Defeats each, while the magnitogorsk team took first place in the eastern conference, and the yaroslavl team took third place in the western conference, which gives the urals the advantage of their home ground. In the playoffs, the opponents played a Different Number of games, andrei razins team played 19, while as the team of igor nikitin 16, while the gagarin cup applicants had to play through one of the sevenmatch series. Magnitogorsk beat amur 4 2 in the first round, then defeated spartak with the same score, and after that defeated avtomobilist 4 3, and the duel with the ekaterinburg team was established. Performance for the semifinal series, the opponents scored 42 goals between them. As for lokomotiv, they began their playoffs with a victory over the winner of the two previous editions of the gagarin cup, cska. 4 1, in the second round they knocked out avangard 4 3, in the semifinals they easily dealt with the tractor 4 0. Railway goalkeeper daniil isaev has the best reliability