Sports season
2012–13 VHL season |
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League | Russian Major League |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Duration | September 9, 2012 – April 30, 2013 |
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Number of teams | 27 |
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Regular season |
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Play-offs |
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Bratina Cup |
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Champions | Toros Neftekamsk |
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Runners-up | Saryarka Karaganda |
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VHL seasons |
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← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The 2012–13 VHL season was the third season of the Russian Major League. It started 9 September 2012 and ended in April 2013.
Team and KHL affiliation changes
Team changes
- Donbass Donetsk left the league after its inaugural season joining the KHL.
- Buran Voronezh and THK Tver of the lower level Russian Hockey League joined.
- The league was expanded with two more non-Russian teams, Belarusian Yunost Minsk and Kazakhstani Saryarka Karaganda.
- A new franchise Kuban Krasnodar was created.
- HC VMF relocated from St. Petersburg to Kondopoga, Karelia.
Affiliation changes
Regular season
Starting with this season the VHL abandoned its previous conference structure. All teams played their regular seasons in a round robin format with two games (home and away) against every team of the league.
League standings
Source: vhl.khl.ru[1]
Points are awarded as follows:
- 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
- 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW")
- 1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL")
- 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")
Bratina Cup Playoffs
| First round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals | |
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| 1 | Saryarka Karaganda | 3 | | | | |
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| 16 | Dizel Penza | 0 | |
| | 1 | Saryarka Karaganda | 4 | |
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| | | 13 | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 2 | |
| 3 | Toros Neftekamsk | 3 | |
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| 14 | Kazzinc-Torpedo | 0 | |
| | 1 | Saryarka Karaganda | 4 | |
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| | | 12 | Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk | 1 | |
| 5 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 1 | | |
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| 12 | Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk | 3 | |
| | 3 | Toros Neftekamsk | 4 | |
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| | | 9 | Lada Togliatti | 1 | |
| 7 | Buran Voronezh | 3 | |
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| 10 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2 | |
| | 3 | Toros Neftekamsk | 4 | |
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| | | 1 | Saryarka Karaganda | 3 | |
| 2 | Rubin Tyumen | 3 | | | |
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| 15 | HC Sarov | 2 | |
| | 2 | Rubin Tyumen | 3 | |
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| | | 12 | Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk | 4 | |
| 4 | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 1 | |
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| 13 | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 3 | |
| | 3 | Toros Neftekamsk | 4 | |
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| | | 7 | Buran Voronezh | 0 | |
| 6 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 3 | | |
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| 11 | Dynamo Balashikha | 1 | |
| | 6 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 3 | |
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| | | 7 | Buran Voronezh | 4 | |
| 8 | Ermak Angarsk | 2 | |
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| 9 | Lada Togliatti | 3 | |
References
- ^ "VHL Regular season standings". vhl.khl.ru.
Conference 1 | Conference 2 | Division A | Dynamo MO | | | Khimik | | ORG Beijing | | | |
| Division B | | | | | | Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod | | | CSK VVS Samara |
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