1998-99 Russian Hockey League:

The 1998-99 Season of the Russian Hockey League (RHL) consisted of two divisions: The Superleague and the Highleague.

Superleague final Play-offs (top 16 teams): final season  team rosters/player stats coming soon

First round play-offs

Team vs Team gm 1 gm 2 gm 3 gm 4
Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) -1st vs CSK VVS (Samara)- 16th 7:1 2:1 5:4 -
Salavat Yulaev (Ufa)- 9th vs Molot-Prikamie (Perm)-8th 2:0 3:4 2:1 1:0
Torpedo (Yaroslavl)- 5th vs CSKA (Moscow)- 12th 1:0 2:1 5:0 -
Neftekhimik (Nizhnekamsk)-13th vs Avangard (Omsk)- 4th 5:0 5:1 4:3 -
Dynamo (Moscow)- 3rd vs Mechel (Chelyabinsk)-14th 3:0 7:1 4:3 -
HC Lipetsk (Lipetsk)- 11th vs Lada (Togliatti)- 6th 7:3 5:1 3:2 -
Ak Bars (Kazan)- 7th vs Amur (Khabarovsk)-10th 4:1 6:2 4:1 -
Severstal (Cherepovets)- 15th vs Metallurg (Novokuznetsk)-2nd 4:2 2:1 4:2 -

Quarterfinals play-offs

Metallurg (Mag) vs Molot 4:1 5:1 5:3 -
Torpedo (Yar) vs Avangard 6:0 2:1 3:0 -
Dynamo (Mos) vs Lada 3:2 4:2 0:1 3:1
Ak Bars vs Metallurg (Nov) 3:1 3:0 5:2 -

Semifinals

Metallurg (Mag) vs. Torpedo 2:1 2:1 0:1 7:1
Dynamo (Moscow) vs. Ak Bars 6:2 2:1 2:1 -

Final (best of seven)

Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) vs Dynamo (Moscow) 1:2 5:2 1:2 6:4 4:2 4:2

1998-99: Leading Scorers (Top five)

Rnk Player Team GP G A TP PIM
1 Evgeny Koreshkov Magnitogorsk 40 25 18 43 46
2 Georgy Yevtyukhin Spartak 41 14 28 42 28
3 Alexander Koreshkov Magnitogorsk 42 23 17 40 6
4 Ravil Gusmanov Magnitogorsk 42 14 24 38 28
5 Sergei Petrenko Dynamo 40 11 24 35 36

September 1998 HighLeague Teams/Rosters