolzhye | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 75 | 110 | 25 |
7 | Izhorez St. Petersburg | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 62 | 103 | 22 |
8. | Khimik Engels | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 107 | 21 |
9. | Gornyak Olenogorsk | 32 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 50 | 127 | 9 |
Eastern Conference
Second round
Western Conference
|
Club |
GP |
W |
T |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
1. | HC Voronezh | 52 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 185 | 98 | 73 |
2. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 52 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 182 | 120 | 70 |
3. | Motor Zapolzhye | 52 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 129 | 166 | 43 |
4. | Izhorez St. Petersburg | 52 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 115 | 156 | 41 |
5. | Avangard Tambov | 52 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 105 | 201 | 38 |
6. | Khimik Engels | 52 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 106 | 178 | 33 |
Eastern Conference
|
Club |
GP |
W |
T |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
1. | Ural AZ Miass | 48 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 205 | 116 | 68 |
2. | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | 48 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 217 | 128 | 67 |
3. | Metallurg Serov | 48 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 124 | 162 | 35 |
4. | Kedr Novouralsk | 48 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 119 | 192 | 35 |
5. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 48 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 135 | 168 | 35 |
6. | Progress Glazov | 48 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 99 | 222 | 22 |
Cup
| First round
| | | Quarterfinal
| | | Semifinal
| | | Final
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| O1
| Ural AZ Miass
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| –
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| | O1
| Ural AZ Miass
| 2
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| | PL
| Yantar Seversk
| 0
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| PL
| Yantar Seversk
| 2
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| O6
| Progress Glazov
| 0
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| | O1
| Ural AZ Miass
| 2
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| | PL
| Progress Solikamsk
| 1
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| O4
| Kedr Novouralsk
| 0
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| PL
| Progress Solikamsk
| 2
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| | PL
| Progress Solikamsk
| 2
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| | O3
| Metallurg Serov
| 0
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| O3
| Metallurg Serov
| 2
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| O5
| Izhstal Izhevsk
| 0
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| | O1
| Ural AZ Miass
| 3
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| | W2
| Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk
| 1
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| W1
| HC Voronezh
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| –
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| | W1
| HC Voronezh
| 2
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| | PL
| Avangard Tambov
| 0
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| W5
| Avangard Tambov
| 2
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| W4
| Izhorets St. Petersburg
| 0
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| | W1
| HC Voronezh
| 2
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| | W2
| Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk
| 0
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| PL
| Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II
| 0
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| W2
| Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk
| 2
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| | W2
| Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk
| 2
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| | W3
| Motor Zapolzhye
| 0
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| W3
| Motor Zapolzhye
| 2
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| PL
| HC Lada Togliatti II
| 1
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