Supreme Hockey League Championship

This article is about the current 3rd tier ice hockey league in Russia. For the former top tier ice hockey league in Russia, see Russian Superleague.

Supreme Hockey League Championship

Formerly	Russian Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2011–12 season
No. of teams	9 (2017–2018 season)
Countries	Russia (9 teams)
Most recent champion(s)	HC Tambov (2nd title)
Most titles	HC Rostov (2) HC Tambov (2) Slavutych Smolensk (2)
Related competitions	KHL VHL MHL NMHL
Official website	vhl.su

The Supreme Hockey League Championship (VHL-B) (Russian: Первенство Высшей хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-П), Pervenstvo Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga) is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-tier of the Russian ice hockey pyramid, below the second-level VHL and the top-tier KHL.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Prospects for expansion
  


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  3 Teams for 2017–2018
  


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  4 Teams no longer in the league
  


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  5 Champions
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

History

Since 1992, it was the First League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship. During the 2010–11 season, it was known as the Championship of Russia between the club teams of regions (Russian: Первенство России среди клубных команд регионов, Pervenstvo Rossii sredi klubnykh komand regionov), which was considered a feeder league to both the KHL and the VHL. A majority of the teams were simply junior versions of their professional counterparts. During the era of the Soviet Championship League, it was referred to as "Class B"

The league in 2010–11 featured clubs from the 2009–10 season of the Pervaya Liga and also clubs from the 2009–10 season of the Vysshaya Liga that were not accepted into the VHL for 2010–11.

On August 23, 2011, the FHR announced the creation of the Russian Hockey League that replaced the Pervaya Liga. The league had 2 divisions. The West Division featured teams from both the Central and Povolzhie divisions of the Pervaya Liga. The East Division featured teams from the Ural and West Siberia division as well as teams from the Siberian and Far East division. The Russian Hockey League was also the same name of the organization responsible for organizing the top-tier hockey league of Russia at the time that existed from 1996 and 2008, when it was rebranded and reorganized as the Kontinental Hockey League.

Prior to the beginning of the 2014-15 season, there was a big decrease in league members (with seven teams either leaving to join a different league or disbanding altogether). In connection with this number of losses, FHR officials who ran the league were forced to combine the two territorial divisions into one league table.

After the 2014-15 season and prior to the 2015-16 season, the FHR transferred the organization of the RHL (which had seen its membership numbers plummet from 24 teams in 2011/12 to nine in 2014/15) to the Supreme Hockey League, with the hope of developing a better third-tier competition with an eventual promotion/relegation system with the second-level league thus creating the Supreme Hockey League Championship.

Old Russian Hockey League logo

Prospects for expansion

It is planned to replenish the league from the following sources:

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  VHL teams, for financial reasons, leaving the league.


• Foreign clubs. For example, interest to the league has been shown by representatives of Latvia.


• Teams from different cities of Russia.


• Independent teams of the MHL and/or the NMHL who left due to reorganization^[1].

Teams for 2017–2018

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined league
Altai Barnaul	Barnaul	Titov Sports Palace	3,800	2006	2011
HC Cheboksary	Cheboksary	Cheboksary-Arena	7,500	2016	2016
HC Chelny	Naberezhnye Chelny	Ice Palace Naberezhny Chelny	1,500	2004	2016
HC Rostov	Rostov-on-Don	Ice Arena	600	2004	2013
HC Tambov	Tambov	Crystal Ice Palace	1,200	1981	2011
Junior Kurgan	Kurgan	Paryshev Ice Palace	2,500	2012	2017
Junior-Sputnik	Nizhny Tagil	Sotnikov Ice Sports Palace	4,200	2011	2015
Kristall	Saratov	Ice Sports Palace Saratov	5,000	1946	2017
Mordovia Saransk	Saransk	Ice Palace of the Republic of Mordovia	3,300	2011	2011

Teams no longer in the league

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Fate of the team
Angel Sibiri	Tobolsk	Crystal Sports Complex	Unknown	Unknown
Avangard-Yugra	Kogalym	Iceberg Sports Complex	Unknown	Originally joined, but ultimately did not participate; possibly disbanded
Buran Voronezh	Voronezh	LDS Jubileiny	3,200	Joined the VHL in 2012
Burevestnik Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg	KRK Uralets	5,570	Withdrew during 2013-14 season; later disbanded due to connection with financial problems
Burevestnik-1976	Tomsk	Crystal Sport Palace	Unknown	Currently, the club performs in the Siberian Student Hockey League
CSK VVS Samara	Samara	CSK VVS Sport Palace	3,500	Joined the VHL in 2017
HC Belgorod	Belgorod	Oranzevjy led	1,200	Joined the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2012 due to financial issues
HC Bryansk	Bryansk	Desna Stadium	1,000	Joined the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2014
HC Lipetsk	Lipetsk	Zvezdny Sports Complex	2,000	Joined the VHL in 2013; later withdrew in 2015
Kedr Novouralsk	Novouralsk	Novouralsk Ice Palace	1,200	Disbanded
Kristall Elektrostal	Elektrostal	Kristall Sport Palace	3,500	Disbanded
Kristall-Yugra Beloyarsky	Beloyarsky	Palace of Sports	450	Possibly disbanded
Krylya Sovetov Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk	Unknown	-	Disbanded
Neftyanik Almetyevsk-2	Almetyevsk	Yubileyny Sports Palace	2,000	Changed name to Sputnik; joined the MHL in 2012 as farm club of Neftyanik (Almetyevsk) (VHL)
Progress Glazov	Glazov	Progress Sports Palace	4,300	Joined the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2014; became farm club of Izhstal (Izhevsk) (VHL)
Rubin Tyumen-2	Tyumen	Sports Palace Tyumen	3,300	Unknown
Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk	Prokopyevsk	Snowflake Sports Complex	3,150	Due to financial problems, the club decided to go to the Siberian Student Hockey League in 2013
Slavutych Smolensk	Smolensk	Ice Palace SGAFKST	1,080	Left league in 2017 due to financial problems
Sokol Novocheboksarsk	Novocheboksarsk	LD Sokol	3,000	Disbanded
Soyuz	Zarechny	Sports Palace Soyuz	Unknown	Possibly disbanded
THK Tver	Tver	Ice Palace Yubileyny	1,980	Joined the VHL in 2012; later declared bankruptcy and ceased in 2017
Yamal Sterkhi	Noyabrsk	KSK Fakel	Unknown	Disbanded
Yantar Seversk	Seversk	SK North	Unknown	Withdrew from league after 2011-12 season; later disbanded due to financial issues in 2013-14
Zauralje Kurgan-2	Kurgan	Ice Sports Palace Mostovik	2,500	Changed name to Junior and became a youth team joining the MHL and then the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2012; currently still member of the league

Champions

Season Champion Finalist Series Result Bronze Medalist Regular season winner 2011–12 Slavutych Smolensk Buran Voronezh RR THK Tver Buran Voronezh 2012–13 Mordovia Saransk Yamal Sterkhi 3–2 Slavutych Smolensk Slavutych Smolensk 2013–14 Slavutych Smolensk Mordovia Saransk [NK] Altai Barnaul & Yamal Sterkhi[*] Slavutych Smolensk 2014–15 HC Rostov CSK VVS Samara 3–0 Mordovia Saransk & Slavutych Smolensk[*] Slavutych Smolensk 2015–16 HC Tambov HC Rostov 4–1 Mordovia Saransk HC Rostov 2016–17 HC Rostov Slavutych Smolensk 4–1 Mordovia Saransk HC Rostov 2017-18 HC Tambov HC Cheboksary 4–0 Mordovia Saransk HC Rostov

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  ^[*]: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals


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  ^[NK]: Result not known

See also

• Kontinental Hockey League


• VHL


• Junior Hockey League


• NMHL

References

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External links

• VHL-B Official website


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  Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Siberia–Far East, responsible for the Siberia–Far East Division of Pervaya Liga


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  Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Northwest, responsible for the Northwest Division of Pervaya Liga


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  Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Povolzhye, responsible for the Povolzhye Division of Pervaya Liga


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  Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Ural–West Siberia, responsible for the Ural–West Siberia Division of Pervaya Liga


• Euro Hockey

v t e Supreme Hockey League Championship
West Division teams	HC Belgorod HC Bryansk Buran Voronezh HC Chelny CSK VVS Samara Kristall Elektrostal Mordovia Saransk Neftyanik Almetyevsk-2 Progress Glazov Slavutych Smolensk Sokol Novocheboksarsk HC Tambov THK Tver
East Division teams	Altai Barnaul Burevestnik Yekaterinburg Gazovik Tyumen Kedr Novouralsk Kristall-Yugra Beloyarsky Krylya Sovetov Novosibirsk Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk Sputnik Nizhny Tagil-2 Yantar Seversk Zauralje Kurgan-2
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Related articles	Kontinental Hockey League Supreme Hockey League

v t e Ice hockey in Russia
Ice Hockey Federation of Russia
National teams	Men Men U-20 Men U-18 Men Women Women U-18 Women
Active leagues	Men Kontinental Hockey League Supreme Hockey League Supreme Hockey League Championship Women Women's Hockey League Junior Junior Hockey League National Junior Hockey League
Defunct leagues	International Hockey League Superleague Vysshaya Liga Second League
Statistics	List of Soviet and Russian ice hockey champions List of scoring champions List of goal scoring champions
See also Soviet Hockey Championship Soviet national team MVPs in the Soviet era IIHF CHL Victoria Cup World Cup of Hockey Euro Hockey Tour PSK Sakhalin Red Army

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