The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization for three CanadianMajor Junior "A" Tier I hockey leagues for players of 15 to 20 years of age. The three member leagues are:
Altogether the league comprises 56 teams in 9 (and soon all 10) Canadian provinces and 5 American states. For lists of teams see the articles about each member league.
The CHL awards the Memorial Cup to the Canadian junior hockey champion (the American members also compete for this trophy). It is the chief development league for the National Hockey League. More than half the players in the National Hockey League for the 2002-2003 season had played in the CHL.
Other Hockey Levels
Midget Hockey
Bantam Hockey
External link
Canadian Hockey League Official Website (http://www.chl.ca)
Juniorhockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between the ages of 16 and 20 years old
Some Canadian juniorhockey leagues are recognized as professional by organizations such as the NCAA as players receive a small stipend, however, the earnings for junior players are invariably far smaller than can be earned in most levels of professional hockey.
NCAA ice hockey conferences are not usually considered to be juniorhockey, and are usually lumped separately from juniorhockey leagues.
The QuebecMajorJuniorHockey League (French: la Ligue de hockeyjunior majeur du Québec, abbreviated QMJHL in English, LHJMQ in French) is one of the three MajorJunior "A" Tier I hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League.
Many of the Eastern Division teams are located in cities that once had American Hockey League franchises, when it had a strong presence in Atlantic Canada in the 1980's and 1990's.
The Montreal Junior Canadiens franchise of the OHA transfers to QMJHL, becoming the Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge.
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