Sport | Ice Hockey |
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Founded | 2009 |
Motto | Лига Сильных (Liga Silnykh, The League of the Strong)[1][2] |
No. of teams | 37 |
Country | Russia (29 teams) Belarus (1 team) Kazakhstan (1 team) |
Most recent champion(s) | Loko Yaroslavl (3rd title) |
Most titles | Loko 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 website | engmhl |
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.