Junior Hockey League (Russia)

This article is about a Russian ice hockey league. For a list of minor league ice hockey leagues elsewhere, see List of ice hockey leagues. For ice hockey played by children, see Minor ice hockey.
Not to be confused with Supreme Hockey League.
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), romanized: Molodezhnaya 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)".