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Central Hockey League (other)
Several North American ice hockey leagues operated under the Central Hockey League name in the 20th and 21st centuries: ;Defunct leagues * Central Hockey League (1925–1926) (later the American Hockey Association), a semi-professional league * Central Hockey League (1931–1935), a minor professional league * Central Hockey League (1951–1960), a senior amateur league * Central Hockey League (1963–1984), a minor professional league, formerly the "Central Professional Hockey League" * Central Hockey League (1992–2014), a minor professional league * USA Central Hockey League (2018), a junior league based in the southwest United States See also * Central Canada Hockey League The Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL; French: ''Ligue de hockey du Canada centrale'', LHCC) is a Junior A ice hockey league in North America composed of 12 teams – all around the National Capital Region. The CCHL is one of the nine Junior ..., a junior league based in Eastern Ontario known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and Shot (ice hockey), shoot a vulcanized rubber hockey puck into the other team's net. Each Goal (ice hockey), goal is worth one point. The team with the highest score after an hour of playing time is declared the winner; ties are broken in Overtime (ice hockey), overtime or a Shootout (ice hockey), shootout. In a formal game, each team has six Ice skating, skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, including a goaltender. It is a contact sport#Grades, full contact game and one of the more physically demanding team sports. The modern sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where the first indoor ice hockey game, first indoor game was play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Hockey Association (1926–1942)
The American Hockey Association (AHA) was a minor professional hockey league that operated between 1926 and 1942. It had previously operated as the Central Hockey League, and before that as part of the United States Amateur Hockey Association. The AHA was the first professional hockey league to field teams in the Southern United States. The founding president was Alvin Warren, who also owned the St. Paul Saints. Other founding owners included William Grant, league secretary and owner of the Duluth Hornets (and Warren's successor as president in 1930), Paul Loudon of the Minneapolis Millers, and William Holmes, owner of the league's only Canadian franchise, the Winnipeg Maroons, and also owner of the Winnipeg Auditorium. History The United States Amateur Hockey Association split into two sections in 1925. The western-based teams formed a new league, which was initially called the "Central Hockey Association" before ultimately re-naming itself the "American Hockey Association. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Hockey League (1931–1935)
Central Hockey League was an amateur and semi-professional ice hockey league that was active from 1931 to 1935. It was created as a direct result of the Great Depression as a way to allow ice hockey teams to operate without having to pay its players. History In the wake of 1929 stock market crash, the depressed economic situation across the country caused problems for many businesses. The St. Paul Saints, unable to continue paying its players, was forced to suspend operations in 1930. The following year, the Minneapolis Millers were faced with a similar situation. However, as the audience in Minnesota still existed, the teams hit on a solution to the problem. Minneapolis left the AHA while St. Paul resumed play as amateur teams. In short order they were joined by three other clubs around the state and were able to put together a new amateur league. After the first year, the league switched from amateur to semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the Midwestern United States and Great Plains, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictly amateur, allowing former players to compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college ice hockey, college hockey. The Fargo Force won the Anderson Cup as the 2023–24 USHL season, 2023–24 regular season champions, as well as the 2024 Clark Cup, Clark Cup playoff championship, their second in franchise history. Operations The USHL is the country's top sanctioned junior hockey league, classified as Tier I. Like comparable entities such as the Canadian Hockey League's (CHL) three member leagues, the USHL offers a schedule of high-level, competitive games for top players aged 16 to 20. Teams are subject to strict roster rules. In 2017–18 they may have no more than four overage skaters (players who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Hockey League (1963–1984)
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 operated the league from 2000 to 2013, at which point it was purchased by the individual franchise owners. As of the end of its final season in 2014, three of the 30 National Hockey League teams had affiliations with the CHL: the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, and Tampa Bay Lightning. Several teams of defunct leagues joined the CHL along its history, including the Southern Hockey League, Western Professional Hockey League and International Hockey League. After two teams suspended operations during the 2014 offseason, the ECHL accepted the remaining seven teams as members in October 2014, meaning the end for the CHL after 22 seasons. History The Central Hockey League (CHL) was revived in 1992 by Ray Miron and the efforts of Bill Levins, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Central Hockey League
The USA Central Hockey League (USACHL) was a junior ice hockey league based in Texas. The league was not sanctioned by any outside hockey governing body, but was structured as a "free-to-play" junior league similar to USA Hockey's Tier I and Tier II as opposed to the "pay-to-play" Tier III leagues. History The league announced its formation in March 2018, founded by former El Paso Buzzards owner Bill Davidson and former Western Professional Hockey League founder Rick Kozuback. The league named former Salmon Arm Silverbacks general manager Troy Mick as its first president. The USACHL announced it was planning a sixty-game regular season schedule that lasts from October until March. The league was initially planned to consist of six teams, targeting cities associated with the defunct Central Hockey League (CHL), for its inaugural 2018–19 season featuring players under twenty-years-old. The first two teams were announced in Laredo and Hidalgo, Texas, both teams sharing brandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Canada Hockey League
The Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL; French: ''Ligue de hockey du Canada centrale'', LHCC) is a Junior A ice hockey league in North America composed of 12 teams – all around the National Capital Region. The CCHL is one of the nine Junior A leagues across Canada and is considered as the most successful and highest level of Junior A hockey compared to all the other eight leagues across the country. The Bogart Cup, the oldest junior ice hockey sports trophy in Canada, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) views the Bogart Cup as one of the "most important championships available to the sport". The CCHL is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. The Central Canada Hockey League is sanctioned by Hockey Eastern Ontario and Hockey Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The winner of the CCHL playoffs competes for the national Centennial Cup, an annual tournament organized by Hockey C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
