# 2000–01 Russian Superleague season

The 2000–01 Russian Superleague season was the fifth season of the Russian Superleague, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. 18 teams participated in the league, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the championship.

## First round

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Ak Bars Kazan | 34 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 115 | 65 | 70 |
| 2. | Avangard Omsk | 34 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 101 | 56 | 67 |
| 3. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 34 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 121 | 78 | 67 |
| 4. | HC Lada Togliatti | 34 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 65 | 66 |
| 5. | Severstal Cherepovets | 34 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 89 | 72 | 58 |
| 6. | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 34 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 82 | 72 | 58 |
| 7. | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 89 | 64 | 54 |
| 8. | HC Mechel Chelyabinsk | 34 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 79 | 72 | 54 |
| 9. | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 34 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 84 | 66 | 50 |
| 10. | Amur Khabarovsk | 34 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 53 | 62 | 48 |
| 11. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 34 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 75 | 78 | 47 |
| 12. | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 34 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 76 | 85 | 47 |
| 13. | HC Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 67 | 87 | 42 |
| 14. | HC CSKA Moscow | 34 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 65 | 41 |
| 15. | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 34 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 83 | 97 | 39 |
| 16. | Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg | 34 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 59 | 95 | 33 |
| 17. | Vityaz Podolsk | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 56 | 98 | 24 |
| 18. | SKA St. Petersburg | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 50 | 153 | 8 |

## Second round
### Group A

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 20 |
| 2. | Ak Bars Kazan | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 17 |
| 3. | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| 4. | Avangard Omsk | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 12 |
| 5. | HC Lada Togliatti | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 12 |
| 6. | Severstal Cherepovets | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 8 |

### Group B

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 7. | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 19 |
| 8. | HC Mechel Chelyabinsk | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
| 9. | Amur Khabarovsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 28 | 15 |
| 10. | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 14 |
| 11. | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 32 | 12 |
| 12. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 36 | 9 |

### Group C

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 13. | HC Dynamo Moscow | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 22 |
| 14. | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 17 |
| 15. | SKA St. Petersburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| 16. | HC CSKA Moscow | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 14 |
| 17. | Vityaz Podolsk | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 14 |
| 18. | Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | HC Mechel Chelyabinsk | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | HC Mechel Chelyabinsk | 0 | 1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 3 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Severstal Cherepovets | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 1 | 6 | Severstal Cherepovets | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Severstal Cherepovets | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Severstal Cherepovets | 3 | | | | 1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 4 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Avangard Omsk | 2 |
| 4 | Avangard Omsk | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | Avangard Omsk | 2 |
| 5 | HC Lada Togliatti | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | HC Lada Togliatti | 2 | 4 | Avangard Omsk | 3 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Ak Bars Kazan | 1 | 7 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 3 | | | | | | |
3rd place: Severstal Cherepovets – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1:0, 2:2