National Junior Hockey League
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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.
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Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 2011 |
First 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/ |
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The Regions Cup is awarded to the champion of the playoffs of the league.[1]