The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is the largest development hockey league in the world and is made up of three Canada-based major junior ice hockey leagues. Established in 1975, the CHL is responsible for developing young hockey players from across Canada and the United States, with the aim of producing top talent for the National…
The NCAA is a governing body for intercollegiate sports, including ice hockey, in the United States and Canada. It helps regulate playing rules and eligibility rules for college athletes. The NCAA organizes the annual NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament, which is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States. It determines…
The KHL is an international professional hockey league that was founded in 2008. It currently includes 23 member clubs based in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and China. The KHL was established to promote hockey development throughout Russia and other nations across Europe and Asia. Since its inception, it has become widely recognized as the second-best hockey…
The Swedish Hockey League (SHL) is Sweden’s highest professional hockey league. Founded in 1975 as Elitserien, the SHL has undergone several changes and is now known as the Svenska Hockeyligan in Swedish. The league currently consists of 14 teams, with the regular season running from September to March and the playoffs taking place in March…
The Liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland and has been around since 1975. It was created to replace the SM-sarja, which was an amateur league at the time. it also known as the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish. It is considered to be one of the top…
The Czech Extraliga is the top-level professional ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1993 following the peaceful separation of Czechoslovakia, and has since become one of the most competitive and popular leagues in Europe. The league consists of 14 teams, with each team playing 52 games during the regular season.…
The NHL is the world’s premier professional ice hockey league, with players from 18 countries as of the 2022-23 season. The league was founded in 1917 and has since grown to include 32 teams, 24 of which are based in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is responsible for organizing and overseeing…
The East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. The league was established in 1988 with five teams from the All-American Hockey League and the Atlantic Coast Hockey League. Over the years, the ECHL has grown to include teams from across the United States and Canada. As…
The CHL was a mid-level minor professional ice hockey league that operated from 1992 until 2014. Ray Miron and Bill Levins founded it and was later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which operated the league from 2000 to 2013, when individual franchise owners purchased it. The CHL was made up of small to mid-size cities…
The WHL is a major junior ice hockey league that is based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. It is one of the three leagues that make up the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which is the highest level of junior hockey in Canada. The other two leagues that make up the CHL are…
