Supreme Hockey League-B

The Supreme Hockey League-B (or Supreme Hockey League Championship) (Russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga-B (VHL-B)), until 2010 known as the First League (Russian: Первая лига, translit.Pervaya liga, also known as RUS-3), during the 2010–11 season known as the Championship of Russia between the club teams of regions (Russian: Первенство России среди клубных команд регионов, Pervenstvo Rossii sredi klubnykh komand regionov), and from 2011-2015 as the Russian Hockey League (Russian: Российская хоккейная лига, Rossiyskaya khokkeynaya liga), is an ice hockey league in Russia. It is a feeder league to the Kontinental Hockey League and the Supreme Hockey League. Majority of teams are simply junior versions of their professional counterparts. During the era of the Soviet Championship League, it was referred to as "Class B"
The league in 2010–11 featured clubs from the 2009–10 of Pervaya Liga and also clubs that played in Vysshaya Liga but were not accepted into the VHL for 2010–11.
On 23 August, 2011 the FHR announced the creation of the Russian Hockey League to replace the Pervaya Liga. Prior to the 2015-16 season, the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (FHR) transferred the organization of the moribund RHL (which had seen its membership plummet from 24 teams in 2012 to nine in 2015) to the Supreme Hockey League, with the hope of developing a better third-tier competition with eventual promotion-relegation with the second-level league.
It is to be noted that Russian Hockey League was also the name of the organization responsible for organizing the top tier league of Russia between 1996 and 1999.
==Naming history==
*1992-93: Klass B
*1993-94: Open Russian Championship
*1995-96: 1st League
*1996-2010: Pervaya Liga
*2010-11: Russian Championship of Regions
*2011-15: Russian Hockey League
*2015-present: Supreme Hockey League-B
==Teams for 2022–2023==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity	Founded	Joined league
Dinamo-Altay 	Barnaul 	Titov Sports Palace 	3,800 	2006 	2011
CSK VVS Samara	Samara 	Vladimir Vysotsky Sport Palace	5,000 	1993 	2022
Feniks 	Kazan 	Sport Palace 	3,345 	2022 	2022
HC Chelny 	Naberezhnye Chelny	Ice Palace Naberezhny Chelny 	1,500 	2004 	2016
Kristall 	Saratov 	Ice Sports Palace Saratov 	5,000 	1946 	2017
==Former teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity	Fate of the team
Angel Sibiri 	Tobolsk 	Crystal Sports Complex 	Unknown 	Unknown
Avangard-Yugra 	Kogalym 	Iceberg Sports Complex 	Unknown 	Originally joined, but ultimately did not participate; possibly disbanded
Buran Voronezh 	Voronezh 	LDS Jubileiny 	3,200 	Joined the VHL in 2012
Burevestnik Yekaterinburg 	Yekaterinburg 	KRK Uralets 	5,570 	Withdrew during 2013-14 season; later disbanded due to connection with financial problems
Burevestnik-1976 	Tomsk 	Crystal Sport Palace 	Unknown 	Currently, the club performs in the Siberian Student Hockey League
HC Belgorod 	Belgorod 	Oranzevjy led 	1,200 	Joined the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2012 due to financial issues
HC Bryansk 	Bryansk 	Desna Stadium 	1,000 	Joined the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2014
HC Cheboksary 	Cheboksary 	Cheboksary-Arena 	7,500 	Disbanded
HC Lipetsk 	Lipetsk 	Zvezdny Sports Complex 	2,000 	Joined the VHL in 2013; later withdrew in 2015
HC Rostov 	Rostov-on-Don 	Ice Arena 	600 	Joined the VHL in 2019
HC Tambov 	Tambov 	Crystal Ice Palace 	1,200 	Joined the VHL in 2018
Junior-Sputnik 	Nizhny Tagil 	Sotnikov Ice Sports Palace	4,200 	Club skips season due to financial problems
Kedr Novouralsk 	Novouralsk 	Novouralsk Ice Palace 	1,200 	Disbanded
Krasnoyarskie Rysi 	Krasnoyarsk 	Arena Sever 	2,600 	Joined the JHL in 2022
Kristall Elektrostal 	Elektrostal 	Kristall Sport Palace 	3,500 	Disbanded
Kristall-Yugra Beloyarsky 	Beloyarsky 	Palace of Sports 	450 	Possibly disbanded
Krylya Sovetov Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk 	Unknown 	- 	Disbanded
Neftyanik Almetyevsk-2 	Almetyevsk 	Yubileyny Sports Palace 	2,000 	Changed name to Sputnik; joined the MHL in 2012 as farm club of Neftyanik (Almetyevsk) (VHL)
Progress Glazov 	Glazov 	Progress Sports Palace 	4,300 	Joined the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2014; became farm club of Izhstal (Izhevsk) (VHL)
Rubin Tyumen-2 	Tyumen 	Sports Palace Tyumen 	3,300 	Unknown
Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk 	Prokopyevsk 	Snowflake Sports Complex 	3,150 	Due to financial problems, the club decided to go to the Siberian Student Hockey League in 2013
Slavutych Smolensk 	Smolensk 	Ice Palace SGAFKST 	1,080 	Left league in 2017 due to financial problems
Sokol Novocheboksarsk 	Novocheboksarsk	LD Sokol 	3,000 	Disbanded
Soyuz 	Zarechny 	Sports Palace Soyuz 	Unknown 	Possibly disbanded
THK Tver 	Tver 	Ice Palace Yubileyny 	1,980 	Joined the VHL in 2012; later declared bankruptcy and ceased in 2017
Yamal Sterkhi 	Noyabrsk 	KSK Fakel 	Unknown 	Disbanded
Yantar Seversk 	Seversk 	SK North 	Unknown 	Withdrew from league after 2011-12 season; later disbanded due to financial issues in 2013-14
Yuzhny Ural-Metallurg Orsk	Orsk 	Unknown 	- 	Disbanded
Zauralje Kurgan-2 	Kurgan 	Ice Sports Palace Mostovik	2,500 	Changed name to Junior and became a youth team joining the MHL and then the NMHL (then MHL-B) in 2012; currently still member of the league
==Champions==
 	
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Season 	Champion 	Finalist 	SeriesResult	Bronze Medalist 	Regular season winner
2011–12	Slavutych Smolensk	Buran Voronezh 	RR 	THK Tver 	Buran Voronezh
2012–13	Mordovia Saransk 	Yamal Sterkhi 	3–2 	Slavutych Smolensk 	Slavutych Smolensk
2013–14	Slavutych Smolensk	Mordovia Saransk 	[NK] 	Altai Barnaul & Yamal Sterkhi[*] 	Slavutych Smolensk
2014–15	HC Rostov 	CSK VVS Samara 	3–0 	Mordovia Saransk & Slavutych Smolensk[*]	Slavutych Smolensk
2015–16	HC Tambov 	HC Rostov 	4–1 	Mordovia Saransk 	HC Rostov
2016–17	HC Rostov 	Slavutych Smolensk	4–1 	Mordovia Saransk 	HC Rostov
2017-18	HC Tambov 	HC Cheboksary 	4–0 	Mordovia Saransk 	HC Rostov
2018-19	HC Rostov 	Mordovia Saransk 	4–0 	HK Cheboksary 	HC Rostov
*2019-20: cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
*2020-21: Krasnoyarskie Rysi
*2021-22: Krasnoyarskie Rysi
*2022-23: CSK VVS Samara
==References==
==External links==
* Russian Hockey League on the website of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation
* Championship of Russia on the website of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation
* Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Siberia–Far East, responsible for the Siberia–Far East Division of Pervaya Liga
* Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Northwest
* Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Povolzhye, responsible for the Povolzhye Division of Pervaya Liga
* Inter-Regional Coordinating Council Ural–West Siberia, responsible for the Ural–West Siberia Division of Pervaya Liga
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