This was the 1996-97 Vtoraya Liga season, the fourth level of Russian hockey:
Regional Groups
Central Zone
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
GF-GA
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Titan Klin
|
16
|
12
|
3
|
1
|
71-30
|
27
|
| 2
|
Desna Bryansk
|
16
|
12
|
1
|
3
|
71-35
|
25
|
| 3
|
Falcon Lukhovitsy
|
16
|
10
|
1
|
5
|
67-46
|
21
|
| 4
|
Sparta Moscow
|
16
|
9
|
2
|
5
|
88-41
|
20
|
| 5
|
Standard Mendeleyevo
|
16
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
79-70
|
17
|
| 6
|
Buran Voronezh
|
16
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
52-57
|
13
|
| 7
|
Rosich Selyatino
|
16
|
6
|
0
|
10
|
53-86
|
12
|
| 8
|
Mosenergo Sergiev Posad
|
16
|
4
|
0
|
12
|
57-84
|
8
|
| 9
|
Sports School Tver
|
16
|
0
|
1
|
15
|
32-121
|
1
|
| 10
|
Cosmos Belgorod
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Cosmos withdrew in January with a record of 3-1-3.
Northwestern Zone
- Tekhnolog Ukhta 13-0-1-26 81:34
- Sevmorput Murmansk 6-0-6-12 57:45
- SKA St. Petersburg 3 6-0-6-12 25:40
- Spartak Arkhangelsk 3-0-5-6 43:42
- Izhorets-2 St. Petersburg 0-0-8-0 17:62
Ural-Western Siberian Zone
- Central Group
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
GF-GA
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
SC Chkalov Snezhinsk
|
24
|
16
|
2
|
6
|
130-54
|
34
|
| 2
|
RTI Yekaterinburg
|
24
|
16
|
2
|
6
|
116-61
|
34
|
| 3
|
Uralasbest Asbest
|
24
|
14
|
4
|
6
|
100-79
|
32
|
| 4
|
Mostovik Kurgan
|
24
|
12
|
3
|
9
|
83-60
|
27
|
| 5
|
Zvezda Chebarkul
|
24
|
10
|
1
|
13
|
96-97
|
21
|
| 6
|
Taganay Zlatoust
|
24
|
9
|
2
|
13
|
80-101
|
20
|
| 7
|
Lokomotiv Petropavlovsk
|
24
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
49-202
|
0
|
- Southern Group
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
GF-GA
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Steel Asha
|
28
|
19
|
5
|
4
|
112-61
|
43
|
| 2
|
Kommunalnik Chelyabinsk
|
28
|
15
|
7
|
6
|
110-67
|
37
|
| 3
|
Polytechnic Chelyabinsk
|
28
|
16
|
3
|
9
|
111-78
|
35
|
| 4
|
Granite Ozersk
|
28
|
14
|
6
|
8
|
104-70
|
34
|
| 5
|
Signal Chelyabinsk
|
28
|
9
|
5
|
14
|
103-114
|
23
|
| 6
|
Ural Ust-Katav
|
28
|
9
|
4
|
15
|
91-117
|
22
|
| 7
|
Mechel-2 Chelyabinsk
|
28
|
10
|
1
|
17
|
125-146
|
21
|
| 8
|
SKiK Trehgornyi
|
28
|
4
|
1
|
23
|
58-161
|
9
|
- Final round
| Pl.
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
T
|
L
|
GF-GA
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
RTI Yekaterinburg
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
18-6
|
6
|
| 2
|
SC Chkalov Snezhinsk
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
13-9
|
4
|
| 3
|
Kommunalnik Chelyabinsk
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
5-13
|
2
|
| 4
|
Steel Asha
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
5-13
|
0
|
Final tournament
- Tekhnolog - Titan 3:1
- Tekhnolog - Chkalov 7:3
- Tekhnolog - Desna 6:2
- Titan - Chkalov 7:6
- Titan - Desna 3:1
- Chkalov - Desna 3:0
- Tekhnolog Ukhta
- Titan Klin
- SC Chkalov Snezhnisk
- Desna Bryansk
Sources
- Отечественный хоккей (2018). Первый - третий эшелоны 1995/96 - 1999/2000. Молодежные и юношеские чемпионаты России 1995/96 - 1999/2000. (А. Серебренникова).
- Season on hockeyarchives.info