1980–81 Soviet League season

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1980-1981 Soviet League Season was the 35th year of competition in the Soviet Championship League. CSKA Moscow won the championship, its 5th in a row and 24th overall.

The Soviet Hockey Championship was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy. Following the dissolution of the USSR, the league was temporarily renamed the CIS Championship in 1992. This organization was the direct predecessor of the International Hockey League, and subsequent Russian Superleague (RSL) and current Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional ice hockey club that plays in the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army. HC CSKA Moscow won more Soviet championships and European cups than any other team in history. It is owned by Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, which is in turn majority-owned by the Russian government.

First round

R		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	CSKA Moscow	44	36	5	3	268	98	77
2	Spartak Moscow	44	30	6	8	220	124	66
3	Dynamo Moscow	44	25	8	11	192	114	58
4	Traktor Chelyabinsk	44	21	5	18	167	148	47
5	Dynamo Riga	44	20	6	18	148	138	46
6	Sokol Kiev	44	20	5	19	151	152	45
8.5
7	Krylya Sovetov	44	19	7	18	143	146	45
8	Torpedo Gorki	44	19	7	18	137	153	45
9	Khimik Voskresensk	44	18	2	24	154	169	38
10	SKA Saint Petersburg	44	15	4	25	122	205	34
11	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	44	6	3	35	110	226	15
12	Dinamo Minsk	44	3	6	35	89	228	12

Final round

R		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	CSKA Moscow	49	40	6	3	299	113	86
2	Spartak Moscow	49	32	6	11	240	141	70
3	Dynamo Moscow	49	27	8	14	215	134	62
4	Traktor Chelyabinsk	49	23	6	20	178	172	52
5	Dynamo Riga	49	22	6	21	163	157	50
6	Sokol Kiev	49	22	5	22	167	173	49

Relegation

R		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
7	Torpedo Gorki	56	28	9	19	207	193	65
8	Khimik Voskresensk	56	27	2	27	218	207	56
9	Krylya Sovetov	56	24	7	25	203	203	55
10	SKA Saint Petersburg	56	25	5	26	201	229	55
8.5
11	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	56	11	7	38	170	269	29
12	Dinamo Minsk	56	10	7	39	148	267	27

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