The National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) (formerly Junior Hockey League Division B) () is the second level of the Junior Hockey League, the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

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

promotion and relegation Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

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 The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

of the league.

Generation Cup

The Generation Cup () is the

all-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases 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 division, bu ...

of MHL-B and analog to the MHL's Challenge Cup. The first ever Generation Cup took place on 23 February 2012 in

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and featured Team East against Team West.

Editions

Future Cup

The Future Cup () was an

exhibition game An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...

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 () 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,

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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 ...

, Buran Voronezh, HC Belgorod,

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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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