2012–13 Supreme Hockey League season

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

The 2012–13 VHL season is the third season of the Russian Major League. It started 9 September 2012 and will end on April 2013.

Team and KHL affiliation changes

Team changes

• Donbass Donetsk left the league after its inagural 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 WOT 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