1997–98 Vysshaya Liga season
The 1997–98 Vysshaya Liga season was the sixth season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 16 teams participated in the league. HC Lipetsk won the Western Conference, and Neftyanik Almetyevsk won the Eastern Conference
First round
Western Conference
| Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| 1. | HC Lipetsk | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 31 | 40 |
| 2. | HC Voronezh | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 43 | 33 |
| 3. | Izhorets St. Petersburg | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 52 | 28 |
| 4. | Torpedo Yaroslavl II | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 55 | 25 |
| 5. | Avangard Tambov | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 84 | 15 |
| 6. | Motor Zavolzhye | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 66 | 81 | 15 |
| 7 | Dynamo Moscow II | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 97 | 12 |
Eastern Conference
| Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| 1. | Neftyanik Almetyevsk | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 132 | 66 | 50 |
| 2. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 127 | 75 | 50 |
| 3. | UralAZ Miass | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 121 | 61 | 43 |
| 4. | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 117 | 118 | 33 |
| 5. | Nosta Yuzhny Ural Novotroitsk-Orsk | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 82 | 100 | 30 |
| 6. | Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 85 | 107 | 22 |
| 7 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 105 | 21 |
| 8. | Kedr Novouralsk | 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 86 | 119 | 21 |
| 9. | Metallurg Serov | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 83 | 147 | 18 |