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 ====
==== 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
== External links ==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info
* Season on hockeyarchives.ru
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