1972–73 RSFSR Championship season

The 1972-73 RSFSR Championship season was divided into multiple regional groups to start. The top teams from the regional groups advanced to play in the final tournament.

First round

Zone 1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude	3	2	1	0	22:7	5
2.	Dalzavod Vladivostok	3	2	0	1	21:10	4
3.	Metallurg Shelehov	3	1	1	1	16:15	3
4.	Burevestnik Blagoveshchensk	3	0	0	3	7:34	0

Zone 2

Qualifier

• Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Barabinsk 16:1

Group 1

1. Iskra Tyumen
2. Chkalovets Novosibirsk
3. Polytekhnik Krasnoyarsk
4. Burevestnik Tomsk

• Iskra Tyumen - Chkalovets Novosibirsk 4:3
• Iskra Tyumen tied Burevestnik Tomsk
• Chakalovets Novosibirsk - Polytekhnik Krasnoyarsk 5:4
• Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Burevestnik Tomsk 4:4
• Polytekhnik Krasnoyarsk - Burevestnik Tomsk 7:5

Group 2

1. Shinnik Barnaul
2. Trud Kurgan
3. Shinnik Omsk
4. Stroitel Kemerovo

• Shinnik Barnaul - Shinnik Omsk 4:3
• Shinnik Barnaul - Trud Kurgan 2:2
• Shinnik Barnaul - Stroitel Kemerovo 3:0
• Shinnik Omsk - Stroitel Kemerovo 6:1
• Trud Kurgan - Stroitel Kemerovo 10:4

Final

• Iskra Tyumen - Shinnik Barnaul 6:4

3rd place

• Chkalovets Novosibirsk - Trud Kurgan

Zone 3

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Zvezda Cherbakul	5	4	1	0	42:22	9
2.	Mashinostroitel Kungur	5	2	2	1	18:13	6
3.	Motor Zavolzhye	5	2	2	1	24:22	6
4.	Metallurg Serov	5	2	1	2	27:23	5
5.	Avangard Sterlitamak	5	2	0	3	11:19	4
6.	Kamaz Nerezhnye Chelny	5	0	0	5	10:33	0

Zone 4

• Temp Zagorsk - Temp Saratov 11:5
• Temp Zagorsk - Burevestnik Volgograd 13:2
• Temp Zagorsk - Metallurg Lipetsk 5:2
• Temp Zagorsk - Trud Voronezh 9:4
• Temp Saratov - Burevestnik Volgograd 10:3
• Temp Saratov - Metallurg Lipetsk 10:3
• Temp Saratov - Trud Voronezh 6:4
• Temp Saratov - Revtrud Tambov 14:2
• Burevestnik Volgograd - Metallurg Lipetsk 7:4
• Burevestnik Volgograd - Trud Voronezh 3:2
• Burevestnik Volgograd - Revtrud Tambov 7:0
• Metallurg Lipetsk - Revtrud Tambov 9:2
• Trud Voronezh - Revtrud Tambov 5:3

Zone 5

Group 1

1. Mayak Kuibyshev
2. TAM Penza
3. Elektron Saransk

Known results: Mayak defeated Penza 13:5 and Saransk 16:0.

Group 2

1. Volga Cheboksary
2. Elektron Ryazan
3. Metallurg Orsk

Known results: Volga defeated Ryazan 5:0 and Orsk 5:3

Final

• Mayak Kuibyshev - Volga Cheboksary 10:2

Zone 6

Group 1

• Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Kabelschik Rybinsk 3:1
• Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Khimik Koryazhma 2:0
• Kabelschik Rybinsk - Khimik Koryazhma 6:2

Group 2

• Trud Gus-Khrustalny - Vodnik Petrozavodsk 3:2
• Trud Gus-Khrustalny - Sokol 8:3
• Vodnik Petrozavodsk - Sokol 7:3

Final

• Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Trud Gus-Khrustalny 7:4

3rd place

• Vodnik Petrozavodsk - Kabelschik Rybinsk 3:2

5th place

• Khimik Koryazhma - Sokol 9:4

Zone 7

Group 1

• Burevestnik Smolensk - Gornyak Olenegorsk 2:1
• Burevestnik Smolensk - Trud Konakovo 1:0
• Burevestnik Smolensk - Stamp Tula 7:2
• Gornyak Olenegorsk - Trud Konakovo 9:3
• Gornyak Olenegorsk - Trud Konakovo 7:1
• Trud Konakovo - Stamp Tula 7:4

Group 2

• Desna Bryansk - Zvezda Obninsk 4:1
• Desna Bryansk - Khimik Novgorod 2:1
• Zvezda Obninsk - Khimik Novgorod 15:3

Apatit Kirovsk played out of competition. They beat Khimik 5-2 and Desna 2-1.

Final

• Burevestnik Smolensk - Desna Bryansk 6:5 (2:1 SO)

3rd place

• Zvezda Obninsk - Gornyak Olenegorsk 5:4

5th place

• Trud Konakovo - Khimik Novgorod 4:3

Final tournament

• Mayak Kuibyshev - Zvezda Cherbakul 4:3
• Mayak Kuibyshev - Burevestnik Smolensk 6:3
• Mayak Kuibyshev - Temp Zagorsk 10:1
• Mayak Kuibyshev - Iskra Tyumen 3:3
• Mayak Kuibyshev - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 9:1
• Mayak Kuibyshev - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 14:1
• Zvezda Cherbakul - Burevestnik Smolensk 10:2
• Zvezda Cherbakul - Temp Zagorsk 5:3
• Zvezda Cherbakul - Iskra Tyumen 3:3
• Zvezda Cherbakul - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 2:0
• Zvezda Cherbakul - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 16:2
• Burevestnik Smolensk - Temp Zagorsk 4:4
• Burevestnik Smolensk - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 7:1
• Temp Zagorsk - Iskra Tyumen 1:1
• Temp Zagorsk - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 6:3
• Temp Zagorsk - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 4:2
• Iskra Tyumen - Avtomobilist Ivanovo 9:0
• Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude - Iskra Tyumen 5:3
• Avtomobilist Ivanovo - Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 7:5

1. Mayak Kuibyshev 5-1-0 11 pts 46:12
2. Zvezda Cherbakul 4-1-1 9 pts 39:14
3. Burevestnik Smolensk
4. Temp Zagorsk 2-2-2 6 pts 19:25
5. Iskra Tyumen
6. AvtomobilisT Ivanovo
7. Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 1-0-5 2 pts 16:51

Sources

• Отечественный хоккей (2012). Первый - четвёртый эшелоны 1970/71 - 1974/75. Молодежные и юношеские первенства СССР 1970/71 - 1974/75 (А. Серебренникова).
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