The National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B) (russian: Национальная молодежная хоккейная лига (НМХЛ)) is the second level of the

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, the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

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league. The B division was established in 2011 and the inaugural season was the 2011–12 season. A

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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

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of the league.

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

Future Cup

The Future Cup (russian: Кубок Будущего, Kubok Budushchego) was an

exhibition game An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

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

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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 Kharlamov Cup (russian: Кубок Харламова, Kubok Kharlamova) is the trophy presented to the winner of the Russian Junior Hockey League (MHL) playoffs, and is named after ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov, considered to be one of ...

(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.

Editions

2012 expansion

Seven new teams were confirmed for the 2012–13 season:

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Zauralie Kurgan Zauralie Kurgan (Хоккейный клуб «Зауралье» Курган) is an ice hockey team in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. History The club was founded in 1994 as a merg ...

HC Ryazan HC Ryazan is an ice hockey team in Ryazan, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. The club is affiliated with a KHL team Sibir Novosibirsk since 2012. History The team was founded in 1997 as Vyatich Ryazan. It i ...

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HC Belgorod HC Belgorod is an ice hockey team in Belgorod, Russia. They play in the Junior Hockey League Division B The National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B) (russian: Национальная молодежная х ...

Sputnik Nizhny Tagil Sputnik Nizhny Tagil is an ice hockey team in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was formerly affiliated with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Avtomobilist (russian: Автомобилис ...

and Platina Chișinău from

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Teams in 2018–19

Champions

^{/sup>: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals

References

External links

NMHL Official Website

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