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Russian Super League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1996
No. of teams	20
Country(ies)	Russia
Most recent champion(s)	Metallurg Magnitogorsk

The Russian Super League (Russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с шайбой) is the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia and is commonly considered second-best in the world after the NHL.^[1]. It is part of the Russian Pro Hockey League which is composed of two divisions, the Super League and the Vysshaya Liga (Premier League).

Contents 1 History 2 Teams (2007-2008) 3 Competition 4 Season 2006-2007 4.1 Final classification 5 Champions 5.1 Russian Super League champions 5.2 International Hockey League champions 5.3 Soviet League champions 6 Champions (Players) 6.1 Champions of Russia 7 References

The origins of the Super League are in the old Soviet League, which was founded in 1946. The Soviet era was dominated by the Red Army-affiliated CSKA Moscow who won 32 of the 46 championships. The league lasted until 1991 when the USSR was dissolved. After going through several different CIS-related names, the league was rechristened the Russian Super League in 1996 [1].

There are 20 teams in the Super League in 2007-2008. The team that finishes 20th will be replaced by the winner of the Vysshaya Liga, provided the latter corresponds to the requirements of the Super League.

Amur Khabarovsk Avangard Omsk Oblast Aq Bars Kazan CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Khimik Moscow Oblast Lada Togliatti Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Metallurg Magnitogorsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk

HC MVD Moscow Oblast Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa Severstal Cherepovets Sibir Novosibirsk SKA Saint Petersburg Spartak Moscow Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Traktor Chelyabinsk Vityaz Chekhov

The competition consists of the regular season and the play-off. The games are played in accordance with the IIHF rules.

During the regular season, each team faces each other team three times. Of these three games, two are played on one team's ice, and one on the other's. Each team plays 54 games during the regular season. If a game is drawn, a five-minute sudden death overtime is played. Three points are awarded for a regulation time win, two points for an overtime win, one point for a draw or an overtime defeat, and no points for a regulation time defeat.

The 16 teams with the best regular season records qualify for the playoffs. Each playoff round is a best-of-five series. In each round, the teams are paired according to the regular season performance. The top team is paired with the bottom team, the second ranked team is paired with the team with the second worst regular season performance, and so on. The higher ranked team plays games 1, 2, and 5 on home ice.

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Aq Bars Kazan	3
	16	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	0
						1	Aq Bars Kazan	3
						8	Khimik Moscow Oblast	1
	8	Khimik Moscow Oblast	3
	9	Severstal Cherepovets	2
											1	Aq Bars Kazan	3
										6	CSKA Moscow	1
	3	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	3
	14	SKA Saint Petersburg	0
						3	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	2
						6	CSKA Moscow	3
	6	CSKA Moscow	3
	11	Lada Togliatti	0
																1	Aq Bars Kazan	2
															4	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3
	2	Avangard Omsk	3
	15	Vityaz Chekhov	0
						2	Avangard Omsk	3
						7	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	1
	7	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	3
	10	Dynamo Moscow	0
											2	Avangard Omsk	1
										4	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3
	4	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3
	13	HC MVD Moscow Oblast	0
						4	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3
						5	Sibir Novosibirsk	0
	5	Sibir Novosibirsk	3
	12	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	1

1. Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2. AK Bars Kazan
3. Avangard Omsk
4. CSKA Moscow
5. Salavat Yulaev Ufa
6. Sibir Novosibirsk
7. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
8. Khimik Moscow Oblast
9. Severstal Cherepovets
10. Dynamo Moscow
11. Lada Togliatti
12. Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
13. HC MVD Moscow Oblast
14. SKA Saint Petersburg
15. Vityaz Chekhov
16. Metallurg Novokuznetsk
17. Traktor Chelyabinsk
18. Amur Khabarovsk
19. Krylya Sovetov Moscow

2007 - Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2006 - AK Bars Kazan 2005 - HC Dynamo Moscow 2004 - Avangard Omsk 2003 - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2002 - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2001 - Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2000 - HC Dynamo Moscow 1999 - Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1998 - Ak Bars Kazan (Cup of Russia — Metallurg Magnitogorsk) 1997 - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

1996 - HC Lada Togliatti 1995 - HC Dynamo Moscow 1994 - HC Lada Togliatti 1993 - HC Dynamo Moscow

1992 - HC Dynamo Moscow 1991 - HC Dynamo Moscow 1990 - HC Dynamo Moscow 1989 - HC CSKA Moscow 1988 - HC CSKA Moscow 1987 - HC CSKA Moscow 1986 - HC CSKA Moscow 1985 - HC CSKA Moscow 1984 - HC CSKA Moscow 1983 - HC CSKA Moscow 1982 - HC CSKA Moscow 1981 - HC CSKA Moscow 1980 - HC CSKA Moscow 1979 - HC CSKA Moscow 1978 - HC CSKA Moscow 1977 - HC CSKA Moscow

1976 - HC Spartak Moscow 1975 - HC CSKA Moscow 1974 - Krylia Sovetov Moscow 1973 - HC CSKA Moscow 1972 - HC CSKA Moscow 1971 - HC CSKA Moscow 1970 - HC CSKA Moscow 1969 - HC Spartak Moscow 1968 - HC CSKA Moscow 1967 - HC Spartak Moscow 1966 - HC CSKA Moscow 1965 - HC CSKA Moscow 1964 - HC CSKA Moscow 1963 - HC CSKA Moscow 1962 - HC Spartak Moscow 1961 - HC CSKA Moscow

1960 - HC CSKA Moscow 1959 - HC CSKA Moscow 1958 - HC CSKA Moscow 1957 - Krylia Sovetov Moscow 1956 - HC CSKA Moscow 1955 - HC CSKA Moscow 1954 - HC Dynamo Moscow 1953 - V.V.S. Moscow 1952 - V.V.S. Moscow 1951 - V.V.S. Moscow 1950 - HC CSKA Moscow 1949 - HC CSKA Moscow 1948 - HC CSKA Moscow 1947 - HC Dynamo Moscow

3-time Ilya Gorokhov 1997,2002,2003 Alexei Vasilyev 1997,2002,2003 Dmitri Krasotkin 1997,2002,2003 Sergei Zhukov 1997,2002,2003 Yegor Podomatsky 1997,2002,2003 Vladimir Samylin 1997,2002,2003 Vladimir Antipov 1997,2002,2003 Andrei Sobolev 1997,2002,2003 Alexei Amelin 1997,2002,2003 Alexandr Ardashev 1997,2002,2003 Alexei Chupin 1998,2005,2006 Igor Zemlyanoy 1999,2001,2004 Ravil Gusmanov 1999,2001,2007 Alexei Troschinsky 2000,2001,2005 Oleg Orekhovsky 2000,2004,2005 Igor Schadilov 2000,2005,2006 Alexei Tereschenko 2000,2005,2006 Alexandr Stepanov 2000,2005,2006 Alexandr Kharitonov 2000,2004,2005 Vadim Schakhraychuk 2002,2003,2005 Super League Regulations (Russian) ^ http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=278991 v • d • e Russian Super League Amur Khabarovsk  · Aq Bars Kazan  · Avangard Omsk  · HC CSKA Moscow  · HC Dynamo Moscow  · Khimik Moscow Oblast  · HC Lada Togliatti  · Lokomotiv Yaroslavl  · Metallurg Magnitogorsk  · Metallurg Novokuznetsk  · HC MVD Moscow Oblast  · Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk  · Salavat Yulaev Ufa  · Severstal Cherepovets  · HC Sibir Novosibirsk  · SKA Saint Petersburg  · HC Spartak Moscow  · Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod  · Traktor Chelyabinsk  · Vityaz Chekhov Related: IIHF  · Russian Premier League  · Continental Cup  · IIHF European Champions Cup v • d • e Top level Ice Hockey leagues of Europe Austria  · Belarus  · Belgium  · Croatia  · Czech Republic  · Denmark  · Estonia  · Finland  · France  · Germany  · Hungary  · Italy  · Ireland  · Latvia  · Lithuania  · Netherlands  · Norway  · Poland  · Russia  · Slovakia  · Slovenia  · Spain  · Sweden  · Switzerland  · Ukraine  · United Kingdom Related articles: IIHF  · Continental Cup  · IIHF European Champions Cup