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[]
| First round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||||||
| O1 | UralAZ Miass | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Metallurg Serov | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| O3 | Metallurg Serov | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| O5 | Izhstal Izhevsk | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| O1 | UralAZ Miass | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | HC Voronezh | |||||||||||||||||
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| W1 | HC Voronezh | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| PL | Avangard Tambov | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Avangard Tambov | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Izhorets St. Petersburg | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | HC Voronezh | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| PL | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Motor Zavolzhye | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Motor Zavolzhye | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| PL | Lada Togliatti II | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
External links[]
| Supreme Hockey League | |
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| Teams (2022-23) | AKM - Bars Kazan - Buran Voronezh - Chelmet Chelyabinsk - CSK VVS Samara - HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg - Dizel Penza - HC Gornyak Uchaly - Izhstal Izhevsk -Khimik Voskresensk - Lada Tolyatti - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Molot-Prikamie Perm - Neftyanik Almetyevsk - HC Rostov - Gazovik Tyumen - HC Ryazan - SKA-Neva - Sokol Krasnoyarsk- HC Tambov - Toros Neftekamsk - Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod - Yermak Angarsk - Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk - Yuzhny Ural Orsk - Zauralie Kurgan - HC Zvezda Moscow |
| VL seasons | 1992–93 - 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 |
| VHL seasons | 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 |
| Related articles | Russian Superleague (top-level, 1996–2008) - Kontinental Hockey League (top-level, from 2008) - Petrov Cup (trophy for the winner) |
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