1997–98 Russian Superleague season
# 1997–98 Russian Superleague season

The 1997–98 Russian Superleague season was the second season of the Russian Superleague, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. 28 teams participated in the league, and Ak Bars Kazan won the championship. HC Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Russian Cup.

## Regular season

### Western Conference

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 37 | 41 |
| 2. | HC Dynamo Moscow | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 83 | 40 | 39 |
| 3. | HC Lada Togliatti | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 42 | 38 |
| 4. | Severstal Cherepovets | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 43 | 36 |
| 5. | HC Spartak Moscow | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 81 | 61 | 31 |
| 6. | SKA St. Petersburg | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 55 | 52 | 28 |
| 7. | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 61 | 24 |
| 8. | HC CSKA Moscow | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 57 | 67 | 23 |
| 9. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 57 | 66 | 23 |
| 10. | Khimik Voskresensk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 72 | 22 |
| 11. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 57 | 22 |
| 12. | HC CSKA Moscow | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 44 | 84 | 15 |
| 13. | Kristall Elektrostal | 26 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 79 | 81 | 14 |
| 14. | Diselist Penza | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 43 | 90 | 8 |

### Eastern Conference

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Ak Bars Kazan | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 40 | 45 |
| 2. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 109 | 42 | 43 |
| 3. | Avangard Omsk | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 78 | 50 | 33 |
| 4. | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 82 | 71 | 31 |
| 5. | CSK VVS Samara | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 59 | 61 | 27 |
| 6. | Rubin Tyumen | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 85 | 79 | 27 |
| 7. | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 63 | 26 |
| 8. | HC Mechel Chelyabinsk | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 57 | 25 |
| 9. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 68 | 23 |
| 10. | Amur Khabarovsk | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 78 | 21 |
| 11. | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 76 | 20 |
| 12. | Kristall Saratov | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 78 | 18 |
| 13. | Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 40 | 88 | 13 |
| 14. | HC Sibir Novosibirsk | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 95 | 12 |

## Final round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Ak Bars Kazan | 46 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 158 | 79 | 75 |
| 2. | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 173 | 82 | 72 |
| 3. | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 46 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 130 | 60 | 72 |
| 4. | HC Lada Togliatti | 46 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 165 | 71 | 71 |
| 5. | HC Dynamo Moscow | 46 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 151 | 91 | 66 |
| 6. | Avangard Omsk | 46 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 139 | 86 | 61 |
| 7. | Severstal Cherepovets | 46 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 110 | 81 | 61 |
| 8. | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 150 | 130 | 49 |
| 9. | HC Spartak Moscow | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 128 | 115 | 49 |
| 10. | SKA St. Petersburg | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 107 | 105 | 47 |
| 11. | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 46 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 126 | 121 | 43 |
| 12. | Rubin Tyumen | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 137 | 152 | 41 |
| 13. | Amur Khabarovsk | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 112 | 138 | 41 |
| 14. | Khimik Voskresensk | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 101 | 127 | 39 |
| 15. | CSK VVS Samara | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 92 | 117 | 38 |
| 16. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 99 | 129 | 38 |
| 17. | HC CSKA Moscow | 46 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 107 | 137 | 37 |
| 18. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 46 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 99 | 132 | 36 |
| 19. | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 108 | 128 | 36 |
| 20. | HC Mechel Chelyabinsk | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 84 | 125 | 34 |

## Russian Cup (Playoffs)

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ak Bars Kazan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 0 | 1 | Ak Bars Kazan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | HC Spartak Moscow | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Molot-Prikamye Perm | 1 | 8 | HC Spartak Moscow | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | HC Spartak Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | HC Spartak Moscow | 2 | | | | 1 | Ak Bars Kazan | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | HC Dynamo Moscow | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | HC Dynamo Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | HC Dynamo Moscow | 2 | | | | |
| 12 | Rubin Tyumen | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Rubin Tyumen | 0 | 4 | HC Lada Togliatti | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | HC Dynamo Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | HC Lada Togliatti | 2 | 5 | HC Dynamo Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Amur Khabarovsk | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Amur Khabarovsk | 1 | | | | | | | | 5 | HC Dynamo Moscow | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 3 |
| 3 | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 3 |
| 14 | Khimik Voskresensk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Khimik Voskresensk | 0 | 3 | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Avangard Omsk | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Avangard Omsk | 2 | 6 | Avangard Omsk | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0 | | | | 3 | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | Severstal Cherepovets | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | | | | |
| 10 | SKA St. Petersburg | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | SKA St. Petersburg | 0 | 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Severstal Cherepovets | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | 7 | Severstal Cherepovets | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | CSK VVS Samara | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Relegation

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 42 | 32 |
| 2. | HC Lipetsk | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 38 | 31 |
| 3. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 44 | 26 |
| 4. | Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 60 | 24 |
| 5. | Dizelist Pezsa | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 49 | 22 |
| 6. | HC CSKA Moscow | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 61 | 22 |
| 7. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 22 |
| 8. | Kristall Elektrostal | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 20 |
| 9. | Kristall Saratov | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 62 | 66 | 20 |
| 10. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 64 | 19 |
| 11. | HC Voronezh | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 58 | 65 | 15 |
| 12. | HC Sibir Novosibirsk | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 84 | 11 |
