VHL Regular season comes to an end

01 Mar 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

The Russian second league VHL finished its regular season. Outstanding in the top are two teams: Rubin Tyumen and Toros Neftekamsk.

Rubin Tyumen finished first with 124 points in the 56 rounds. Toros Neftekamsk came second, with four ponts less. The gap to the third team, Neftyanik Almetievsk, was another 21 points.

Evgeny Tunik of Toros finished on top of the scoring list with 24 goals and 27 assists. Top goal scorer was Alexander Zhurun of Rubin.

16 of the 20 teams made it to the playoffs. Only Mechel Chelyabinsk, Izhstal Izhevsk, Dinamo Tver and Lada Togliatti failed to qualify for the post season.

The playoffs will start March 5th.

The 1/8 final matchups:
Neftyanik-Ariada
Sarov-Kristall
Dizel-Ryazan
VMF-Krylia
Rubin-Sputnik
Toros-Zauralie
Molot-Kazzinc
Yuzhny-Ermak

#	Club	G	W	W-OT	L-OT	L	Score	P
1	Rubin Tyumen	56	38	4	2	12	172:104	124
2	Toros Neftekamsk	56	34	6	6	10	182:113	120
3	Neftyanik Almetievsk	56	26	7	7	16	161:140	99
4	Molot-Prikamie Perm	56	25	7	7	17	162:156	96
5	HK Sarov	56	25	9	2	20	168:149	95
6	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	56	25	6	7	18	135:132	94
7	Dizel Penza	56	23	5	9	19	132:123	88
8	Yermak Angarsk	56	27	1	4	24	168:139	87
9	Zauralie Kurgan	56	20	10	6	20	153:147	86
10	Kazzinc Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	56	23	5	7	21	152:153	86
11	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	56	20	9	3	24	149:144	81
12	HK VMF St. Petersburg	56	22	4	7	23	142:148	81
13	Mechel Chelyabinsk	56	20	5	11	20	168:175	81
14	Krylia Sovetov	56	19	10	1	26	163:172	78
15	HK Ryazan	56	19	5	9	23	153:169	76
16	Izhstal Izhevsk	56	17	7	4	28	119:132	69
17	Kristall Saratov	56	17	3	7	29	149:183	64
18	Ariada Volzhsk	56	18	0	8	30	138:193	62
19	Dinamo Tver	56	13	8	5	30	149:189	60
20	Lada Togliatti	56	15	3	2	36	130:184	53