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 2018-2019

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2018-2019

2018-2019 Season

SKA-Neva St. Petersburg finished first in the 2018-19 VHL standings with 90 points. Neftyanik Almetievsk (89 points) and Toros Neftekamsk (86 points) followed.

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2018-2019 VHL Standings

2018-2019 VHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	SKA-Neva St. Petersburg	56	37	-	10	7	2	181	93	88	90	1.61	Semifinal loss
2.	Neftyanik Almetievsk	56	36	-	8	5	7	173	99	74	89	1.59	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Toros Neftekamsk	56	32	-	10	8	6	162	104	58	86	1.54	Semifinal loss
4.	Rubin Tyumen	56	29	-	13	9	5	149	110	39	81	1.45	Final loss
5.	Lada Togliatti	56	30	-	15	8	3	171	120	51	79	1.41	Last 16 loss
6.	Zvezda Moskva	56	32	-	14	4	6	159	108	51	78	1.39	Quarterfinal loss
7.	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	56	28	-	17	8	3	173	120	53	75	1.34	Last 16 loss
8.	Zauralie Kurgan	56	23	-	13	9	11	161	134	27	75	1.34	Quarterfinal loss
9.	Khimik Voskresensk	56	23	-	17	10	6	127	98	29	72	1.29	Last 16 loss
10.	Saryarka Karaganda	56	27	-	18	7	4	164	116	48	72	1.29	Champion
11.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	56	27	-	20	6	3	173	144	29	69	1.23	Last 16 loss
12.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	56	23	-	18	7	8	132	125	7	68	1.21	Quarterfinal loss
13.	HK Ryazan	56	23	-	17	5	11	131	133	-2	67	1.20	Last 16 loss
14.	Dynamo St. Petersburg	56	24	-	20	7	5	132	112	20	67	1.20	Last 16 loss
15.	Tsen Tou Jilin	56	21	-	22	6	7	132	134	-2	61	1.09	Last 16 loss
16.	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	56	22	-	22	5	7	135	132	3	61	1.09	Last 16 loss
17.	Bars Kazan	56	19	-	22	8	7	130	140	-10	61	1.09	Did not make playoffs
18.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	56	21	-	20	4	11	173	147	26	61	1.09	Did not make playoffs
19.	CSK VVS Samara	56	16	-	24	9	7	156	174	-18	57	1.02	Did not make playoffs
20.	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	56	16	-	25	9	6	125	155	-30	56	1.00	Did not make playoffs
21.	Buran Voronezh	56	19	-	28	4	5	131	182	-51	51	0.91	Did not make playoffs
22.	Dizel Penza	56	15	-	28	8	5	132	167	-35	51	0.91	Did not make playoffs
23.	HK Tambov	56	16	-	26	5	9	123	153	-30	51	0.91	Did not make playoffs
24.	Gornyak Uchaly	56	17	-	29	5	5	160	175	-15	49	0.88	Did not make playoffs
25.	HK Sarov	56	12	-	31	5	8	119	176	-57	42	0.75	Did not make playoffs
26.	Izhstal Izhevsk	56	11	-	32	5	8	108	185	-77	40	0.71	Did not make playoffs
27.	Molot-Prikamie Perm	56	11	-	36	3	6	112	192	-80	34	0.61	Did not make playoffs
28.	Yermak Angarsk	56	9	-	36	4	7	97	175	-78	33	0.59	Did not make playoffs
29.	KRS-ORG Beijing	56	8	-	36	5	7	129	247	-118	33	0.59	Did not make playoffs

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2018-2019 VHL Player Stats

2018-2019 VHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Alexander Timiryov (F)	55	32	29	61	20
2.	Andrei Belozyorov (F)	56	29	26	55	36
3.	Stanislav Alshevsky (F)	51	29	24	53	67
4.	Maxim Kapiturov (F)	55	16	34	50	12
5.	Alexei Mitrofanov (F)	53	24	25	49	24

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2018-2019 VHL Goalie Stats

2018-2019 VHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Eduard Reizvikh (G)	24	1.17	.954
2.	Mikhail Shpakov (G)	15	1.52	.951
3.	Vladislav Sukhachyov (G)	13	1.75	.948
4.	Pavel Khomchenko (G)	43	1.51	.943
5.	Igor Tyalo (G)	21	1.83	.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)

2018-2019 VHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Bars Kazan	50	2 741	6'1"	194 lbs	22.84
2.	Buran Voronezh	61	6 060	5'11"	187 lbs	24.62
3.	CSK VVS Samara	45	3 242	6'0"	187 lbs	23.58
4.	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	43	3 375	6'0"	183 lbs	22.21
5.	Dizel Penza	38	4 126	6'0"	185 lbs	24.05
6.	Dynamo St. Petersburg	50	4 977	6'0"	192 lbs	24.38
7.	Gornyak-UGMK	51	3 710	6'0"	183 lbs	22.71
8.	HK Sarov	47	3 939	6'0"	190 lbs	22.91
9.	HK Tambov	45	6 084	5'11"	185 lbs	25.38
10.	Izhstal Izhevsk	45	4 153	5'11"	183 lbs	24.00
11.	KRS-BSU Beijing	38	2 355	5'11"	181 lbs	24.18
12.	Khimik Voskresensk	44	4 777	6'0"	185 lbs	25.07
13.	Lada Togliatti	53	4 574	6'0"	192 lbs	24.74
14.	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	44	5 219	6'0"	192 lbs	25.52
15.	Molot Perm	43	4 958	6'0"	187 lbs	24.88
16.	Neftyanik Almetievsk	33	5 913	6'0"	183 lbs	25.73
17.	Rubin Tyumen	38	6 469	5'11"	183 lbs	25.26
18.	Ryazan-VDV	53	6 551	6'0"	190 lbs	25.34
19.	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	54	4 145	6'0"	192 lbs	22.65
20.	Saryarka Karaganda	50	6 158	6'0"	190 lbs	25.70
21.	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	44	6 318	6'0"	190 lbs	25.39
22.	Toros Neftekamsk	40	4 696	6'1"	192 lbs	24.23
23.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	43	5 703	6'0"	192 lbs	26.09
24.	Tsen Tou Jilin	45	6 350	6'0"	185 lbs	25.89
25.	Yermak Angarsk	60	5 872	6'1"	192 lbs	24.17
26.	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	46	4 331	6'0"	190 lbs	24.93
27.	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	38	5 351	6'0"	187 lbs	25.50
28.	Zauralie Kurgan	38	4 884	6'0"	187 lbs	24.47
29.	Zvezda Moskva	51	3 445	6'0"	190 lbs	22.00

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