# 1995–96 Vysshaya Liga season

The 1995–96 Vysshaya Liga season was the fourth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 57 teams participated in the first round. SKA Khabarovsk and Dizelist Penza were promoted to the International Hockey League.

## First round
### Central-1

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | CSKA Moscow II | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 138 | 71 | 47 |
| 2. | Torpedo Yaroslavl II | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 135 | 70 | 46 |
| 3. | Dynamo Moscow II | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 137 | 99 | 42 |
| 4. | Motor Zavolzhye | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 128 | 103 | 36 |
| 5. | Spartak Moscow II | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 116 | 34 |
| 6. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 112 | 102 | 34 |
| 7. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow II | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 100 | 114 | 24 |
| 8. | Kristall Elektrostal II | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 84 | 132 | 17 |
| 9. | Zvezda Tver | 32 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 85 | 224 | 8 |

### Central-2

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | HC Lipetsk | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 51 | 42 |
| 2. | Dizelist Penza | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 123 | 47 | 37 |
| 3. | Buran Voronezh | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 64 | 30 |
| 4. | Vyatich Tver | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 75 | 87 | 18 |
| 5. | Khimik Engels | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 58 | 94 | 16 |
| 6. | Avangard Tambov | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 52 | 104 | 13 |
| 7. | Lada Togliatti II | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 52 | 100 | 12 |

### Northwest

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | KomiTEK Nizhny Odes | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 41 | 38 |
| 2. | Gornyak Olenegorsk | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 30 | 34 |
| 3. | Tekhnolog Ukhta | | 6 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 76 | 15 |
| 4. | Severstal Cherepovets II | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 77 | 13 |
| 5. | Izhorets St. Petersburg | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 111 | 11 |
| 6. | SKA St. Petersburg II | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 75 | 9 |

### Volga

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 28 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 143 | 75 | 47 |
| 2. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 115 | 72 | 42 |
| 3. | Ak Bars Kazan II | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 109 | 79 | 34 |
| 4. | Progress Glazov | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 93 | 83 | 32 |
| 5. | Rossiya Krasnokamsk | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 107 | 99 | 29 |
| 6. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 83 | 109 | 17 |
| 7. | Nefteckimik Nizhnekamsk II | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 72 | 138 | 14 |
| 8. | Sokol Novocheboksarsk | 28 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 65 | 132 | 9 |

### Ural-North

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Kholmogorets Noyabrsk | 28 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 120 | 55 | 42 |
| 2. | Kedr Novouralsk | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 105 | 54 | 40 |
| 3. | Metallurg Serov | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 108 | 71 | 40 |
| 4. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 106 | 63 | 39 |
| 5. | SKA-Avto Yekaterinburg | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 83 | 119 | 20 |
| 6. | Avangard Omsk II | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 74 | 114 | 18 |
| 7. | Progress Solikamsk | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 63 | 118 | 15 |
| 8. | Molot Perm II | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 45 | 110 | 10 |

### Ural-South

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Metallurg Novotroitsk | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 44 | 45 |
| 2. | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 106 | 46 | 33 |
| 3. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk II | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 71 | 61 | 23 |
| 4. | UralAZ Miass | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 71 | 76 | 23 |
| 5. | Nadezhda Chelyabinsk | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 79 | 23 |
| 6. | Novoil Ufa | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 64 | 90 | 17 |
| 7. | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 46 | 148 | 4 |

### Siberia - Far East

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 40 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 190 | 70 | 74 |
| 2. | SKA Khabarovsk | 40 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 232 | 57 | 73 |
| 3. | Metallurg Achinsk | 40 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 168 | 114 | 53 |
| 4. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 136 | 116 | 44 |
| 5. | Ermak Angarsk | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 133 | 130 | 40 |
| 6. | Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk | 40 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 115 | 99 | 40 |
| 7. | Yantar Seversk | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 105 | 99 | 35 |
| 8. | Motor Barnaul | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 102 | 137 | 35 |
| 9. | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk II | 40 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 151 | 210 | 27 |
| 10. | Metallurg Novokuznetsk II | 40 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 85 | 228 | 11 |
| 11. | Energiya Krasnoyarsk | 40 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 79 | 236 | 8 |

## Final round
### Central, Volga, Northwest

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Dizelist Pensa | 28 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 95 | 56 | 38 |
| 2. | HC Lipetsk | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 101 | 66 | 36 |
| 3. | Buran Voronezh | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 85 | 64 | 35 |
| 4. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 97 | 90 | 31 |
| 5. | KomiTEK Nizhny Odes | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 78 | 65 | 30 |
| 6. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 88 | 82 | 27 |
| 7. | Gornyak Olenegorsk | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 71 | 109 | 19 |
| 8. | Progress Glazov | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 56 | 139 | 8 |

### Ural, West Siberia

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 111 | 61 | 42 |
| 2. | Kedr Novouralsk | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 77 | 63 | 35 |
| 3. | Metallurg Serov | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 91 | 80 | 29 |
| 4. | Metallurg Novotroitsk | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 89 | 91 | 29 |
| 5. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk II | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 71 | 26 |
| 6. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 77 | 25 |
| 7. | UralAZ Miass | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 76 | 97 | 23 |
| 8. | SKA-Avto Yekaterinburg II | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 80 | 134 | 15 |

### Siberian Far-Eastern
#### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5. | Ermak Angarsk | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5. | Ermak Angarsk | 0 | 1. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 4 | | | |
| | | | 7. | Yantar Seversk | 0 | | | |
| 3. | Metallurg Achinsk | 2 | 7. | Yantar Seversk | 0 | | | |
| 7. | Yantar Seversk | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7. | Yantar Seversk | 3 | | | | 2. | SKA Khabarovsk | 3 |
| | | | | | | 1. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 1 |
| 2. | SKA Khabarovsk | 4 | | | | | | | 1. | Zapolyarnik Norilsk | 1 |
| 6. | Shakhtor Prokopyevsk | 1 | | | |
| 6. | Shakhtor Prokopyevsk | 1 | 2. | SKA Khabarovsk | 5 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 4. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 0 |
| 4. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 3 | 4. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 0 | 4. | Gornyak Raychikhinsk | 3 |
| 8. | Motor Barnaul | 1 | | | | 7. | Yantar Seversk | 0 |

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

* Ermak Angarsk - Metallurg Achinsk 3:2, 5:1, 3:2, 4:2, 5:0
* Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk - Motor Barnaul 2:3, 3:0, 2:0, 2:0, 5:0

##### 5th place

* Shakhtor Prokopyevsk - Ermak Angarsk 3:2, 4:2, 5:4

##### 7th place

* Motor Barnaul - Metallurg Achinsk 5:3, 6:4, 2:1

## Promotion round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | SKA Khabarovsk | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 34 | 16 |
| 2. | Dizelist Penza | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 16 |
| 3. | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 |
| 4. | HC Lipetsk | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 42 | 6 |