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.

2012–13 VHL season
League	Russian Major League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 9, 2012 – April 30, 2013
Number of teams	27
Regular season
Play-offs
Bratina Cup
Champions	Toros Neftekamsk
Runners-up	Saryarka Karaganda

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[1]

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

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Saryarka Karaganda	3
	16	Dizel Penza	0
						1	Saryarka Karaganda	4
						13	Molot-Prikamye Perm	2
	3	Toros Neftekamsk	3
	14	Kazzinc-Torpedo	0
											1	Saryarka Karaganda	4
										12	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	1
	5	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	1
	12	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	3
						3	Toros Neftekamsk	4
						9	Lada Togliatti	1
	7	Buran Voronezh	3
	10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	2
																3	Toros Neftekamsk	4
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.)
															1	Saryarka Karaganda	3
	2	Rubin Tyumen	3
	15	HC Sarov	2
						2	Rubin Tyumen	3
						12	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	4
	4	Neftyanik Almetyevsk	1
	13	Molot-Prikamye Perm	3
											3	Toros Neftekamsk	4
										7	Buran Voronezh	0
	6	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	3
	11	Dynamo Balashikha	1
						6	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	3
						7	Buran Voronezh	4
	8	Ermak Angarsk	2
	9	Lada Togliatti	3

References

1. "VHL Regular season standings". vhl.khl.ru.