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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2020-2021

2020-2021 Season

MHK Dynamo Moskva finished first in the 2020-21 MHL standings with 107 points. Loko Yaroslavl (106 points) and SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (93 points) followed.

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2020-2021 MHL Standings

2020-2021 MHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Eastern Conference
1.	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	56	34	-	12	6	4	194	102	92	84	1.50	Conference SF loss
2.	Irbis Kazan	56	30	-	12	8	6	175	120	55	82	1.46	Semifinal loss
3.	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	56	33	-	15	5	3	192	135	57	79	1.41	Conference SF loss
4.	Mamonty Yugry	56	24	-	14	11	7	160	125	35	77	1.38	Conference QF loss
5.	Tolpar Ufa	56	31	-	15	4	6	193	123	70	76	1.36	Semifinal loss
6.	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	56	30	-	16	6	4	183	129	54	76	1.36	Conference QF loss
7.	Avto Yekaterinburg	56	31	-	15	3	7	158	123	35	75	1.34	Conference QF loss
8.	Sputnik Almetievsk	56	33	-	18	3	2	165	131	34	74	1.32	Conference QF loss
9.	Omskie Yastreby	56	24	-	22	9	1	157	124	33	67	1.20	Did not make playoffs
10.	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	56	18	-	21	7	10	159	172	-13	60	1.07	Did not make playoffs
11.	Ladia Togliatti	56	20	-	25	5	6	157	186	-29	56	1.00	Did not make playoffs
12.	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	56	9	-	37	5	5	140	230	-90	33	0.59	Did not make playoffs
13.	Sarmaty Orenburg	56	13	-	39	1	3	112	199	-87	31	0.55	Did not make playoffs
14.	Tyumenski Legion	56	6	-	38	4	8	85	196	-111	28	0.50	Did not make playoffs
15.	Kuznetskie Medvedi	56	5	-	42	2	7	80	215	-135	21	0.38	Did not make playoffs
Western Conference
1.	MHK Dynamo Moskva	64	46	-	8	5	5	254	128	126	107	1.67	Champion
2.	Loko Yaroslavl	64	48	-	9	3	4	255	109	146	106	1.66	Final loss
3.	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	64	40	-	15	4	5	242	134	108	93	1.45	Conference SF loss
4.	MHK Spartak Moskva	64	37	-	18	6	3	204	146	58	89	1.39	Conference QF loss
5.	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	64	34	-	17	7	6	200	137	63	88	1.38	Conference SF loss
6.	Almaz Cherepovets	64	36	-	20	3	5	207	156	51	83	1.30	Conference QF loss
7.	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	64	35	-	18	1	10	180	150	30	82	1.28	Conference QF loss
8.	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	64	29	-	23	9	3	202	187	15	79	1.23	Conference QF loss
9.	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	64	30	-	24	6	4	161	151	10	76	1.19	Did not make playoffs
10.	Russkie Vityazi Chekhov	64	30	-	25	3	6	185	166	19	72	1.13	Did not make playoffs
11.	SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg	64	15	-	35	10	4	160	201	-41	54	0.84	Did not make playoffs
12.	Taifun Primorsky Krai	64	15	-	35	7	7	146	213	-67	51	0.80	Did not make playoffs
13.	HK Riga	64	17	-	40	3	4	126	198	-72	44	0.69	Did not make playoffs
14.	Sakhalinskiye Akuly	64	11	-	41	8	4	134	215	-81	42	0.66	Did not make playoffs
15.	Kapitan Stupino	64	14	-	41	4	5	153	217	-64	41	0.64	Did not make playoffs
16.	AKM Novomoskovsk	64	12	-	43	4	5	111	226	-115	37	0.58	Did not make playoffs
17.	Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	64	9	-	46	3	6	141	327	-186	30	0.47	Did not make playoffs

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2020-2021 MHL Player Stats

2020-2021 MHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Stepan Nikulin (F)	59	33	41	74	42
2.	Alexander Kisakov (F)	61	36	37	73	90
3.	Ruslan Abrosimov (F)	62	23	48	71	12
4.	Nikita Lukhovskoy (F)	58	33	33	66	8
5.	Ilya Chefanov (F)	62	31	32	63	12

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2020-2021 MHL Goalie Stats

2020-2021 MHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Yegor Guskov (G)	49	1.42	.946
2.	Yegor Gromovik (G)	46	1.51	.941
3.	Semyon Vyazovoi (G)	26	2.06	.939
4.	Makar Kositskikh (G)	21	1.60	.937
5.	Dmitri Kulikov (G)	32	1.97	.936

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2020-2021 MHL Demographics

MHL Games

MHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/03/2026 02:30 PM GMT+3	Kuznetskie Medvedi	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	-
11/02/2026 07:00 PM GMT+3	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	Sakhalinskiye Akuly	1 - 5
11/02/2026 06:30 PM GMT+3	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	Mamonty Yugry	3 - 2 (OT 64:40)
11/02/2026 09:00 AM GMT+3	Krasnoyarskie Rysi	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	1 - 2
11/01/2026 01:00 PM GMT+3	Krasnaya Mashina Yunior Krasnogorsk	Taifun Primorsky Krai	0 - 4

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MHL Transactions

MHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/31/2026	Confirmed	Diniyar Tukhvatullin (D)	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	Dizelist Penza	Details
10/28/2026	Confirmed	Matvei Megalinsky (D)	Sakhalinskiye Akuly	Unknown	Details
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Ivan Semichev (D)	King Heights Academy Prep U18	Taifun Primorsky Krai	Details
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Leonid Istomin (D)	Taifun Primorsky Krai	Kuznetskie Medvedi	Details
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Mikhail Katin (D)	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	Unknown	Details

2026-2027 MHL Free Agents

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

2027-2028 MHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Avto Yekaterinburg	Lavr Gashilov (F)
Almaz Cherepovets	Timofei Kalinin (F)
AKM-Yunior Tula Region	Ivan Kazharin (F)
MHK Molot Perm	Alexander Uzhva (F)
MHK Atlant Mytishchi	Pavel Danilkin (F)

MHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2020-2021 MHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	AKM Tula	56	3 213	6'0"	181 lbs	19.14
2.	Almaz Cherepovets	39	2 925	5'11"	179 lbs	19.21
3.	Amurskie Tigry Khabarovsk	38	2 658	5'11"	176 lbs	19.39
4.	Avto Yekaterinburg	40	2 825	6'0"	176 lbs	19.20
5.	Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk	49	3 059	6'0"	179 lbs	18.94
6.	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod	37	2 945	6'0"	181 lbs	19.19
7.	HK Riga	34	2 762	6'1"	185 lbs	19.65
8.	Irbis Kazan	45	3 325	6'0"	179 lbs	18.93
9.	Kapitan Stupino	42	2 715	6'0"	181 lbs	18.76
10.	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva	44	3 076	6'0"	187 lbs	19.00
11.	Kuznetskie Medvedi	36	2 280	5'11"	179 lbs	18.47
12.	Ladia Togliatti	41	2 392	6'0"	176 lbs	18.93
13.	Loko Yaroslavl	50	3 281	6'0"	185 lbs	18.86
14.	MHK Atlant Mytishchi	42	2 816	5'11"	174 lbs	19.07
15.	MHK Dynamo Moskva	47	3 531	6'0"	183 lbs	18.89
16.	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg	41	3 078	6'0"	185 lbs	19.32
17.	MHK Krylia Sovetov Moskva	37	2 808	6'0"	181 lbs	18.97
18.	MHK Spartak Moskva	46	3 534	6'0"	176 lbs	19.00
19.	Mamonty Yugry	43	2 569	6'0"	179 lbs	19.09
20.	Omskie Yastreby	36	2 265	6'0"	183 lbs	18.81
21.	Reaktor Nizhnekamsk	39	2 922	6'1"	179 lbs	19.15
22.	Russkie Vityazi	38	2 876	6'0"	185 lbs	18.89
23.	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg	53	5 142	6'0"	183 lbs	19.15
24.	SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg	51	3 269	6'0"	181 lbs	18.31
25.	Sakhalinskiye Akuly	44	2 789	6'0"	183 lbs	19.18
26.	Sarmaty Orenburg	46	2 638	6'0"	179 lbs	19.28
27.	Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk	31	2 699	6'0"	181 lbs	19.13
28.	Sputnik Almetievsk	32	3 066	6'0"	181 lbs	19.28
29.	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk	33	2 195	6'0"	183 lbs	18.48
30.	Taifun Primorsky Krai	38	2 728	6'0"	181 lbs	19.26
31.	Tolpar Ufa	42	2 793	6'0"	176 lbs	19.05
32.	Tyumenski Legion	40	2 422	6'0"	172 lbs	18.53

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

MHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	23	22	21	43	58
2.	Vyacheslav Korotin (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	26	13	29	42	18
3.	Valeri Gurin (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	24	13	27	40	4
4.	Deivids Sarkanis (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	14	13	22	35	4
5.	Oskar Yulbarisov (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	26	10	25	35	16
6.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	25	19	15	34	8
7.	Tamerlan Tleubayev (F)	2026-2027	MHK Barys Astana	Kazakhstan Jastar	16	16	15	31	4
8.	Yegor Anisimov (F)	2026-2027	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	24	10	21	31	10
9.	Artur Gatiyatov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	25	5	26	31	12
10.	Alikhan Bakyt (F)	2026-2027	MHK Almaty	Kazakhstan Jastar	18	12	18	30	8

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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

List of MHL Champions

MHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Loko Yaroslavl
2025	MHK Spartak Moskva
2024	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg
2023	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod
2022	SKA-1946 St. Petersburg
2021	MHK Dynamo Moskva
2019	Loko Yaroslavl
2018	Loko Yaroslavl
2017	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva
2016	Loko Yaroslavl
2015	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod
2014	MHK Spartak Moskva
2013	Omskie Yastreby
2012	Omskie Yastreby
2011	Krasnaya Armiya Moskva
2010	Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk