International Hockey League (1992–1996)

International Hockey League
Formerly	Soviet Championship League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1992
Ceased	1996
Replaced by	Russian Superleague

The International Hockey League (IHL) (Russian: Межнациональная хоккейная лига (МХЛ), romanized: Mezhnatsional'naya khokkeynaya liga) lasted from 1992 to 1996. It replaced the Soviet Union's Championship league. The last season was in 1995–96, as the league was replaced by the Russian Superleague the following season.

There were two awards in the league. One was the regular season winner, and the other was the winner of the cup.

Champions[edit]


Season	Champion	Second place	Third place	Winners of the Cup
1992–93	Dynamo Moscow	Lada Togliatti	Traktor Chelyabinsk
1993–94	Lada Togliatti	Dynamo Moscow	Traktor Chelyabinsk, SKA St. Petersburg	–
1994–95	Dynamo Moscow	Lada Togliatti	Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa	–
1995–96	Lada Togliatti	Dynamo Moscow	Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Avangard Omsk	Dynamo Moscow

Sources[edit]

International Hockey League (in Russian)
Sports 123^{[dead link]}

v t e Russian Superleague
Last season teams	Amur Khabarovsk Ak Bars Kazan Avangard Omsk CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Khimik Moscow Oblast Lada Togliatti Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Metallurg Magnitogorsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk MVD Moscow Oblast Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa Severstal Cherepovets Sibir Novosibirsk SKA Saint Petersburg Spartak Moscow Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Traktor Chelyabinsk Vityaz Chekhov
IHL seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
RSL seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Related articles	Soviet Championship League (1946–1992) International Hockey League (1992–1996) Vysshaya Liga (former second tier, 1992–2010) / Supreme Hockey League / (current second tier, since 2010) Kontinental Hockey League (since 2008) Ice Hockey Federation of Russia

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