What does VHL stand for?

VHL stands for Vserossiyskaya Hokkeynaya Liga.

How many teams play in the VHL?

The VHL currently consists of 30 teams.

Who won the most recent VHL championship?

Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk won the most recent VHL championship in 2026.

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2026-2027 Season

Omskie Krylia and Neftyanik Almetievsk share the lead in the 2026-27 VHL standings with 28 points. AKM Tula Region (27 points) and Metallurg Novokuznetsk (27 points) follow.

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2026-2027 VHL Standings

2026-2027 VHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Omskie Krylia	17	12	-	3	2	0	48	23	25	28	1.65	-
2.	Neftyanik Almetievsk	18	8	-	4	6	0	51	33	18	28	1.56	-
3.	AKM Tula Region	20	10	-	4	1	5	58	48	10	27	1.35	-
4.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	20	9	-	5	3	3	41	26	15	27	1.35	-
5.	HK Norilsk	19	10	-	5	2	2	44	39	5	26	1.37	-
6.	HK Kaluga	20	9	-	5	2	4	43	34	9	26	1.30	-
7.	Molot Perm	18	11	-	5	2	0	53	30	23	26	1.44	-
8.	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	17	10	-	4	2	1	48	23	25	25	1.47	-
9.	Buran Voronezh	17	8	-	4	3	2	38	31	7	24	1.41	-
10.	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	16	7	-	2	3	4	44	32	12	24	1.50	-
11.	Toros Neftekamsk	19	10	-	6	0	3	47	43	4	23	1.21	-
12.	Kristall Saratov	17	9	-	5	2	1	45	51	-6	23	1.35	-
13.	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	18	9	-	7	2	0	43	29	14	22	1.22	-
14.	Khimik Voskresensk	17	7	-	4	2	4	55	35	20	22	1.29	-
15.	Ryazan-VDV	20	4	-	8	4	4	43	49	-6	20	1.00	-
16.	Bars Kazan	18	9	-	8	0	1	42	54	-12	19	1.06	-
17.	Gornyak-UGMK	16	6	-	6	2	2	39	37	2	18	1.13	-
18.	Rubin Tyumen	18	3	-	8	5	2	40	49	-9	18	1.00	-
19.	HK Tambov	16	7	-	6	1	2	39	44	-5	18	1.13	-
20.	Dynamo St. Petersburg	17	6	-	7	2	2	47	51	-4	18	1.06	-
21.	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	19	6	-	10	2	1	48	51	-3	17	0.89	-
22.	Dynamo-Altay Barnaul	18	6	-	9	1	2	35	48	-13	16	0.89	-
23.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	19	6	-	11	2	0	35	47	-12	16	0.84	-
24.	Magnitka Magnitogorsk	16	5	-	5	0	6	31	35	-4	16	1.00	-
25.	Zvezda Moskva	17	3	-	9	4	1	42	53	-11	15	0.88	-
26.	Dizel Penza	17	3	-	9	3	2	33	42	-9	14	0.82	-
27.	Zauralie Kurgan	17	2	-	9	2	4	30	49	-19	12	0.71	-
28.	CSK VVS Samara	18	3	-	12	1	2	35	62	-27	10	0.56	-
29.	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	17	3	-	11	1	2	30	62	-32	10	0.59	-
30.	Izhstal Izhevsk	18	2	-	12	2	2	40	57	-17	10	0.56	-

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2026-2027 VHL Player Stats

2026-2027 VHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Nikita Chervontsev (F)	17	11	7	18	4
2.	Mikhail Shalagin (F)	14	6	11	17	2
3.	Alexander Pashin (F)	13	7	9	16	0
4.	Alexander Gorshkov (F)	13	9	6	15	7
5.	Yaromir Yermakov (F)	20	9	5	14	6

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2026-2027 VHL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 VHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Semyon Kokaulin (G)	5	0.95	.967
2.	Ivan Levashev (G)	2	0.94	.963
3.	Dmitri Lozebnikov (G)	13	0.83	.961
4.	Nikita Bogdanov (G)	3	1.30	.958
5.	Gleb Saranchuk (G)	8	1.12	.958

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VHL Games

VHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/30/2026 03:00 PM GMT+3	HK Norilsk	Khimik Voskresensk	-
10/29/2026 04:30 PM GMT+3	Gornyak-UGMK	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	3 - 4 (SO)
10/29/2026 04:30 PM GMT+3	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	Dynamo-Altay Barnaul	3 - 1
10/28/2026 07:00 PM GMT+3	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	HK Kaluga	2 - 0
10/28/2026 07:00 PM GMT+3	Buran Voronezh	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	1 - 5

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VHL Transactions

VHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Arseni Tsyba (G)	Severstal Cherepovets	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	Details
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Danil Shipin (F)	Zauralie Kurgan	HK Kaluga	Details
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Stepan Ignatov (F)	HK Kaluga	Zauralie Kurgan	Details
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Yefim Gurkin (D)	Toros Neftekamsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Details
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Zakhar Mits (F)	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	Zauralie Kurgan	Details

2026-2027 VHL Free Agents

2026-2027 VHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	Ivan Fishchenko (F)
Yuzhny Ural Orsk	Semyon Rubtsov (F)
Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Pavel Yelizarov (D)
Buran Voronezh	Yevgeni Shakurov (D)
HK Tambov	Mikhail Mamkin (D)

2027-2028 VHL Free Agents

2027-2028 VHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Kristall Saratov	Nikita Chervontsev (F)
HK Norilsk	Mikhail Shalagin (F)
Toros Neftekamsk	Dmitri Sidlyarov (F)
Bars Kazan	Ildar Shiksatdarov (F)
Toros Neftekamsk	Yefim Gurkin (D)

VHL League Injury List

VHL — Injury List
Team	Player	Information
Dynamo St. Petersburg	Dmitri Kulikov (G)	Undisclosed Injury
Gornyak-UGMK	Andrei Gorbunov (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Izhstal Izhevsk	Vladislav Lukin (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Izhstal Izhevsk	Mark Yanchevsky (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Khimik Voskresensk	Ivan Gavrilov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Magnitka Magnitogorsk	Artur Boltanov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Andrei Krutov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Molot Perm	Alexei Elblaus (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Omskie Krylia	Pavel Leuka (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Rubin Tyumen	Pavel Meshkov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Rubin Tyumen	Denis Piliya (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Ryazan-VDV	Yegor Yuzlenko (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Ivan Krylov (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Alexei Tsyplakov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Toros Neftekamsk	Nikita Bogdanov (G)	Undisclosed Injury
Toros Neftekamsk	Ruslan Gimbatov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Toros Neftekamsk	Gleb Kuzmin (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Yuzhny Ural Orsk	Maxim Petrov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Zvezda Moskva	Artyom Barabosha (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Zvezda Moskva	Yegor Bryutov (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Zvezda Moskva	Gleb Lagoda (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Zvezda Moskva	Mikhail Sidorov (D)	Undisclosed Injury

VHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 VHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	AKM Tula Region	36	5 097	6'0"	181 lbs	25.06
2.	Bars Kazan	43	4 467	6'0"	181 lbs	23.02
3.	Buran Voronezh	29	4 647	6'0"	181 lbs	24.66
4.	CSK VVS Samara	29	2 192	6'0"	176 lbs	22.31
5.	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	36	2 613	6'0"	172 lbs	21.50
6.	Dizel Penza	30	5 405	6'0"	181 lbs	24.20
7.	Dynamo St. Petersburg	30	4 408	6'1"	187 lbs	24.23
8.	Dynamo-Altay Barnaul	34	6 052	6'0"	181 lbs	24.65
9.	Gornyak-UGMK	36	3 573	6'1"	176 lbs	22.56
10.	HK Kaluga	31	5 441	6'0"	179 lbs	25.68
11.	HK Norilsk	28	5 720	6'0"	183 lbs	25.68
12.	HK Tambov	32	3 730	6'0"	181 lbs	24.09
13.	Izhstal Izhevsk	31	6 317	5'11"	179 lbs	25.65
14.	Khimik Voskresensk	37	2 358	6'1"	190 lbs	22.24
15.	Kristall Saratov	30	3 471	6'0"	179 lbs	23.30
16.	Magnitka Magnitogorsk	33	3 661	6'0"	179 lbs	22.82
17.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	31	4 773	6'0"	183 lbs	24.45
18.	Molot Perm	32	5 306	6'0"	179 lbs	25.13
19.	Neftyanik Almetievsk	32	5 920	6'0"	181 lbs	25.13
20.	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	28	5 885	6'0"	185 lbs	25.43
21.	Omskie Krylia	30	5 987	6'0"	179 lbs	24.17
22.	Rubin Tyumen	30	5 378	6'1"	183 lbs	24.20
23.	Ryazan-VDV	38	6 662	6'0"	181 lbs	24.82
24.	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	35	5 695	6'0"	181 lbs	24.20
25.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	30	4 694	5'11"	174 lbs	24.50
26.	Toros Neftekamsk	36	3 339	6'1"	181 lbs	22.83
27.	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	28	4 351	6'0"	181 lbs	24.46
28.	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	28	5 693	6'0"	183 lbs	25.18
29.	Zauralie Kurgan	36	5 253	6'0"	174 lbs	24.42
30.	Zvezda Moskva	33	3 135	6'0"	179 lbs	22.70

Team Comparison History

VHL Interesting Facts

VHL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Dmitri Lyutov	37 yrs
2.	Alexander Ugolnikov	37 yrs
3.	Vitali Kamenev	37 yrs
4.	Alexander Komaristy	37 yrs
5.	Ilya Bochkov	36 yrs

VHL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Igor Chibrikov	6'8"
2.	Vyacheslav Bugrov	6'7"
3.	Stepan Frolov	6'7"
4.	Vladislav Fyodorov	6'7"
5.	Kirill Steklov	6'7"

VHL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Ivan Maslennikov	234 lbs
2.	Yegor Yegorov	231 lbs
3.	Stepan Frolov	227 lbs
4.	Dmitri Lozebnikov	227 lbs
5.	Maxim Berezin	225 lbs

VHL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Dmitri Paklinov	16 yrs
2.	Ivan Ananyev	17 yrs
3.	Ilya Kolomytsev	17 yrs
4.	Roman Kozhevnikov	17 yrs
5.	Zakhar Meshkantsov	17 yrs

VHL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Igor Zenchikov	5'7"
2.	Artyom Manukyan	5'7"
3.	Nikita Mytnik	5'7"
4.	Andrei Perfilyev	5'7"
5.	Alexander Shilov	5'7"

VHL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Danil Mosharov	134 lbs
2.	Alexander Shilov	134 lbs
3.	Dmitri Pykhtin	137 lbs
4.	Andrei Zavadsky	137 lbs
5.	Igor Zenchikov	137 lbs

Where Are They Now?

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VHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	22	22	19	41	58
2.	Valeri Gurin (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	23	13	27	40	4
3.	Vyacheslav Korotin (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	25	12	27	39	18
4.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	24	18	15	33	8
5.	Vladislav Nikulin (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	25	13	18	31	10
6.	Yegor Anisimov (F)	2026-2027	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	24	10	21	31	10
7.	Artur Gatiyatov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	24	5	26	31	12
8.	Vyacheslav Litovchenko (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	25	8	21	29	6
9.	Timur Shingareyev (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	21	15	13	28	4
10.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	22	14	14	28	2

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VHL All-Time Points

VHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Daniil Yerdakov (F)	644	194	283	477
2.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	539	179	239	418
3.	Mikhail Mokin (F)	589	156	252	408
4.	Vitali Kamenev (F)	793	141	241	382
5.	Denis Davydov (F)	672	166	203	369

VHL All-Time Goals

VHL — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Daniil Yerdakov (F)	644	194	283	477
2.	Maxim Kitsyn (F)	477	193	175	368
3.	Alexei Knyazev (F)	679	186	181	367
4.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	539	179	239	418
5.	Oleg Lomako (F)	539	179	169	348

VHL All-Time Assists

VHL — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Daniil Yerdakov (F)	644	194	283	477
2.	Mikhail Mokin (F)	589	156	252	408
3.	Vitali Kamenev (F)	793	141	241	382
4.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	539	179	239	418
5.	Valeri Polyakov (F)	497	127	223	350

VHL All-Time Penalty Min.

VHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Stanislav Tunkhuzin (D)	420	50	145	704
2.	Ilya Bochkov (D)	756	46	202	682
3.	Maxim Yushkov (F)	453	99	243	664
4.	Andrei Demidov (F)	490	116	261	526
5.	Maxim Sergeyev (D)	478	35	149	506

VHL All-Time Games Played

VHL — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Vitali Kamenev (F)	793	141	241	382
2.	Ilya Bochkov (D)	756	46	156	202
3.	Dmitri Lyutov (D)	740	30	153	183
4.	Alexander Sumin (D)	734	35	167	202
5.	Grigori Glebov (D)	713	70	146	215

VHL All-Time Points Per Game

VHL — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Robert Nilsson (F)	2	1	4	2.00
2.	Yegor Milovzorov (F)	1	1	2	2.00
3.	Egor Chinakhov (F)	2	2	3	1.50
4.	Maxim Sushinsky (F)	2	1	3	1.50
5.	Alexei Ionov (F)	2	1	3	1.50

VHL All-Time Points Per Season

VHL — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mikhail Shalagin (F)	2025-2026	VHL	59	32	39	71	1.20	32
2.	Maxim Kitsyn (F)	2019-2020	VHL	53	39	30	69	1.30	32
3.	Maxim Kitsyn (F)	2021-2022	VHL	52	32	36	68	1.31	32
4.	Alexander Timiryov (F)	2018-2019	VHL	55	32	29	61	1.11	20
5.	Daniil Yerdakov (F)	2021-2022	VHL	51	19	42	61	1.20	16

VHL All-Time Goals Per Season

VHL — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Maxim Kitsyn (F)	2019-2020	VHL	53	39	30	69	1.30	32
2.	Mikhail Shalagin (F)	2025-2026	VHL	59	32	39	71	1.20	32
3.	Maxim Kitsyn (F)	2021-2022	VHL	52	32	36	68	1.31	32
4.	Alexander Timiryov (F)	2018-2019	VHL	55	32	29	61	1.11	20
5.	Nikita Popugayev (F)	2024-2025	VHL	64	31	16	47	0.73	12

VHL All-Time Assists Per Season

VHL — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Alexander Shibayev (F)	2012-2013	VHL	51	14	47	61	1.20	28
2.	Dmitri Sidlyarov (F)	2024-2025	VHL	63	12	45	57	0.90	24
3.	Maxim Mineyev (D)	2025-2026	VHL	49	4	45	49	1.00	14
4.	Daniil Yerdakov (F)	2021-2022	VHL	51	19	42	61	1.20	16
5.	Rasim Shakirov (F)	2025-2026	VHL	61	19	40	59	0.97	12

VHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

VHL — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Maxim Yeprev (D)	2012-2013	VHL	27	0	0	0	0.00	175
2.	Igor Knyazev (D)	2012-2013	VHL	48	3	2	5	0.10	169
3.	Igor Golovkov (D)	2010-2011	VHL	36	1	1	2	0.06	154
4.	Vladislav Dashkevich (D)	2010-2011	VHL	51	4	7	11	0.22	149
5.	Darcy Verot (F)	2012-2013	VHL	26	4	2	6	0.23	145

List of VHL Champions

VHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2025	Torpedo-Gorky NN
2024	Neftyanik Almetievsk
2023	Khimik Voskresensk
2022	Rubin Tyumen
2021	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2019	Saryarka Karaganda
2018	Dynamo St. Petersburg
2017	Dynamo Balashikha
2016	Neftyanik Almetievsk
2015	Toros Neftekamsk
2014	Saryarka Karaganda
2013	Toros Neftekamsk
2012	Toros Neftekamsk
2011	Rubin Tyumen