1996–97 Vysshaya Liga season

The 1996–97 Vysshaya Liga season was the fifth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 17 teams participated in the league. CSKA Moscow won the Western Conference, and Metchel Chelyabinsk won the Eastern Conference. UralAZ Miass won the Cup competition.
==First round==
=== Western Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	HC CSKA Moscow 	32	24	3	5 	143	59 	51
2.	HC Lipetsk 	32	23	2	7 	140	67 	48
3.	HC Voronezh 	32	20	4	8 	112	65 	44
4.	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	32	19	4	9 	115	82 	42
5.	Avangard Tambov 	32	12	2	18	68 	119	26
6.	Motor Zavolzhye 	32	10	5	17	75 	110	25
7 	Izhorets St. Petersburg 	32	9 	4	19	62 	103	22
8.	Khimik Engels 	32	7 	7	18	74 	107	21
9.	Gornyak Olenogorsk 	32	3 	3	26	50 	127	9
=== Eastern Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	Mechel Chelyabinsk 	28	21	2	5 	112	61 	44
2.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	28	20	1	7 	148	77 	41
3.	Neftyanik Almetyevsk 	28	17	4	7 	92 	64 	38
4.	UralAZ Miass 	28	17	2	9 	110	63 	36
5.	Kedr Novouralsk 	28	8 	4	16	70 	110	20
6.	Progress Glazov 	28	6 	4	18	52 	117	16
7 	Izhstal Izhevsk 	28	6 	3	19	67 	116	15
8.	Metallurg Serov 	28	6 	2	20	66 	109	14
== Second round ==
=== Western Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	HC Voronezh 	52	34	5 	13	185	98 	73
2.	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	52	31	8 	13	182	120	70
3.	Motor Zavolzhye 	52	16	11	25	129	166	43
4.	Izhorets St. Petersburg 	52	16	9 	27	115	156	41
5.	Avangard Tambov 	52	18	2 	32	105	201	38
6.	Khimik Engels 	52	12	9 	31	106	178	33
=== Eastern Conference ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1.	UralAZ Miass 	48	32	4	12	205	116	68
2.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	48	32	3	13	217	128	67
3.	Metallurg Serov 	48	15	5	28	124	162	35
4.	Kedr Novouralsk 	48	15	5	28	119	192	35
5.	Izhstal Izhevsk 	48	14	7	27	135	168	35
6.	Progress Glazov 	48	8 	6	34	99 	222	22
===Cup ===
== External links ==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info
* Season on hockeyarchives.ru
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