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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.
32
10
5
17
75
110
25
7
32
9
4
19
62
103
22
8.
32
7
7
18
74
107
21
9.
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.
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.
52
16
11
25
129
166
43
4.
52
16
9
27
115
156
41
5.
Avangard Tambov 52
18
2
32
105
201
38
6.
52
12
9
31
106
178
33
Eastern Conference [ ]
Club
GP
W
T
L
GF
GA
Pts
1.
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 [ ]
Conference 1 Conference 2
Division A
Zvezda Chekhov
Former teams VL seasonsVHL seasonsRelated articles
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Russian Major League seasons 1996–97 in Russian ice hockey leagues 1996–97 in European second tier ice hockey leagues
