RUSSIA
SUPERLIGA 2007-08
Schedule 2007-08
The
WINNERS:
2007 Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
2006 Ak Bars, Kazan
2005 Dynamo, Moscow
2004 Avangard, Omsk
2003 Lokomotiv, Yaroslavl
2002 Lokomotiv, Yaroslavl
2001 Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
2000 Dynamo, Moscow
1999 Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
1998 Ak Bars, Kazan
1997 Lokomotiv, Yaroslavl
1996 Lada, Togliatti
1995 Dynamo, Moscow
1994 Lada, Togliatti
1993 Dynamo, Moscow
1992 Dynamo, Moscow
1991 Dynamo, Moscow
1990 Dynamo, Moscow
1989 CSKA, Moscow
1988 CSKA, Moscow
1987 CSKA, Moscow
1986 CSKA, Moscow
1985 CSKA, Moscow
1984 CSKA, Moscow
1983 CSKA, Moscow
1982 CSKA, Moscow
1981 CSKA, Moscow
1980 CSKA, Moscow
1979 CSKA, Moscow
1978 CSKA, Moscow
1977 CSKA, Moscow
1976 Spartak, Moscow
1975 CSKA, Moscow
1974 Krylja Sovetov, Moscow
1973 CSKA, Moscow
1972 CSKA, Moscow
1971 CSKA, Moscow
1970 CSKA, Moscow
1969 Spartak, Moscow
1968 CSKA, Moscow
1967 Spartak, Moscow
1966 CSKA, Moscow
1965 CSKA, Moscow
1964 CSKA, Moscow
1963 CSKA, Moscow
1962 Spartak, Moscow
1961 CSKA, Moscow
1960 CSKA, Moscow
1959 CSKA, Moscow
1958 CSKA, Moscow
1957 Krylja Sovetov, Moscow
1956 CSKA, Moscow
1955 CSKA, Moscow
1954 Dynamo, Moscow
1953 VVS MVO*
1952 VVS MVO*
1951 VVS MVO*
1950 CSKA, Moscow
1949 CSKA, Moscow
1948 CSKA, Moscow
1947 Dynamo, Moscow
* declares an extinct team
FORMAT & RULE CHANGES
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Expansion to 20 teams: Krylia Sovetov has been relegated and replaced by the winner of the Vysshya Liga, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and the resurrected Spartak Moscow.
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Format: The Season is divided into 3 x 19 games (57 games in total for each team). The first two stages will have the usual format with 5 min OT (4-on-4) after ties in regular time. The third stage, and the playoffs, will however introduce shootout after 10 min OT (5-on-5). The fifth game in the playoffs will keep with continuous 20 min OT. Pretty complicated, and definitively a challenge for out stats software which we will use next season.
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Foreign players limit: The number of foreign players teams can dress for a game will be increased from 3 to 4. In cases of dual citizenship, only players who are legable to play for Russia under IIHF rules are treated as Russians. Under RHF regulations, the clubs must pay 1.5 mio rubles (euro 45,000) for each foreign skater.
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Foreign goaltenders: 2007-08 will be the last season where foreign goaltenders are allowed. Under RHF regulations, foreign goaltenders will be heavily fined in this last season (9 mio. rubles, or euro 260,000).