2011–12 VHL season
# 2011–12 VHL season

The 2011–12 VHL season was the second season of the Higher Hockey League, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 23 teams participated in the league, and the Toros Neftekamsk won the championship.

## Team changes

* Krylya Sovetov Moscow ceased activities as a professional hockey team due to financial difficulties.
* Sokol Krasnoyarsk and Titan Klin of the lower level First League joined.
* Ukrainian HC Donbass became the second non-Russian club in the league.
* Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League formed a VHL team after losing its senior roster in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.

## Regular season

### Western Conference

| | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Donbass | 53 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 179 | 112 | 111 |
| 2. | Dizel Penza | 53 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 167 | 136 | 98 |
| 3. | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 22 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 47 | 42 |
| 4. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 53 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 156 | 125 | 93 |
| 5. | Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk | 53 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 156 | 159 | 84 |
| 6. | HC VMF St. Petersburg | 53 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 142 | 134 | 78 |
| 7. | Lada Togliatti | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 160 | 152 | 72 |
| 8. | Titan Klin | 53 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 136 | 157 | 70 |
| 9. | HC Sarov | 53 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 128 | 166 | 60 |
| 10. | Dynamo Balashikha | 53 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 132 | 173 | 53 |
| 11. | HC Ryazan | 53 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 134 | 205 | 52 |
| 12. | Kristall Saratov | 53 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 108 | 194 | 37 |

### Eastern Conference

| | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Rubin Tyumen | 53 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 159 | 92 | 121 |
| 2. | Toros Neftekamsk | 53 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 191 | 119 | 116 |
| 3. | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 53 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 146 | 114 | 102 |
| 4. | Ermak Angarsk | 53 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 164 | 137 | 95 |
| 5. | Kazzinc-Torpedo | 53 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 154 | 140 | 85 |
| 6. | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 53 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 174 | 160 | 80 |
| 7. | Molot-Prikamie Perm | 53 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 150 | 149 | 76 |
| 8. | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 53 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 130 | 164 | 71 |
| 9. | Zauralie Kurgan | 53 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 140 | 159 | 70 |
| 10. | Sokol Krasnoyarsk | 53 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 139 | 178 | 59 |
| 11. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 53 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 108 | 149 | 57 |

## Playoffs

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W1 | HC Donbass | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W8 | Titan Klin | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W8 | Titan Klin | 0 | W1 | HC Donbass | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 0 | | | | | | | |
| W2 | Dizel Penza | 3 | W4 | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 0 | | | | | | | |
| W7 | Lada Togliatti | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W7 | Lada Togliatti | 1 | | | | W1 | HC Donbass | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E2 | Toros Neftekamsk | 4 | | | | |
| W3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 3 | | | | | | | E2 | Toros Neftekamsk | 4 | | | | |
| W6 | HC VMF St. Petersburg | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | HC VMF St. Petersburg | 2 | W2 | Dizel Penza | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | W3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2 | | | | | | | |
| W4 | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 3 | W3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 2 | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W5 | Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk | 2 | | | | | | | | E2 | Toros Neftekamsk | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Rubin Tyumen | 1 |
| E1 | Rubin Tyumen | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Rubin Tyumen | 1 |
| E8 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E8 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 1 | E1 | Rubin Tyumen | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E6 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Toros Neftekamsk | 3 | E6 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 2 | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Molot-Prikamie Perm | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E7 | Molot-Prikamie Perm | 0 | | | | E1 | Rubin Tyumen | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | W2 | Dizel Penza | 2 | | | | |
| E3 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 2 | | | | | | | W2 | Dizel Penza | 2 | | | | |
| E6 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | 3 | E2 | Toros Neftekamsk | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Ermak Angarsk | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Ermak Angarsk | 3 | E4 | Ermak Angarsk | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Kazzinc-Torpedo | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
