Russian Major League
The Wysschaja League (Russian Высшая лига, German Supreme League ) was, until 2010, the second highest ice hockey league in Russia after the Kontinental Hockey League. Under the Wysschaja Hockey League Perwaja the league was settled.
History
Until the breakup of the USSR Wysschaja League was the top division, the second-class league was the Perwaja League (Russian Первая лига ) and including the Wtoraja League (Russian Вторая лига ). This arrangement was dissolved in 1992. As a result, host the Ice Hockey Championship has been repeatedly reformed, so that the second and third division existed under different names. In 1995, the League was established as Wysschaja now second level below the MHL.
The master of Wysschaja League rose until the end of the 2007/08 season in the Super League, which was replaced in the summer of 2008 by the KHL, on, provided he fulfilled the economic conditions. If this was not the case, the losing finalist rose Championship when it fulfilled the conditions. In both cases, however, the last place of the Super League dismounted. Fulfilled neither of the two finalists the criteria of promotion and relegation was attributable entirely. Since the beginning of season 2008/ 09, the rise has been abolished by the resolution of the Super League.
The league is divided into three divisions. The West Division maintains, as the Central Division eleven teams, while in the East group will play ten teams, so the league has an overall thickness of 32 clubs. The teams compete in each group with each other four times per season against each other. By 2007, three Kazakh teams played in the Eastern group, but they were not eligible to participate in the playoffs. Only with the inclusion of HK Sokol Kiev from Ukraine for season 2007/ 08 may non-Russian teams to the playoffs participate and thus had the opportunity to advance to the Super League. Since 2008, only two Kazakh teams took part in the game mode, since 2009, only Kaszink - Torpedo Ust- Kamenogorsk.
In the summer of 2010, the second division was reformed and renamed Wysschaja Hockey League after the KHL.
Teams 2009/10
West Diwision
- Russia Titan Klin
- HK Lipetsk Russia
- Russia Krylia Sovetov Moscow PHK
- Russia Disel Pensa
- Russia HK Rys Podolsk
- HK Ryazan Russia
- HK WMF Russia Saint Petersburg
- HK Sarov Russia
- THK Tver Russia
- Russia Chimik Woskressensk
Central Diwision
- Russia Neftjanik Almetyevsk
- Russia Progress Glasow
- Russia Izhevsk Ischstal
- Russia Toros Neftekamsk
- Russia Gazprom -OGU Orenburg
- Molot Perm Russia - Prikamye
- Russia ZSK WWS Samara
- Russia Saratov crystal
- Russia Ariada- Akpars Wolschsk
East Diwision
- Yermak Angarsk Russia
- Russia HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
- Russia Sauralje Kurgan
- Sputnik Nizhny Tagil Russia
- Russia Yuzhny Ural Orsk
- Russia Tyumen Gasowik
- Russia Mechel Chelyabinsk HK
- Kazakhstan Kaszink - Torpedo Ust- Kamenogorsk
Master of the second division
- 2010 HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
- 2009 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
- 2008 Chimik Woskressensk
- 2007 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
- 2006 HC Traktor Chelyabinsk
- 2005 HK MVD Tver
- 2004 Molot Perm - Prikamye
- 2003 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
- 2002 HK Sibir Novosibirsk
- 2001 HK Spartak Moscow
- 2000 Neftjanik Almetyevsk