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The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; Russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), romanized: Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008.
Nominally hockey in Russia was engaged in the Federation of Hockey Russian SFSR, formed in 1959. The Federation of Hockey of the Russian SFSR / Russia (FHR) was established on 12 November 1991. On 19 January 1992, the FHR officially became the successor to the USSR Hockey Federation. [citation needed]
The Russian Superleague (Russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, Russian Championship Superleague), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the National Hockey League (NHL) of North America. [1]
The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация Хоккея России, [1] Federatsiya Khokkeya Rossii) is the governing body overseeing ice hockey in Russia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2019, Russia had 110,624 ice hockey players registered with its ice hockey federation. [ 4 ]
Russia and Belarus are to remain frozen out of International Ice Hockey Federation competitions through the 2025-26 season. The IIHF decision on Tuesday covers all world championships and ...
Manitoba Hockey Association (1907–1909; formerly Manitoba Professional Hockey League and the Manitoba Hockey League) Maritime Major Hockey League (1950–1954) Maritime Professional Hockey League (1911–1914) Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (NCAA Division I, 1997–2003; conference remains in operation as an all-sports league without ice ...
The All-Russian Hockey League (VHL) [1] [2] (Russian: Всероссийская хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), Vserossiyskaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)), also known as the Major Hockey League [3] [4] or Higher Hockey League (HHL), [5] is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, and the second highest level of Russian hockey.
The Allrussian Hockey League was founded by some clubs in the Russian Empire and entered the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1911. [12] However, probably due to misunderstandings ("hockey" was identified with bandy or Russian hockey in Russia, not with the modern ice hockey rules developed in Canada) the Russian team left the ...