1997–98 Russian Superleague season

1997–98 Russian Superleague season
1997–98 Russian Superleague season
League	Russian Superleague
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 3, 1997 – April 24, 1998
Number of teams	28
Regular season
Season champions	Ak Bars Kazan
Final Round
Final Rnd champions	Ak Bars Kazan
Russian Cup
Russian Cup Finals
Champions	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Runners-up	HC Dynamo Moscow
Russian Superleague seasons
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Russian Superleague season was the second season of the Russian Superleague, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. 28 teams participated in the league, and Ak Bars Kazan won the championship. HC Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Russian Cup.

Regular season

Western Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Torpedo Yaroslavl	26	19	3	4	74	37	41
2.	HC Dynamo Moscow	26	17	5	4	83	40	39
3.	HC Lada Togliatti	26	16	6	4	76	42	38
4.	Severstal Cherepovets	26	16	4	6	60	43	36
5.	HC Spartak Moscow	26	13	5	8	81	61	31
6.	SKA St. Petersburg	26	12	4	10	55	52	28
7.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	26	10	4	12	64	61	24
8.	HC CSKA Moscow	26	11	1	14	57	67	23
9.	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	26	11	1	14	57	66	23
10.	Khimik Voskresensk	26	8	6	12	60	72	22
11.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	26	9	4	13	48	57	22
12.	HC CSKA Moscow	26	6	3	17	44	84	15
13.	Kristall Elektrostal	26	6	2	49	79	81	14
14.	Diselist Penza	26	2	4	20	43	90	8

Eastern Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Ak Bars Kazan	26	22	1	3	96	40	45
2.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	26	19	5	2	109	42	43
3.	Avangard Omsk	26	14	5	7	78	50	33
4.	Molot-Prikamye Perm	26	12	7	7	82	71	31
5.	CSK VVS Samara	26	12	3	11	59	61	27
6.	Rubin Tyumen	26	11	5	10	85	79	27
7.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	26	11	4	11	70	63	26
8.	HC Mechel Chelyabinsk	26	9	7	10	51	57	25
9.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	26	8	7	11	60	68	23
10.	Amur Khabarovsk	26	8	5	13	64	78	21
11.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	26	7	6	13	56	76	20
12.	Kristall Saratov	26	6	6	14	54	78	18
13.	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg	26	6	1	19	40	88	13
14.	HC Sibir Novosibirsk	26	4	4	18	41	95	12

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Ak Bars Kazan	46	36	3	7	158	79	75
2.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	46	31	10	5	173	82	72
3.	Torpedo Yaroslavl	46	33	6	7	130	60	72
4.	HC Lada Togliatti	46	32	7	7	165	71	71
5.	HC Dynamo Moscow	46	30	6	10	151	91	66
6.	Avangard Omsk	46	28	5	13	139	86	61
7.	Severstal Cherepovets	46	27	7	12	110	81	61
8.	Molot-Prikamye Perm	46	21	7	18	150	130	49
9.	HC Spartak Moscow	46	20	9	17	128	115	49
10.	SKA St. Petersburg	46	20	7	19	107	105	47
11.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	46	19	5	22	126	121	43
12.	Rubin Tyumen	46	17	7	22	137	152	41
13.	Amur Khabarovsk	46	17	7	22	112	138	41
14.	Khimik Voskresensk	46	16	7	23	101	127	39
15.	CSK VVS Samara	46	16	6	24	92	117	38
16.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	46	14	10	22	99	129	38
17.	HC CSKA Moscow	46	17	3	26	107	137	37
18.	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	46	17	2	27	99	132	36
19.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	46	15	6	25	108	128	36
20.	HC Mechel Chelyabinsk	46	13	8	25	84	125	34

Russian Cup (Playoffs)

First round			Quarterfinal			Semifinal			Final

1	Ak Bars Kazan	2

16	Traktor Chelyabinsk	0
			1	Ak Bars Kazan	2

			8	HC Spartak Moscow	0
8	Molot-Prikamye Perm	1

9	HC Spartak Moscow	2
						1	Ak Bars Kazan	1

						5	HC Dynamo Moscow	2
5	HC Dynamo Moscow	2

12	Rubin Tyumen	0
			4	HC Lada Togliatti	1

			5	HC Dynamo Moscow	2
4	HC Lada Togliatti	2

13	Amur Khabarovsk	1
									5	HC Dynamo Moscow	1

									2	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3
3	Torpedo Yaroslavl	2

14	Khimik Voskresensk	0
			3	Torpedo Yaroslavl	2

			6	Avangard Omsk	1
6	Avangard Omsk	2

11	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	0
						3	Torpedo Yaroslavl	0

						2	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2
7	Severstal Cherepovets	2

10	SKA St. Petersburg	0
			2	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2

			7	Severstal Cherepovets	0
2	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2

15	CSK VVS Samara	0

Relegation

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	22	15	2	5	65	42	32
2.	HC Lipetsk	22	13	5	4	61	38	31
3.	Neftyanik Almetyevsk	22	11	4	7	49	44	26
4.	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg	22	11	2	9	65	60	24
5.	Dizelist Pezsa	22	10	2	10	58	49	22
6.	HC CSKA Moscow	22	10	2	10	59	61	22
7.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	22	9	4	9	47	42	22
8.	Kristall Elektrostal	22	8	4	10	48	58	20
9.	Kristall Saratov	22	9	2	11	62	66	20
10.	Izhstal Izhevsk	22	7	5	10	53	64	19
11.	HC Voronezh	22	7	1	14	58	65	15
12.	HC Sibir Novosibirsk	22	4	3	15	48	84	11

External links

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