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 Zavolzhye | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 75 | 110 | 25 |
7 | Izhorets 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
| Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
1. | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 112 | 61 | 44 |
2. | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 148 | 77 | 41 |
3. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 64 | 38 |
4. | UralAZ Miass | 28 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 110 | 63 | 36 |
5. | Kedr Novouralsk | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 110 | 20 |
6. | Progress Glazov | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 52 | 117 | 16 |
7 | Izhstal Izhevsk | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 67 | 116 | 15 |
8. | Metallurg Serov | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 66 | 109 | 14 |
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 Zavolzhye | 52 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 129 | 166 | 43 |
4. | Izhorets 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. | UralAZ 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
External links
- Season on hockeyarchives.info
- Season on hockeyarchives.ru
Conference 1 | Conference 2 | Division A | Dynamo MO | | | Khimik | | ORG Beijing | | | |
| Division B | | | | | | Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod | | | CSK VVS Samara |
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