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
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 b ...
'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
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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
playoffs
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of the league.
Generation Cup
The Generation Cup (russian: Кубок Поколения, Kubok Pokoleniya) is the
all-star game
An all-star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or d ...
of MHL-B and
analog
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Computing and electronics
* Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable
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to the MHL's Challenge Cup. The first ever Generation Cup took place on 23 February 2012 in
Penza
Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-la ...
and featured Team East against Team West.
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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
Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
and featured players who were not born before 1 January 1994.
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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.
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
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.
Achievements
* Pervaya Liga
The All-Russian Ho ...
and
Platina Chișinău from
Moldova
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Teams in 2018–19
Champions
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References
External links
NMHL Official Website
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