Supreme Hockey League

Supreme Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2010
No. of teams	29
Most recent champion(s)	Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Most championship(s)	Toros Neftekamsk (3)
Official website	vhlru.ru
Related competitions	Kontinental Hockey League Junior Hockey League (Russia)

The Supreme Hockey League (Russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, and the second highest level of Russian hockey.

Though currently acting independently, plans were in place to convert it to a farm system for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s 2010–11 season. It was preceded by the Major League of the Russian Championship (Vysshaya Liga) that formerly held a relegation role for the Russian Superleague, and was governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of the 2017–18 season, some VHL teams are affiliated with a KHL team (e.g. HC Sarov is affiliated with KHL's Torpedo), while other teams of the VHL are not affiliated with a KHL team.

Russian Classic

The Russian Classic (Russian: Русская классика, Russkaya klassika) is an outdoor ice hockey game that is played during the Supreme Hockey League regular season. So far, the visiting team has won every edition of the game.

Date	Venue	Sport	Location	Home Team	Visiting Team	Score	Attendance
February 17, 2012	Central Stadium	football, Rugby	Krasnoyarsk	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	2–3	16,100
January 19, 2014	Central Stadium	football	Chelyabinsk	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	Lada Togliatti	2–5	9,200
February 14, 2015	Sputnik Stadium	football	Nizhny Tagil	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	0–4	8,350
February 7, 2016	Khimik Stadium	football	Tver	THK Tver	Buran Voronezh	1–2 (OT)	6,350
January 14, 2017	Park Legend		Moscow	Dynamo Balashikha	Khimik Voskresensk	1–3	1,831
January 28, 2018	Central Stadium	football	Kurgan	Zauralie Kurgan	Rubin Tyumen	0–4	3,000

• Bolded teams denote winners

Seasons overview

Season	Petrov Cup Winner	Finalist	Regular season winner
2010–11	Rubin Tyumen	Neftyanik Almetyevsk	Rubin Tyumen
2011–12	Toros Neftekamsk	Rubin Tyumen	Rubin Tyumen
2012–13	Toros Neftekamsk	HC Saryarka	HC Saryarka
2013-14	HC Saryarka	Rubin Tyumen	Toros Neftekamsk
2014-15	Toros Neftekamsk	HC Izhstal	Saryarka Karagandy
2015-16	Neftyanik Almetyevsk	HC Izhstal	THK Tver
2016–17	Dynamo Balashikha	Kazzinc-Torpedo	Kazzinc-Torpedo
2017–18	Dinamo Saint Petersburg	SKA-Neva	Dinamo Saint Petersburg
2018–19	Saryarka Karaganda	Rubin Tyumen	SKA-Neva
2019–20	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic		Zvezda Moscow
2020–21	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2021–22	Rubin Tyumen	Dinamo Saint Petersburg	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2022–23	Khimik Voskresensk	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2023–24	Neftyanik Almetyevsk	AKM Tula	Molot-Prikamye Perm

Teams in 2022–23

Team City Arena Capacity KHL Affiliate Team(s) MHL/NMHL Affiliate Team(s) Founded Joined league 1 AKM Tula Ice Sports Palace 3,000 Independent Mikhailov Academy 2021 2021 2 Bars Kazan Sports Palace Kazan 3,845 Ak Bars Kazan Irbis 2009 2014 3 Buran Voronezh LDS Jubileiny 3,200 Severstal Cherepovets Rossosh Voronezh 1949 2012 4 Chelmet Chelyabinsk Yunost Sport Palace 3,500 Traktor Chelyabinsk Belye Medvedi 1948 2010 4 CSK VVS Samara Samara CSK VVS Sport Palace 3,500 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Independent 1950 2017 5 Dinamo Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Yubileyny Sports Palace 7,000 Dynamo Moscow JHC Dinamo Saint Petersburg 2013 2016 6 Dizel Penza Dizel Arena 5,500 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Dizelist Penza 1956 2010 8 Gornyak Uchaly LDS Jubileiny 1,500 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Avto 2013 2017 9 HC Izhstal Izhevsk Sports Palace Izhstal 3,268 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Progress 1958 2010 10 Khimik Voskresensk Podmoskovie Ice Palace 4,000 Spartak Moscow JHC Spartak 2005 2015 11 Lada Togliatti Tolyatti Lada Arena 6,000 Independent Ladya 2004 2018 12 Metallurg Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace 7,533 Sibir Novosibirsk Kuznetskie Medvedi 1949 2017 13 Molot Perm Universal Sports Palace Molot 6,000 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl MHC Molot 1948 2010 14 Neftyanik Almetyevsk Yubileyny Sports Palace 2,000 Independent Sputnik Almetyevsk 1965 2010 15 HC Rostov Rostov-on-Don Ice Arena 600 HC Sochi Independent 2004 2019 16 Rubin Tyumen Sports Palace Tyumen 3,300 Independent Tyumensky Legion 1959 2010 17 Ryazan-VDV Ryazan Ryazan Olympic Sports Palace 3,000 Vityaz Podolsk MHC Ryazan-VDV Kapitan Stupino 1999 2010 18 SKA-Neva Saint Petersburg Yubileyny Sports Palace 7,000 SKA Saint Petersburg SKA-1946 SKA-Serebryanye Lvy SKA-Varyagi 2008 2010 19 Sokol Krasnoyarsk Arena Sever 2,600 Independent Krasnoyarskie Rysi 1977 2011 20 HC Tambov Tambov Crystal Ice Palace 1,200 Independent Independent 1981 2018 21 Toros Neftekamsk Ice Palace Neftekamsk 1,900 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Tolpar Batyr 1988 2010 22 Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod Konovalenko Sports Palace 4,300 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Chaika 2019 2019 23 Yermak Angarsk Arena Ermak 6,900 Sibir Novosibirsk Sibirskie Snaipery 1959 2010 24 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk Arena Ugra 5,500 Avangard Omsk Mamonty Yugry 2006 2018 25 Yuzhny Ural Orsk Ice Palace Yubileyny 4,500 Admiral Vladivostok Taifun Sarmaty Yuzhny Ural-Metallurg Orsk 1958 2010 26 Zauralie Kurgan Ice Sports Palace Mostovik 2,500 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Stalnye Lisy 1962 2010 27 Zvezda Moscow Moscow CSKA Ice Palace 5,600 CSKA Moscow Krasnaya Armiya 2015 2015

All-time team records

Since its foundation in 2010, 40 different clubs have played in the VHL, and 34 of them have at least once qualified for the playoffs. Only two clubs (Toros Neftekamsk and Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk) have made the playoffs in all seven championships of the VHL with Toros reaching the semi-final stage in five seasons. The table gives the final regular-season ranks for all teams, with the playoff performance encoded in colors. The teams are ordered by their best championship results.

Club 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Toros Neftekamsk 2 2 3 1 8 3 5 10 Rubin Tyumen 1 1 2 3 11 19 10 17 Saryarka Karagandy 1 4 1 8 3 4 Neftyanik Almetyevsk 3 7 4 10 19 4 11 3 Dynamo Balashikha 19 20 11 13 17 12 6 Dinamo Saint Petersburg 12 1 Izhstal 16 19 26 19 2 10 16 21 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 9 8 14 11 15 9 1 7 SKA-Neva 11 11 18 25 21 7 2 2 Dizel Penza 7 5 16 6 10 20 19 19 THK Tver 19 8 3 1 7 Molot-Prikamye Perm 4 12 13 2 4 15 17 16 Buran Voronezh 7 9 7 5 25 25 Zauralie Kurgan 10 16 25 26 9 11 8 5 Ariada Volzhsk 18 9 12 14 20 22 24 Donbass Donetsk 3 Ermak Angarsk 8 6 8 17 12 6 13 6 Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 12 14 6 24 13 14 4 26 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 22 10 Ryazan 15 21 27 21 6 2 15 22 Chelmet Chelyabinsk 13 10 20 18 16 16 18 20 Lada Togliatti 20 13 9 12 Yuzhny Ural 6 4 5 7 18 17 21 11 Kuban 17 5 14 Kristall Saratov 17 23 21 22 25 26 Sokol Krasnoyarsk 18 24 16 22 18 9 8 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 13 Sarov 5 17 15 20 23 13 20 9 Titan Klin 15 22 15 Lipetsk 23 5 Zvezda Chekhov 21 14 12 Krylya Sovetov 14 Khimik Voskresensk 24 23 15 Tsen Tou 14 Bars 24 23 22 18 CSK VVS Samara 27 Gornyak Uchaly 23 KRS Heilongjiang 24 Yunost Minsk 23 Zvezda-VDV Dmitrov 26

Color Result Red Bratina Cup Winner Yellow Runner-up Green Semifinalist Light Blue Quarterfinalist Blue Qualified for playoffs Light Gray Not qualified for playoffs Gray Did not play in the season

See also

• Kontinental Hockey League

External links

• VHL Official
• AllHockey.Ru
• Euro Hockey

See also

• Kontinental Hockey League

European Hockey Overview

Top-Level Leagues

International Alps Hockey League - BeNe League - Erste Liga - International Hockey League - Kontinental Hockey League National Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom

Second-Level Leagues

Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Slovakia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine

Third-Level Leagues

Austria - Belgium - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Scotland - Slovakia - Sweden - Switzerland

Fourth-Level and lower Leagues

Austria - Belgium (4, 5) - Czech Republic (4, 5) - Finland (4, 5, 6, 7) - France - Germany (4, 5) - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands (4, 5, 6, 7) - Norway (4, 5, 6, 7) - Poland - Russia (Night League, Amateur Leagues) - Sweden (4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Switzerland (4, 5, 6, 7)

Cup Competitions

Cups Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - East Germany - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands (Cup, Ron Berteling Schaal) - Norway - Poland - Romania - Scotland - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Soviet Union - Spain - Switzerland - Ukraine - Yugoslavia Supercups Belgium - Estonia - Hungary - Italy - Poland - Netherlands - Slovenia - Spain

Defunct Leagues

Soviet Union - Russia - Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - West Germany - East Germany - Ireland - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Malta - Portugal - Alpenliga - Interliga - Inter-National League - North Sea Cup - Panonian League - Eastern European - Balkan League (1994-1997) - Baltic League (2001) - Baltic Hockey League (2020) - Carpathian League - Slohokej Liga - Balkan Ice Hockey League - English League - English National League - Scottish National League - British Hockey League - Ice Hockey Superleague - German Championship - Swedish Championship - Klass I - Svenska Serien - Elitserien - Swedish Division I - SM-sarja - Swiss National Championship - Swiss International Championship

Women's Leagues

International leagues European Women's Hockey League - EWHL Super Cup National leagues Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland (1, 2, 3, U20, U18, U16) - France - Germany (1, 2, 3, Cup) - Great Britain (England U16) - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (U18) - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden (1, 2, 3, 4, U20) - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine Defunct leagues Czechoslovakia - Interliga - Low Countries Cup

Junior Leagues

Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany (East Germany) - Great Britain - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (Soviet Union) - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - Yugoslavia

University Leagues

European University Hockey League - Czech Republic - Great Britain - Netherlands - Russia (RSHL, MSHL, SHLC, SHLMO, SibSHL, SPSHL) - Sweden

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