(15 yanuary-15 march)
   Relegation tournament
6 RHL teams with worst records along with 4 best teams of Russian Open
Championship will play 4 round-robin tournament to determine the 4 teams to 
play next year in RHL Championship.

1. Torpedo(Nizhny-Novgorod)
2. Dizelist(Penza)
3. Crystall(Elektrostal)
4. Spartak(Ekaterinburg)
5. SKA-Amur(Khabarovsk)
6. Molot(Perm)
7. CSKA(Moscow)
8. HC Lipetsk(Lipetsk)
9. Mechel(Chelyabinsk)
10.Neftyanik(Almetievsk)


Game Schedule:

11-12 yanuary.
Mechel - Molot - 2:3,3:0
Neftyanik - Spartak - 3:0,2:3
SKA-Amur - Torpedo - 1:3,7:4
CSKA - Crystall - 3:6,5:1

15-16 yanuary.
HC Lipetsk - Dizelist - 2:2,3:4
Mechel - Spartak - 6:3,1:1
Neftyanik - Molot - 1:1,4:2
SKA-Amur - Crystall - 4:2,2:3
CSKA - Torpedo - 5:4,2:0

20-21 yanuary.
Torpedo - HC Lipetsk - 4:2,2:2
Crystall - Dizelist - 7:2,1:0
Spartak - CSKA - 3:3,1:4
Molot - SKA-Amur - 2:6,5:1

22-23 yanuary.
Neftyanik - Mechel - 1:1,0:1

24-25 yanuary.
Torpedo - Dizelist - 5:1,0:2
Crystall - HC Lipetsk - 4:4,4:1
Spartak - SKA-Amur - 2:3,2:3
Molot - CSKA - 1:1,1:1

29-30 yanuary.
CSKA - Neftyanik - 3:2,4:6

31 yanuary-1 february.
Dizelist - Molot - 5:0,5:0
HC Lipetsk - Spartak - 6:2,5:2

1-2 february.
Crystall - Torpedo - 3:3,3:6

2-3 february.
SKA-Amur - Neftyanik - 6:0,4:0
CSKA - Mechel - 1:3,4:3

4-5 february.
Dizelist - Spartak - 4:1,6:2
HC Lipetsk - Molot - 5:0,5:0      

6-7 february.
SKA-Amur - Mechel - 4:2,3:1

11-12 february.
Spartak - Crystall - 3:0,1:6
Molot - Torpedo - 0:5,0:5      
Mechel - HC Lipetsk - 7:3,5:3
Neftyanik - Dizelist - 0:2,8:2

15-16 february.
Spartak - Torpedo - 1:1,5:2
Molot - Crystall - 0:5,0:5      
Mechel - Dizelist - 6:2,4:2
Neftyanik - HC Lipetsk - 3:2,4:2
CSKA - SKA-Amur - 4:2,0:3

20-21 february.
HC Lipetsk - SKA-Amur - 5:5,1:3
Dizelist - CSKA - 4:2,1:3
Torpedo - Neftyanik - 5:3,2:2
Crystall - Mechel - 3:4,3:1

22-23 february.
Molot - Spartak - 0:5,0:5     

24-25 february.
HC Lipetsk - CSKA - 0:5,3:8
Dizelist - SKA-Amur - 1:1,3:2
Torpedo - Mechel - 1:4,1:3
Crystall - Neftyanik - 3:1,6:2

1-2 march.
CSKA - Molot - 3:1,2:0

3-4 march.
Dizelist - Crystall - 1:2,1:2
HC Lipetsk - Torpedo - 5:2,1:3

5-6 march.
SKA-Amur - Molot - 4:1,3:1
CSKA - Spartak - 2:4,7:2

7-8 march.
Dizelist - Torpedo - 4:2,6:2
Mechel - Neftyanik - 4:0,3:2
HC Lipetsk - Crystall - 2:2,3:3

9-10 march.
SKA-Amur - Spartak - 7:1,4:2

14-15 march.
Mechel - SKA-Amur - 2:0,2:3
Neftyanik - CSKA - 5:2,0:2
Spartak - HC Lipetsk - 4:6,6:5
Molot - Dizelist - 4:4,4:1

15-16 march.
Torpedo - Crystall - 3:3,3:4

18-19 march.
Mechel - CSKA - 3:3,1:3
Neftyanik - SKA-Amur - 2:5,3:2
Spartak - Dizelist - 5:3,6:2
Molot - HC Lipetsk - 3:4,4:6

24-25 march.
Torpedo - Molot - 5:1,3:1
Crystall - Spartak - 5:3,2:0
Dizelist - Neftyanik - 3:1,3:1
HC Lipetsk - Mechel - 3:8,4:1

26-27 march.
SKA-Amur - CSKA - 6:1,5:3

28-29 march.
Torpedo - Spartak - 3:0,3:2
Crystall - Molot - 3:1,4:2
Dizelist - Mechel - 0:1,0:1
HC Lipetsk - Neftyanik - 1:3,2:2

2-3 april.
CSKA - Dizelist - 6:4,7:3
SKA-Amur - HC Lipetsk - 8:3,3:3
Neftyanik - Torpedo - 2:5,2:0
Mechel - Crystall - 3:3,4:3

5-6 april.
Spartak - Molot - 5:4,3:3

6-7 april.
CSKA - HC Lipetsk - 2:0,3:1
SKA-Amur - Dizelist - 5:3,3:0
Neftyanik - Crystall - 3:4,2:2
Mechel - Torpedo - 1:4,5:2

11-12 april.
Crystall - CSKA - 3:5,3:2
Torpedo - SKA-Amur - 1:0,4:1
Spartak - Neftyanik - 3:5,2:2
Molot - Mechel - 3:1,1:3

15-16 april.
Crystall - SKA-Amur - 0:3,4:3
Torpedo - CSKA - 4:1,1:3
Spartak - Mechel - 4:4,2:3
Molot - Neftyanik - 3:2,5:0
Dizelist - HC Lipetsk - 4:2,3:6


Standings

                               gp   w   t   l     gf-ga     pts
1.  SKA-Amur(Khabarovsk)       36  23   3  10    125-76     49
2.  Crystall(Elektrostal)      36  21   7   8    117-86     49
4.  Mechel(Chelyabinsk)        36  21   5  10    107-78     47
3.  CSKA(Moscow)               36  21   4  11    115-90     46
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5.  Torpedo(Nizhny-Novgorod)   36  17   5  14    103-88     39
6.  Dizelist(Penza)            36  14   3  19     93-107    31
7.  Neftyanik(Almetievsk)      36  11   6  19     79-100    28
8.  HC Lipetsk(Lipetsk)        36  10   8  18    111-128    28
9.  Spartak(Ekaterinburg)      36  10   6  20     96-125    26
10. Molot(Perm)                36   6   5  25     57-125    17

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