Junior Hockey League (Russia)

Junior Hockey League
SportIce Hockey
Founded2009
MottoЛига Сильных (Liga Silnykh, The League of the Strong)[1][2]
No. of teams37
CountryRussia Russia (29 teams)
Belarus Belarus (1 team)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (1 team)
Most recent
champion(s)
Loko Yaroslavl (3rd title)
Most titlesLoko Yaroslavl (3)
TV partner(s)KHL-TV (Russia (as part of the NTV Plus package), International (through KHL's website))[3]
Related
competitions
KHL
VHL
VHL-B
NMHL
Official websiteengmhl.khl.ru

The Junior Hockey League (JHL)[4] (Russian: Молодежная Хоккейная Лига (МХЛ), romanizedMolodezhnaya Hokkeinaya Liga), sometimes translated as the Minor[5] or Youth Hockey League,[6] is a major junior ice hockey league in Eurasia, founded in 2009. It currently consists of 33 teams from 3 countries.[7] Currently, all teams but one are subsidiaries (feeder teams) for their respective KHL or VHL professional counterparts. A player's age cannot be older than 20.[8] The Kharlamov Cup, named after star ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov, is awarded annually as the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia's official Junior Championship,[9] following a 16-team playoff at the end of the regular season.

  1. ^ "YHL Calendar September" (PDF) (in Russian). Minor Hockey League. Retrieved 16 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "MHL.KHL.RU header" (in Russian). Minor Hockey League. Retrieved 31 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Телетрансляции матчей МХЛ – уже с ноября!". KHL.ru. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  4. ^ "Junior Hockey League". Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. ^ "KHL Junior Draft Is Over". KHL.ru. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  6. ^ "The Future is Now". khl.ru. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  7. ^ О Лиге (in Russian). mhl.khl.ru. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  8. ^ "Changes Coming in Russian Junior Hockey". 13 May 2015.
  9. ^ "News : Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)".

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