2012–13 VHL season

The 2012–13 VHL season was the third season of the Russian Major League. It started 9 September 2012 and ended on April 2013.
==Team and KHL affiliation changes==
===Team changes===
*Donbass Donetsk left the league after its inaugural season joining the KHL.
*Buran Voronezh and THK Tver of the lower level Russian Hockey League joined.
*The league was expanded with two more non-Russian teams, Belarusian Yunost Minsk and Kazakhstani Saryarka Karaganda.
*A new franchise Kuban Krasnodar was created.
*HC VMF relocated from St. Petersburg to Kondopoga, Karelia.
===Affiliation changes===
VHL team 	new affiliate 	old affiliate
Kuban Krasnodar 	Vityaz Chekhov 	None
HC Ryazan 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	Vityaz Chekhov
Zauralie Kurgan 	Avangard Omsk 	Sibir Novosibirsk
THK Tver 	CSKA Moscow 	None
Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	None
Ermak Angarsk 	None 	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Yunost Minsk 	Dinamo Minsk 	None
==Regular season==
Starting with this season the VHL abandoned its previous conference structure. All teams played their regular seasons in a round robin format with two games (home and away) against every team of the league.
===League standings===
Source: vhl.khl.ru
Points are awarded as follows:
*3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
*2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW")
*1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL")
*0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")
 	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L 	GF-GA 	Pts
1 	Saryarka Karaganda 	52	33	1 	6 	2 	0 	10	150-89 	115
2 	Rubin Tyumen 	52	31	2 	4 	4 	3 	8 	162-105	112
3 	Toros Neftekamsk 	52	27	3 	6 	3 	1 	12	152-105	103
4 	Neftyanik Almetyevsk 	52	24	2 	6 	6 	1 	13	156-115	95
5 	Yuzhny Ural Orsk 	52	29	2 	0 	3 	0 	18	136-104	94
6 	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil 	52	25	2 	5 	1 	4 	15	173-135	94
7 	Buran Voronezh 	52	25	0 	5 	3 	0 	19	160-139	88
8 	Ermak Angarsk 	52	24	2 	4 	3 	1 	18	132-142	88
9 	HC Lada Togliatti 	52	24	0 	5 	4 	2 	17	149-130	88
10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	52	22	3 	6 	2 	2 	17	123-118	88
11	Dynamo Balashikha 	52	23	1 	5 	2 	2 	19	158-160	85
12	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	52	21	1 	6 	5 	3 	16	163-151	85
13	Molot-Prikamye Perm 	52	23	2 	2 	4 	3 	18	145-141	84
14	Kazzinc-Torpedo 	52	22	3 	3 	5 	1 	18	147-123	84
15	HC Sarov 	52	19	0 	7 	5 	2 	19	147-133	78
16	Dizel Penza 	52	21	2 	1 	6 	1 	21	137-121	76
17	HC Kuban 	52	18	2 	7 	4 	0 	21	126-116	76
18	HC VMF 	52	18	2 	3 	6 	2 	21	142-154	72
19	THK Tver 	52	16	1 	5 	3 	3 	24	147-180	66
20	Chelmet Chelyabinsk 	52	17	3 	2 	1 	3 	26	129-141	65
21	Kristall Saratov 	52	15	3 	2 	3 	2 	27	120-154	60
22	Titan Klin 	52	15	1 	1 	4 	2 	29	117-159	55
23	Yunost Minsk 	52	12	1 	5 	6 	1 	27	104-160	55
24	Sokol Krasnoyarsk 	52	11	2 	6 	4 	2 	27	113-152	55
25	Zauralie Kurgan 	52	11	3 	3 	7 	2 	26	120-163	54
26	Izhstal Izhevsk 	52	11	1 	3 	7 	2 	28	100-163	50
27	HC Ryazan 	52	9 	1 	2 	7 	1 	32	112-196	41
==Bratina Cup Playoffs==
==References==
Category:2012–13 in Russian ice hockey leagues
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