1995–96 Vysshaya Liga season

The 1995–96 Vysshaya Liga season was the fourth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 57 teams participated in the first round. SKA Khabarovsk and Dizelist Penza were promoted to the International Hockey League.

First round

Central-1

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. CSKA Moscow II 32 19 9 4 138 71 47
2. Torpedo Yaroslavl II 32 20 6 6 135 70 46
3. Dynamo Moscow II 32 19 4 9 137 99 42
4. Motor Zavolzhye 32 15 6 11 128 103 36
5. Spartak Moscow II 32 14 6 12 112 116 34
6. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II 32 15 4 13 112 102 34
7. Krylya Sovetov Moscow II 32 8 8 16 100 114 24
8. Kristall Elektrostal II 32 5 7 20 84 132 17
9. Zvezda Tver 32 3 2 27 85 224 8

Central-2

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. HC Lipetsk 24 20 2 2 119 51 42
2. Dizelist Penza 24 18 1 5 123 47 37
3. Buran Voronezh 24 13 4 7 68 64 30
4. Vyatich Tver 24 8 2 14 75 87 18
5. Khimik Engels 24 7 2 15 58 94 16
6. Avangard Tambov 24 6 1 17 52 104 13
7. Lada Togliatti II 24 5 2 17 52 100 12

Northwest

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. KomiTEK Nizhny Odes 20 19 0 1 105 41 38
2. Gornyak Olenegorsk 20 17 0 3 87 30 34
3. Tekhnolog Ukhta 6 3 11 66 76 15
4. Severstal Cherepovets II 20 4 5 11 63 77 13
5. Izhorets St. Petersburg 20 5 1 14 47 111 11
6. SKA St. Petersburg II 20 3 3 14 42 75 9

Volga

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk 28 23 1 4 143 75 47
2. Neftyanik Almetyevsk 28 21 0 7 115 72 42
3. Ak Bars Kazan II 28 17 0 11 109 79 34
4. Progress Glazov 28 15 2 11 93 83 32
5. Rossiya Krasnokamsk 28 14 1 13 107 99 29
6. Izhstal Izhevsk 28 6 5 17 83 109 17
7. Nefteckimik Nizhnekamsk II 28 6 2 20 72 138 14
8. Sokol Novocheboksarsk 28 2 5 21 65 132 9

Ural-North

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Kholmogorets Noyabrsk 28 20 2 6 120 55 42
2. Kedr Novouralsk 28 16 8 4 105 54 40
3. Metallurg Serov 28 16 8 4 108 71 40
4. Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 28 16 7 5 106 63 39
5. SKA-Avto Yekaterinburg 28 7 6 15 83 119 20
6. Avangard Omsk II 28 5 8 15 74 114 18
7. Progress Solikamsk 28 6 3 19 63 118 15
8. Molot Perm II 28 3 4 21 45 110 10

Ural-South

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Metallurg Novotroitsk 24 22 1 1 128 44 45
2. Mechel Chelyabinsk 24 14 5 5 106 46 33
3. Metallurg Magnitogorsk II 24 10 3 11 71 61 23
4. UralAZ Miass 24 10 3 11 71 76 23
5. Nadezhda Chelyabinsk 24 10 3 11 58 79 23
6. Novoil Ufa 24 7 3 14 64 90 17
7. Yuzhny Ural Orsk 24 2 0 22 46 148 4

Siberia - Far East

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Zapolyarnik Norilsk 40 36 2 2 190 70 74
2. SKA Khabarovsk 40 35 3 2 232 57 73
3. Metallurg Achinsk 40 24 5 11 168 114 53
4. Gornyak Raychikhinsk 40 19 6 15 136 116 44
5. Ermak Angarsk 40 17 6 17 133 130 40
6. Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk 40 18 4 18 115 99 40
7. Yantar Seversk 40 14 7 19 105 99 35
8. Motor Barnaul 40 14 7 19 102 137 35
9. Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk II 40 12 3 25 151 210 27
10. Metallurg Novokuznetsk II 40 4 3 33 85 228 11
11. Energiya Krasnoyarsk 40 2 4 34 79 236 8

Final round

Central, Volga, Northwest

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Dizelist Pensa 28 18 2 8 95 56 38
2. HC Lipetsk 28 15 6 7 101 66 36
3. Buran Voronezh 28 15 5 8 85 64 35
4. Neftyanik Almetyevsk 28 12 7 9 97 90 31
5. KomiTEK Nizhny Odes 28 13 4 11 78 65 30
6. Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk 28 12 3 13 88 82 27
7. Gornyak Olenegorsk 28 7 5 16 71 109 19
8. Progress Glazov 28 2 4 22 56 139 8

Ural, West Siberia

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Mechel Chelyabinsk 28 21 0 7 111 61 42
2. Kedr Novouralsk 28 15 5 8 77 63 35
3. Metallurg Serov 28 13 3 12 91 80 29
4. Metallurg Novotroitsk 28 13 3 12 89 91 29
5. Metallurg Magnitogorsk II 28 10 6 12 69 71 26
6. Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 28 9 7 12 81 77 25
7. UralAZ Miass 28 9 5 14 76 97 23
8. SKA-Avto Yekaterinburg II 28 5 5 18 80 134 15

Siberian Far-Eastern

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1. Zapolyarnik Norilsk 4
5. Ermak Angarsk 0
1. Zapolyarnik Norilsk 4
7. Yantar Seversk 0
3. Metallurg Achinsk 2
7. Yantar Seversk 3
2. SKA Khabarovsk 3
1. Zapolyarnik Norilsk 1
2. SKA Khabarovsk 4
6. Shakhtor Prokopyevsk 1
2. SKA Khabarovsk 5 Third place
4. Gornyak Raychikhinsk 0
4. Gornyak Raychikhinsk 3 4. Gornyak Raychikhinsk 3
8. Motor Barnaul 1 7. Yantar Seversk 0

Placing round

5th-8th place
5th place
  • Shakhtor Prokopyevsk - Ermak Angarsk 3:2, 4:2, 5:4
7th place
  • Motor Barnaul - Metallurg Achinsk 5:3, 6:4, 2:1

Promotion round

Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. SKA Khabarovsk 12 7 2 3 39 34 16
2. Dizelist Penza 12 7 2 3 33 22 16
3. Mechel Chelyabinsk 12 4 2 6 27 30 10
4. HC Lipetsk 12 1 4 7 29 42 6