1997–98 Vysshaya Liga season

The 1997–98 Vysshaya Liga season was the sixth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 16 teams participated in the league. HC Lipetsk won the Western Conference, and Neftyanik Almetyevsk won the Eastern Conference
==First round==
=== Western Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HC Lipetsk 	24	19	2	3 	90	31	40
2.	HC Voronezh 	24	15	3	6 	87	43	33
3.	Izhorets St. Petersburg	24	13	2	9 	52	52	28
4.	Torpedo Yaroslavl II 	24	10	5	9 	58	55	25
5.	Avangard Tambov 	24	5 	5	14	49	84	15
6.	Motor Zavolzhye 	24	6 	3	15	66	81	15
7 	Dynamo Moscow II 	24	4 	4	16	41	97	12
=== Eastern Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Neftyanik Almetyevsk 	32	23	4	5 	132	66 	50
2.	Izhstal Izhevsk 	32	23	4	5 	127	75 	50
3.	UralAZ Miass 	32	19	5	8 	121	61 	43
4.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 	32	15	3	14	117	118	33
5.	Nosta Yuzhny Ural Novotroitsk-Orsk	32	13	4	15	82 	100	30
6.	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk 	32	9 	4	19	85 	107	22
7 	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 	32	7 	7	18	74 	105	21
8.	Kedr Novouralsk 	32	9 	3	20	86 	119	21
9.	Metallurg Serov 	32	6 	6	20	83 	147	18
== Final round ==
=== Western Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Torpedo Yaroslavl II 	36	25	4	7 	142	84 	54
2. 	Motor Zavolzhye 	36	23	5	8 	127	78 	51
3. 	Spartak Moscow II 	36	21	2	13	107	87 	44
4. 	Izhorets St. Petersburg 	36	20	4	12	102	90 	44
5. 	CSKA Moscow II 	36	17	3	16	116	116	37
6. 	THK Tver 	36	15	5	16	142	153	35
7. 	Avangard Tambov 	36	12	4	20	106	101	28
8. 	SKA St. Petersburg II 	36	10	6	20	69 	93 	26
9. 	Dynamo Moscow II 	36	10	5	21	89 	126	25
10.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod II	36	5 	6	25	95 	167	16
=== Eastern Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	UralAZ Miass 	56	39	7 	10	236	101	85
2.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 	56	30	7 	19	208	181	67
3.	Nosta Yuzhny Ural Novotroitsk-Orsk	56	23	9 	24	144	165	55
4.	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 	56	15	11	30	127	201	41
5.	Metallurg Serov 	56	13	12	31	166	237	38
6.	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk 	56	16	5 	35	137	187	37
7.	Kedr Novouralsk 	56	14	5 	37	155	210	33
== External links ==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info
* Season on hockeyarchives.ru
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