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2011–12 VHL season

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League
  
Russian Major League

Number of teams
  
23

Champions
  
Toros Neftekamsk

Sport
  
Ice hockey

Regular season champions
  
Rubin Tyumen

Duration
  
September 11, 2011 – April 15, 2012

The 2011–12 VHL season was the second season of the Higher Hockey League, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 23 teams participated in the league, and the Toros Neftekamsk won the championship.

Team changes

  • Krylya Sovetov Moscow ceased activities as a professional hockey team due to financial difficulties.
  • Sokol Krasnoyarsk and Titan Klin of the lower level First League joined.
  • Ukrainian HC Donbass became the second non-Russian club in the league.
  • Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL formed a VHL team after losing its senior roster in the September 2011 air disaster.

    • References

    2011–12 VHL season Wikipedia
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