2010–11 VHL season

2010–11 VHL season
League	Higher Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 11, 2010 – February 28, 2011
Number of teams	20
Regular season
Regular season winner	Rubin Tyumen
Top scorer	Evgeni Tunik; Toros Neftekamsk
Play-offs
Western champions	Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Eastern champions	Rubin Tyumen
Bratina Cup
Champions	Rubin Tyumen
Runners-up	Neftyanik Almetyevsk

The 2010–11 VHL season was the inaugural season of the Higher Hockey League. It started on September 11, 2010, and finished on February 28, 2011. 20 teams each played 56 games.

Preseason

Compared to the last 2009–10 Higher Hockey League where a total of 27 teams competed in 3 divisions,[1][2][3][4] there will be a total of 20 teams and two conferences in the 2010–11 season: Western and Eastern.[5][6] 18 of the 27 teams of the 2009–10 season compete in the 2010–11 season. Gazovik Tyumen were renamed to Rubin Tyumen, while Rubin's junior team, playing in the MHL, has the name Gazovik. Two new teams in the league are Lada Togliatti, excluded from the KHL after the 2009–10 season, and Dynamo Tver, the farm team of UHC Dynamo. The fates of the 9 of the 27 teams that participated in the league in 2009–10 but no longer do in 2010–11 are various: HC Yugra joined the KHL for 2010–11, Khimik were suggested by VHL's management to take a one year break and joined the MHL under the name MHC Khimik, the team from Orenburg, formerly known under the name Gazprom-OGU, also joined the MHL under the name Belye Tigry, Rys dissolved, the remaining 5 (e.g. CSK VVS Samara) joined the Pervaya Liga. HC Lipetsk was admitted into the league for 2010–11, but the team had to withdraw before the start of the season due to financial difficulties.[7] Lipetsk's place was taken by Krylya Sovetov Moscow on 12 August 2010.[8]

Regular season

During regular season teams are to play 4 games against teams from their conference (2 home and 2 away) and 2 games against teams from the opposite conference (1 home and 1 away). The first match of the regular season took place on September 11, 2010 in Perm.[6] Molot-Prikamye's opponent was Toros Neftekamsk[6] and the match ended 2 goals to 1 Toros' way after a shootout. Last games of the regular season will be held on 28 February 2011.[6]

League standings

Source: vhl.khl.ru[9]

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")

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Neftyanik Almetyevsk (AKB)	56	26	4	3	6	1	16	161	140	99
HC Sarov (TOR)	56	25	3	6	2	0	20	168	149	95
Dizel Penza (SEV)	56	23	2	3	8	1	19	132	123	88
HC VMF St. Petersburg (SKA)	56	22	2	2	5	2	23	142	148	81
PHC Krylya Sovetov (SPA)	56	19	3	7	1	0	26	163	172	78
HC Ryazan (ATL)	56	19	1	4	6	3	23	153	169	76
Kristall Saratov	56	17	0	3	2	5	29	149	183	64
Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk (NEF)	56	18	0	0	4	4	30	138	193	62
HC Dynamo Tver (DMOW)	56	13	3	5	3	2	30	150	190	60
Lada Togliatti	56	15	1	2	2	0	36	130	184	53

Eastern Conference	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Rubin Tyumen	56	38	2	2	2	0	12	172	104	124
Toros Neftekamsk (UFA)	56	34	1	5	3	3	10	183	114	120
Molot-Prikamye Perm	56	25	3	4	6	1	17	162	156	96
Yuzhny Ural Orsk (MAG)	56	25	3	3	5	2	18	135	132	94
Ermak Angarsk (NOV)	56	27	1	0	3	1	24	168	139	87
Kazzinc-Torpedo	56	23	1	4	6	1	21	151	153	86
Zauralie Kurgan (SIB)	56	20	2	8	3	3	20	153	147	86
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	56	20	4	5	0	3	24	149	144	81
Mechel Chelyabinsk (TRA)	56	20	1	4	7	4	20	168	174	81
Izhstal Izhevsk	56	17	1	6	2	2	28	119	132	69

League leaders

Source: vhlru.ru[10][11]

Goals	Alexander Zhurun (Tyumen)	29
Assists	Maxim Zhapov (Almetyevsk)	31
Points	Evgeni Tunik (Neftekamsk)	51
Shots	Ruslan Bernik (Moscow)	170
Plus/minus	Sergey Zhurikov (Tyumen)	+24
Penalty minutes	Igor Golovkov (St.Peterburg)	154
Wins (Goaltenders)	Nikita Davydov (Neftekamsk)	34
Goals against average	Stanislav Galimov (Almetyevsk)	1.46
Save percentage	Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen)	94.7
Shutouts	Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen)	8

Goaltenders: minimum 15 games played

Playoffs

The play-offs will feature 8 best teams of the Western Conference of the regular season and 8 best teams of the Eastern Conference of the regular season.[12] The play-offs start 5 March 2011 and are to end on April 27, 2011 if match 7 of the final series is to be played.[12] Conference quarter-finals and semi-finals are a best-of-five series, while the Conference finals and VHL finals are a best-of-seven series.[12]

Conference Quarter-Finals (best-of-5)			Conference Semi-Finals (best-of-5)				Conference Finals (best-of-7)			Bratina Cup Finals (best-of-7)

1	Rubin	3	1	Rubin	3
8	Sputnik	1	5	Ermak	0

2	Toros	3				Eastern Conference

7	Zauralie	1
							1	Rubin	4

							2	Toros	1
3	Molot-Prikamye	3

6	Kazzinc-Torpedo	2



4	Yuzhny Ural	2	2	Toros	3

5	Ermak	3	3	Molot-Prikamye	0
										1	Rubin	4
	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
										1	Neftyanik	0
1	Neftyanik	3	1	Neftyanik	3

8	Ariada-Akpars	0	7	Kristall	0


2	HC Sarov	1

7	Kristall	3
							1	Neftyanik	4

							3	Dizel	3
3	Dizel	3

6	HC Ryazan	0					Western Conference


4	HC VMF	3	3	Dizel	3

5	Krylya Sovetov	2	4	HC VMF	0

During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Bratina Cup Finals series logo

Playoffs leaders

Source: vhlru.ru[13][14]

Goals	Rustam Shangaraev (Almetyevsk)	8
Assists	Vladimir Karpor (Tyumen)	9
Points	Daniel Nasybullin (Almetyevsk)	14
Shots	Andrei Kuzmin (Sarov)	58
Plus/minus	Sergei Serebryakov (Almetyevsk)	+10
Penalty minutes	Andrew Ankudinov (Neftekamsk)	56
Wins (Goaltenders)	Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen)	14
Goals against average	Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen)	1.44
Save percentage	Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen)	95.2
Shutouts	Alexander Sudnitsin (Tyumen)	4

Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played

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[1] "ФХР: on-line трансляции хоккейных матчей" (in Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

[2] Открытое Всероссийское первенство среди команд Высшей лиги сезона 2009/10. Дивизион Восток (in Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

[3] Открытое Всероссийское первенство среди команд Высшей лиги сезона 2009/10. Дивизион Центр (in Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

[4] Открытое Всероссийское первенство среди команд Высшей лиги сезона 2009/10. Дивизион Запад (in Russian). Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

[5] Контуры Высшей лиги (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. June 30, 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[VHLcomposition-6] КАЛЕНДАРЬ МАТЧЕЙ ЧЕМПИОНАТА ВЫСШЕЙ ХОККЕЙНОЙ ЛИГИ - ОТКРЫТОГО ВСЕРОССИЙСКОГО СОРЕВНОВАНИЯ ПО ХОККЕЮ СЕЗОНА 2010-2011 ГОДОВ (PDF) (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[lipwithdr-7] "Липецк" не примет участия в чемпионате ВХЛ (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[8] "Крылья" - в ВХЛ (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[9] "VHL Regular season standings". vhl.khl.ru. Archived from the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-04-16.

[10] "VHL Statistics: Skaters". vhlru.ru.

[11] "VHL Statistics: Goalies". vhlru.ru.

[VHLPO-12] Структура и сроки проведения матчей второго этапа Чемпионата Высшей хоккейной лиги – Открытого Всероссийского соревнования по хоккею сезона 2010-2011 годов (PDF) (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[13] "VHL Playoffs Statistics: Skaters". vhlru.ru.

[14] "VHL Playoffs Statistics: Goalies". vhlru.ru.