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2010–11 VHL season
League Higher Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 11, 2010 – February 28, 2011
Number of teams 20
Regular season
Regular season winner Flag of Russia Rubin Tyumen
Top scorer Flag of Russia Evgeni Tunik
Toros Neftekamsk
Play-offs
Western champions Flag of Russia Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Eastern champions Flag of Russia Rubin Tyumen

The 2010–11 VHL season was the inaugural season of the Higher Hockey League. It started on September 11, 2010, and finished on February 28, 2011. 20 teams each played 56 games.

Preseason[]

Compared to the last 2009–10 Higher Hockey League where a total of 27 teams competed in 3 divisions, there will be a total of 20 teams and two conferences in the 2010–11 season: Western and Eastern. 18 of the 27 teams of the 2009–10 season compete in the 2010–11 season. Gazovik Tyumen were renamed to Rubin Tyumen, while Rubin's junior team, playing in the MHL, has the name Gazovik. Two new teams in the league are Lada Togliatti, excluded from the KHL after the 2009–10 season, and Dynamo Tver, the farm team of UHC Dynamo. The fates of the 9 of the 27 teams that participated in the league in 2009–10 but no longer do in 2010–11 are various: HC Yugra joined the KHL for 2010–11, Khimik were suggested by VHL's management to take a one year break and joined the MHL under the name MHC Khimik, the team from Orenburg, formerly known under the name Gazprom-OGU, also joined the MHL under the name Belye Tigry, Rys dissolved, the remaining 5 (e.g. CSK VVS Samara) joined the Pervaya Liga. HC Lipetsk was admitted into the league for 2010–11, but the team had to withdraw before the start of the season due to financial difficulties. Lipetsk's place was taken by Krylya Sovetov Moscow on 12 August 2010.

Regular season[]

During regular season teams are to play 4 games against teams from their conference (2 home and 2 away) and 2 games against teams from the opposite conference (1 home and 1 away). The first match of the regular season took place on September 11, 2010 in Perm. Molot-Prikamye's opponent was Toros Neftekamsk and the match ended 2 goals to 1 Toros' way after a shootout. Last games of the regular season will be held on 28 February 2011.

League standings[]

Points are awarded as follows:

  • 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
  • 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW")
  • 1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL")
  • 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")

Conference standings[]

Western Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Neftyanik Almetyevsk (AKB) 56 26 4 3 6 1 16 161 140 99
Flag of Russia HC Sarov (TOR) 56 25 3 6 2 0 20 168 149 95
Flag of Russia Dizel Penza (SEV) 56 23 2 3 8 1 19 132 123 88
Flag of Russia HC VMF St. Petersburg (SKA) 56 22 2 2 5 2 23 142 148 81
Flag of Russia PHC Krylya Sovetov (SPA) 56 19 3 7 1 0 26 163 172 78
Flag of Russia HC Ryazan (ATL) 56 19 1 4 6 3 23 153 169 76
Flag of Russia Kristall Saratov 56 17 0 3 2 5 29 149 183 64
Flag of Russia Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk (NEF) 56 18 0 0 4 4 30 138 193 62
Flag of Russia HC Dynamo Tver (DMOW) 56 13 3 5 3 2 30 150 190 60
Flag of Russia Lada Togliatti 56 15 1 2 2 0 36 130 184 53
Eastern Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia Rubin Tyumen 56 38 2 2 2 0 12 172 104 124
Flag of Russia Toros Neftekamsk (UFA) 56 34 1 5 3 3 10 183 114 120
Flag of Russia Molot-Prikamye Perm 56 25 3 4 6 1 17 162 156 96
Flag of Russia Yuzhny Ural Orsk (MAG) 56 25 3 3 5 2 18 135 132 94
Flag of Russia Ermak Angarsk (NOV) 56 27 1 0 3 1 24 168 139 87
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazzinc-Torpedo 56 23 1 4 6 1 21 151 153 86
Flag of Russia Zauralie Kurgan (SIB) 56 20 2 8 3 3 20 153 147 86
Flag of Russia Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 56 20 4 5 0 3 24 149 144 81
Flag of Russia Mechel Chelyabinsk (TRA) 56 20 1 4 7 4 20 168 174 81
Flag of Russia Izhstal Izhevsk 56 17 1 6 2 2 28 119 132 69

League leaders[]

Goals Flag of Russia Alexander Zhurun (Tyumen) 29
Assists Flag of Russia Maxim Zhapov (Almetyevsk) 31
Points Flag of Russia Evgeni Tunik (Neftekamsk) 51
Shots Flag of Russia Ruslan Bernik (Moscow) 170
Plus/minus Flag of Russia Sergey Zhurikov (Tyumen) +24
Penalty minutes Flag of Russia Igor Golovkov (St.Peterburg) 154
Wins (Goaltenders) Flag of Russia Nikita Davydov (Neftekamsk) 34
Goals against average Flag of Russia Stanislav Galimov (Almetyevsk) 1.46
Save percentage Flag of Russia Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen) 94.7
Shutouts Flag of Russia Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen) 8

Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played

Playoffs[]

The play-offs will feature 8 best teams of the Western Conference of the regular season and 8 best teams of the Eastern Conference of the regular season. The play-offs start 5 March 2011 and are to end on April 27, 2011 if match 7 of the final series is to be played. Conference quarter-finals and semi-finals are a best-of-five series, while the Conference finals and VHL finals are a best-of-seven series.

  Conference Quarter-Finals
(best-of-5)
Conference Semi-Finals
(best-of-5)
Conference Finals
(best-of-7)
Bratina Cup Finals
(best-of-7)
                                     
1  Rubin 3     1  Rubin 3  
8  Sputnik 1     5  Ermak 0  


2  Toros 3 Eastern Conference
7  Zauralie 1  
    1  Rubin 4  
  2  Toros 1  
3  Molot-Prikamye 3  
6  Kazzinc-Torpedo 2  
4  Yuzhny Ural 2   2  Toros 3
5  Ermak 3     3  Molot-Prikamye 0  


  1  Rubin 4
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  1  Neftyanik 0
1  Neftyanik 3     1  Neftyanik 3
8  Ariada-Akpars 0     7  Kristall 0  
2  HC Sarov 1
7  Kristall 3  
  1  Neftyanik 4
  3  Dizel 3  
3  Dizel 3  
6  HC Ryazan 0   Western Conference
4  HC VMF 3   3  Dizel 3
5  Krylya Sovetov 2     4  HC VMF 0  
  • During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
Bratina Cup Finals series logo
Bratina Cup Finals series logo

Playoffs leaders[]

Goals Flag of Russia Rustam Shangaraev (Almetyevsk) 8
Assists Flag of Russia Vladimir Karpor (Tyumen) 9
Points Flag of Russia Daniel Nasybullin (Almetyevsk) 14
Shots Flag of Russia Andrei Kuzmin (Sarov) 58
Plus/minus Flag of Russia Sergei Serebryakov (Almetyevsk) +10
Penalty minutes Flag of Russia Andrew Ankudinov (Neftekamsk) 56
Wins (Goaltenders) Flag of Russia Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen) 14
Goals against average Flag of Russia Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen) 1.44
Save percentage Flag of Russia Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen) 95.2
Shutouts Flag of Russia Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen) 4

Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played

References[]

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