National Junior Hockey League
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 2011 |
First season | 2011–12 |
Director | Dmitry Yefimov |
Motto | Лига сильных (Liga silnykh, The League of the strong) |
No. of teams | 15 |
Country | Russia (14 teams) Kazakhstan (1 team) |
Most recent champion(s) | Dizelist Penza (1st title) |
Most titles | Gornyak Uchaly (2 titles) |
Promotion to | MHL (2 finalists) |
Related competitions | KHL VHL MHL VHL-B |
Official website | http://nmhl.fhr.ru/ |
The National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B) (Russian: Национальная молодежная хоккейная лига (НМХЛ)) is the second level of the Junior Hockey League, the KHL's junior ice hockey league. The B division was established in 2011 and the inaugural season was the 2011–12 season. A promotion and relegation system was in place between the MHL and MHL-B, where the bottom 2 teams at the end of the season of MHL were relegated to MHL-B and the 2 best MHL-B teams are promoted to MHL.
The Regions Cup is awarded to the champion of the playoffs of the league.[1]
Generation Cup
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The Generation Cup (Russian: Кубок Поколения, Kubok Pokoleniya) is the all-star game of MHL-B and analog to the MHL's Challenge Cup. The first ever Generation Cup took place on 23 February 2012 in Penza and featured Team East against Team West.
Editions
[edit]Edition | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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2012 | 23 February | ![]() |
Team West | 3-2 | Team East |
2013 | 17 April | ![]() |
Team West | 6–3 | Team East |
2014 | 18 January | ![]() |
Team West | 1–4 | Team East |
2015 | 17 January | ![]() |
Team East | 3–4 | Team West |
2016 | 30 January | ![]() |
Team East | 4–0 | Team West |
Future Cup
[edit]The Future Cup (Russian: Кубок Будущего, Kubok Budushchego) was an exhibition game featuring under-18 players of MHL and MHL-B. The first ever (and so far only) Future Cup took place on 13 March 2012 in Chelyabinsk and featured players who were not born before 1 January 1994.
Editions
[edit]Edition | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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2011–12 | 12 March | ![]() |
Team West | 3–1 | Team East |
Super Cup
[edit]The Super Cup (Russian: Суперкубок, Superkubok) was the trophy awarded to the winner of the game between the winner of the Kharlamov Cup (the MHL champions) and the winner of the Regions Cup (the MHL-B champions). The first ever (and so far only) Super Cup took place on 30 April 2016 in Uchaly.[2]
Editions
[edit]Edition | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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2016 | 30 April | ![]() |
Gornyak Uchaly (MHL-B) | 1–5[3] | Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) |
2012 expansion
[edit]Seven new teams were confirmed for the 2012–13 season: MHC Dmitrov, Zauralie Kurgan, HC Ryazan, Buran Voronezh, HC Belgorod, Sputnik Nizhny Tagil and Platina Chișinău from Moldova.[4][5]
Teams in 2018–19
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Champions
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[*]: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals
References
[edit]- ^ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (22 March 2012). Кубок Регионов в офисе МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (26 April 2016). Суперкубок МХЛ завершит молодежный хоккейный сезон (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (30 April 2016). «Локо» - обладатель первого в истории Суперкубка МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Press service of the Minor Hockey League (27 April 2012). В Первенство МХЛ вступили шесть новых клубов (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/1/recap/7101.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=ae623d1fec.html [dead link]
External links
[edit]- (in Russian) NMHL Official Website