* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Amur Khabarovsk - Severstal Cherepovets - 3:2
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - SKA St. Petersburg - 0:3
Lada Togliatti - Sibir Novosibirsk - 0:2
Avangard Omsk - Ak Bars Kazan - 3:5
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 2:2
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 34 games/76 points
2 Avangard Omsk - 35/73
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 35/68
4 Sibir Novosibirsk - 33/65
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 33/63
6 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 33/60
7 CSKA Moscow - 34/52
8 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 34/52
9 HK MVD Tver - 33/45
10 Lada Togliatti - 33/44
11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 32/44
12 Severstal Cherepovets - 33/43
13 SKA St. Petersburg - 33/43
14 Dinamo Moscow - 33/39
15 Vityaz Podolsk - 33/36
16 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 33/32
17 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 32/31
18 Amur Khabarovsk - 33/24
19 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 33/21
* Russian men's bandy Superleague results and standings (host teams listed first):
Western Division:
AMNGR Murmansk - Lokomotiv Orenburg - 6:1
1 Dinamo Moscow - 13 games/39 points
2 Zorky Krasnogorsk - 10/27
3 Raketa Kazan - 10/21
4 Rodina Kirov - 10/18
5 Uralsky Trubnik Pervouralsk - 9/18
6 Vodnik Arkhangelsk - 8/13
7 Volga Ulyanovsk - 8/10
8 Stroyitel Syktyvkar - 9/6
9 AMNGR Murmansk - 12/6
10 Start Nizhny Novgorod - 11/4
11 Lokomotiv Orenburg - 12/4
Eastern Division:
1 Kuzbass Kemerovo - 10/27
2 Yenisei Krasnoyarsk - 11/24
3 Baikal-Energia Irkutsk - 8/15
4 SKA-Zabaikalets Chita - 9/15
5 SKA-Neftyannik Khabarovsk - 9/14
6 Sibselmash Novosibirsk - 10/14
7 Lesokhimik Ust-Ilimsk - 9/12
8 Metallurg Bratsk - 8/11
9 Mayak Krasnoturyinsk - 10/10
10 Sayany Abakan - 11/7
11 SKA-Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg - 9/3
* Anatoly Byshovets, who led the Soviet soccer team to gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, was appointed head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow, one of Russia's oldest and most famous soccer clubs
* The World Hockey Under-20 Championship kicks off in Sweden to run through January 15
