Supreme Hockey League
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 2010 |
No. of teams | 34 (2019–2020 season) |
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Related competitions | Kontinental Hockey League VHL-B Junior Hockey League National Junior Hockey League |
Official website | vhlru.ru |
The Supreme Hockey League (SHL)[1][2] (Russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)), also known as the Major Hockey League[3][4] or Higher Hockey League (HHL),[5] is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, and the second highest level of Russian hockey. There will be 34 teams from 4 nations (Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Uzbekistan) participating in the 2019–20 season.[6]
Though currently acting independently, plans were in place to convert it to a farm system for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s 2010–11 season.[7] It was preceded by the Major League of the Russian Championship (Vysshaya Liga) that formerly held a relegation role for the Russian Superleague, and was governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of the 2017–18 season, some VHL teams are affiliated with a KHL team (e.g. HC Sarov is affiliated with KHL's Torpedo), while other teams of the VHL are not affiliated with a KHL team.
Russian Classic[]
The Russian Classic (Russian: Русская классика, Russkaya klassika) is an outdoor ice hockey game that is played during the Supreme Hockey League regular season. So far, the visiting team has won every edition of the game.
Date | Venue | Sport | Location | Home Team | Visiting Team | Score | Attendance |
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February 17, 2012 | Central Stadium | Football, Rugby | Krasnoyarsk | Sokol Krasnoyarsk | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2–3 | 16,100 |
January 19, 2014 | Central Stadium | Football | Chelyabinsk | Chelmet Chelyabinsk | Lada Togliatti | 2–5 | 9,200 |
February 14, 2015 | Sputnik Stadium | Football | Nizhny Tagil | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 0–4 | 8,350 |
February 7, 2016 | Khimik Stadium | Football | Tver | THK Tver | Buran Voronezh | 1–2 (OT) | 6,350 |
January 14, 2017 | Park Legend | Moscow | Dynamo Balashikha | Khimik Voskresensk | 1–3 | 1,831 | |
January 28, 2018 | Central Stadium | Football | Kurgan | Zauralie Kurgan | Rubin Tyumen | 0–4 | 3,000 |
- Bolded teams denote winners
Seasons overview[]
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Final score | Regular season winner |
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2010–11 | ![]() |
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4–0 | ![]() |
2011–12 | ![]() |
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4–1 | ![]() |
2012–13 | ![]() |
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4–3 | ![]() |
2013–14 | ![]() |
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4–2 | ![]() |
2014–15 | ![]() |
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4–2 | ![]() |
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4–1 | ![]() | |
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4–0 | ![]() | |
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4–2 | ![]() | |
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4–1 | ![]() | |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ![]() |
Teams in 2019–20[]
All-time team records[]
Since its foundation in 2010, 40 different clubs have played in the VHL, and 34 of them have at least once qualified for the playoffs. Only one club (Toros Neftekamsk) has made the playoffs in all nine championships of the VHL, reaching the semi-final stage six times. The table gives the final regular-season ranks for all teams, with the playoff performance encoded in colors. The teams are ordered by their best championship results.
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Supreme Hockey League
- ^ TV-VHL on YouTube
- ^ "League Structure". KHL. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Medical Support For All". Kontinental Hockey League. 26 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ "The press conference devoted to the start of the season of Higher Hockey League was". Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Teams". Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "Учреждение ВХЛ". KHL.ru. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
External links[]
- VHL Official (in Russian)
- VHL Official (in Chinese)
- VHL Official
- AllHockey.Ru
- Euro Hockey
- Supreme Hockey League
- Ice hockey leagues in Russia
- Russian Major League
- Second tier ice hockey leagues in Europe
- Sports leagues in Russia
- Professional sports leagues in Russia