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2012–13 VHL season

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League
  
Russian Major League

Champions
  
Toros Neftekamsk

Dates
  
9 Sep 2012 – 30 Apr 2013

Number of teams
  
27

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Sport
  
Ice hockey

Runners-up
  
Saryarka Karaganda

Champion
  
Toros Neftekamsk

Finals champion
  
Toros Neftekamsk

Duration
  
September 9, 2012 – April 30, 2013

The 2012–13 VHL season is the third season of the Russian Major League. It started 9 September 2012 and will end on April 2013.

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Team changes

  • Donbass Donetsk left the league after its inaugural season joining the KHL.
  • Buran Voronezh and THK Tver of the lower level Russian Hockey League joined.
  • The league was expanded with two more non-Russian teams, Belarusian Yunost Minsk and Kazakhstani Saryarka Karaganda.
  • A new franchise Kuban Krasnodar was created.
  • HC VMF relocated from St. Petersburg to Kondopoga, Karelia.

    • Regular season

    Starting with this season the VHL abandoned its previous conference structure. All teams played their regular seasons in a round robin format with two games (home and away) against every team of the league.

    League standings

    Source: vhl.khl.ru

    Points are awarded as follows:

  • 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
  • 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW")
  • 1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL")
  • 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")

    • References

    2012–13 VHL season Wikipedia
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