The 1996–97 Eastern European Hockey League season, was the second season of the multi-national ice hockey league. Nine teams participated in the league, and Juniors Riga of Latvia won the championship.
Regular season Pl. Team GP W T L Goals Pkt. 1. HK Sokol Kiev 32 27 3 2 198:42 57 2. Polimir Novopolotsk 32 25 2 5 187:73 52 3. HK Neman Grodno 32 18 6 8 168:80 42 4. Tivali Minsk 32 17 5 10 124:80 39 5. Juniors Riga 32 14 4 14 106:109 32 6. HK Junost Minsk 32 9 4 19 91:145 22 7. Olimpia Sosnowiec 32 7 5 20 90:164 19 8. HK Kryzynka Kiev 32 5 5 22 76:164 15 9. SC Energija 32 4 2 26 74:257 10
Playoffs
3rd place Polimir Novopolotsk 3 HK Neman Grodno 1
External links Season on hockeyarchives.info