CHL may refer to:

Ice hockey

Current leagues

Canadian Hockey League 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 L ...

(1975–present), the umbrella organization for Canadian major junior hockey * Central Hockey League, now the Central Canada Hockey League (1961–present), a Junior A ice hockey league * Champions Hockey League, an ice hockey tournament launched in the 2014–15 season * Kontinental Hockey League (2007–present), successor to the Russian Superleague, an international professional ice hockey league comprising teams from Russia and Europe

Defunct leagues

* Central Hockey League (1925–1926), a Senior Amateur ice league hockey that operated in the United States and Canada *

Central Hockey League (1931–1935) Central Hockey League was an ice hockey league that was played by teams in Minnesota from 1931 to 1935. The league was created by amateur teams in Minnesota. The first season (1931–32) the league was made up of amateur players. The following seas ...

, a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States *

Central Hockey League (1963–1984) The Central Professional Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States from 1963 to 1984. Named the Central Hockey League for the 1968–69 season and forward, it was owned and operated by the Natio ...

, a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States *

Central Hockey League (1992–2014) The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

, a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States and Canada prior to merging with the ECHL *

Champions Hockey League (2008–09) The Champions Hockey League was a short-lived ice hockey tournament which was launched in 2008 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) after adopting the proposal put forth by Ovation Sports AG, and only played in the 2008–09 Champions ...

, a short-lived ice hockey tournament * Coloured Hockey League (1894–1930), an all-black ice hockey league that operated in Nova Scotia * Colonial Hockey League (1991–1997), a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada, became United Hockey League

Science and technology

* Chain Home Low, a radar system used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II *

Chlorite The chlorite ion, or chlorine dioxide anion, is the halite with the chemical formula of . A chlorite (compound) is a compound that contains this group, with chlorine in the oxidation state of +3. Chlorites are also known as salts of chlorous ac ...

, a group of phyllosilicate minerals *

Chlorophyll Chlorophyll (also chlorophyl) is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words , ("pale green") and , ("leaf"). Chlorophyll allow plants to a ...

, a pigment used by nearly all plants to absorb light for photosynthesis *

Classic Hodgkin's lymphoma Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma, in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. The condition wa ...

, cancer originating from white blood cells * Conductive hearing loss, a hearing disorder where there is a problem conducting sound waves through parts of the ear * Computational system for human language (C_HL), a concept proposed by Noam Chomsky under his

Minimalist program In linguistics, the minimalist program is a major line of inquiry that has been developing inside generative grammar since the early 1990s, starting with a 1993 paper by Noam Chomsky. Following Imre Lakatos's distinction, Chomsky presents minima ...

Organisations

Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, abbreviated to CHL, is the public healthcare provider in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is a government-owned corporation, established by law on . CHL's main site is located in the south-east of the q ...

, the public-sector healthcare provider in Luxembourg City * China Mobile (New York Stock Exchange symbol, and on American Depository Receipts)

Other uses

* California Historical Landmark, a designation for historic sites in California, US * Chile (ISO 3166-1 3-letter country code CHL), a country in South America *

Concealed Handgun License Concealed carry, or carrying a concealed weapon (CCW), is the practice of carrying a weapon (such as a handgun) in public in a concealed manner, either on one's person or in close proximity. CCW is often practiced as a means of self-defense. Every ...