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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2017-2018

2017-2018 Season

Loko Yaroslavl finished first in the 2017-18 MHL standings with 162 points. SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (155 points) and MHK Spartak Moskva (145 points) followed.

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2017-2018 MHL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Eastern Conference
1.	Mamonty Yugry	60	40	-	9	9	2	243	114	129	140	2.33	Conference SF loss
2.	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	60	36	-	17	5	2	232	165	67	120	2.00	Conference QF loss
3.	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	60	37	-	18	3	2	197	138	59	119	1.98	Conference QF loss
4.	Avto Yekaterinburg	60	32	-	16	5	7	225	147	78	113	1.88	Conference SF loss
5.	Tolpar Ufa	60	32	-	18	4	6	182	131	51	110	1.83	Conference QF loss
6.	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	60	30	-	17	6	7	206	153	53	109	1.82	Semifinal loss
7.	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	60	28	-	19	8	5	203	177	26	105	1.75	Semifinal loss
8.	Irbis Kazan	60	28	-	19	8	5	166	148	18	105	1.75	Conference QF loss
9.	Sarmaty Orenburg	60	20	-	24	8	8	175	176	-1	84	1.40	Did not make playoffs
10.	Omskie Yastreby	60	20	-	28	6	6	163	170	-7	78	1.30	Did not make playoffs
11.	Snezhnye Barsy Astana	60	19	-	29	8	4	181	221	-40	77	1.28	Did not make playoffs
12.	Ladia Togliatti	60	20	-	27	3	10	152	191	-39	76	1.27	Did not make playoffs
13.	Kuznetskie Medvedi	60	17	-	31	6	6	177	214	-37	69	1.15	Did not make playoffs
14.	Tyumenski Legion	60	11	-	35	7	7	143	226	-83	54	0.90	Did not make playoffs
15.	Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk	60	10	-	38	2	10	117	243	-126	44	0.73	Did not make playoffs
16.	Sputnik Almetievsk	60	10	-	45	2	3	132	280	-148	37	0.62	Did not make playoffs
Western Conference
1.	Loko Yaroslavl	64	47	-	5	9	3	243	112	131	162	2.53	Champion
2.	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	64	49	-	9	2	4	217	103	114	155	2.42	Final loss
3.	MHK Spartak Moskva	64	44	-	11	4	5	232	141	91	145	2.27	Conference SF loss
4.	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	64	43	-	11	5	5	245	126	119	144	2.25	Conference SF loss
5.	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	64	36	-	13	8	7	236	153	83	131	2.05	Conference QF loss
6.	Almaz Cherepovets	64	33	-	16	7	8	216	166	50	121	1.89	Conference QF loss
7.	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	64	24	-	25	5	10	171	179	-8	92	1.44	Conference QF loss
8.	Russkie Vityazi Chekhov	64	23	-	27	6	8	147	153	-6	89	1.39	Conference QF loss
9.	MHK Dynamo Moskva	64	21	-	29	8	4	160	186	-26	87	1.36	Did not make playoffs
10.	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	64	23	-	31	7	3	150	174	-24	86	1.34	Did not make playoffs
11.	Serebryanye Lvy St. Petersburg	64	22	-	30	2	10	160	172	-12	80	1.25	Did not make playoffs
12.	Atlanty Mytishchi	64	19	-	37	5	3	123	172	-49	70	1.09	Did not make playoffs
13.	KRS Junior	64	18	-	37	7	2	166	238	-72	70	1.09	Did not make playoffs
14.	Taifun Primorsky Krai	64	15	-	37	5	7	157	250	-93	62	0.97	Did not make playoffs
15.	Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	64	12	-	39	5	8	158	246	-88	54	0.84	Did not make playoffs
16.	HK Riga	64	13	-	42	4	5	98	206	-108	52	0.81	Did not make playoffs
17.	Kapitan Stupino	64	6	-	49	5	4	138	240	-102	32	0.50	Did not make playoffs

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2017-2018 MHL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Anton Ruban (F)	59	35	45	80	18
2.	Anton Vasilyev (F)	63	25	46	71	26
3.	Denis Yerkin (F)	50	24	47	71	72
4.	Vladimir Gaideik (F)	54	25	42	67	8
5.	Nikita Dynyak (F)	61	35	30	65	47

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2017-2018 MHL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Alexander Samoilov (G)	15	2.02	.939
2.	Nikita Lysenkov (G)	38	1.46	.939
3.	Daniil Isayev (G)	19	1.56	.936
4.	Konstantin Volkov (G)	25	1.59	.935
5.	Amir Miftakhov (G)	26	1.91	.934

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2017-2018 MHL Demographics

MHL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/19/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	Sputnik Almetievsk	-
10/18/2026 11:00 AM UTC	MHK Spartak Moskva	Krasnaya Mashina Yunior Krasnogorsk	6 - 3
10/18/2026 10:00 AM UTC	Almaz Cherepovets	Kuznetskie Medvedi	3 - 1
10/18/2026 06:00 AM UTC	Sakhalinskiye Akuly	MHK Spartak-MAH Moskva	4 - 1
10/17/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Loko-76 Yaroslavl	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	2 - 4

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MHL Transactions

MHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
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
10/16/2026	Confirmed	Artyom Malkov (D)	MHK Spartak Moskva	HK Mogilev	Details
10/13/2026	Confirmed	Timofei Sorokin (G)	Loko-76 Yaroslavl	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	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-Yunior Tula Region	Ivan Kazharin (F)

MHL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Almaz Cherepovets	39	2 726	5'10"	172 lbs	19.21
2.	Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk	42	2 218	5'11"	179 lbs	19.26
3.	Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	43	2 822	6'0"	179 lbs	19.37
4.	Avto Yekaterinburg	46	5 798	6'0"	187 lbs	19.52
5.	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	49	3 365	6'0"	181 lbs	19.29
6.	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	36	2 903	6'0"	185 lbs	19.31
7.	HK Riga	32	3 808	6'0"	185 lbs	18.97
8.	Irbis Kazan	45	3 332	6'0"	183 lbs	19.00
9.	KRS Heilongjiang	34	1 900	6'0"	183 lbs	19.26
10.	Kapitan Stupino	33	1 475	6'1"	185 lbs	18.27
11.	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	52	5 344	6'0"	185 lbs	19.13
12.	Kuznetskie Medvedi	43	3 289	5'11"	179 lbs	19.42
13.	Ladia Togliatti	36	2 593	6'0"	179 lbs	18.89
14.	Loko Yaroslavl	55	3 017	6'0"	183 lbs	18.80
15.	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	39	2 629	6'0"	179 lbs	19.31
16.	MHK Dynamo Moskva	38	2 498	6'0"	185 lbs	18.74
17.	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	34	3 097	6'0"	183 lbs	19.12
18.	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	39	2 845	6'0"	181 lbs	19.41
19.	MHK Spartak Moskva	38	2 769	6'0"	181 lbs	19.32
20.	Mamonty Yugry	37	2 516	6'0"	187 lbs	19.11
21.	Omskie Yastreby	48	3 045	6'0"	183 lbs	19.04
22.	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	36	2 512	6'0"	183 lbs	19.22
23.	Russkie Vityazi	38	2 618	6'0"	190 lbs	18.92
24.	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	55	3 830	6'1"	192 lbs	19.47
25.	Sarmaty Orenburg	42	2 549	5'11"	176 lbs	19.52
26.	Serebryanye Lvy St. Petersburg	50	2 832	6'0"	183 lbs	19.42
27.	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	34	2 735	6'0"	183 lbs	19.18
28.	Snezhnye Barsy Astana	35	3 801	6'0"	179 lbs	18.86
29.	Sputnik Almetievsk	40	2 420	6'0"	179 lbs	18.55
30.	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	36	2 790	6'0"	185 lbs	18.92
31.	Taifun Primorsky Krai	42	2 362	5'11"	179 lbs	19.45
32.	Tolpar Ufa	39	2 976	6'1"	190 lbs	19.23
33.	Tyumenski Legion	34	2 589	6'0"	181 lbs	18.71

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Alikhan Bakyt (F)	2026-2027	MHK Almaty	Kazakhstan Jastar	16	12	18	30	8
2.	Valeri Gurin (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	19	9	21	30	4
3.	Vyacheslav Korotin (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	20	8	22	30	14
4.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	19	17	12	29	6
5.	Oskar Yulbarisov (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	21	8	21	29	10
6.	Deivids Sarkanis (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	10	11	17	28	2
7.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	17	12	15	27	38
8.	Tamerlan Tleubayev (F)	2026-2027	MHK Barys Astana	Kazakhstan Jastar	14	15	11	26	2
9.	Timur Shingareyev (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	18	14	11	25	4
10.	Vyacheslav Litovchenko (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	20	8	17	25	6

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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