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The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is the governing body for Major Junior hockey (formerly known as Tier One Junior A), the top level of amateur hockey in Canada. The CHL currently oversees the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), with the OHL and WHL having teams in both Canada and the United States.
Canada has professional sports teams in eight sports across twenty leagues. Canadian teams compete in top-level American and Canadian-based leagues, including three of the four major professional sports leagues. Canada also has minor league teams competing in American and Canadian-based basketball, hockey, soccer, and baseball leagues.
The National Hockey League (NHL); French: Ligue nationale de hockey [liɡ nɑsjɔnal də ɔkɛ] (LNH), is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams – 25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
Canadian International Hockey League (2014) - played one season; Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League (2016-2022) Canadian Women's Hockey League (2007–2019) Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League (1970–2016) – became Orr Division of the PJHL; Canadian Professional Hockey League (1926–1930) Central Hockey League (1963–1984)
It includes National Hockey League teams that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) is an association of Canadian junior A ice hockey leagues and teams and was formed in November 1993, emerging from the Canada West Association of Junior 'A' Hockey. The champion of the Canadian Junior Hockey League wins the Centennial Cup.
The QMJHL champion then goes on to compete in the Memorial Cup against the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) champions, and the CHL host team. The QMJHL had traditionally adopted a rapid and offensive style of hockey. Former QMJHL players hold many of the Canadian Hockey League's career and single season offensive records.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).