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| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Founded | 1975 |
| President | Dan MacKenzie |
| No. of teams | 60 |
| Countries | Canada United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | Saginaw Spirit (1) |
| TV partner(s) | TSN RDS CBC Rogers TV (OHL) Eastlink TV/TVA Sports (QMJHL) |
| Official website | CHL.ca |
The Canadian Hockey League (CHL; French: Ligue canadienne de hockey ‒ LCH) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canada-based major junior ice hockey leagues. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League,[1] and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). For the 2023–24 season, its three leagues and 60 teams represent nine Canadian provinces (51 teams) as well as four American states (nine teams).
The CHL schedule culminates in the Memorial Cup tournament, which sees each of the three league playoff champions, as well as a host team, play a round-robin tournament to determine a national champion. The CHL also hosts the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, for the top draft eligible players in the league, as well as the CHL Canada/Russia Series, a six-game all-star exhibition series against a team of Russian juniors. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Canadian Hockey League cancelled the event in 2022.
The current president of the CHL is Dan MacKenzie.
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