1995–96 IHL (Russia) season

The 1995–96 International Hockey League season was the fourth and last season of the International Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. The league was replaced by the Russian Superleague for 1996-97. 28 teams participated in the league, and HK Dynamo Moscow won the championship by defeating HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the final.

1995–96 IHL season
League	International Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	28
Regular season
Season champions	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Second Round
Second Rnd champions	HC Lada Togliatti
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HC Dynamo Moscow
Runners-up	Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Regular season

Western Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HK Dynamo Moscow	26	17	3	6	84	50	37
2.	Torpedo Yaroslavl	26	15	4	7	83	58	34
3.	Severstal Cherepovets	26	15	4	7	82	64	34
4.	Ak Bars Kazan	26	12	9	5	68	54	33
5.	Kristall Elektrostal	26	14	4	8	67	51	32
6.	SKA St. Petersburg	26	12	6	8	73	58	30
7.	HK Spartak Moscow	26	11	8	7	65	61	30
8.	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	26	14	2	10	82	62	30
9.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	26	13	0	13	72	61	26
10.	Khimik Voskresensk	26	10	1	15	48	62	21
11.	HK CSKA Moscow	26	8	5	13	64	72	21
12.	HK Sokol Kiev	26	5	6	15	47	76	16
13.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	26	5	5	16	60	90	15
14.	Tivali Minsk	26	1	3	22	43	119	5

Eastern Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	26	20	3	3	77	42	43
2.	HK Avangard Omsk	26	19	4	3	102	38	42
3.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	26	19	3	4	101	45	41
4.	HK Lada Togliatti	26	15	2	9	90	49	32
5.	Molot-Prikamie Perm	26	14	3	9	79	60	31
6.	Kristall Saratov	26	14	2	10	77	70	30
7.	Rubin Tyumen	26	11	5	10	74	77	27
8.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	26	10	3	13	73	82	23
9.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	26	9	2	15	66	93	20
10.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	26	8	3	15	71	89	19
11.	CSK VVS Samara	26	6	6	14	58	81	18
12.	HK Traktor Chelyabinsk	26	5	7	14	49	70	17
13.	Bulat Karaganda	26	4	5	17	59	121	13
14.	HK Sibir Novosibirsk	26	2	4	20	53	112	8

Second round

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	HK Lada Togliatti	26	21	2	3	122	50	48 (4)
2.	HK Dynamo Moscow	26	18	3	5	79	53	46 (7)
3.	HK Avangard Omsk	26	16	4	6	87	54	42 (6)
4.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	26	17	3	6	80	46	42 (5)
5.	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	26	14	2	10	87	66	37 (7)
6.	Torpedo Yaroslavl	26	15	1	10	70	55	36 (7)
7.	Ak Bars Kazan	26	14	4	8	68	56	36 (4)
8.	Kristall Elektrostal	26	10	4	12	73	76	27 (3)
9.	Severstal Cherepovets	26	7	3	16	62	83	22 (5)
10.	SKA St. Petersburg	26	9	2	15	64	67	22 (1)
11.	Rubin Tyumen	26	7	3	16	63	104	18 (1)
12.	Molot-Prikamie Perm	26	6	2	18	74	95	17 (3)
13.	Kristall Saratov	26	6	1	19	55	127	15 (2)
14.	HK Spartak Moscow	26	5	0	21	69	117	11 (1)

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
15.	HK CSKA Moscow	26	19	3	4	85	32	45 (4)
16.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	26	17	4	5	74	43	44 (6)
17.	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	26	18	0	8	89	41	43 (7)
18.	Khimik Voskresensk	26	15	2	9	74	66	37 (5)
19.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	26	15	1	10	70	55	36 (5)
20.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	26	13	2	11	67	64	35 (7)
21.	HK Sokol Kiev	26	11	7	8	59	59	32 (3)
22.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	26	11	3	12	84	84	31 (6)
23.	HK Traktor Chelyabinsk	26	10	4	12	49	42	27 (3)
24.	HK Sibir Novosibirsk	26	12	1	13	70	72	26 (1)
25.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	26	10	3	13	58	65	25 (2)
26.	CSK VVS Samara	26	9	1	16	50	77	23 (4)
27.	Bulat Karaganda	26	4	0	22	62	124	10 (2)
28.	Tivali Minsk	26	2	1	23	39	106	6 (1)

Playoffs

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	HK Lada Togliatti	2
	16	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	0
						1	HK Lada Togliatti	2
						9	Severstal Cherepovets	0
	8	Kristall Elektrostal	0
	9	Severstal Cherepovets	2
											1	HK Lada Togliatti	0
											5	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2
	5	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2
	12	Molot-Prikamie Perm	0
						5	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2
						4	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	0
	4	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	2
	13	Kristall Saratov	0
																O1	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	1
																W2	HK Dynamo Moscow	3
	7	Ak Bars Kazan	2
	10	SKA St. Petersburg	0
						7	Ak Bars Kazan	1
						2	HK Dynamo Moscow	2
	2	HK Dynamo Moscow	2
	15	HK CSKA Moscow	1
											2	HK Dynamo Moscow	2
											11	Rubin Tyumen	1
	6	Torpedo Yaroslavl	1
	11	Rubin Tyumen	2
						11	Rubin Tyumen	2
						14	HK Spartak Moscow	1
	3	HK Avangard Omsk	1
	14	HK Spartak Moscow	2

External links

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