1996–97 Russian Women's Hockey League season

The 1996-97 Russian Women's Hockey League season was the second season of the national women's competition in Russia. Six teams participated in the league, and CSK VVS Moscow won the championship. The Women's Kazakh National Team played "out of competition". They were replaced by Kristallochka Saratov for the final round (the championship was played in three rounds of five games).

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
	CSK VVS Moscow	15	15	0	0	179	4	30
	Spartak Yekaterinburg	15	10	0	5	61	41	20
	Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk	15	9	0	6	57	51	18
4	Spartak Moscow	15	6	0	9	44	66	12
	Kazakh National Team	10	4	0	6	19	34	8
5	Avangard Omsk	15	0	1	14	18	128	1
6	Kristallochka Saratov	5	0	1	4	6	60	1

Russian Women's Hockey League seasons
1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 - 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 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 - 2023–24