1996-97 Russian Super League

First Round Results:

Western Division

- Team GP W L T Goals Pts
1 Ak Bars- Kazan 24 17 3 4 77: 40 37
2 Torpedo- Yaroslavl 24 16 4 4 65: 31 36
3 HC CSKA- Moscow 24 12 5 7 58: 58 29
4 Soviet Wings- Moscow 24 12 3 9 83: 61 27
5 Dynamo- Moscow 24 12 3 9 60: 55 27
6 Spartak- Moscow 24 11 3 10 62: 63 25
7 Khimik- Voskresensk 24 9 6 9 65: 63 24
8 Neftekhimik- Nizhnekamsk 24 10 4 10 47: 49 24
9 Severstal- Cherepovets 24 6 10 8 56: 59 22
10 SKA- St. Petersburg 24 7 5 12 46: 59 19
11 Torpedo- Nizhny Novgorod 24 6 4 14 47: 64 16
12 Dizelist- Penza 24 6 3 15 52: 81 15
13 Crystall- Elektrostal 24 4 3 17 44: 79 11

Eastern Division

- Team GP W L T Goals Pts
1 Lada- Togliatti 24 20 2 2 116: 43 42
2 Rubin- Tyumen 24 15 3 6  81: 61 33
3 Metallurg- Magnitogorsk 24 15 3 6  81: 50 33
4 Avangard- Omsk 24 14 3 7  75: 47 31
5 Salavat Yulaev- Ufa 24 14 1 9  83: 58 29
6 Traktor- Chelyabinsk 24 10 6 8  60: 56 26
7 Crystall- Saratov 24 10 1 13  76: 87 21
8 Metallurg- Novokuznetsk 24 8 4 12  65: 81 20
9 CSK VVS- Samara 24 9 1 14  65: 72 19
10 Sibir- Novosibirsk 24 8 2 14  62:106 18
11 SKA- Amur 24 6 5 13  62: 84 17
12 Spartak- Yekatarinenburg 24 6 1 17  68:104 13
13 Molot- Perm 24 5 0 19  50: 95 10

Second Round:

- Team GP W T L Goals Pts.
1 Lada- Togliatti 38 30 3 5 146: 63 63
2 Ak Bars- Kazan 38 25 5 8 113: 78 55
3 Torpedo- Yaroslavl 38 24 6 8 120: 62 54
4 Metallurg- Magnitogorsk 38 23 4 11 134: 91 50
5 Avangard- Omsk 38 19 7 12 126: 84 45
6 Dynamo- Moscow 38 17 7 14 105: 88 41
7 Salavat Yulaev- Ufa 38 17 6 15 116: 97 40
8 Rubin- Tyumen 38 17 5 16 114:106 39
9 Soviet Wings- Moscow 38 17 4 17 112:105 38
10 Severstal- Cherepovets 38 14 10 14  95: 92 38
11 Traktor- Chelyabinsk 38 13 9 16  82: 95 35
12 Khimik- Voskresensk 38 13 8 17  97:114 34
13 HC CSKA- Moscow 38 12 10 16  83:104 34
14 Neftekhimik- Nizhnekamsk 38 12 9 17  65: 85 33
15 Crystall- Saratov 38 14 4 20 102:125 32
16 CSK VVS- Samara 38 14 4 20  85:114 32
17 Spartak- Moscow 38 13 5 20  95:119 31
18 SKA- St. Petersburg 38 8 7 23  85:116 23
19 Metallurg- Novokuznetsk 38 7 8 23  77:122 22
20 Sibir- Novosibirsk 38 8 5 25  78:170 21

Play-Offs: (best of 3)

Soviet Wings vs Rubin 3:4 1:7 -:-
CSK VVS vs Lada 2:3 2:4 -:-
Khimik vs Avangard 3:6 3:6 -:-
HC CSKA vs Metallurg (Mag.) 2:4 3:4 -:-
Neftekhimik vs Torpedo 0:2 0:2 -:-
Traktor vs Dynamo 1:2 2:3 -:-
Crystall vs Ak Bars 4:2 0:1 2:0
Severstal vs Salavat 2:7 3:0 0:1

Quarterfinals:

Rubin vs Lada 4:3 0:3 4:9
Avangard vs Metallurg (Mag) 2:1 2:1 1:5
Dynamo vs Torpedo 2:6 2:3 -:-
Crystall vs Salavat 2:5 1:7 -:-

Semifinals:

Metallurg vs Lada 1:4 4:3 2:3
Salavat vs Torpedo 1:2 1:2 -:-

Finals (best of 5)

Torpedo vs Lada 2:0 6:2 4:1 -:- -:-

Individual Stats:

Top Scorers:

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