What does MHL stand for?

MHL stands for Olimpbet Molodyozhnaya Hokkeinaya Liga.

How many teams play in the MHL?

The MHL currently consists of 34 teams.

Who won the most recent MHL championship?

Loko Yaroslavl won the most recent MHL championship in 2026.

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2016-2017

2016-2017 Season

Reaktor Nizhnekamsk finished first in the 2016-17 MHL standings with 123 points. SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (121 points) and Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (119 points) followed.

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2016-2017 MHL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Eastern Conference
1.	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	60	36	-	13	4	7	187	132	55	123	2.05	Final loss
2.	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	60	35	-	17	6	2	217	138	79	119	1.98	Conference QF loss
3.	Irbis Kazan	60	34	-	17	6	3	197	139	58	117	1.95	Conference SF loss
4.	Kuznetskie Medvedi	60	31	-	17	8	4	224	176	48	113	1.88	Semifinal loss
5.	Sarmaty Orenburg	60	31	-	16	7	6	159	117	42	113	1.88	Conference QF loss
6.	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	60	32	-	19	6	3	204	142	62	111	1.85	Conference QF loss
7.	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	60	30	-	17	4	9	199	150	49	107	1.78	Conference SF loss
8.	Avto Yekaterinburg	60	30	-	23	5	2	182	140	42	102	1.70	Conference QF loss
9.	Mamonty Yugry	60	28	-	20	6	6	226	172	54	102	1.70	Did not make playoffs
10.	Omskie Yastreby	60	25	-	19	11	5	230	182	48	102	1.70	Did not make playoffs
11.	Tolpar Ufa	60	29	-	21	2	8	189	162	27	99	1.65	Did not make playoffs
12.	Ladia Togliatti	60	20	-	26	5	9	168	199	-31	79	1.32	Did not make playoffs
13.	Snezhnye Barsy Astana	60	12	-	37	7	4	139	181	-42	54	0.90	Did not make playoffs
14.	Sputnik Almetievsk	60	13	-	38	3	6	120	198	-78	51	0.85	Did not make playoffs
15.	Tyumenski Legion	60	9	-	46	1	4	120	278	-158	33	0.55	Did not make playoffs
16.	Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk	60	4	-	53	0	3	102	357	-255	15	0.25	Did not make playoffs
Western Conference
1.	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	56	32	-	9	10	5	178	114	64	121	2.16	Conference SF loss
2.	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	56	35	-	14	5	2	182	110	72	117	2.09	Champion
3.	Loko Yaroslavl	56	33	-	14	6	3	182	103	79	114	2.04	Conference QF loss
4.	Russkie Vityazi Chekhov	56	31	-	19	3	3	148	132	16	102	1.82	Conference SF loss
5.	MHK Spartak Moskva	56	30	-	18	4	4	162	136	26	102	1.82	Conference QF loss
6.	Almaz Cherepovets	56	31	-	20	3	2	135	122	13	101	1.80	Semifinal loss
7.	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	56	28	-	19	6	3	177	143	34	99	1.77	Conference QF loss
8.	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	56	25	-	22	5	4	143	136	7	89	1.59	Conference QF loss
9.	Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	56	25	-	22	3	6	175	172	3	87	1.55	Did not make playoffs
10.	Serebryanye Lvy St. Petersburg	56	25	-	24	2	5	147	137	10	84	1.50	Did not make playoffs
11.	HK MVD Balashikha	56	19	-	29	4	4	139	155	-16	69	1.23	Did not make playoffs
12.	Taifun Primorsky Krai	56	10	-	35	6	5	109	181	-72	47	0.84	Did not make playoffs
13.	Atlanty Mytishchi	56	13	-	39	1	3	119	196	-77	44	0.79	Did not make playoffs
14.	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	56	12	-	37	1	6	109	191	-82	44	0.79	Did not make playoffs
15.	HK Riga	56	10	-	38	2	6	105	182	-77	40	0.71	Did not make playoffs

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2016-2017 MHL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Artyom Manukyan (F)	60	39	66	105	61
2.	Anton Kovalyov (F)	53	41	46	87	70
3.	Andrei Karavayev (F)	54	28	51	79	26
4.	Konstantin Parkhomenko (F)	52	31	39	70	26
5.	Igor Shvyryov (F)	40	21	49	70	26

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2016-2017 MHL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Daniil Yakovlev (G)	12	1.67	.939
2.	Kirill Ustimenko (G)	27	1.74	.938
3.	Danil Kudashev (G)	39	1.80	.937
4.	Artyom Sergeyev (G)	23	1.68	.937
5.	Dmitri Lozebnikov (G)	45	2.04	.934

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2016-2017 MHL Demographics

MHL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/21/2026 11:30 AM UTC	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	-
10/20/2026 04:00 PM UTC	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	3 - 1
10/20/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Loko-76 Yaroslavl	Tolpar Ufa	3 - 2
10/20/2026 12:30 PM UTC	Omskie Yastreby	Irbis Kazan	1 - 0
10/20/2026 09:00 AM UTC	Taifun Primorsky Krai	MHK Spartak-MAH Moskva	4 - 1

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MHL Transactions

MHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Marat Sabitov (D)	Irbis Kazan	Krasnoyarskie Rysi	Details
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Zakhar Fomenko (D)	Krasnoyarskie Rysi	Unknown	Details
10/17/2026	Confirmed	Nikita Semyonov (F)	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	Kaluzhskie Rakety	Details
10/16/2026	Confirmed	Artyom Romansky (D)	Kuznetskie Medvedi	Sakhalinskiye Akuly	Details
10/16/2026	Confirmed	Yegor Dubovets (F)	Krasnaya Mashina Yunior Krasnogorsk	Unknown	Details

2026-2027 MHL Free Agents

Team	Player
MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	Alexander Grigoryan (F)
Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	Viktor Startsev (F)
AKM-Yunior Tula Region	Ilya Klinovsky (F)
MHK Molot Perm	Mark Bashinsky (F)
Taifun Primorsky Krai	Roman Strochkin (F)

2027-2028 MHL Free Agents

Team	Player
Avto Yekaterinburg	Lavr Gashilov (F)
MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	Nikolai Tereshchenko (D)
Almaz Cherepovets	Timofei Kalinin (F)
Avto Yekaterinburg	Dmitri Isayev (F)
AKM Tula	Mikhail Vorfolomeyev (F)

MHL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Almaz Cherepovets	41	2 631	5'10"	176 lbs	19.24
2.	Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk	47	1 316	6'0"	176 lbs	19.06
3.	Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	34	2 466	6'0"	181 lbs	19.38
4.	Avto Yekaterinburg	37	3 013	6'0"	187 lbs	19.16
5.	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	44	2 752	6'0"	181 lbs	19.07
6.	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	40	2 710	6'0"	187 lbs	18.93
7.	HK Riga	35	3 768	6'0"	185 lbs	18.94
8.	Irbis Kazan	45	2 941	6'0"	185 lbs	19.27
9.	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	49	3 254	6'0"	190 lbs	19.22
10.	Kuznetskie Medvedi	40	2 883	5'11"	181 lbs	19.55
11.	Ladia Togliatti	35	2 277	6'0"	179 lbs	18.83
12.	Loko Yaroslavl	48	3 899	6'0"	183 lbs	18.73
13.	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	49	2 018	6'0"	179 lbs	18.80
14.	MHK Dynamo Moskva	44	2 670	6'0"	185 lbs	18.77
15.	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	39	2 567	6'0"	181 lbs	19.00
16.	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	41	2 078	6'0"	183 lbs	19.05
17.	MHK Spartak Moskva	42	2 773	6'0"	181 lbs	19.19
18.	Mamonty Yugry	39	2 519	6'0"	185 lbs	18.85
19.	Omskie Yastreby	39	2 641	6'0"	185 lbs	19.10
20.	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	39	4 807	6'0"	183 lbs	19.31
21.	Russkie Vityazi	37	2 613	6'0"	187 lbs	19.00
22.	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	42	2 732	6'0"	192 lbs	19.21
23.	Sarmaty Orenburg	33	2 243	5'11"	174 lbs	19.52
24.	Serebryanye Lvy St. Petersburg	44	2 369	6'0"	183 lbs	19.16
25.	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	39	2 754	6'0"	185 lbs	19.36
26.	Snezhnye Barsy Astana	31	3 432	6'0"	187 lbs	19.23
27.	Sputnik Almetievsk	42	1 640	5'11"	176 lbs	18.83
28.	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	36	2 828	6'0"	183 lbs	19.17
29.	Taifun Primorsky Krai	40	2 349	6'0"	181 lbs	19.50
30.	Tolpar Ufa	36	2 498	6'1"	187 lbs	19.33
31.	Tyumenski Legion	45	2 109	6'0"	179 lbs	18.80

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	21	18	14	32	8
2.	Valeri Gurin (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	20	10	22	32	4
3.	Vyacheslav Korotin (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	21	9	22	31	14
4.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	18	13	17	30	52
5.	Alikhan Bakyt (F)	2026-2027	MHK Almaty	Kazakhstan Jastar	16	12	18	30	8
6.	Oskar Yulbarisov (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	22	8	21	29	14
7.	Deivids Sarkanis (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	10	11	17	28	2
8.	Yegor Anisimov (F)	2026-2027	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	21	9	19	28	8
9.	Timur Shingareyev (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	19	14	13	27	4
10.	Tamerlan Tleubayev (F)	2026-2027	MHK Barys Astana	Kazakhstan Jastar	14	15	11	26	2

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Regular Season

MHL All-Time Points

MHL All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Anton Vasilyev (F)	212	89	134	223
2.	Valeri Polyakov (F)	213	87	121	208
3.	Timur Makarov (F)	215	78	117	195
4.	Nikita Gusev (F)	120	69	123	192
5.	Dmitri Silantyev (F)	216	81	110	191

MHL All-Time Goals

MHL All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Anton Nazarevich (F)	217	103	87	190
2.	Raul Yakupov (F)	188	98	81	179
3.	Alexander Gordin (F)	191	90	74	164
4.	Anton Vasilyev (F)	212	89	134	223
5.	Valeri Polyakov (F)	213	87	121	208

MHL All-Time Assists

MHL All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Anton Vasilyev (F)	212	89	134	223
2.	Nikita Gusev (F)	120	69	123	192
3.	Valeri Polyakov (F)	213	87	121	208
4.	Yaromir Yermakov (F)	198	65	118	183
5.	Timur Makarov (F)	215	78	117	195

MHL All-Time Penalty Min.

MHL All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Dmitri Kanifadin (D)	203	7	36	490
2.	Roman Kobelev (D)	183	14	39	467
3.	Andrei Kondrashev (D)	188	10	37	396
4.	Denis Mosharov (F)	188	48	103	377
5.	Ivan Boiko (D)	197	7	38	373

MHL All-Time Games Played

MHL All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Alexei Zaitsev (F)	257	84	92	176
2.	Stepan Vyrin (F)	255	46	59	105
3.	Alexander Komisarchuk (F)	251	40	40	80
4.	Vladislav Gagloyev (F)	249	47	68	115
5.	Pavel Kupchikhin (D)	248	18	35	53

MHL All-Time Points Per Game

MHL All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Dmitri Monya (F)	2	4	6	3.00
2.	Nikita Filatov (F)	1	1	3	3.00
3.	Andrei Popov (F)	5	6	12	2.40
4.	Maxim Karpov (F)	3	3	7	2.33
5.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	16	12	34	2.13

MHL All-Time Points Per Season

MHL All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Artyom Manukyan (F)	2016-2017	MHL	60	39	66	105	1.75	61
2.	Anton Vasilyev (F)	2018-2019	MHL	57	41	55	96	1.68	69
3.	Alexei Mitrofanov (F)	2013-2014	MHL	55	40	52	92	1.67	38
4.	Dmitri Mikhailov (F)	2012-2013	MHL	54	32	60	92	1.70	58
5.	Anton Kovalyov (F)	2016-2017	MHL	53	41	46	87	1.64	70

MHL All-Time Goals Per Season

MHL All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mikhail Shalagin (F)	2018-2019	MHL	43	48	27	75	1.74	77
2.	Anton Nazarevich (F)	2018-2019	MHL	64	45	28	73	1.14	90
3.	Dmitri Rashevsky (F)	2019-2020	MHL	61	44	30	74	1.21	14
4.	Ivan Fomin (F)	2025-2026	MHL	60	43	31	74	1.23	16
5.	Fyodor Malykhin (F)	2009-2010	MHL	54	42	30	72	1.33	60

MHL All-Time Assists Per Season

MHL All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Artyom Manukyan (F)	2016-2017	MHL	60	39	66	105	1.75	61
2.	Dmitri Mikhailov (F)	2012-2013	MHL	54	32	60	92	1.70	58
3.	Stas Petrosyan (F)	2019-2020	MHL	51	30	57	87	1.71	76
4.	Artyom Fyodorov (F)	2012-2013	MHL	60	30	56	86	1.43	77
5.	Nikita Tochitsky (F)	2010-2011	MHL	52	19	56	75	1.44	54

MHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

MHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Nikita Selyukov (D)	2009-2010	MHL	32	1	0	1	0.03	248
2.	Ivan Larin (F)	2009-2010	MHL	40	11	8	19	0.48	200
3.	Roman Kobelev (D)	2012-2013	MHL	54	3	4	7	0.13	182
4.	Yevgeni Dubovitsky (D)	2011-2012	MHL	27	0	1	1	0.04	177
5.	Dmitri Kanifadin (D)	2011-2012	MHL	58	0	9	9	0.16	173