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{{Infobox sports league
| name           = Major Hockey League
| current_season = 2015–16 VHL season
| logo           = Supreme Hockey League.svg.png
| pixels         = 180
| sport          = Ice hockey
| countries      = {{RUS}} (24 teams)<br />{{KAZ}} (2 teams)
| champion       = [[Neftyanik Almetyevsk]]
| most_champs    = [[Toros Neftekamsk]] (3)
| confed         = 
| founded        = 2010
| first          =
| folded         = 
| divisions      = 
| conferences    = 
| teams          = 26
| feeds          =
| feeder         = 
| promotion      = 
| relegation     = 
| champ          = [[Bratina Cup]]
| assc_champ     =
| most successful club = 
| website        = [http://www.vhlru.ru/ vhlru.ru]
| related_comps  = [[Kontinental Hockey League]]<br />[[Junior Hockey League (Russia)]]
}}

The '''Supreme Hockey League'''<ref>[http://www.vhlru.ru/en/ Supreme Hockey League]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/tvvhl TV-VHL on YouTube]</ref> ({{lang-ru|Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ)|links=no}}, ''Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga ('''VHL''')''), also known as the '''Major Hockey League'''<ref name=vhlofficial>{{cite web|title=League Structure|url=http://en.khl.ru/official/22019/|publisher=KHL|accessdate=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/6/26/23873.html|title=Medical Support For All |date=26 June 2010 |publisher=Kontinental Hockey League |accessdate=26 June 2010}}</ref> or '''Higher Hockey League''' ('''HHL'''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fhr.ru/content/news/8824.html |title=The press conference devoted to the start of the season of Higher Hockey League was |publisher=[[Ice Hockey Federation of Russia]] |accessdate=16 October 2011}}</ref> is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, and the second highest level of [[Ice Hockey Federation of Russia|Russian hockey]]. Though currently acting independently, plans were in place to convert it to a farm system for the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL)'s [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/3/19/26831.html |title=Учреждение ВХЛ |publisher=KHL.ru |accessdate=4 April 2010}}</ref> It was preceded by the [[Vysshaya Liga|Major League of the Russian Championship]] that formerly held a relegation role for the [[Russian Superleague]], and was governed by the [[Ice Hockey Federation of Russia]]. As of 2011–12 season some VHL teams are affiliated with a KHL team (e.g. HC Sarov is affiliated with KHL's [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod|Torpedo]]), while other teams of the VHL are not affiliated with a KHL team.

==Transition to KHL==
It is believed that the league will become more of a developmental league.  Only seven players over the age of 29 will be allowed onto each team's roster.  With no promotion/relegation system set in place with the new [[Kontinental Hockey League]], it has been speculated that most teams in the league will eventually become farm teams of the KHL teams. 

==Seasons overview==
{|class="wikitable"
!Season||[[File:Gold medal icon.png]] [[Bratina Cup]] Winner||[[File:Silver medal icon.png]] Finalist||Regular season winner
|-
|[[2010–11 VHL season|2010–11]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Rubin Tyumen]]'''||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Neftyanik Almetyevsk]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rubin Tyumen]]
|-
|[[2011–12 VHL season|2011–12]]|| {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Toros Neftekamsk]]'''||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rubin Tyumen]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rubin Tyumen]]
|-
|[[2012–13 VHL season|2012–13]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Toros Neftekamsk]]'''||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[HC Saryarka]] ||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[HC Saryarka]]
|-
|[[2013-14 VHL season|2013-14]]||{{flagicon|KAZ}} '''[[HC Saryarka]]'''||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rubin Tyumen]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Toros Neftekamsk]]
|-
|[[2014-15 VHL season|2014-15]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Toros Neftekamsk]]'''||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Izhstal]]||{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Saryarka Karagandy]]
|-
|[[2015-16 VHL season|2015-16]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Neftyanik Almetyevsk]]'''||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Izhstal]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[THK Tver]]
|}

==Teams in 2013–14==
{| cellpadding="0" 
|- align="left" style="vertical-align: top" 
| 
| 
{| cellpadding="1" width="900px" style="font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="145" | Team
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="140" | City
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="160" | Arena
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="40"  | Capacity
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="110" | KHL Affiliate Team(s)
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="110" | MHL Affiliate Team(s)
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="35" | Founded
! style="background: #eeeeee;" width="35" | Joined league
|-
| '''[[Ariada Volzhsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Volzhsk]]
| [[Ariada Ice Palace]]
| align=center | 2,250
| [[Metallurg Novokuznetsk]]
| Kuznetskie Medvedi
| align=center | 1996
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Buran Voronezh]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Voronezh]]
| [[LDS Jubileiny]]
| align=center | 3,040
| [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]
| Atlanty<br>Rossosh
| align=center | 1977
| align=center | 2012
|-
| '''[[Chelmet Chelyabinsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Chelyabinsk]] 
| [[Sport Palace Yunost]]
|align=center | 3,650
| [[Traktor Chelyabinsk]]
| Belye Medvedi
| align=center | 1948
| align=center | 2012
|-
| '''[[Dizel Penza]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Penza]] 
| [[Dizel Arena]]
| align=center | 5,500
| [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]
| Loko<br>Dizelist
| align=center | 1956
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Dynamo Balashikha]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Balashikha]]
| [[Balashikha Arena]]
| align=center | 6,500
| [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| HC MVD
| align=center | 2010
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Ermak Angarsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Angarsk]]
| [[Arena Ermak]]
| align=center | 6,900
| [[Avangard Omsk]]
| Omskie Yatreby<br>Angarsky Ermak
| align=center | 1958
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[HC Izhstal|Izhstal Izhevsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Izhevsk]]
| [[Sports Palace Izhstal]]
| align=center | 3,900
| [[Severstal Cherepovets]]
| Almaz<br>Izhevskaya Stal
| align=center | 1958
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Kazzinc-Torpedo]]'''
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Oskemen]]
| [[Boris Alexandrov Sport Palace]]
| align=center | 4,400
| Independent
| Independent
| align=center | 1956
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Kristall Saratov]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saratov]] 
| [[Ice Sports Palace Saratov]]
| align=center | 5,000
| [[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]]
| MHC Reaktor<br>Kristall-Yunior
| align=center | 1955
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[HC Kuban|Kuban Krasnodar]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Krasnodar]]
| [[Ice Palace]]
| align=center | 3,100
| [[CSKA Moscow]]
| Krasnaya Armiya<br>Berkuty Kubani
| align=center | 2012
| align=center | 2012
|-
| '''[[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tolyatti]] 
| [[Lada Arena]]
| align=center | 6,100
| [[HC Yugra]]
| Mamonty Yugry<br>[[Ladia]]
| align=center | 1976
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[HC Lipetsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Lipetsk]] 
| Zvezdny Ice Palace
| align=center | 2,100
| Independent
| Elta
| align=center | 1979
| align=center | 2013
|-
| '''[[Molot-Prikamye Perm]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Perm]] 
| [[Universal Sports Palace Molot]]
| align=center | 6,000
| Independent
| Molot
| align=center | 1949
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Neftyanik Almetyevsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Almetyevsk]]
| [[Yubileinyi Sports Palace]]
| align=center | 2,200
| [[Ak Bars Kazan]]
| Bars<br>Sputnik
| align=center | 1965
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Rubin Tyumen]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tyumen]] 
| [[Sports Palace Tyumen]]
| align=center | 3,300
| [[Admiral Vladivostok]]
| Tyumensky Legion
| align=center | 1972
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[HC Ryazan]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ryazan]] 
| [[Ryazan Olympic Sports Palace]]
| align=center | 2,700
| Independent
| Molnia
| align=center | 1999
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[HC Sarov]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sarov]] 
| [[Sarov Ice Palace]]
| align=center | 1,200
| [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]
| Chaika<br>Raketa
| align=center | 2002
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[HC Saryarka]]'''
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Karagandy]] 
| [[Karagandy Arena]]
| align=center | 5,500
| Independent
| Kazakhmys
| align=center | 2006
| align=center | 2012
|-
|'''[[Sokol Krasnoyarsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Krasnoyarsk]] 
| [[Arena Sever]]
| align=center | 2,600
| [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| MHC Spartak<br>Krasnoyarskie Rysi
| align=center | 2008
| align=center | 2011
|-
| '''[[Sputnik Nizhny Tagil]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nizhny Tagil]] 
| [[Sotnikov Ice Sports Palace]]
| align=center | 4,200
| [[Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg]]
| Avto<br>Yunior-Sputnik
| align=center | 1948
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[THK Tver]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tver]] 
| [[Ice Palace Yubileyny]]
| align=center | 1,980
| Independent
| Tverichi
| align=center | 1949
| align=center | 2012
|-
| '''[[Titan Klin]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Klin, Klinsky District, Moscow Oblast|Klin]] 
| [[Valeri Kharlamov Ice Palace]]
| align=center | 1,500
| [[HC Vityaz Podolsk|Vityaz Podolsk]]
| Russkie Vityazi<br>MHC Klin
| align=center | 1953
| align=center | 2011
|-
| '''[[Toros Neftekamsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Neftekamsk]]
| [[Ice Palace Neftekamsk]]
| align=center | 1,900
| [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
| Tolpar<br>Batyr
| align=center | 1998
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[VMF Karelia]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Kondopoga]]
| [[Ice Palace Kondopoga]]
| align=center | 1,850
| [[SKA Saint Petersburg]]
| [[SKA-1946]]
| align=center | 2008
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Yuzhny Ural Orsk]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Orsk]] 
| [[Ice Palace Yubileyny]]
| align=center | 4,500
| [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| Stalnye Lisy<br>Metallurg Mednogorsk
| align=center | 1958
| align=center | 2010
|-
| '''[[Zauralie Kurgan]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast|Kurgan]] 
| [[Ice Sports Palace Mostovik]]
| align=center | 2,500
| [[HC Sibir Novosibirsk|Sibir Novosibirsk]]
| Sibirskie Snaipery<br>Yunior
| align=center | 1993
| align=center | 2010
|}
|}

==See also==
*[[Kontinental Hockey League]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.vhlru.ru/ VHL Official]
*[http://www.allhockey.ru/ AllHockey.Ru]
*[http://www.eurohockey.net/leagues/ Euro Hockey]

==See also==
* [[Kontinental Hockey League]]

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Ice hockey leagues]]