National Junior Hockey League Explained
National Junior Hockey League should not be confused with National Capital Junior Hockey League.
| National Junior Hockey League |
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| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Founded: | 2011 |
| Motto: | Лига сильных (Liga silnykh, The League of the strong) |
| Inaugural: | 2011–12 |
| Teams: | 15 |
| Country: | Russia (14 teams)
Kazakhstan (1 team) |
| Champion: | Dizelist Penza (1st title) |
| Most Champs: | Gornyak Uchaly (2 titles) |
| Promotion: | MHL (2 finalists) |
| Website: | http://nmhl.fhr.ru/ |
| Director: | Dmitry Yefimov |
| Related Comps: | KHL
VHL
MHL
VHL-B |
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
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
| Edition | Date | Venue | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| 2012 | 23 February |  Temp sports ice palace, Penza | Team West | 3-2 | Team East |
| 2013 | 17 April | Olymp Arena, Kirovo-Chepetsk | Team West | 6–3 | Team East |
| 2014 | 18 January | Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly | Team West | 1–4 | Team East |
| 2015 | 17 January | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Almetyevsk | Team East | 3–4 | Team West |
| 2016 | 30 January | Ice Palace Naberezhny Chelny, Naberezhnye Chelny | Team East | 4–0 | Team West | |
Future Cup
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
Super Cup
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
2012 expansion
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
| | National Junior Hockey League | | Team | City | Arena |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ice Palace | | | | Zvezdny Sports Complex | | | | Jubilee Ice Palace | | | | Sports Palace Polyot | | | | | | | | Rossosh Ice Palace | | | Ice Arena | | | Sports Complex Yubileiny | | |
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Champions
| | style= width="33" | Season | style= width="158" | Regions Cup Champion | style= width="158" | Regions Cup Finalist | style= width="33" | Series
Result | style= width="158" | Bronze Medalist | style= width="173" | Eastern
Division winner | style= width="173" | Central
Division winner | style= width="172" | Western
Division winner | style= width="172" | Regular season winner | | 2011–12 | Oktan Perm | | 3–1 | | Kristall Berdsk (30-2-0) | Oktan Perm (31-5-0) | MHK Zelenograd (25-10-1) | Kristall Berdsk | | style= width="33" | Season | style= width="158" | Regions Cup Champion | style= width="158" | Regions Cup Finalist | style= width="33" | Series
Result | style= width="158" | Bronze Medalist | style= width="173" | Northwest
Division winner | style= width="173" | Volga
Division winner | style= width="172" | Ural-Siberia
Division winner | style= width="172" | Regular season winner | | 2012–13 | Junior Kurgan | Batyr | 3–1 | | HK Liepājas Metalurgs (32-6-2) | Irbis Kazan (33-8-3) | Junior Kurgan (36-7-0) | Junior Kurgan | |
| style= width="33" | Season | style= width="158" | Regions Cup
Champion | style= width="158" | Regions Cup
Finalist | style= width="33" | Series
Result | style= width="158" | Bronze
Medalist | style= width="259" | Eastern Conference
winner | style= width="259" | Western Conference
winner | style= width="172" | Regular season
winner | | 2013–14 | Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar | | 3–1 | Mechel Chelyabinsk | Mechel Chelyabinsk (32-5-1) | Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar (31-5-2) | Mechel Chelyabinsk | | 2014–15 | Rossosh Voronezh | | 3–2 | Batyr &<br /> MHK Zelenograd[*] | Gornyak Uchaly (44-6-2) | Rossosh Voronezh (51-9-4) | Rossosh Voronezh | | 2015–16 | Gornyak Uchaly | Rossosh Voronezh | 3–0 | Loko-Junior Yaroslavl | Gornyak Uchaly (28-10-2) | Rossosh Voronezh (34-6-4) | Rossosh Voronezh | | 2016–17 | Gornyak Uchaly | | 3–2 | Loko-Junior Yaroslavl | Gornyak Uchaly (37-4-1-6) | Dizelist Penza (34-3-2-5) | Gornyak Uchaly | | 2017-18 | Dizelist Penza | Batyr | 3–0 | Loko-Junior Yaroslavl | Progress Glazov (20-4-1-7) | Dizelist Penza (21-5-3-7) | Dizelist Penza | |
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[*]: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: http://mhl2.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=62085 . ru:Кубок Регионов в офисе МХЛ . Press service of the Minor Hockey League . 22 March 2012 . Minor Hockey League website . 23 March 2012 . ru.
- Web site: http://nmhl.fhr.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=254759&SECTION_ID=. ru:Суперкубок МХЛ завершит молодежный хоккейный сезон . Press service of the Minor Hockey League . 26 April 2016 . Minor Hockey League website . 1 November 2017 . ru.
- Web site: http://nmhl.fhr.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=254769&SECTION_ID=. ru:«Локо» - обладатель первого в истории Суперкубка МХЛ . Press service of the Minor Hockey League . 30 April 2016 . Minor Hockey League website . 1 November 2017 . ru.
- Web site: http://mhl.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=137214&SECTION_ID= . ru:В Первенство МХЛ вступили шесть новых клубов . Press service of the Minor Hockey League . 27 April 2012 . Minor Hockey League website . 27 April 2012 . ru.
- http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/1/recap/7101.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=ae623d1fec.html
