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Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (frequently simply called hockey in countries where it is the most popular form of hockey) is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are...
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL) (French: Ligue nationale de hockey - LNH) is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league as a joint venture for its self perpetuating membership of 30 franchised...
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American Hockey League
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 29-team professional ice hockey league based primarily in the United States that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). During the 2009-10 season, 29 of the 30 NHL...
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.
The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) of Hockey Canada.
The...
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of...
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League....
Swiss Ice Hockey Association
The Swiss Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) (German: Schweizerischer Eishockeyverband (SEHV), French: Ligue Suisse de Hockey sur Glace (LSHG), Italian: Federazione Svizzera di hockey su ghiaccio ) is the governing body of ice hockey in Switzerland, as...
Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League (CHL) is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation.
The Central Hockey League (CHL) was revived in 1992 by Bill Levins and Ray Miron under the idea of central ownership of both the...
Deutsche Eishockey-Liga
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League, shortname DEL) is a German professional ice hockey league, which currently has the highest number of American and Canadian players outside of North America. It was formed as a replacement for...
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National Women's Hockey League
The National Women's Hockey League (French: Ligue Nationale de Hockey Féminin) was a women's ice hockey league, established in 1998, as the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League expanded into Quebec. After the 2006-07 season, the league ceased...
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Pacific Coast Hockey Association
The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was a professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was...
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was constituted in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM...
United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 14 member teams located in Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger. The USHL is strictly...
Ice Hockey Superleague
The Ice Hockey Superleague (known as the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague from 1998–99 due to sponsorship rights) was the top-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003, replacing the Premier Division of the...
Amateur Hockey Association
The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) was an amateur men's ice hockey league founded in 1886, in existence until 1898. It was the second ice hockey league organized in Canada, after one in Kingston, Ontario started in 1883. It was...
Canadian Amateur Hockey League
The Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) was an early men's amateur hockey league founded in 1898, replacing the organization that was formerly the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada before the 1898–99 season. The league existed for seven seasons...
Elite Ice Hockey League
The Elite Ice Hockey League (also known for sponsorship reasons as the Bmibaby Elite League) is a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey Superleague, it is the highest level of ice...
South East Hockey League
The South East Hockey League was formed in August 2003. It succeeded the short-lived Atlantic Coast Hockey League and had 4 teams for its first and only season. Jim Riggs (Commissioner) was the commissioner.
The Huntsville Channel Cats were the 2003...
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Federal Amateur Hockey League
The Federal Amateur Hockey League was a Canadian men's senior-level ice hockey league that played six seasons from 1904 to 1909. The league was a professional league for its last two years and was known as the Federal Hockey League.
The league was...
Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association
The Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) was a men's amateur, later professional ice hockey league in Canada that played four seasons. It was founded on December 11, 1905 with six clubs: four from the Canadian Amateur Hockey League and...
International Ice Hockey League
The International Independent Hockey League (IIHL) was an independent low-level professional hockey league that played in late 2003 before falling apart in 2004.
Founded by Mike Killbreath of Flint, Michigan and Dan Monacelli of Novi, Michigan,...
Slovak Extraliga
Slovak Extraliga is the name of the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the fifth strongest league in Europe. The name of the league is leased to sponsor and changes frequently. From 1993/94 to 1997...
Asia League Ice Hockey
The Asia League Ice Hockey (ALH) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan. At the end of the playoffs every year...
British National League
The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the...
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia (a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation) and is run by its own Board of Directors.
AIHL players are semi...
British Hockey League
The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. The league replaced three regional leagues: the Inter-City...
English Premier Ice Hockey League
The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simpy EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. The league currently consists of 10 teams predominantly...
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English National Ice Hockey League
The English National Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league below the English Premier Ice Hockey League which is administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is split into two conferences, north and south. The league is now the...
German Ice Hockey Federation
The Deutsche Eishockey-Bund (DEB) has been the responsible federation of ice hockey associations (since its establishment on June 16, 1963) for the sport of ice hockey in Germany (until 1990 exclusive for the Federal Republic of Germany and West...
Latvian Hockey League
The Latvian Hockey League (Latvian: Latvijas hokeja līga) is an ice hockey league based in Latvia. It is also known in Latvian as Latvijas atklātais čempionāts hokejā (Latvian Open Hockey Championships), and, for sponsorship reasons, several seasons...
Irish Hockey League
The Irish Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league in Ireland. The official league was founded in 2007, yet amateur leagues have existed since the early 1980s.
Following on from the construction of Dundalk Ice Dome and the success of the...
New Zealand Ice Hockey League
The NZIHL is New Zealand’s national league. It is an amateur league that was formed in 2005 to develop the sport in the New Zealand and to give the top players regular competition against each other and to allow them to improve the skill level of...
Alberta Midget Hockey League
The Alberta Midget Hockey League or AMHL is the provincial Midget AAA ice hockey league for Alberta, Canada. The league consists of 18 teams split into the Dodge and Chrysler Divisions. League champions go on to compete with the BC Hockey Major...
HockeyAllsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan, prior to the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league (after Elitserien). Since the 2009–10 season it consists of fourteen teams.
During seasons 1948...
Continental Elite Hockey League
The Continental Elite Hockey League was a Junior A league that existed from 2001 - 2004. The league was an independent Junior ice hockey league that did not operate under USA Hockey. There are now plans for the league to be "reborn" for the 2009...
Swedish Ice Hockey Association
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities.
SIHA was part of the Swedish Football Association but became an association of its own in...
International Professional Hockey League
The International Professional Hockey League (IPHL) was the first fully professional ice hockey league, operating from 1904 to 1907. It was formed by Jack 'Doc' Gibson, a dentist who played hockey throughout Ontario before settling in Houghton,...
Interscholastic Hockey League
The Interscholastic Hockey League (ISHL) is a high school sports league based in Houston, Texas, that also serves much of southeast Texas. It is composed of several ice hockey teams at the "Prep" (equivalent to "Junior Varsity" in most other high...
British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
During its first year of official operation (2005-2006), the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League consisted of teams from Trinity Western University, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, University of Northern British Columbia...
Ontario Professional Hockey League
The Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL), sometimes referred to as the Trolley League, and also known as the Canadian Hockey League in its time, was a professional ice hockey league in Canada. It was Canada's first fully professional league and...
Scottish Premier Ice Hockey League
The Scottish Premier Hockey League is an ice hockey league in Scotland. The league began play in September 2007 and consists of five teams. It replaced the Scottish National League as the highest level of competition in Scotland behind the Elite...
Minnesota Junior Hockey League
The Minnesota Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a is a USA Hockey Tier III sanctioned junior ice hockey league operated out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota. The league currently has nine member teams in Minnesota and...
Central States Hockey League
The Central States Hockey League (CSHL) is an American Tier III Junior "A" ice hockey league that consists of thirteen teams from Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri.The CSHL is a member of USA Hockey. The winner of the CSHL's playoffs goes...
Western Pennsylvania Hockey League
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL), was a semi-professional ice hockey league from the early 1900s. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the league was the pre-eminent ice hockey league at the time in the United States. It was the first...
Northern Pacific Hockey League
The Northern Pacific Hockey League (NORPAC) is an American Tier III Junior A ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. Its championship trophy is the Cascade Cup.
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Turkish Ice Hockey Super League
The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League is the highest level of ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Unlike the National Hockey League, the...
Turkish Ice Hockey First League
The Turkish Ice Hockey First League (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi 1. Ligi) is the second highest level of ice hockey in Turkey, after the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a...
Romanian Hockey League
The Romanian Hockey League (Liga Naţională) is the highest level of Romanian ice hockey. It is governed by the Federaţia Română de Hochei pe Gheaţă (FRHG) (Romanian Ice Hockey Federation).
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Finnish Ice Hockey Association
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish: "Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto") is the governing body of ice hockey in Finland. In 1927, the Finnish skating association introduced ice hockey as part of its program and through that organization, Finland...
Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
The Slovak Ice Hockey Federation is the governing body that oversees ice hockey in Slovakia.
Latvian Ice Hockey Federation
The Latvian Ice Hockey Federation is the governing body that oversees ice hockey in Latvia, including the Latvian Hockey League and the Latvia national ice hockey team.
United Junior Hockey League
The United Junior Hockey League is an independent Junior "A" ice hockey league, now in its second season. The 2009-10 season is scheduled to start in early September and end in late March, with showcase tournaments to be held in addition to the...
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Midwest Hockey League
The Midwest Hockey League (MWHL) was a proposed low level minor pro hockey league that was scheduled to begin play in the 2009-2010 season. The league administrative office was located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
On August 10, 2009, the MWHL announced a...
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Timiskaming Professional Hockey League
The Timiskaming Professional Hockey League (TPHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league based in the area of Lake Timiskaming, Canada. Founded in 1906, the league is notable for providing teams and Ambrose O'Brien, the founder of the National...
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All American Hockey League
The All American Hockey League (AAHL) is a lower level professional ice hockey league with teams in the Midwestern United States. The AAHL is affiliated with the International Hockey League (higher affiliate) and several teams have affiliations with...
Serbian Hockey League
The Serbian Hockey League is the top league for Ice Hockey in Serbia. There are four teams in it for the 2009-2010 season.
The total number of teams varies from season to season, as certain clubs can't fill their adult teams due to lack of players...
Japan Ice Hockey League
The Japan Ice Hockey League (日本アイスホッケーリーグ) was an annual Ice hockey league, for Japanese teams, which began in 1966 and ended in 2004, when it was replaced by the Asia League Ice Hockey.
Even when baseball and soccer, have ruled the Japanese...
Icelandic Hockey League
The Icelandic Hockey League, is a hockey league in Iceland, Europe. Currently there are four teams in it.
Hockey was first played in Iceland at around 1950, on ponds and rivers. The weather made it very hard to play, so Icelandic hockey did not...
Northern Junior Hockey League
The Northern Junior Hockey League (NJHL) is an independent regional junior ice hockey league based in Jamestown, New York. The league's first season was 2009-2010 and as of December 2009 it has 7 teams including former UJHL teams.
The league was...
Atlantic Coast Hockey League
The 2002 version of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League was the second league to carry this name. It shared the name with the Atlantic Coast Hockey League, the early 1980s predecessor of the ECHL. The ACHL would last only one season, and was notable...
