1997–98 Vysshaya Liga season explained

The 1997–98 Vysshaya Liga season was the sixth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 16 teams participated in the league. HC Lipetsk won the Western Conference, and Neftyanik Almetyevsk won the Eastern Conference

First round

Western Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		24	19	2	3	90	31	40
2.		24	15	3	6	87	43	33
3.		24	13	2	9	52	52	28
4.		24	10	5	9	58	55	25
5.		24	5	5	14	49	84	15
6.		24	6	3	15	66	81	15
7		24	4	4	16	41	97	12

Eastern Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		32	23	4	5	132	66	50
2.		32	23	4	5	127	75	50
3.		32	19	5	8	121	61	43
4.		32	15	3	14	117	118	33
5.		32	13	4	15	82	100	30
6.		32	9	4	19	85	107	22
7		32	7	7	18	74	105	21
8.		32	9	3	20	86	119	21
9.		32	6	6	20	83	147	18

Final round

Western Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		36	25	4	7	142	84	54
2.		36	23	5	8	127	78	51
3.		36	21	2	13	107	87	44
4.		36	20	4	12	102	90	44
5.		36	17	3	16	116	116	37
6.		36	15	5	16	142	153	35
7.		36	12	4	20	106	101	28
8.		36	10	6	20	69	93	26
9.		36	10	5	21	89	126	25
10.		36	5	6	25	95	167	16

Eastern Conference

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		56	39	7	10	236	101	85
2.		56	30	7	19	208	181	67
3.		56	23	9	24	144	165	55
4.		56	15	11	30	127	201	41
5.		56	13	12	31	166	237	38
6.		56	16	5	35	137	187	37
7.		56	14	5	37	155	210	33

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info
• Season on hockeyarchives.ru