2004–05 Russian Superleague season

The 2004/05 season was the ninth season of the Super League. The league title secured for the second time the HK Dynamo Moscow.

• 2.1 Playoff Tree
• 2.2 Champion of Russia
• 2.3 Best Scorer
• 2.4 Best Goalkeeper

Main Round

Mode

The 16 teams in the Super League first played in a common main round against each other, each team played 60 games season. The top eight teams qualified for the play- offs then, where the Master was played, while for the remaining eight teams that play time was over. For a win within regular time each team received three points with a win in overtime two points with a tie after overtime, there was also a point like a defeat after overtime. For one defeat after regulation time gave no points.

Table

Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = drawn, L = Loss, OTS = Overtime wins, OTN = Overtime defeat, SOS = Penalty victories, SON = Penalty defeat

Best Scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, G = Goals, V = Assists, Pts = Points; Fat: Saisonbestwert

Best Goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = Games, Min = Ice Age ( in minutes), GT = Goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Gegentorschnitt, Sv % = quota; Fat: Saisonbestwert

Playoffs

The quarter and semi-finals and the final were played in the mode " Best-of -Five".

Playoff Tree

3rd Place Match: HK Avangard Omsk - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 0:2 ( 3:6, 4:5 )

Champion of Russia

Goalkeepers: Vitaly Jeremejew, Alexander Eremenko

Defender: Vladislav Buljin, Andrei Markov, Ilya Nikulin, Oleg Orechowski, Yakov Rylow, Alexander Schdan, Andrei Skopinzew, Alexei Troschtschinski, Sergei Wyschedkewitsch, Nikolai Zulygin

Attacker: Maxim Afinogenov, Ľuboš Bartečko, Alexander Kharitonov, Pawel Datsyuk, Alexander Frolov, Igor Mirnow, Alexander Ovechkin, Konstantin Romanov, Pavel Rosa, Sergei Samsonov, Wadym Schachrajtschuk, Alexei Tereshchenko, Alexei Tschupin, Igor Volkov, Vladimir Vorobyov

Head Coach: Vladimir Krikunov

Best Scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, G = Goals, V = Assists, Pts = Points; Fat: Playoffbestwert

Best Goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = Games, Min = Ice Age ( in minutes), GT = Goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Gegentorschnitt, Sv % = quota; Fat: Playoffbestwert

Awards

Lockout of the NHL season

Due to the complete failure of the 2004/05 season the North American National Hockey League because of the lockout, it could be the teams in the Super League does not accept to take some players from the NHL under contract. All told, in the course of the season about 50 players from overseas to travel to Russia. Ak Bars Kazan presented with 13 players the largest contingent, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk undertook the only team not one player.

• Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ( 4)

• Ak Bars Kazan ( 13)

• HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk (6 )

• HK Dynamo Moscow ( 9)

• HK Spartak Moscow ( 2)

• HK CSKA Moscow ( 4)

• Metallurg Novokuznetsk ( 1)

• HK Sibir Novosibirsk ( 1)

• HK Avangard Omsk ( 3)

• Molot - Prikamye Perm ( 1)

• SKA Saint Petersburg ( 8)

• HK Lada Togliatti ( 5)

• Severstal Cherepovets ( 2)

• Salavat Yulaev Ufa ( 1)

• Chimik Woskressensk ( 8)