National Junior Hockey League

National Junior Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Founded2011
First season2011–12
DirectorDmitry Yefimov
MottoЛига сильных (Liga silnykh, The League of the strong)
No. of teams15
CountryRussia (14 teams)
Kazakhstan (1 team)
Most recent
champion(s)
Dizelist Penza (1st title)
Most titlesGornyak Uchaly (2 titles)
Promotion toMHL (2 finalists)
Related
competitions
KHL
VHL
MHL
VHL-B
Official websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ 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.