National Junior Hockey League

Not to be confused with National Capital Junior Hockey League.

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.

National Junior Hockey League

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2011
Inaugural season	2011–12
Director	Dmitry Yefimov
Motto	Лига сильных (Liga silnykh, The League of the strong)
No. of teams	15
Country	Russia (14 teams) Kazakhstan (1 team)
Most recent champion(s)	Dizelist Penza (1st title)
Most titles	Gornyak Uchaly (2 titles)
Promotion to	MHL (2 finalists)
Related competitions	KHL VHL MHL VHL-B
Official website	http://nmhl.fhr.ru/

The Regions Cup is awarded to the champion of the playoffs of the league.^[1]

Generation Cup

 

The logo of 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
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

Edition	Date	Venue	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2011–12	12 March	Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk	Team West	3–1	Team East

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

Edition	Date	Venue	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2016	30 April	Ice Arena Gornyak Uchaly, Uchaly	Gornyak Uchaly (MHL-B)	1–5^[3]	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)

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 HC Belgorod   Belgorod Oranzevjy led HC Bryansk   Bryansk Desna Stadium Dizelist Penza   Penza Temp sports ice palace Golden Dogs   Moscow Dmitrov Sports Complex Loko-Junior Yaroslavl   Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Sports Complex Metallurg Cherepovets   Cherepovets Ice Palace MHK Lipetsk   Lipetsk Zvezdny Sports Complex NHC   Novomoskovsk Jubilee Ice Palace Polyot   Rybinsk Sports Palace Polyot Progress   Glazov Progress Sports Palace HC Rossosh   Rossosh Rossosh Ice Palace Rostov Junior   Rostov-on-Don Ice Arena Tverichi Tver   Tver Sports Complex Yubileiny

Champions

Season   Regions Cup Champion   Regions Cup Finalist Series Result   Bronze Medalist Eastern Division winner Central Division winner Western Division winner Regular season winner 2011–12   Oktan Perm   Kristall Berdsk 3–1   Batyr   Kristall Berdsk (30-2-0)   Oktan Perm (31-5-0)   MHK Zelenograd (25-10-1)   Kristall Berdsk Season   Regions Cup Champion   Regions Cup Finalist Series Result   Bronze Medalist Northwest Division winner Volga Division winner Ural-Siberia Division winner Regular season winner 2012–13   Junior Kurgan   Batyr 3–1   Sputnik   HK Liepājas Metalurgs (32-6-2)   Irbis Kazan (33-8-3)   Junior Kurgan (36-7-0)   Junior Kurgan Season   Regions Cup Champion   Regions Cup Finalist Series Result   Bronze Medalist Eastern Conference winner Western Conference winner Regular season winner 2013–14   Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar   Loko-Junior Yaroslavl 3–1   Mechel Chelyabinsk   Mechel Chelyabinsk (32-5-1)   Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar (31-5-2)   Mechel Chelyabinsk 2014–15   Rossosh Voronezh   Gornyak Uchaly 3–2   Batyr &   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   Dizelist Penza 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

 ^[*]: Both losing semifinalists received bronze medals

References

1. Press service of the Minor Hockey League (22 March 2012). Кубок Регионов в офисе МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. Press service of the Minor Hockey League (26 April 2016). Суперкубок МХЛ завершит молодежный хоккейный сезон (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
3. Press service of the Minor Hockey League (30 April 2016). «Локо» - обладатель первого в истории Суперкубка МХЛ (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
4. Press service of the Minor Hockey League (27 April 2012). В Первенство МХЛ вступили шесть новых клубов (in Russian). Minor Hockey League website. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
5. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/1/recap/7101.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=ae623d1fec.html^{[dead link]}

External links

• (in Russian) NMHL Official Website