2011–12 VHL season

The 2011–12 VHL season was the second season of the Higher Hockey League, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 23 teams participated in the league, and the Toros Neftekamsk won the championship.
==Team changes==
*Krylya Sovetov Moscow ceased activities as a professional hockey team due to financial difficulties.
*Sokol Krasnoyarsk and Titan Klin of the lower level First League joined.
*Ukrainian HC Donbass became the second non-Russian club in the league.
*Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL formed a VHL team after losing its senior roster in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.
==Regular season==
===Western Conference===
 	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	HC Donbass 	53	31	7 	4 	11	179	112	111
2. 	Dizel Penza 	53	26	8 	4 	15	167	136	98
3. 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	22	13	0 	3 	6 	68 	47 	42
4. 	Neftyanik Almetyevsk 	53	26	5 	5 	17	156	125	93
5. 	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	53	20	7 	10 	16	156	159	84
6. 	HC VMF St. Petersburg	53	20	6 	6 	21	142	134	78
7. 	Lada Togliatti 	53	18	5 	8 	22	160	152	72
8. 	Titan Klin 	53	18	5 	6 	24	136	157	70
9. 	HC Sarov 	53	15	5 	5 	28	128	166	60
10.	Dynamo Balashikha 	53	11	9 	2 	31	132	173	53
11.	HC Ryazan 	53	13	3 	7 	30	134	205	52
12.	Kristall Saratov 	53	8 	5 	3 	37	108	194	37
===Eastern Conference===
 	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1. 	Rubin Tyumen 	53	36	5 	3 	9 	159	92 	121
2. 	Toros Neftekamsk 	53	31	11 	1 	10	191	119	116
3. 	Yuzhny Ural Orsk 	53	29	4 	7 	13	146	114	102
4. 	Ermak Angarsk 	53	24	6 	11 	12	164	137	95
5. 	Kazzinc-Torpedo 	53	23	7 	2 	21	154	140	85
6. 	Mechel Chelyabinsk 	53	24	3 	2 	24	174	160	80
7. 	Molot-Prikamie Perm 	53	19	3 	13 	18	150	149	76
8. 	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	53	20	4 	3 	26	130	164	71
9. 	Zauralie Kurgan 	53	17	6 	7 	23	140	159	70
10.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk 	53	14	6 	5 	28	139	178	59
11.	Izhstal Izhevsk 	53	17	1 	4 	31	108	149	57
==Playoffs==
==External links==
*Official website
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