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The 2012–13 VHL season was the third season of the Russian Major League. It started 9 September 2012 and ended in April 2013.

Team and KHL affiliation changes

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.

Affiliation changes

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")

	Team	GP	W	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Saryarka Karaganda	52	33	1	6	2	0	10	150-89	115
2	Rubin Tyumen	52	31	2	4	4	3	8	162-105	112
3	Toros Neftekamsk	52	27	3	6	3	1	12	152-105	103
4	Neftyanik Almetyevsk	52	24	2	6	6	1	13	156-115	95
5	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	52	29	2	0	3	0	18	136-104	94
6	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	52	25	2	5	1	4	15	173-135	94
7	Buran Voronezh	52	25	0	5	3	0	19	160-139	88
8	Ermak Angarsk	52	24	2	4	3	1	18	132-142	88
9	HC Lada Togliatti	52	24	0	5	4	2	17	149-130	88
10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	52	22	3	6	2	2	17	123-118	88
11	Dynamo Balashikha	52	23	1	5	2	2	19	158-160	85
12	Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk	52	21	1	6	5	3	16	163-151	85
13	Molot-Prikamye Perm	52	23	2	2	4	3	18	145-141	84
14	Kazzinc-Torpedo	52	22	3	3	5	1	18	147-123	84
15	HC Sarov	52	19	0	7	5	2	19	147-133	78
16	Dizel Penza	52	21	2	1	6	1	21	137-121	76
17	HC Kuban	52	18	2	7	4	0	21	126-116	76
18	HC VMF	52	18	2	3	6	2	21	142-154	72
19	THK Tver	52	16	1	5	3	3	24	147-180	66
20	Chelmet Chelyabinsk	52	17	3	2	1	3	26	129-141	65
21	Kristall Saratov	52	15	3	2	3	2	27	120-154	60
22	Titan Klin	52	15	1	1	4	2	29	117-159	55
23	Yunost Minsk	52	12	1	5	6	1	27	104-160	55
24	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	52	11	2	6	4	2	27	113-152	55
25	Zauralie Kurgan	52	11	3	3	7	2	26	120-163	54
26	Izhstal Izhevsk	52	11	1	3	7	2	28	100-163	50
27	HC Ryazan	52	9	1	2	7	1	32	112-196	41

Bratina Cup Playoffs

References

1. "VHL Regular season standings". vhl.khl.ru.

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Conference 1 Conference 2 Division A Dynamo MO Dinamo Saint Petersburg Humo Tashkent Khimik KRS-BSU ORG Beijing SKA-Neva Tsen Tou Jilin City Zvezda Chekhov Division B Bars Kazan Buran Voronezh Dizel Penza Lada Togliatti HC Rostov Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod HC Ryazan HC Tambov CSK VVS Samara Division C Chelmet Chelyabinsk Gornyak Miner Uchaly Izhstal Izhevsk Molot-Prikamye Perm Neftyanik Almetyevsk Toros Neftekamsk Yuzhny Ural Orsk Zauralie Kurgan   Division D Metallurg Novokuznetsk Nomad Nur-Sultan Rubin Tyumen Saryarka Karagandy Sokol Krasnoyarsk Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk HC Yugra Yermak Angarsk
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