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.

Vserossiyskaya Hokkeynaya Liga VHL 2017-2018

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2017-2018

2017-2018 Season

Dynamo St. Petersburg finished first in the 2017-18 VHL standings with 126 points. SKA-Neva St. Petersburg (116 points) and Neftyanik Almetievsk (108 points) followed.

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2017-2018 VHL Standings

2017-2018 VHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Dynamo St. Petersburg	52	37	-	6	6	3	179	82	97	126	2.42	Champion
2.	SKA-Neva St. Petersburg	52	36	-	11	3	2	162	81	81	116	2.23	Final loss
3.	Neftyanik Almetievsk	52	30	-	11	7	4	147	96	51	108	2.08	Semifinal loss
4.	Saryarka Karaganda	52	28	-	12	5	7	161	108	53	101	1.94	Last 16 loss
5.	Zauralie Kurgan	52	25	-	15	11	1	141	101	40	98	1.88	Semifinal loss
6.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	52	25	-	15	8	4	160	117	43	95	1.83	Last 16 loss
7.	Yermak Angarsk	52	24	-	15	9	4	137	121	16	94	1.81	Quarterfinal loss
8.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	52	22	-	15	11	4	151	110	41	92	1.77	Quarterfinal loss
9.	HK Sarov	52	25	-	18	6	3	134	112	22	90	1.73	Last 16 loss
10.	Toros Neftekamsk	52	23	-	18	8	3	136	113	23	88	1.69	Quarterfinal loss
11.	Zvezda Chekhov	52	23	-	17	2	10	161	131	30	83	1.60	Last 16 loss
12.	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	52	20	-	15	6	11	143	123	20	83	1.60	Last 16 loss
13.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	52	21	-	19	6	6	138	132	6	81	1.56	Quarterfinal loss
14.	Tsen Tou Jilin	52	22	-	21	2	7	109	148	-39	77	1.48	Last 16 loss
15.	Khimik Voskresensk	52	22	-	20	1	9	111	122	-11	77	1.48	Last 16 loss
16.	Molot-Prikamie Perm	52	17	-	22	8	5	127	147	-20	72	1.38	Last 16 loss
17.	Rubin Tyumen	52	18	-	22	5	7	127	129	-2	71	1.37	Did not make playoffs
18.	Bars Kazan	52	16	-	24	8	4	110	129	-19	68	1.31	Did not make playoffs
19.	Dizel Penza	52	18	-	25	3	6	107	122	-15	66	1.27	Did not make playoffs
20.	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	52	16	-	23	5	8	123	143	-20	66	1.27	Did not make playoffs
21.	Izhstal Izhevsk	52	18	-	26	2	6	124	141	-17	64	1.23	Did not make playoffs
22.	HK Ryazan	52	15	-	27	8	2	106	136	-30	63	1.21	Did not make playoffs
23.	Gornyak Uchaly	52	17	-	28	2	5	132	158	-26	60	1.15	Did not make playoffs
24.	KRS Heilongjiang	52	15	-	26	2	9	135	176	-41	58	1.12	Did not make playoffs
25.	Buran Voronezh	52	10	-	25	8	9	126	176	-50	55	1.06	Did not make playoffs
26.	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	52	9	-	36	4	3	96	174	-78	38	0.73	Did not make playoffs
27.	CSK VVS Samara	52	3	-	43	1	5	82	237	-155	16	0.31	Did not make playoffs

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2017-2018 VHL Player Stats

2017-2018 VHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Nikita Setdikov (F)	48	21	32	53	42
2.	Mikhail Mokin (F)	47	19	32	51	60
3.	Vladimir Peshekhonov (F)	52	16	31	47	34
4.	Alexander Shevchenko (F)	51	25	21	46	16
5.	Vyacheslav Andryushchenko (F)	51	25	19	44	2

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2017-2018 VHL Goalie Stats

2017-2018 VHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Nikita Bogdanov (G)	33	1.23	.956
2.	Anton Todykov (G)	11	1.30	.947
3.	Alexander Samonov (G)	32	1.17	.946
4.	Alexander Trushkov (G)	25	1.96	.938
5.	Artyom Zagidulin (G)	40	1.85	.938

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VHL Games

VHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/22/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Toros Neftekamsk	Omskie Krylia	-
10/21/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Dizel Penza	Buran Voronezh	0 - 4
10/21/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Neftyanik Almetievsk	CSK VVS Samara	3 - 2 (OT 63:35)
10/21/2026 01:30 PM UTC	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	1 - 3
10/21/2026 08:00 AM UTC	Magnitka Magnitogorsk	HK Norilsk	2 - 3 (OT 61:06)

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VHL Transactions

VHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/21/2026	Confirmed	Igor Shvyryov (F)	AKM Tula Region	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Details
10/21/2026	Confirmed	Yuri Kozhukhov (F)	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	Details
10/21/2026	Confirmed	Artyom Bilinchuk (F)	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	Details
10/21/2026	Confirmed	Denis Mingaleyev (F)	Dizel Penza	AKM Tula Region	Details
10/21/2026	Confirmed	Yaroslav Labutkin (D)	Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	Molot Perm	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)
AKM Tula Region	Yeremei Shumilin (F)
Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Pavel Yelizarov (D)
Buran Voronezh	Yevgeni Shakurov (D)

2027-2028 VHL Free Agents

2027-2028 VHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Kristall Saratov	Nikita Chervontsev (F)
HK Norilsk	Mikhail Shalagin (F)
Bars Kazan	Ildar Shiksatdarov (F)
Omskie Krylia	Daniil Anop (F)
Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk	Sergei Lapin (F)

VHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2017-2018 VHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Bars Kazan	46	2 935	6'1"	196 lbs	22.28
2.	Buran Voronezh	54	5 194	5'11"	183 lbs	24.80
3.	CSK VVS Samara	56	2 692	6'0"	185 lbs	22.98
4.	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	44	2 516	6'0"	185 lbs	21.45
5.	Dizel Penza	46	5 131	6'0"	190 lbs	25.04
6.	Dynamo St. Petersburg	48	5 290	6'0"	194 lbs	24.58
7.	Gornyak-UGMK	42	2 875	6'0"	185 lbs	22.36
8.	HK Sarov	43	3 764	6'0"	194 lbs	24.05
9.	Izhstal Izhevsk	59	7 007	5'10"	179 lbs	24.78
10.	KRS-BSU Beijing	47	3 001	5'11"	183 lbs	25.72
11.	Khimik Voskresensk	50	4 526	6'0"	187 lbs	25.08
12.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	45	3 337	6'0"	192 lbs	25.60
13.	Molot Perm	47	6 185	6'0"	187 lbs	25.06
14.	Neftyanik Almetievsk	41	6 998	6'0"	185 lbs	25.83
15.	Rubin Tyumen	63	7 471	5'11"	187 lbs	25.13
16.	Ryazan-VDV	57	4 615	6'0"	187 lbs	23.54
17.	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	50	4 296	6'0"	194 lbs	22.66
18.	Saryarka Karaganda	45	4 415	6'0"	187 lbs	24.96
19.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	42	5 787	6'0"	190 lbs	25.95
20.	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	43	4 644	6'0"	187 lbs	24.88
21.	Toros Neftekamsk	42	4 368	6'1"	196 lbs	23.90
22.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	44	4 986	6'0"	194 lbs	25.95
23.	Tsen Tou Jilin	39	3 670	6'0"	187 lbs	25.08
24.	Yermak Angarsk	40	5 518	6'0"	187 lbs	25.58
25.	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	50	5 774	6'0"	183 lbs	24.82
26.	Zauralie Kurgan	42	5 111	6'0"	183 lbs	24.64
27.	Zvezda Moskva	49	2 820	6'0"	192 lbs	21.57

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

VHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	19	16	19	35	54
2.	Vyacheslav Korotin (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	22	10	25	35	14
3.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	21	18	14	32	8
4.	Valeri Gurin (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	20	10	22	32	4
5.	Yegor Anisimov (F)	2026-2027	Kulager Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	22	10	20	30	8
6.	Timur Shingareyev (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	19	14	13	27	4
7.	Vyacheslav Litovchenko (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	22	8	18	26	6
8.	Artur Gatiyatov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	21	4	22	26	12
9.	Danila Karaban (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	22	17	8	25	2
10.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	19	12	13	25	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)	588	156	252	408
4.	Vitali Kamenev (F)	790	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)	475	193	175	368
3.	Alexei Knyazev (F)	678	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)	588	156	252	408
3.	Vitali Kamenev (F)	790	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)	753	45	201	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)	790	141	241	382
2.	Ilya Bochkov (D)	753	45	156	201
3.	Dmitri Lyutov (D)	736	30	152	182
4.	Alexander Sumin (D)	734	35	167	202
5.	Grigori Glebov (D)	710	70	141	210

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