1971–72 Soviet Cup (ice hockey)
# 1971–72 Soviet Cup (ice hockey)

The 1971–72 Soviet Cup was the 14th edition of the Soviet Cup ice hockey tournament. 30 teams participated in the tournament, which was won by Dynamo Moscow, who claimed their second title.

## Participating teams

| Soviet Championship League teams: | Pervaya Liga teams: | Other teams: |
| - | - | - |
| Torpedo Gorky SKA Leningrad Dynamo Moscow Krylya Sovetov Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow Traktor Chelyabinsk Khimik Voskresensk | Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk Kristall Elektrostal SKA MVO Kalinin SK Uritskogo Kazan HK Dynamo Kiev Torpedo Minsk Sputnik Nizhny Tagil Metallurg Novokuznetsk Sibir Novosibirsk Kauchuk Omsk Dizelist Penza Molot Perm Dinamo Riga Kristall Saratov Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk Metallurg Cherepovets Salavat Yulaev Ufa Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | SKIF Minsk RVZ Riga Ekskavator Tallinn |

## Tournament

### First round

| Dizelist Penza | 5:2 | Metallurg Cherepovets |
| - | - | - |
| Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 4:1 | RVZ Riga |
| Kristall Elektrostal | 6:2 | SK Uritskogo Kazan |
| SKA MVO Kalinin | 5:2 | SKIF Minsk |
| Kautschuk Omsk | 15:0 | Ekskavator Tallinn |
| Molot Perm | 5:3 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |

### 1/16 finals

| Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 2:3 | Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk |
| - | - | - |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 8:2 | Dizelist Penza |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 7:0 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| Kristall Elektrostal | 3:2 | Kristall Saratov |
| Molot Perm | 5:2 | Torpedo Minsk |
| Dinamo Riga | 10:1 | Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| SKA MVO Kalinin | 3:2 | Dynamo Kiev |
| Kautschuk Omsk | 3:1 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |

### 1/8 finals

| CSKA Moscow | 5:3 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| - | - | - |
| Khimik Voskresensk' | 10:6 | Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk |
| Traktor Chelyabinsk | 7:4 | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| Kristall Saratov | 4:7 | SKA Leningrad |
| SKA MVO Kalinin | 7:8 | Spartak Moscow |
| Kautschuk Omsk | 3:6 | Torpedo Gorky |
| Dinamo Riga | 3:1 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow |
| Dynamo Moscow | (W) | Molot Perm |

### Quarterfinals

| CSKA Moscow | 4:5 | Khimik Voskresensk |
| - | - | - |
| Traktor Chelyabinsk | 5:3 | SKA Leningrad |
| Spartak Moscow | 6:2 | Torpedo Gorky |
| Dinamo Riga | 4:6 | Dynamo Moscow |

### Semifinals

| Khimik Voskresensk | 4:2 | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| - | - | - |
| Spartak Moscow | 1:5 | Dynamo Moscow |

### Final

| Dynamo Moscow | 3:0 | Khimik Voskresensk |
| - | - | - |
