# 1994–95 Open Russian Championship season

The 1994–95 Open Russian Championship season was the third season of the Open Championship, the second-level ice hockey league in Russia. Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk won the championship by defeating Zapolyarnik Norilsk in the final.

## First round
### Central Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Dizelist Penza | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 93 | 42 | 37 |
| 2. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 50 | 35 |
| 3. | Zvezda Tver | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 81 | 70 | 30 |
| 4. | Dynamo Moscow II | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 70 | 55 | 28 |
| 5. | Keramik Elektrostal | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 65 | 71 | 21 |
| 6. | CSKA Moscow II | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 74 | 19 |
| 7. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow II | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 69 | 18 |
| 8. | Buran Voronezh | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 81 | 18 |
| 9. | HK Lipetsk | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 71 | 18 |
| 10. | Torpedo Yaroslavl II | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 64 | 17 |
| 11. | Severstal Cherepovets II | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 86 | 11 |
| 12. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 47 | 77 | 9 |

### West Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Komineft Nizhny Odes | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 219 | 52 | 66 |
| 2. | Gornyak Olenegorsk | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 165 | 76 | 53 |
| 3. | Polimir Novopolotsk | 36 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 142 | 101 | 52 |
| 4. | Neman Grodno | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 144 | 92 | 51 |
| 5. | ShVSM Sokol Kiev | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 96 | 106 | 31 |
| 6. | Tekhnolog Ukhta | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 98 | 130 | 29 |
| 7. | SKA St. Petersburg II | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 104 | 147 | 27 |
| 8. | Puls Petrosavodsk | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 95 | 159 | 26 |
| 9. | Izhorets St. Petersburg | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 91 | 166 | 18 |
| 10. | Yunost Minsk | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 83 | 208 | 7 |

### Volga Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 185 | 72 | 56 |
| 2. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 32 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 116 | 75 | 47 |
| 3. | Rossiya Krasnokamsk | 32 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 146 | 113 | 39 |
| 4. | Lada Togliatti II | 32 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 150 | 107 | 34 |
| 5. | Sokol Novocheboksarsk | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 101 | 108 | 31 |
| 6. | Progress Glazov | 32 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 136 | 137 | 30 |
| 7. | Toros Neftekamsk | 32 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 129 | 146 | 24 |
| 8. | Itil Kazan | 32 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 75 | 146 | 17 |
| 9. | Khimik Engels | 32 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 71 | 206 | 10 |

### Ural Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 48 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 246 | 97 | 77 |
| 2. | Metallurg Novotroitsk | 48 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 295 | 135 | 75 |
| 3. | Kedr Novouralsk | 48 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 216 | 154 | 63 |
| 4. | Novoil Ufa | 48 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 171 | 117 | 62 |
| 5. | Kholmogorets Noyabrsk | 48 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 162 | 125 | 57 |
| 6. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 48 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 193 | 142 | 56 |
| 7. | UralAZ Miass | 48 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 171 | 174 | 54 |
| 8. | Bulat Temirtau | 48 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 175 | 158 | 48 |
| 9. | Metallurg Serov | 48 | 15 | 6 | 27 | 155 | 211 | 36 |
| 10. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk II | 48 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 150 | 204 | 34 |
| 11. | SKA-Avto Yekaterinburg II | 48 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 160 | 202 | 28 |
| 12. | Rubin Tyumen II | 48 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 106 | 306 | 18 |
| 13. | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 48 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 86 | 261 | 16 |

### Siberian-Far Eastern Zone
#### Group I

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | SK GSU Belovo | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 173 | 96 | 54 |
| 2. | Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 152 | 86 | 50 |
| 3. | Avangard Omsk II | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 126 | 94 | 45 |
| 4. | Motor Barnaul | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 128 | 103 | 45 |
| 5. | Metallurg Achinsk | 36 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 134 | 112 | 44 |
| 6. | Sibruda Tashtagol | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 131 | 119 | 38 |
| 7. | Yantar Seversk | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 130 | 131 | 31 |
| 8. | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk II | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 143 | 161 | 29 |
| 9. | Metallurg Novokuznetsk II | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 79 | 170 | 16 |
| 10. | Sibir Novosibirsk II | 36 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 83 | 237 | 8 |

#### Group II

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | SKA Khabarovsk | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 137 | 53 | 41 |
| 2. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 124 | 71 | 34 |
| 3. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 81 | 121 | 18 |
| 4. | Ermak Angarsk | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 58 | 154 | 3 |

## Second round
### Central-Volga Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Dizelist Penza | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 41 | 31 |
| 2. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 49 | 31 |
| 3. | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 47 | 29 |
| 4. | Komineft Nizhny Odes | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 48 | 27 |
| 5. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 50 | 27 |
| 6. | Buran Voronezh | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 88 | 71 | 23 |
| 7. | Sokol Novocheboksarsk | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 56 | 60 | 18 |
| 8. | Lada Togliatti II | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 87 | 13 |
| 9. | HC Lipetsk | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 91 | 10 |
| 10. | Progress Glazov | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 103 | 7 |
| 11. | Rossiya Krasnokamsk | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 40 | 102 | 4 |

### West Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Gornyak Olenegorsk | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 64 | 43 | 23 |
| 2. | Neman Grodno | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 43 | 20 |
| 3. | Polimir Novopolotsk | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 52 | 16 |
| 4. | Tekhnolog Ukhta | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 59 | 53 | 14 |
| 5. | Puls Petrosabodsk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 69 | 7 |

### Ural Zone
#### 1/8 Finals

* Metallurg Serov – Metallurg Magnitogorsk II 2:1 (1:4, 9:0, 4:3)
* Sputnik Nizhny Tagil – Rubin Tyumen II 2:0 (6:2, +:-)
* Cholmogorez Noyabrsk – Yuzhny Ural Orsk 1:2 (6:3, -:+, -:+)
* UralAZ Miass – SKA Avto Yekaterinburg II 2:1 (1:5, 6:4, 3:1)

#### Quarterfinals

* Kedr Novouralsk – Metallurg Serov 0:2 (1:2, 4:7)
* Metallurg Nowotroizk – Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 2:0 (4:1, 9:2)
* Nowoil Ufa – Juschny Ural Orsk 2:0 (6:3, 5:0)
* Metschel Tscheljabinsk – UralAZ Miass 2:1 (1:2, 4:1, 5:1)

#### Semifinals

* Metallurg Novotroitsk – Metallurg Serov 2:0 (2:1, 10:1)
* Mechel Chelyabinsk – Nowoil Ufa 2:1 (0:1, 5:0, 3:2)

#### 3rd place

* Nowoil Ufa – Metallurg Serov 2:1 (1:5, 5:3, 3:1)

#### Final

* Mechel Chelyabinsk – Metallurg Novotroitsk 3:2 (3:8, 1:4, 3:1, 7:2, 3:1)

#### Placing round
##### 5th-8th place

| Placing round | Placing round | Placing round | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| 3 | Kedr Novouralsk | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 2 | 6 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 1 |
| | | | 7 | UralAZ Miass | 2 |
| 7 | UralAZ Miass | 2 | 7 | UralAZ Miass | 2 |
| 13 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 0 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | | 3 | Kedr Novouralsk | 2 |
| | | | 13 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 0 |

##### 9th place

* SKA Avto Yekaterinburg II – Metallurg Magnitogorsk II 0:2 (1:3, 1:4)

### Siberian-Far Eastern Zone

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 34 | 41 |
| 2. | SKA Khabarovsk | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 44 | 36 |
| 3. | SK GSU Belovo | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 85 | 71 | 30 |
| 4. | Ermak Angarsk | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 68 | 65 | 28 |
| 5. | Yantar Seversk | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 53 | 26 |
| 6. | Motor Barnaul | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 61 | 25 |
| 7. | Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 60 | 58 | 24 |
| 8. | Metallurg Achinsk | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 68 | 65 | 17 |
| 9. | Avangard Omsk II | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 84 | 14 |
| 10. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 64 | 80 | 12 |
| 11. | Sibruda Tashtagol | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 76 | 8 |
| 12. | Sibir Novosibirsk II | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 49 | 140 | 3 |

## Playoffs
### 1/8 Finals

* Zapolyarnik Norilsk – UralAZ Miass 2:0 (5:2, +:-)
* Metallurg Novotroitsk – SK GSU Belovo 2:1 (4:5, 10:2, 9:2)
* Mechel Chelyabinsk – Ermak Angarsk 2:1 (2:3, 9:1, 8:2)
* SKA Khabarovsk – Cholmogorez Noyabrsk 2:1 (1:7, 6:1, 5:1)
* Dizelist Penza – Neftyanik Almetyevsk 2:1 (0:3, 2:0, 5:1)
* Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk – Nowoil Ufa 2:0 (8:2, +:-)
* Gornyak Olenegorsk – Buran Voronezh 2:1 (5:7, 4:1, 9:2)
* Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk – Komineft Nizhny Odes 2:0 (4:2, 5:3)

### Quarterfinals

* Zapolyarnik Norilsk – Metallurg Novotroitsk 2:0 (3:2, +:-)
* Mechel Chelyabinsk – SKA Khabarovsk 2:1 (2:6, 4:2, 7:1)
* Dizelist Penza – Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk 2:1 (3:5, 1:0, 6:1)
* Gornyak Olenegorsk – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 0:2 (3:15, -:+)

### Semifinals

* Zapolyarnik Norilsk – Mechel Chelyabinsk 2:1 (3:5, 7:1, 4:3)
* Dizelist Penza – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 0:2 (3:4 SO, 2:4)

### Final

* Zapolyarnik Norilsk – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1:3 (2:3, 4:5, 4:3, 5:6 OT)